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1910 | Agarose gel electrophoresis | 200px|thumb|right|Digital image of 3 plasmid restriction digests run on a 1% w/v agarose gel, 3 volt/cm, stained with ethidium bromide. The DNA size marker is a commercial 1 kbp ladder. The position of the wells and direction of DNA migration is noted.
Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method of gel electrophoresis use... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agarose_gel_electrophoresis | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.719295 |
1911 | Allele | An allele; modern formation from Greek ἄλλος állos, "other"}} is a variant of the sequence of nucleotides at a particular location, or locus, on a DNA molecule.
Alleles can differ at a single position through single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP), but they can also have insertions and deletions of up to several thousa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allele | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.730500 |
1912 | Ampicillin | | MedlinePlus = a685002
| DailyMedID = Ampicillin
| pregnancy_AU = A
| pregnancy_AU_comment
| pregnancy_category | routes_of_administration By mouth, intravenous, intramuscular
| class = Aminopenicillins
| ATC_prefix = J01
| ATC_suffix = CA01
| ATC_supplemental =
<!-- Legal status -->
| legal_AU = S4
| legal_AU_comm... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampicillin | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.748917 |
1913 | Annealing | Annealing may refer to:
Annealing (biology), in genetics
Annealing (glass), heating a piece of glass to remove stress
Annealing (materials science), a heat treatment that alters the microstructure of a material
Quantum annealing, a method for solving combinatorial optimisation problems and ground states of glassy ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annealing | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.750508 |
1914 | Antimicrobial resistance | : Bacteria are streaked on dishes with white disks, each impregnated with a different antibiotic. Clear rings, such as those on the left, show that bacteria have not grown—indicating that these bacteria are not resistant. The bacteria on the right are fully resistant to three of seven and partially resistant to two of ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antimicrobial_resistance | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.864399 |
1915 | Antigen | thumb|255px|An illustration that shows how antigens induce the immune system response by interacting with an antibody that matches the molecular structure of an antigen
In immunology, an antigen (Ag) is a molecule, moiety, foreign particulate matter, or an allergen, such as pollen, that can bind to a specific antibody... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antigen | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.879126 |
1916 | Autosome | An autosome is any chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. The members of an autosome pair in a diploid cell have the same morphology, unlike those in allosomal (sex chromosome) pairs, which may have different structures. The DNA in autosomes is collectively known as atDNA or auDNA.
For example, humans have a diploid... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autosome | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.887109 |
1919 | Antwerp (disambiguation) | Antwerp is the second largest city in Belgium and capital of the Antwerp province.
Antwerp may also refer to:
In Belgium
Antwerp (district)
Antwerp (province)
In the United States
Antwerp, Ohio
Antwerp Township, Michigan
Antwerp, New York
Antwerp (village), New York
In Australia
Antwerp, Victoria
Other
Por... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antwerp_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.888920 |
1920 | Aquila | Aquila may refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media
Aquila, a series of books by S.P. Somtow
Aquila, a 1997 book by Andrew Norriss
Aquila (children's magazine), a UK-based children's magazine
Aquila (journal), an ornithological journal
Aquila (TV series), a BBC TV production for children based on the Norriss bo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquila | 2025-04-05T18:25:49.892749 |
1921 | Al-Qaeda | | native_name_lang = ar
| war |
}}
| image = Flag of Jihad.svg
| caption = Flag used by various Al-Qaeda factions
| founder = Osama bin Laden
| leaders = <br />(1988–2011)
* Ayman al-Zawahiri<br />(2011–2022)
* Saif al-Adel<br />(de facto; 2022–present)
}}
| active =
| allegiance (1995–present)
| ideology |
* Pan-Isl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.036028 |
1923 | Alessandro Volta | <!--Galvani and "Early battery" sections need more citations-->
| image = Alessandro Volta.jpeg
| birth_name = Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
| birth_date
| birth_place = Como, Duchy of Milan
| death_date
| death_place = Como, Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia, Austrian Empire
| known_for =
| spouse =
| chi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alessandro_Volta | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.051743 |
1924 | Argo Navis | –
| dec = –
| areatotal = 1667
| arearank | numbermainstars 32
| numberbfstars = 178
| numberstarsplanets = 24
| numberbrightstars = 12
| numbernearbystars = 7
| brighteststarname = Canopus (α Arg)
| starmagnitude = −0.74
| neareststarname | stardistance
| numbermessierobjects = 3
| meteorshowers =
| bordering =
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argo_Navis | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.060918 |
1925 | Andromeda (mythology) | In Greek mythology, Andromeda (; or ) is the daughter of Cepheus, the king of Aethiopia, and his wife, Cassiopeia. When Cassiopeia boasts that she (or Andromeda) is more beautiful than the Nereids, Poseidon sends the sea monster Cetus to ravage the coast of Aethiopia as divine punishment. Queen Cassiopeia understands t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andromeda_(mythology) | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.143316 |
1926 | Antlia | , genitive
| symbolism the Air Pump
| RA –
| dec–
| stardistancely = 13.17
| stardistancepc = 4.04
| numbermessierobjects = 0
| meteorshowers = None
| bordering = Hydra<br />Pyxis<br />Vela<br />Centaurus
| latmax = 45
| latmin = 90
| month = April
| notes=}}
Antlia (; from Ancient Greek ἀντλία) is a constellation in... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antlia | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.164085 |
1927 | Ara (constellation) | | genitive Arae
| pronounce , genitive
| symbolism the Altar
| RA –
| dec– it had been recorded by Aratus in 270 BC as lying close to the horizon, and the Almagest portrays stars as far south as Gamma Arae. Professor Bradley Schaefer proposes such Ancients must have been able to see as far south as Zeta Arae, for a pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ara_(constellation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.183109 |
1928 | Auriga (disambiguation) | Auriga is a constellation.
