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The following lists events that happened during 1977 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,166,400.
Increase since 31 December 1976: 3000 (0.09%).
Males per 100 females: 99.4.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – Sir Denis Blundell GCMG GCVO... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20in%20New%20Zealand |
The Canada Land Inventory (CLI) is a multi-disciplinary land inventory of rural Canada.
Conceptualized in the early 1960s by the Department of Forestry and Rural Development (later the Department of Energy, Mines and Resources), the CLI was a federal-provincial project that lasted from 1963 to 1995 and produced maps w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20Land%20Inventory |
Astruc Remoch (sometimes spelled Raimuch) was a Jewish convert to Catholicism who made his mark in history by attempting the conversion of other Jews during the 14th century.
Remoch was a medical doctor in Fraga, Spain in the 14th century. He had contact with prominent Jews of his day, such as Benveniste ibn Labi of Z... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astruc%20Remoch |
The following lists events that happened during 1978 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,165,200.
Change since 31 December 1977: -1,200 (-0.04%).
Males per 100 females: 99.2.
This was the first year since 1941 in which New Zealand's population declined (due to emigration, largely t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1978%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Gabriel Antonio José Pereira Villagrán (Montevideo, 17 March 1794 – 14 April 1861) was a Uruguayan politician who served as president first from 1838 to 1839, and again from 1856 to 1860.
He was Minister of Finance from 1830 to 1831. He served as the President of the Senate of Uruguay 1833–1834, 1836 and 1839.
Refere... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel%20Antonio%20Pereira |
Indiantown Gap National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery located in East Hanover Township, in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania. Administered by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, it occupies approximately , and has over 60,000 interments, as of 2021.
History
Indiantown Gap derives its name fro... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiantown%20Gap%20National%20Cemetery |
Bergvliet High School is a public high school in the suburb of Bergvliet in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa....
Background
Bergvliet High currently has a student body of approximately 1130 learners. On the 20th of August 2009, it was announced that Stephen Price had been selected to become the new principal of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bergvliet%20High%20School |
The Under Secretary of the Treasury for Domestic Finance is a high-ranking position within United States Department of the Treasury that reports to, advises, and assists the Secretary of the Treasury and the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury. The under secretary leads the department's policy on the issues of domestic fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Under%20Secretary%20of%20the%20Treasury%20for%20Domestic%20Finance |
Russula vesca, known by the common names of bare-toothed Russula or the flirt, is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula.
Taxonomy
Russula vesca was described, and named by the eminent Swedish mycologist Elias Magnus Fries (1794–1878). The specific epithet is the feminine of the Latin adjective vescus, meaning... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20vesca |
The following lists events that happened during 1979 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,163,900.
Increase since 31 December 1978: -1,300 (−0.04%).
Males per 100 females: 99.0.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Hon. Sir Keith Hol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1979%20in%20New%20Zealand |
The Pacific Island Labourers Act 1901 (Cth) was an Act of the Parliament of Australia which was designed to facilitate the mass deportation of Pacific Islanders, or "Kanakas", working in Australia, especially in the Queensland sugar industry. Along with the Immigration Restriction Act 1901, enacted six days later, it f... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pacific%20Island%20Labourers%20Act%201901 |
Environmental issues in Kenya include deforestation, soil erosion, desertification, water shortage and degraded water quality, flooding, poaching, and domestic and industrial pollution.
Water resources
Water resources in Kenya are under pressure from agricultural chemicals and urban and industrial wastes, as well as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Kenya |
The major environmental issues in Kyrgyzstan, are summarized in the 2007 Concept of Ecological Security of Kyrgyz Republic and discussed in other environmental and environmental policy documents such as National Environmental Action Plan (1995), Country Development Strategy for 2009–2011, Strategy on Biological Diversi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Kyrgyzstan |
The following lists events that happened during 1980 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,176,400.
Increase since 31 December 1979: 12,500 (0.40%).
Males per 100 females: 99.2.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Hon Sir Keith Holyo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1980%20in%20New%20Zealand |
The Ontario Rugby Football Union (ORFU) was an early amateur Canadian football league comprising teams in the Canadian province of Ontario. The ORFU was founded on Saturday, January 6, 1883 and in 1903 became the first major competition to adopt the Burnside rules, from which the modern Canadian football code would evo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ontario%20Rugby%20Football%20Union |
Henry Stanislaus Rowen (October 11, 1925 – November 12, 2015) was an American national security expert, economist, and academician.
Early years
Rowen was born in Boston in 1925. He attended M.I.T. and graduated with a bachelor's in industrial management in 1949. He went on to Oxford University and earned his master's... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Rowen |
Administrative and municipal divisions
※ - under the oblast's jurisdiction
References
Amur Oblast
Amur Oblast | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Administrative%20divisions%20of%20Amur%20Oblast |
Environmental issues in Libya include desertification and very limited natural freshwater resources.
Environmental issues
Water supply
Annual rainfall averages only between 200 and 600 millimetres in the most arable portions of Libya. The Great Man-made River Project, designed to bring water from fossil aquifers ben... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Libya |
The following lists events that happened during 1981 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,194,500.
Increase since 31 December 1980: 18,100 (0.57%).
Males per 100 females: 98.7.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon Sir David Beattie ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Rubidium bromide is the bromide of rubidium. It has a NaCl crystal structure, with a lattice constant of 685 picometres.
There are several methods for synthesising rubidium bromide. One involves reacting rubidium hydroxide with hydrobromic acid:
RbOH + HBr → RbBr + H2O
Another method is to neutralize rubidium carbon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubidium%20bromide |
Sir Samuel James Way, 1st Baronet, (11 April 1836 – 8 January 1916) was an English-Australian jurist who served as Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of South Australia from 18 March 1876 until 8 January 1916.
Background
Way was born in Portsmouth, England. Reverend James Way, his father, was a clergyman in the Bibl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samuel%20Way |
Elijah Clarke (1742 – December 15, 1799) was an American military officer and Georgia legislator.
Career
Elijah Clarke was born near Tarboro in Edgecombe County, Province of North Carolina, the son of John Clarke of Anson County, North Carolina.
served in the Georgia Militia during the American Revolutionary War. When... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elijah%20Clarke |
The Rio Grande Compact is an interstate compact signed in 1938 in the United States between the states of Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas, and approved by the United States Congress, to equitably apportion the waters of the Rio Grande Basin.
Passage
The treaty was ratified by Colorado's legislature on February 21, 193... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio%20Grande%20Compact |
The following lists events that happened during 1982 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,226,800.
Increase since 31 December 1981: 32,300 (1.01%).
Males per 100 females: 98.6.
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon Sir David Beattie GCMG GCVO QS... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Environmental issues in Iran include, especially in urban areas, vehicle emissions, refinery operations, and industrial effluents which contribute to poor air quality. A report by the United Nations Environment Programme ranked Iran at 117th place among 133 countries in terms of environmental indexes. Water scarcity is... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Iran |
Framlingham is a rural township located by the Hopkins River in the Western District of Victoria, Australia, about north-east of the coastal city of Warrnambool. In the 2016 census, the township had a population of 158.
The town lies within the traditional lands of the Girai wurrung (Kirrae Wuurong) people. In the de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Framlingham%2C%20Victoria |
GOCR (or JOCR) is a free optical character recognition program, initially written by Jörg Schulenburg. It can be used to convert or scan image files (portable pixmap or PCX) into text files.
Features
GOCR claims it can handle single-column sans-serif fonts of 20–60 pixels in height. It reports trouble with serif fon... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GOCR |
The following lists events that happened during 1983 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,264,800.
Increase since 31 December 1982: 38,000 (1.18%).
Males per 100 females: 98.6.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon. Sir David Beattie... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Hagen is a 26-hectare natural park, and part of the town of Raseborg in Finland. It is located at the southwestern end of the municipality that was formerly the independent town of Ekenäs, prior to merging with Snappertuna and Tenala in January 2009. A pedestrian bridge from Hagen connects it to the island of Ramsholme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hagen%2C%20Eken%C3%A4s |
The following lists events that happened during 1984 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,293,000.
Increase since 31 December 1983: 28,200 (0.86%).