Auriga or AURIGA may also refer to:
Auriga (slave), a Roman charioteer
HMS Auriga (P419), a British submarine launched in 1945
Auriga of Delphi, name of the statue Charioteer of Delphi
USM Auriga, a fictional spaceship in the film Alien Resurrection
Auriga, a fictional planet in the En... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auriga_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.184692 |
1930 | Arkansas | Land of Opportunity (former)
| motto = Regnat populus (Latin: The People Rule)
| anthem = "Arkansas", "Arkansas (You Run Deep in Me)", "Oh, Arkansas", and "The Arkansas Traveler"
| Former = Arkansas Territory
| seat = Little Rock
| OfficialLang English
| population_demonym = ArkansanArkansawyerArkanite
| LargestCity = ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkansas | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.290094 |
1931 | Atmosphere (disambiguation) | An atmosphere is a gas layer around a celestial body.
Atmosphere may also refer to:
Science
Atmosphere (unit), a unit of pressure
Atmosphere of Earth
Extraterrestrial atmospheres
Stellar atmosphere
Arts, entertainment, and media
Music
Groups
Atmosphere (music group), an American hip-hop duo from Minnesota
Atmo... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atmosphere_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.294325 |
1933 | Apus | , genitive
| symbolism The Bird-of-Paradise
| dec to <!-- cites previous 2 sentences --> De Houtman included it in his southern star catalogue in 1603 under the Dutch name De Paradijs Voghel, "The Bird of Paradise", and Plancius called the constellation Paradysvogel Apis Indica; the first word is Dutch for "bird of pa... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apus | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.310399 |
1934 | Abadan, Iran | Abadan|the administrative division of Khuzestan province|Abadan County}}
|settlement_type = City
|image_skyline =
| image_caption | image_seal
| seal_alt | image_shield
| shield_alt | nickname
| motto | image_map
| mapsize | map_caption
| mapsize1 | map_caption1
| pushpin_map = Iran#Persian Gulf
| pushpin_l... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abadan,_Iran | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.337808 |
1935 | Attorney | Attorney may refer to:
Lawyer
Attorney at law, in some jurisdictions
Attorney, one who has power of attorney
The Attorney, a 2013 South Korean film
See also
Attorney general, the principal legal officer of (or advisor to) a government
Attorney's fee, compensation for legal services
Attorney–client privileg... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attorney | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.339480 |
1937 | Alexander Fleming | | image = Synthetic Production of Penicillin TR1468.jpg
| caption = Fleming in his laboratory,
| birth_date
| birth_place = Darvel, Ayrshire, Scotland
| death_date
| death_place = London, England
| resting_place = St Paul's Cathedral
| spouses =
*
}}
| field =
| alma_mater =
| work_institutions = St Mary's Hospi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Fleming | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.375609 |
1938 | Andrew Carnegie | | birth_date =
| birth_place = Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
| death_date =
| death_place = Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.
| resting_place = Sleepy Hollow Cemetery, Sleepy Hollow, New York, U.S.
| occupation = Industrialist, philanthropist
| known_for = Founding and leading the Carnegie Steel Company Founding the Carnegie ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Carnegie | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.442434 |
1939 | Approximant | Approximants are speech sounds that involve the articulators approaching each other but not narrowly enough nor with enough articulatory precision to create turbulent airflow. Therefore, approximants fall between fricatives, which do produce a turbulent airstream, and vowels, which produce no turbulence. This class is ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Approximant | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.540987 |
1940 | Astronomer Royal | thumb|220px|John Flamsteed, the first astronomer royal, by Thomas Gibson. Royal Society, London.