Males per 100 Females: 98.3.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon Sir David Beattie ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1984%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Brandon Wade Hein (born February 17, 1977) was sentenced to life imprisonment without possibility of parole for his involvement in the 1995 stabbing murder of 16-year-old Jimmy Farris, the son of a Los Angeles Police Department officer.
Hein and two other youths who were present when the murder took place, as well as t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon%20Hein |
The following lists events that happened during 1986 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,313,500.
Increase since 31 December 1985: 10,400 (0.31%).
Males per 100 Females: 97.9.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Almonte is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, in southwestern Spain. According to the 2022 census, it had a population of 25,448 inhabitants, ranking third within its province, just after Huelva, the capital city and Lepe. With its 859.21 km2 (33174 sq mi), it is the 19th largest municipality in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almonte%2C%20Spain |
Alosno is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, Spain. According to the 2013 census, the village has a population of 1,840 inhabitants.
The Filon Sur Mine, in Alosno municipality, is a notable source of fine specimens of the mineral goethite. Nearby is a 4500+ year old copper smelting archeological... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alosno |
The following lists events that happened during 1987 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,342,100.
Increase since 31 December 1986: 28,600 (0.86%).
Males per 100 Females: 97.9.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Reev... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Aracena () is a town and municipality located in the province of Huelva, south-western Spain. , the city has a population of 7,814 inhabitants.
The town derived its name from the Sierra de Aracena, which is part of the Sierra Morena system.
Aracena is the largest town in the Parque Natural Sierra de Aracena y Picos de... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aracena |
Foreign Aid to Thailand On July 31, 2003, Thailand repaid its outstanding obligations under a standby arrangement made with the International Monetary Fund designed to help it recover from the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis. The payment was made four years ahead of schedule, reflecting Thailand's achievement of macroecono... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20aid%20to%20Thailand |
Aroche () is a municipality of Spain located in the province of Huelva, Andalusia. According to the 2005 census, the town had a population of 3,319.
History
Similarly to Moura and Serpa, Aroche and Aracena may have been conquered by the Order of the Hospital and incorporated to the Kingdom of Portugal during the reig... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aroche |
The World Bank’s assistance program of foreign aid to Vietnam has three objectives: to support Vietnam's transition to a market economy, to enhance equitable and sustainable development, and to promote good governance. From 1993 through 2004, Vietnam received pledges of US$29 billion of Official Development Assistance ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20aid%20to%20Vietnam |
The following lists events that happened during 1988 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,345,200.
Increase since 31 December 1987: 3,100 (0.09%).
Males per 100 Females: 97.3.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Ree... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Formerly Russula mairei (Singer), and commonly known as the beechwood sickener, the now re-classified fungus Russula nobilis (Velen.) is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula. This group of mushrooms are noted for their brittle gills and bright colours.
Taxonomy
It was previously named in honour of French myco... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20nobilis |
Ayamonte (; ) is a town and municipality of Spain belonging to the province of Huelva, Andalusia. It is located near the border with Portugal on the mouth of the Guadiana River. According to the 2015 census, the city had a population of 20,357 inhabitants.
History
In the municipality are located parts of the megalith... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ayamonte |
Today, environmental problems in the Philippines include pollution, mining and logging, deforestation, threats to environmental activists, dynamite fishing, landslides, coastal erosion, biodiversity loss, extinction, global warming and climate change. Due to the paucity of extant documents, a complete history of land u... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20the%20Philippines |
Environmental issues in Paraguay include deforestation.
Between 1990 and 2000, Paraguay had an average deforestation rate of 1%. The rate increased between 2000 and 2005 to 1.92%. Paraguay also has a growing pollution problem. Many of the country's rivers suffer from toxic dumping. Tanneries are particularly harmful, ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Paraguay |
Environmental issues in Pakistan include air pollution, water pollution, noise pollution, climate change, pesticide misuse, soil erosion, natural disasters, desertification and flooding. According to the 2020 edition of the environmental performance index (EPI) ranking released by Yale Center for Environmental Law & Po... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Pakistan |
Environmental issues in Nepal include a number of issues, such as deforestation, climate change, energy and species conservation. Many of these issues have been precipitated by rapid industrialization without major environmental regulation.