Astronomer Royal is a senior post in the Royal Households of the United Kingdom. There are two officers, the senior being the astronomer royal dating from 22 June 1675; the junior is the astronomer royal for Scotland dating... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astronomer_Royal | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.558786 |
1941 | Aeon | The word aeon , also spelled eon (in American and Australian English), originally meant "life", "vital force" or "being", "generation" or "a period of time", though it tended to be translated as "age" in the sense of "ages", "forever", "timeless" or "for eternity". It is a Latin transliteration from the ancient Greek w... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeon | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.569325 |
1942 | Airline | An airline is a company that provides air transport services for traveling passengers or freight (cargo). Airlines use aircraft to supply these services and may form partnerships or alliances with other airlines for codeshare agreements, in which they both offer and operate the same flight. Generally, airline companies... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airline | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.606930 |
1943 | Australian Democrats | | abbreviation = AD
| leader1_title = President
| leader1_name = Lyn Allison
| leader2_title = Vice Presidents
| leader2_name =
| leader3_title | leader3_name
| leader4_title | leader4_name
| leader5_title | leader5_name
| founder Don Chipp
| founded 9 May 1977
| registered 7 April 2019
| seats1_title = House of Repre... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Democrats | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.659533 |
1944 | Australian Capital Territory | }}
| image_map
| map_caption Location of ACT in Australia<br />
| subdivision_type = Country
| subdivision_name = Australia
| established_title = Transferred to Commonwealth
| established_date = 1 January 1911
| established_title2 = Responsible government
| established_date2 = 1988
| largest_city = Canberra
| leader_t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Capital_Territory | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.721815 |
1947 | Aotus | Aotus (the name is derived from the Ancient Greek words for "earless" in both cases: the monkey is missing external ears, and the pea is missing earlike bracteoles) may refer to:
Aotus (plant), one of the plant genera commonly known as golden peas in the family Fabaceae (bean family)
Aotus (monkey), the genus of nigh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aotus | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.724605 |
1948 | Ally McBeal | | creator = David E. Kelley
| starring =
| theme_music_composer = Vonda Shepard
| opentheme = "Searchin' My Soul"
| composer =
| country = United States
| language = English
| num_seasons = 5
| num_episodes = 112
| list_episodes = List of Ally McBeal episodes
| executive_producer =
| producer =
| cinematography =
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ally_McBeal | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.748378 |
1949 | Andreas Capellanus | Andreas Capellanus (Capellanus meaning "chaplain"), also known as Andrew the Chaplain ( 1185}}), and occasionally by a French translation of his name, André le Chapelain, was the 12th-century author of a treatise commonly known as De amore ("About Love"), and often known in English, somewhat misleadingly, as The Art of... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas_Capellanus | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.751075 |
1950 | American Civil Liberties Union | | name = American Civil Liberties Union
| membership 1.7million (2024)
| region_served = United States
| num_staff = 500 staff attorneys
| num_volunteers = Several thousand attorneys
| website =
}}
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is an American nonprofit civil rights organization founded in 1920. ACLU affili... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_Liberties_Union | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.840380 |
1955 | Adobe Inc. | |Nasdaq-100 component|S&P 100 component|S&P 500 component}}
| industry = Software
| area_served = Worldwide
| key_people =
| products =
| services = SaaS
| revenue
| revenue_year = 2024
| operating_income =
| income_year = 2024
| net_income =
| net_income_year = 2024
| assets =
| assets_year = 2024
| equity =
| ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adobe_Inc. | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.883683 |
1957 | Alexander Technique | The Alexander Technique, named after its developer Frederick Matthias Alexander (1869–1955), is an alternative therapy based on the idea that poor posture causes a range of health problems. to address his own voice loss during public speaking.