Biodiversity
Agro-biodiversity is under threat due to use of high yielding v... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Nepal |
San Felice del Molise (also called Filić or Štifilić) is a small town and comune in the province of Campobasso in the Molise region of Italy, near the Trigno river.
Like Acquaviva Collecroce and Montemitro, San Felice del Molise is home to a community of Molisian Croats, most of whom speak a particular Croatian dialec... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Felice%20del%20Molise |
Alec Newman (born 27 November 1974) is a Scottish actor best known for portraying Paul Atreides in the Sci Fi Channel's 2000 miniseries adaptation of Frank Herbert's Dune.
Early life
Newman was born in Glasgow, Scotland. His father is Sandy Newman, a member of Scottish band Marmalade. He has a brother, John James Newm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alec%20Newman |
Beinsdorp () is a village in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, and lies about southwest of Hoofddorp along the Ringvaart, adjacent to Hillegom. Beinsdorp is named after a former island in the former Haarlemmer Lake.
The village was first mentioned in 1851 as Bein... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beinsdorp |
Galicians ( ; ) are a European ethnic group from Spain; it is closely related to the Portuguese people and has its historic homeland in Galicia, in the north-west of the Iberian Peninsula. Two Romance languages are widely spoken and official in Galicia: the native Galician and Spanish.
Etymology
The ethnonym of the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galicians |
The following lists events that happened during 1989 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,369,800.
Increase since 31 December 1988: 24,600 (0.74%).
Males per 100 Females: 97.1.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Rt Revd. Sir Paul Re... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Russula ochroleuca is a member of the genus Russula. A group that have become known as brittlegills. It has been commonly known as the common yellow russula for some years, and latterly the ochre brittlegill. It is widespread, and common in mixed woodland.
Taxonomy
Russula ochroleuca was first noted and named as a spe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20ochroleuca |
The Romani in Spain, generally known by the endonym Calé (also spelled "Kalé"), or the exonym (), belong to the Iberian Romani subgroup known as Calé, with smaller populations in Portugal (known as ) and in Southern France. Their sense of identity and cohesion stems from their shared value system, expressed among the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gitanos |
Rev. William Bantom (born 1946?) was mayor of Cape Town from 1995 to 2000.
He became the city's first black mayor following the first non-racial local government elections in 1995. He was forced to resign as mayor and expelled from the New National Party in 2000 after being caught downloading pornography from the int... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Bantom |
Jay Gorney (December 12, 1896– June 14, 1990) was an American theater and film song writer.
Life and career
Gorney was born Abraham Jacob Gornetzsky on December 12, 1896, in Białystok, Russia (now part of Poland), the son of Frieda (Perlstein) and Jacob Gornetzsky. His family was Jewish. In 1906, he witnessed the Bial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Gorney |
Kingsteignton ( ), is a town and civil parish in south Devon, England. It lies at the head of the Teign Estuary to the west of Teignmouth in the Teignbridge district. It is bypassed by the A380 and is also on the A383, A381, B3193 and B3195. Kingsteignton is currently represented in Parliament by Anne Marie Morris, as ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingsteignton |
Education in the Syrian Arab Republic is given the necessary attention and care by the Syrian state, as the Syrian Constitution guarantees the right to education to every citizen, which is compulsory and free at primary level. It is free but not compulsory at the secondary level and higher education is available for a ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Syria |
Michael Netzer (born 9 October 1955) is an American-Israeli artist best known for his comic book work for DC Comics and Marvel Comics in the 1970s, as well as for his online presence.
Early life
Michael Nasser (later Netzer) was born in Detroit, Michigan, U.S. His father was Adel Nasser a-Din, a Druze doctor of philos... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Netzer |
Public education—from primary education through college—is open to every Saudi citizen. Education is the second-largest sector of government spending in Saudi Arabia. Saudi Arabia spends 8.8% of its gross domestic product on education, which is nearly double the global average of 4.6%. Islamic studies are part of the e... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Saudi%20Arabia |
The following lists events that happened during 1990 in New Zealand.
New Zealand celebrated its sesquicentennial, 150 years since the signing of The Treaty of Waitangi.
In the general election in October, National was elected in a landside victory.
GDP was $40.2 billion, unemployment was at 7.4% (March) and the exch... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Jakobshavn Glacier (), also known as Ilulissat Glacier (), is a large outlet glacier in West Greenland. It is located near the Greenlandic town of Ilulissat (colonial name in ) and ends at the sea in the Ilulissat Icefjord.
Jakobshavn Glacier drains 6.5% of the Greenland ice sheet and produces around 10% of all Greenl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakobshavn%20Glacier |
Education in Bulgaria is guided and overseen by Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science. Compulsory education includes three years of pre-primary education, primary education, and secondary education. Education is compulsory until age of 16. Compulsory education at state schools is free of charge. The state and pri... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Bulgaria |
Education in Afghanistan includes K–12 and higher education, which is under the Ministry of Education and Ministry of Higher Education. In 2021, there were nearly 10 million students and 220,000 teachers in Afghanistan. The nation still requires more schools and teachers. Soon after the Taliban takeover of the country ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Afghanistan |
Jacques Laurent or Jacques Laurent-Cély (5 January 1919 – 29 December 2000) was a French writer and journalist. He was born in Paris, the son of a barrister. During World War II, he fought with the Algerian Tirailleurs.
Laurent was elected to the Académie française in 1986.
Laurent belonged to the literary group of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques%20Laurent |
NGC 3766 (also known as Caldwell 97) is an open star cluster in the southern constellation Centaurus. It is located in the vast star-forming region known as the Carina molecular cloud, and was discovered by Nicolas Louis de Lacaille during his astrometric survey in 1751–1752. At a distance of about 1745 pc, the cluster... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%203766 |
Nidau District is one of the 26 administrative districts in the canton of Bern, Switzerland. Its capital, while having administrative power, was the municipality of Nidau.
From 1 January 2010, the district lost its administrative power while being replaced by the Biel/Bienne (administrative district), whose administr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nidau%20District |
Antioch Cantemir may refer to either of:
Antioch Cantemir, Prince of Moldavia (d. 1726)
Antioch Cantemir, Prince of Russia (d. 1744), his nephew | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antioch%20Cantemir |
NGC 6231 (also known as Caldwell 76) is an open cluster in the southern sky located half a degrees north of Zeta Scorpii. NGC 6231 is part of a swath of young, bluish stars in the constellation Scorpius known as the Scorpius OB1 association. The star Zeta1 (HR 6262) is a member of this association, while its brighter a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%206231 |
NGC 4833 (also known as Caldwell 105) is a globular cluster discovered by Abbe Lacaille during his 1751-1752 journey to South Africa, and catalogued in 1755. It was subsequently observed and catalogued by James Dunlop and Sir John Herschel whose instruments could resolve it into individual stars.
The globular cluste... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NGC%204833 |
John Allen Livingston (November 10, 1923 – January 17, 2006) was a Canadian naturalist, broadcaster, author, and teacher. He was most known as the voice-over of the Hinterland Who's Who series of television zoological shorts in the 1960s.
Born in Hamilton, Ontario, he enlisted in the Royal Canadian Navy at the beginni... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Livingston%20%28naturalist%29 |
The following lists events that happened during 1991 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,516,000.
Increase since 31 December 1990: 40,900 (1.18%) Note that there is a discontinuity between the 1990 and 1991 figures as Statistics NZ switched from using the de facto population concept ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Offensive realism is a structural theory in international relations that belongs to the neorealist school of thought and was put forward by the political scholar John Mearsheimer in response to defensive realism. Offensive realism holds that the anarchic nature of the international system is responsible for the promoti... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offensive%20realism |
Environmental issues in Vietnam are numerous and varied. This is due in part to the effects of the Vietnam War, and also because of Vietnam's rapid industrialization following the economic reforms in 1986 known as Doi Moi, amongst other reasons. Officially, the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (MONRE) of t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Vietnam |
Suillus luteus is a bolete fungus, and the type species of the genus Suillus. A common fungus native all across Eurasia from Ireland to Korea, it has been introduced widely elsewhere, including North and South America, southern Africa, Australia and New Zealand. Commonly referred to as slippery jack or sticky bun in En... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suillus%20luteus |
Thailand's dramatic economic growth has caused numerous environmental issues. The country faces problems with air, declining wildlife populations, deforestation, soil erosion, water scarcity, and waste issues. According to a 2004 indicator, the cost of air and water pollution for the country scales up to approximately ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Thailand |
Major environmental issues in Syria include deforestation, overgrazing, soil erosion, desertification, water pollution from the dumping of raw sewage and wastes from petroleum refining, and inadequate supplies of potable water.