Proponents and teachers of the Alexander Technique believe the technique ca... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Technique | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.893935 |
1960 | Andrea Alciato | | birth_place = Alzate Brianza, Duchy of Milan
| death_date
| death_place = Pavia, Duchy of Milan
| death_cause | nationality Italian
| citizenship = <!-- use only when necessary per WP:INFONAT -->
| other_names | occupation Jurist, university teacher, lawyer, writer
| period | known_for
| title | boards
| spouse | ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Alciato | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.899275 |
1962 | Apparent magnitude | and two stars in the constellation Aquarius, with their magnitudes labeled]]
Apparent magnitude () is a measure of the brightness of a star, astronomical object or other celestial objects like artificial satellites. Its value depends on its intrinsic luminosity, its distance, and any extinction of the object's light c... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apparent_magnitude | 2025-04-05T18:25:50.982237 |
1963 | Absolute magnitude | In astronomy, absolute magnitude () is a measure of the luminosity of a celestial object on an inverse logarithmic astronomical magnitude scale; the more luminous (intrinsically bright) an object, the lower its magnitude number. An object's absolute magnitude is defined to be equal to the apparent magnitude that the ob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_magnitude | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.017090 |
1965 | Apollo 1 | | landing_mass = <!--Mass after landing (recovered spacecraft only)-->
| dimensions = <!--body dimensions and solar array span-->
<!--Launch details-->
| launch_date = February 21, 1967 (planned)
| launch_rocket = Saturn IB AS-204
| launch_site = Cape Kennedy LC-34
| launch_contractor = <!--organisation(s) that conduct... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_1 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.081194 |
1966 | Apollo 10 | | SATCAT =
| mission_duration = 8 days, 3 minutes, 23 seconds
| spacecraft =
| manufacturer =
| launch_mass 42,775 kg
| landing_mass
| launch_date UTC
| launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-505
| launch_site = Kennedy LC-39B
| landing_date UTC
| landing_site
| recovery_by =
| orbit_epoch | orbit_reference Selenocentric
| ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_10 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.116991 |
1967 | Apollo 12 | | LM: 1969-099C
}}
| SATCAT =
| LM: 4226
}}
| mission_duration 10 days, 4 hours, 36 minutes, 24 seconds
| spacecraft =
| manufacturer =
| launch_mass
| landing_mass
| launch_date UTC (11:22 am EST)
| launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-507
| launch_site = Kennedy, LC-39A
| landing_date UTC (10:58:24 am HST)
| landin... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.144885 |
1968 | Apollo 14 | |LM: 1971-008C
}}
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = 9 days, 1 minute, 58 seconds
| spacecraft =
| manufacturer = CSM: North American Rockwell<br />LM: Grumman
| launch_mass =
| landing_mass =
| launch_date UTC
| launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-509
| launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A
| landing_date UTC
| landing_site South P... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_14 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.178495 |
1969 | Apollo 15 | }}
| SATCAT =
| launch_mass
|departure_date August 2, 1971, 17:11:23 UTC
|sample_mass
|surface_EVAs = 4 (including standup)
|surface_EVA_time =
| instruments = <!-- a list of instruments on the satellite -->
| docking = 7 despite the partial opening of one of its three parachutes.
The mission accomplished its ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_15 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.242959 |
1970 | Apollo 16 | | operator = NASA
| COSPAR_ID =
|LM: 1972-031C
}}
| SATCAT =
|LM: 6005
}}
| mission_duration 11 days, 1 hour, 51 minutes, 5 seconds
| spacecraft =
|Apollo LM-11
}}
| manufacturer =
|LM: Grumman
}}
| launch_mass
| landing_mass
| launch_date UTC
| launch_rocket = Saturn V SA-511
| launch_site = Kennedy LC-39A... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_16 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.289236 |
1971 | Apollo 17 | |LM:
}}
| SATCAT =
| mission_duration = 12 days, 13 hours, 51 minutes, 59 seconds
| spacecraft =
| manufacturer =
|LM: Grumman
}}
| launch_mass
| landing_mass
| launch_date UTC (12:33amEST)
| landing_site South Pacific Ocean (}})
| recovery_by =
| interplanetary =
|surface_EVAs = 3
|surface_EVA_time = 1st: 7... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_17 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.357903 |
1973 | American Revolution | The American Revolution (1765–1783) was an ideological and political movement in the Thirteen Colonies in what was then British America. The revolution culminated in the American Revolutionary War, which was launched on April 19, 1775, in the Battles of Lexington and Concord. Leaders of the American Revolution were col... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Revolution | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.445690 |
1974 | April 17 | Events
Pre-1600
*1080 – Harald III of Denmark dies and is succeeded by Canute IV, who would later be the first Dane to be canonized.
*1349 – The rule of the Bavand dynasty in Mazandaran is brought to an end by the murder of Hasan II.
*1362 – Kaunas Castle falls to the Teutonic Order after a month-long... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_17 | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.487899 |
1975 | Alan Ayckbourn | | name = Alan Ayckbourn
| image = Sir Alan Ayckbourn P4220001.JPG
| caption = Ayckbourn in 2010
| pseudonym | birth_date
| birth_place = Hampstead, London, England
| occupation = Playwright, director
| period = 1959–present
| genre | subject
| movement | website
}}
Sir Alan Ayckbourn (born 12 April 1939) is a prolif... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Ayckbourn | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.553872 |
1979 | Alpha Centauri | a Centauri|HD 100673A Centauri|Centaurus A}}
}}
system, but for practical and historical reasons it is described in detail in its own article. }}
}}
), circled in red. The bright star to the right is Beta Centauri. |style=font-size: 1em; padding: 4px 0;}} <!-- Please do not change. The two bright stars are Alpha and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_Centauri | 2025-04-05T18:25:51.978277 |
1980 | Amiga | <!-- This block is marked as red links cleanup -->
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| type = Personal computers<br/>Game console (CD32)
| generation | releasedate
| lifespan | discontinued 1996
| unitssold 4.91 million
| unitsshipped | media
| os = AmigaOS on Kickstart
| power | soc
| storage | display
| graphics | sound
| input | contr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.057995 |
1985 | Absorption | Absorption may refer to:
Chemistry and biology
Absorption (biology), digestion
Absorption (small intestine)
Absorption (chemistry), diffusion of particles of gas or liquid into liquid or solid materials
Absorption (skin), a route by which substances enter the body through the skin
Absorption (pharmacology), absorption... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absorption | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.112894 |
1988 | Abel Tasman | 17th century
| birth_date =
| birth_place = Lutjegast, Dutch Republic
| death_date
| death_place = Batavia, Dutch East Indies
| occupation =
| spouse
| children = Claesjen Tasman (daughter)
}}
Abel Janszoon Tasman (; 160310 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer and explorer, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 164... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Tasman | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.171385 |
1990 | August 5 | Events
Pre-1600
*AD 25 – Guangwu claims the throne as Emperor of China, restoring the Han dynasty after the collapse of the short-lived Xin dynasty.
*70 – Fires resulting from the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem are extinguished.
* 642 – Battle of Maserfield: Penda of Mercia defeats and... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_5 | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.345184 |
1994 | ASP | ASP may refer to:
Combat
ASP pistol
ASP, Inc., law enforcement weapon manufacturer
A type of extending baton
Ammunition Supply Point, military storage facility for live ammunition and explosives
Computing
Active Server Pages, a web-scripting interface by Microsoft
ASP.NET, a web-application framework by Microso... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASP | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.394462 |
1997 | Algebraic geometry | is an algebraic surface of degree five. The picture represents a portion of its real locus.]]
Algebraic geometry is a branch of mathematics which uses abstract algebraic techniques, mainly from commutative algebra, to solve geometrical problems. Classically, it studies zeros of multivariate polynomials; the modern app... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algebraic_geometry | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.464701 |
1998 | Austin, Texas | | image_flag = Flag of Austin, Texas.svg
| flag_size = 135px
| image_seal = Seal of Austin, TX.svg
| seal_size = 100px
| image_blank_emblem = Coat of arms of Austin, Texas.svg
| blank_emblem_type = Coat of arms
| blank_emblem_size = 65
| blank_emblem_alt | blank_emblem_link List of U.S. county and city insignia
| nickn... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.639907 |
2003 | Argument from morality | The argument from morality is an argument for the existence of God. Arguments from morality tend to be based on moral normativity or moral order. Arguments from moral normativity observe some aspect of morality and argue that God is the best or only explanation for this, concluding that God must exist. Arguments from m... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_morality | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.680978 |
2004 | ASL (disambiguation) | ASL is a common initialism for American Sign Language, the sign language of the United States and Canada (not be confused with Auslan, also called ASL or Asilulu language which has the ISO code ASL), and may also refer to:
Culture
Sport
American Soccer League (disambiguation)
Australia's Surfing Life, surf maga... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASL_(disambiguation) | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.701660 |
2006 | Auschwitz concentration camp | | caption Top: Gate to Auschwitz I with its sign ("work sets you free")Bottom: Auschwitz II-Birkenau gatehouse. The train track, in operation from May to October 1944, led toward the gas chambers.
| known for = The Holocaust
| location = German-occupied Poland
| coordinates
| built by = IG Farben
| operated by = Nazi ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auschwitz_concentration_camp | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.844853 |
2007 | Archery | thumb|Archery competition in June 1983 at Mönchengladbach, West Germany
thumb|A Rikbaktsa archer competes at Brazil's Indigenous Games
thumb|upright|Tibetan archer, 1938
thumb|Master Heon Kim demonstrating Gungdo, traditional Korean archery (Kuk Kung), 2009
thumb|Archers in East Timor
thumb|Japanese archers
thumb|Arche... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archery | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.931218 |
2009 | Alvar Aalto | | birth_place = Kuortane, Grand Duchy of Finland
| death_date
| death_place = Helsinki, Finland
| parents | spouse
*
}}
| children = 2
| practice | significant_buildings Paimio Sanatorium<br />Säynätsalo Town Hall<br />Viipuri Library<br />Villa Mairea<br />Baker House<br />Finlandia Hall
| significant_projects = He... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvar_Aalto | 2025-04-05T18:25:52.995578 |
2011 | Comparison of American and British English | The English language was introduced to the Americas by the arrival of the English, beginning in the late 16th century. The language also spread to numerous other parts of the world as a result of British trade and settlement and the spread of the former British Empire, which, by 1921, included 470–570 million people, a... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_American_and_British_English | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.169043 |
2014 | Atomic semantics | Atomic semantics is a type of guarantee provided by a data register shared by several processors in a parallel machine or in a network of computers working together.