Water shortages, exacerbated by population growth, industrial expansion, and water pollutio... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20issues%20in%20Syria |
The Andalusians () are the people of Andalusia, an autonomous community in southern Spain. Andalusia's statute of autonomy defines Andalusians as the Spanish citizens who reside in any of the municipalities of Andalusia, as well as those Spaniards who reside abroad and had their last Spanish residence in Andalusia, and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andalusians |
The following lists events that happened during 1992 in New Zealand.
Population
Estimated population as of 31 December: 3,552,200.
Increase since 31 December 1991: 37,200 (1.06%).
Males per 100 females: 97.0.
Incumbents
Regal and viceregal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – The Hon Dame Catherine Ann... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20in%20New%20Zealand |
Nieuwebrug is a hamlet in the western Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Haarlemmermeer, North Holland, about 11 km west of Amsterdam.
Nieuwebrug has a population of around 360.
References
Populated places in North Holland
Haarlemmermeer | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nieuwebrug%2C%20North%20Holland |
The Second Sino-Japanese War began on 7 July 1937 with the Marco Polo Bridge Incident in the Republic of China and is often regarded as the start of World War II as full-scale warfare erupted with the Battle of Shanghai, and ending when the Empire of Japan surrendered to the Allies in August 1945. The Chinese Air Force... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerial%20engagements%20of%20the%20Second%20Sino-Japanese%20War |
Datsun 280 ZZZAP, also known as Midnight Racer or 280 ZZZAP, is a 1976 arcade racing video game released by Midway Manufacturing, designed by Jamie Fenton. Based on Nissan's Datsun 280Z, it is one of the earliest games with authorized branding. An unbranded version was released as Midnight Racer, originally in November... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datsun%20280%20ZZZAP |
Russula virescens is a basidiomycete mushroom of the genus Russula, and is commonly known as the green-cracking russula, the quilted green russula, or the green brittlegill. It can be recognized by its distinctive pale green cap that measures up to in diameter, the surface of which is covered with darker green angular... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russula%20virescens |
Foxes' Oven is a novel by the English writer Michael de Larrabeiti. It is set in the village of Offham near Arundel in West Sussex in 1940. It was published by Robert Hale in 2003.
External links
Free PDF of the first chapter of Foxes' Oven
References
2003 British novels
Novels by Michael de Larrabeiti
Fiction set ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foxes%27%20Oven |
The Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics is an economic research institute at Yale University. It was created as the Cowles Commission for Research in Economics at Colorado Springs in 1932 by businessman and economist Alfred Cowles. In 1939, the Cowles Commission moved to the University of Chicago under Theodore... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cowles%20Foundation |
Dan III is one of the legendary Danish kings described in Saxo Grammaticus' Gesta Danorum.
Text
See also
Dan (king)
Notes
References
Davidson, Hilda Ellis (ed.) and Peter Fisher (tr.) (1999). Saxo Grammaticus : The History of the Danes : Books I-IX. Bury St Edmunds: St Edmundsbury Press. . First published 1979-19... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan%20III |
John Parkinson is the name of:
John Parkinson (botanist) (1567–1650), English herbalist
John B. Parkinson (1861–1935), English architect in Los Angeles
John Parkinson (politician) (1870–1941), British Labour Party MP for Wigan, 1918–1941
John Parkinson (cardiologist) (1885–1976), English cardiologist, a namesake of Wol... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Parkinson |
Buckingham Mountain (Lenape: Pepacating ) is located in Buckingham Township in Central Bucks County, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the second most elevated land in all of Bucks County at 520 feet.