Atomic semantics are very strong. An atomic register provides strong guarantees even when there is concurrency and failures.
A read/write register R stor... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomic_semantics | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.176255 |
2015 | Antarctic Circumpolar Current | thumb|320px|
thumb|320px| Animation of the thermohaline circulation. The later part of this animation shows the Antarctic Circumpolar Current.
Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC) is an ocean current that flows clockwise (as seen from the South Pole) from west to east around Antarctica. An alternative name for the ACC... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antarctic_Circumpolar_Current | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.221494 |
2017 | Arbor Day | Arbor Day (or Arbour Day in some countries) is a secular day of observance in which individuals and groups are encouraged to plant trees. Today, many countries observe such a holiday. Though usually observed in the spring, the date varies, depending on climate and suitable planting season.
Origins and history
at the ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arbor_Day | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.248530 |
2018 | A. J. Ayer | | image = Alfred Jules Ayer.png
| birth_name = Alfred Jules Ayer
| birth_date
| birth_place = St. John's Wood, London, England
| death_date
| death_place = London, England
| alma_mater = Christ Church, Oxford
| awards = Knight Bachelor (1970)
| era = 20th-century philosophy
| region = Western philosophy
| school_trad... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._J._Ayer | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.285884 |
2019 | André Weil | | birth_place = Paris, France
| death_date
| death_place = Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
| field = Mathematics
| work_institutions =
| education =
| doctoral_advisor =
| doctoral_students =
*
*
*
*
* }}
| known_for =
| prizes = ; 6 May 1906 – 6 August 1998) was a French mathematician, known for his foundational... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/André_Weil | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.309115 |
2020 | Achaeans (Homer) | The Achaeans or Akhaians (; , "the Achaeans" or "of Achaea") is one of the names in Homer which is used to refer to the Greeks collectively.
The term "Achaean" is believed to be related to the Hittite term Ahhiyawa and the Egyptian term Ekwesh which appear in texts from the Late Bronze Age and are believed to refer to... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Achaeans_(Homer) | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.352694 |
2021 | Atle Selberg | | birth_place = Langesund, Norway
| death_date
| death_place = Princeton, New Jersey, United States
| residence | nationality Norwegian
| field = Mathematics
| workplaces = {{Plainlist|
*Syracuse University
*Institute for Advanced Study This challenged the widely held view of his time that certain theorems are only ob... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atle_Selberg | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.388306 |
2023 | Aeschylus | 30 BC, based on an earlier bronze Greek herma, dating to around 340-320 BC
| native_name = }}
| native_name_lang = Greek
| birth_date = /524 BC
| birth_place = Eleusis
| death_date = (aged approximately 67)
| death_place = Gela, Sicily
| occupation = Playwright and soldier
| children =
| parents = Euphorion (father)
|... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeschylus | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.437621 |
2024 | Amber Road | The Amber Road was an ancient trade route for the transfer of amber from coastal areas of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean Sea. Prehistoric trade routes between Northern and Southern Europe were defined by the amber trade.
As an important commodity, sometimes dubbed "the gold of the north", amber ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amber_Road | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.450469 |
2025 | Crandall University | | administrative_staff 39
| president = Bruce G. Fawcett
| rector | chancellor Donald Simmonds
| vice_chancellor | dean
| campus = Urban
| colors | colours Blue and Gold
| mascot = Charlie the Charger
| free_label = Sports teams
| free = Chargers
| affiliations = Convention of Atlantic Baptist Churches <br /> Acadia D... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crandall_University | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.472972 |
2027 | Andrew Wiles | | image = Andrew wiles1-3.jpg
| caption = Wiles in 2005
| birth_date
| birth_place = Cambridge, England
| nationality = British
| field = Mathematics
| work_institutions =
| education = King's College School, Cambridge<br/>The Leys School
| alma_mater =
| doctoral_advisor John Coates
* Vinayak Vatsal}}
| thesis_titl... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Wiles | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.493738 |
2028 | Ambient | Ambient or ambiance or ambience may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Ambiancé, an unreleased experimental film
Ambient (novel), a novel by Jack Womack
Music and sound
Ambience (sound recording), also known as atmospheres or backgrounds
Ambient music, a genre of music that puts an emphasis on tone and atmosphere
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambient | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.520611 |
2029 | Anne Brontë | | pseudonym = Acton Bell
| birth_name | birth_date
| birth_place = Thornton, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
| death_date
| death_place = Scarborough, North Riding of Yorkshire, England
| resting_place = St. Mary's Churchyard, Scarborough
| occupation = Poet, novelist, governess
| citizenship | education
| alma_ma... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anne_Brontë | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.546386 |
2030 | Augustine of Hippo | | image= Saint Augustine by Philippe de Champaigne.jpg
| caption= Saint Augustin by Philippe de Champaigne,
| imagesize = 230
| venerated_in= All Christian denominations which venerate saints
| beatified_date | beatified_place
| beatified_by | canonized_date Pre-Congregation
| canonized_place | canonized_by
| major_sh... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augustine_of_Hippo | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.676803 |
2032 | Acting | right|thumb|French stage and early film actress Sarah Bernhardt as Hamlet
thumb|Actors in samurai and rōnin costume at the Kyoto Eigamura film set
Acting is an activity in which a story is told by means of its enactment by an actor who adopts a character—in theatre, television, film, radio, or any other medium that mak... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acting | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.715009 |
2037 | Delian League | Delyan}}
and the Persian Empire at the outset of the Peloponnesian War around 431 BC]]
The Delian League was a confederacy of Greek city-states, numbering between 150 and 330, founded in 478 BC under the leadership (hegemony) of Athens, whose purpose was to continue fighting the Persian Empire after the Greek victory... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delian_League | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.745947 |
2038 | August Horch | | birth_place = Winningen, Rhenish Prussia
| death_date
| death_place = Münchberg, Bavaria, West Germany
| known_for = Founder of Audi and Horch
}}
August Horch (12 October 1868 – 3 February 1951) was a German engineer and automobile pioneer, the founder of the manufacturing giant that eventually became Audi.
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Horch | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.756252 |
2039 | Avionics | ]]
with avionics laid out]]
Avionics (a portmanteau of aviation and electronics) are the electronic systems used on aircraft. Avionic systems include communications, navigation, the display and management of multiple systems, and the hundreds of systems that are fitted to aircraft to perform individual functions. The... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avionics | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.785717 |
2041 | Ares | Ares (; , Árēs ) is the Greek god of war and courage. He is one of the Twelve Olympians, and the son of Zeus and Hera. The Greeks were ambivalent towards him. He embodies the physical valor necessary for success in war but can also personify sheer brutality and bloodlust, in contrast to his sister Athena, whose martial... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.868335 |
2042 | Alexander Grothendieck | | birth_place = Berlin, Prussia, Germany
| death_date }}
| death_place = Saint-Lizier, Ariège, France
| nationality |Stateless (post 1945 until 1971)}}
| workplaces |University of São Paulo}}
| alma_mater
| thesis_title = Produits tensoriels topologiques et espaces nucléaires
| thesis_url = https://webusers.imj-prg.fr... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Grothendieck | 2025-04-05T18:25:53.930276 |
2047 | Alcoholics Anonymous | | founders = Bill Wilson<br />Dr. Bob Smith
| founding_location = Akron, Ohio
| extinction <!-- or: | dissolved --> <!--e.g. use -->
| merger = <!-- Other organizations (if any) merged to constitute the organization -->
| type = Mutual aid addiction recovery twelve-step program
| status = <!-- Organization's legal stat... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alcoholics_Anonymous | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.044907 |
2049 | Alpha compositing | image with an alpha channel that falls off to zero at its base, where it is blended with the background color.]]
In computer graphics, alpha compositing or alpha blending is the process of combining one image with a background to create the appearance of partial or full transparency. It is often useful to render pictu... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alpha_compositing | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.065887 |
2052 | Array (data structure) | In computer science, an array is a data structure consisting of a collection of elements (values or variables), of same memory size, each identified by at least one array index or key, a collection of which may be a tuple, known as an index tuple. An array is stored such that the position (memory address) of each eleme... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Array_(data_structure) | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.099424 |
2053 | Advance Australia Fair | April 1984)
| composer = Peter Dodds McCormick
| music_date = November 1878
| adopted = (as the national anthem)
* (as one of three "national songs")
* (readopted as the national anthem)
}}
| predecessor =
| sound = Advance_Australia_Fair.ogg
| sound_title = Royal Australian Navy Band instrumental version (one verse)
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Advance_Australia_Fair | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.122305 |
2061 | Automatic number announcement circuit | An automatic number announcement circuit (ANAC) is a component of a central office of a telephone company that provides a service to installation and service technicians to determine the telephone number of a telephone line. The facility has a telephone number that may be called to listen to an automatic announcement t... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Automatic_number_announcement_circuit | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.129837 |
2062 | Amerigo Vespucci | ) at the British Museum in London, attributed to Crispijn van de Passe the Elder
| birth_date = 9 March 1454
| birth_place = Florence, Republic of Florence
| death_date
| death_place = Seville, Crown of Castile
| other_names =
| known_for Demonstrating to Europeans that the New World was not Asia but a previously unk... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amerigo_Vespucci | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.152070 |
2063 | Aristide Maillol | | birth_place = Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France
| death_date =
| death_place = Banyuls-sur-Mer, Roussillon, France
| nationality | field Sculpture, painting
| training = École des Beaux-Arts
| movement | works
| patrons | influenced by
| influenced | awards
}}
Aristide Joseph Bonaventure Maillol (; December 8,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Maillol | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.163429 |
2064 | Antonio Canova | | death_place = Venice, Lombardy–Venetia
| nationality = Republic of Venice (1757–1798)<br />Austria (territory ceded to Austria) (1798–1805)<br />Kingdom of Italy (1805–1814) <br /> Austrian Empire (1814–1822)