History
On top of Buckingham Mountain stands the Mount Gilead African Methodist Episcopal Church, built in 18... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buckingham%20Mountain |
Garlieston (, IPA:[ˈpaləʝeaːᵲʎis̪]) is a small planned coastal village in the historical county of Wigtownshire in Dumfries and Galloway, south west Scotland. It was founded in the mid 18th century by Lord Garlies, later 6th Earl of Galloway.
Location and history
The village lies northwest of Whithorn and a few miles... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garlieston |
Lieshout is a village located in the province of North Brabant in the south of the Netherlands, about 15 kilometres northeast of Eindhoven. There are 4,300 inhabitants, and the village is known for its brewing company Swinkels Family Brewers.
The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very s... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lieshout |
Mohawk State Forest, also known as Mohawk State Forest/Mohawk Mountain State Park, encompasses over in the towns of Cornwall, Goshen, and Litchfield in the southern Berkshires of Litchfield County, Connecticut. As overseen by the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, the area is used for hikin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohawk%20State%20Forest |
Beek en Donk is a town in the province North Brabant, Netherlands. There are 10,028 inhabitants. The spoken language is Peellands (an East Brabantian dialect, which is very similar to colloquial Dutch).
History
The area of nowadays Beek en Donk has been inhabited for a long time. Tools of Stone Age nomadic people have... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beek%20en%20Donk |
Metropolitan Police Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used for legislation relating to the Metropolitan Police.
List
The Metropolitan Police Act 1829 (10 Geo 4 c 44)
The Metropolitan Police Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 47)
The Metropolitan Police Act 1856 (19 & 20 Vict c 2)
The Metropolitan Police Act 1857 (2... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Police%20Act |
Joseph "Cowboy" McCoy (December 21, 1837 – October 19, 1915) was a 19th-century entrepreneur known for promoting the transport of Longhorn cattle from Texas to the eastern United States.
Early life
Joseph Getting McCoy was one of eleven children born to Mary (née Kirkpatrick) and David McCoy. He was born on 21 Decembe... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20McCoy |
James Crawford Thom (March 22, 1835 – February 16, 1898) was an American painter. Born in New York City, he studied at an artist colony in Perth Amboy, New Jersey along with Louis Comfort Tiffany of stained glass fame. He also studied with Edouard Frere, among others. He painted "By the River-Side" "Returning from the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20C.%20Thom |
A black box is a device, object, or system whose inner workings are unknown; only the "stimuli inputs" and "output reactions" are known characteristics.
Black box may also refer to:
Science and technology
Black box (phreaking), a device to defeat telephone toll charges
Eucalyptus largiflorens, a tree species with t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black%20box%20%28disambiguation%29 |
Fred Harris is a British comedian and children's television presenter. Formerly a schoolteacher, he began his television career as a presenter of the BBC children's programme Play School, on which he appeared regularly between 1973 and 1988. During this time he was also a presenter on Ragtime and Chock-A-Block.
During... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Harris%20%28presenter%29 |
The Supreme Court of Finland (, abbreviated as KKO; , abbreviated as HD), located in Helsinki, is the court of last resort for cases within the private law of Finland (that is, civil and criminal cases). The Court's counterpart is the Supreme Administrative Court, which is the court of last resort for cases within the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supreme%20Court%20of%20Finland |
White Jazz is a 1992 crime fiction novel by James Ellroy. It is the fourth in his L.A. Quartet, preceded by The Black Dahlia, The Big Nowhere, and L.A. Confidential. James Ellroy dedicated White Jazz "TO Helen Knode." The epigraph for White Jazz is "'In the end I possess my birthplace and I am possessed by its language... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White%20Jazz |
David Zaffiro is an American record producer and guitarist.
Career
Zaffiro began his musical pursuits with friends he met in Seattle, Washington, assisting the formation of the band Topaz and later the Crystal City Rockers. His professional career began as guitarist for the metal band Bloodgood. Though he officially l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Zaffiro |
Space Technology 5 (ST5) of the NASA New Millennium program was a test of ten new technologies aboard a group of microsatellites. Developed by NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, the three individual small spacecraft were launched together from the belly of a Lockheed L-1011 aboard the Pegasus XL rocket, on 22 March 2006... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20Technology%205 |
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