| field = Sculpture
| training | movement Neoclassicism
| works =
| patrons | influenced
| awards | elected
... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_Canova | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.204347 |
2065 | Auguste Rodin | Rodin (film)}}
| birth_place = Paris, Kingdom of France
| death_date
| death_place = Meudon, French Third Republic
| field = Sculpture and drawing
| training | influenced
| awards =
| works = ), 1877
|The Walking Man (), 1877–78
|The Burghers of Calais (), 1889
|The Kiss (), 1889
|The Thinker (), 1902}}
| spouse... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_Rodin | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.247491 |
2067 | Ann Arbor, Michigan | | image_flag | image_seal Seal of Ann Arbor, Michigan.svg
| image_map =
| zoom = 11
| type = shape
| marker = city
| stroke-width = 2
| stroke-color = #0096FF
| fill = #0096FF
| id2 = Q485172
| type2 = shape-inverse
| stroke-width2 = 2
| stroke-color2 = #5F5F5F
| stroke-opacity2 = 0
| fill2 = #000000
| fi... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Arbor,_Michigan | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.311471 |
2070 | Act of Settlement 1701 | | type = Act
| parliament = Parliament of England
| long_title = An Act for the further Limitation of the Crown and better securing the Rights and Liberties of the Subject.
| year = 1701
| citation = 12 & 13 Will. 3. c. 2
| introduced_commons | introduced_lords
| territorial_extent
* (1701–1707)
* (1701–1800; extend... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Act_of_Settlement_1701 | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.356473 |
2075 | Aircraft hijacking | exploding after United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into it during the September 11 attacks. One of the most infamous aircraft hijackings.]]
being held hostage by an armed hijacker in Beirut, Lebanon in 1985]]
Aircraft hijacking (also known as airplane hijacking, skyjacking, plane hijacking, plane jacking, air robbery,... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aircraft_hijacking | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.410558 |
2076 | Acropolis of Athens | |ID = 404
|Area = 3.04 ha
|Buffer_zone = 116.71 ha
|locmapin = Greece
|map_caption = Location in Greece
|Year=1987}}
The Acropolis of Athens (; ) is an ancient citadel located on a rocky outcrop above the city of Athens, Greece, and contains the remains of several ancient buildings of great architectural and historica... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acropolis_of_Athens | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.434602 |
2077 | Adam Weishaupt | |birth_place = Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Holy Roman Empire
|death_date
|death_place = Gotha, Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, German Confederation
|school_tradition = Empiricism
|known_for = Founder of the Illuminati
|main_interests = Epistemology, Metaphysics, Ethics
|notable_ideas =
}}
Johann Adam Weishaupt (; 6 February 1748 – 18 Nov... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Weishaupt | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.445886 |
2078 | Acorn Electron | | Discontinued | Processor Synertek SY6502A @<br>2 MHz when accessing ROM<br>1 MHz when accessing RAM
| Memory = 32 KB RAM, 32 KB ROM
| Media = Cassette tape, floppy disk (optional), ROM cartridge (optional)
| Graphics = Ferranti Semiconductor Custom ULA
| Display = RF modulator, composite video, RGB monitor output, 16... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acorn_Electron | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.537595 |
2080 | A Fire Upon the Deep | A Fire Upon the Deep is a 1992 science fiction novel by American writer Vernor Vinge. It is a space opera involving superhuman intelligences, aliens, variable physics, space battles, love, betrayal, genocide, and a communication medium resembling Usenet. A Fire Upon the Deep won the Hugo Award in 1993, sharing it with ... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fire_Upon_the_Deep | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.561483 |
2082 | Aeronautics | thumb|Space Shuttle Atlantis on a Shuttle Carrier Aircraft
Aeronautics is the science or art involved with the study, design, and manufacturing of air flight-capable machines, and the techniques of operating aircraft and rockets within the atmosphere.
While the term originally referred solely to operating the aircraf... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aeronautics | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.585710 |
2083 | Auguste and Louis Lumière | | alma_mater = La Martiniere Lyon
| awards = Elliott Cresson Medal (1909)
| resting_place = New Guillotière Cemetery
| module
| birth_place = Besançon, France
| death_date
| death_place = Lyon, France
}}
| header2 = Louis Lumière
| birth_place = Besançon, France
| death_date
| death_place = Bandol, France
}}... | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auguste_and_Louis_Lumière | 2025-04-05T18:25:54.599091 |
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