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USS Flamingo (MSC(O)-11/AMS-11/YMS-238) was a built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the third U.S. Navy ship to be named for the flamingo.
History
Flamingo was laid down as YMS-238 on 11 May 1942 by Stadium Yacht Basin, Inc. of Cleveland, Ohio; launched, 12 September 1942; completed and commis... | english |
The Bon Accord centre is the second-largest shopping centre complex in Aberdeen, Scotland and serves a large catchment area including the city and surrounding Aberdeenshire.
The centre was constructed as two separate entities: the St. Nicholas Shopping Centre in 1985 and the adjacent Bon Accord Shopping Centre in 1990... | english |
Two-time defending champion Rafael Nadal defeated Fernando González in the final, 6–2, 6–2 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2007 Italian Open.
Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated. The top eight seeds received a bye into... | english |
The 2021 Malaysian Proclamation of Emergency (, ) was a federal proclamation of emergency issued by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia Al-Sultan Abdullah of Pahang to curb the spread of COVID-19 in Malaysia that was in effect from 12 January 2021 to 1 August 2021 nationwide except Sarawak, where the proclamation wa... | english |
An action-adventure game is a video game hybrid genre that combines core elements from both the action game and adventure game genres.
Typically, classical adventure games have situational problems for the player to explore and solve to complete a storyline, involving very little to no action. If there is action, it i... | english |
Of the 2 Rhode Island incumbents, neither were re-elected.
Rhode Island switched to a general ticket for its two seats, instead of electing each one separately. Only one candidate received a majority in the 1800 election, requiring an 1801 run-off election to choose a Representative for the second seat.
See also
L... | english |
Chris Eakin is a journalist who was a newsreader on the BBC's 24-hour rolling news channel, BBC News, and a relief presenter on BBC News at One at weekends. He was one of the channel's launch presenters in 1997, and is a published author. He left the BBC on 28 May 2015.
Early life
Eakin was born in Northern Ireland a... | english |
In the Name of Love may refer to:
Music
Albums
In the Name of Love (Earth, Wind & Fire album) (1996)
In the Name of Love (Peggy Lee album) (1964)
In the Name of Love (Thompson Twins album) (1982)
In the Name of Love (Yasmien Kurdi album) (2005)
In the Name of Love: Artists United for Africa, a 2004 album by var... | english |
Sidewalk chalk is typically large and thick sticks of chalk (calcium sulfate, gypsum, rather than calcium carbonate, rock chalk) that come in multiple colors and are mostly used for drawing on pavement or concrete sidewalks, frequently four square courts or a hopscotch boards. Blackboard chalk, typically used in educat... | english |
Heemstede is a hamlet in the central Netherlands. It is located 3 km west of Houten, Utrecht. The hamlet is known for Heemstede Castle (1645).
Until 1812, Heemstede was a separate heerlijkheid. Between 1818 and 1857 it was a part of Oud-Wulven, until that municipality merged with Houten. The area had 75 inhabitants ar... | english |
Villena is a city and municipality in the province of Alicante.
Villena may also refer to:
Seigneury of Villena, an ancient feudal state of southern Spain
People with the name
Enrique de Villena, Spanish medieval writer and scientist.
Luis Antonio de Villena, contemporary Spanish poet and writer
See also
Treasu... | english |
Potamogeton confervoides, common names pondweed, alga-like pondweed, algae-like pondweed, and Tuckerman's pondweed is a species of plant found in North America. It is listed as endangered in Connecticut, as a special concern in Maine, as threatened in Massachusetts, New York (state), Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin. It is ... | english |
Manohar Shankar Oak (Devanagari: मनोहर शंकर ओक) (May 27, 1933 – May 11, 1993) was a Marathi poet, novelist, and translator from Maharashtra, India.
Oak led a Bohemian life style. An influence of English poets like Allen Ginsberg can be discerned in his poetry. The background of Mumbai metropolis often appears in his p... | english |
Govinda (), also rendered Govind and Gobind, is an epithet of Vishnu and is also used for his avatars such as Krishna. The name appears as the 187th and the 539th name of Vishnu in the Vishnu Sahasranama. The name is also popularly addressed to Krishna, referring to his youthful activity as a cowherd boy.
Etymology
In... | english |
Count Rudolf (living 944), was a count in Lower Lotharingia, who apparently held possessions in the Hesbaye region and in the area of Meuse river north of Maastricht. It has been proposed that he was a son of Reginar II, Count of Hainaut, and thus a member of the so-called Regnarid dynasty.
Although there are no reco... | english |
is a railway station located in the city of Tsugaru, Aomori Prefecture, Japan, operated by the East Japan Railway Company (JR East). The station is a kan'i itaku station, administered by Goshogawara Station, and operated by Tsugaru municipal authority, with point-of-sales terminal installed. Ordinary tickets, express ... | english |
NGC 7057 is an elliptical galaxy located about 230 million light-years away in the constellation of Microscopium. NGC 7057 was discovered by astronomer John Herschel on September 2, 1836.
Group membership
NGC 7057 is a member of a group of galaxies known as the NGC 7060 group. Other members of the group are NGC 7060, ... | english |
In mathematics, the spin representations are particular projective representations of the orthogonal or special orthogonal groups in arbitrary dimension and signature (i.e., including indefinite orthogonal groups). More precisely, they are two equivalent representations of the spin groups, which are double covers of th... | english |
Answers in the Form of Questions is 2020 book about Jeopardy! by American author Claire McNear.
In addition to collecting the stories of past champions and the broader history of the game, the book goes into the histories of Alex Trebek and long running champions including Ken Jennings, Brad Rutter and James Holzhauer... | english |
Richard Burgin (June 30, 1947 – October 22, 2020) was an American fiction writer, editor, composer, critic, and academic. He published nineteen books, and from 1996 through 2013 was a professor of Communications and English at Saint Louis University. He was also the founder and publisher of the internationally distribu... | english |
Colonel John Henry "Johnny" Bevan (5 April 1894 – 3 December 1978) was a British Army officer who, during the Second World War, made an important contribution to military deception, culminating in Operation Bodyguard, the plan to conceal the D-Day landings in Normandy. In civilian life he was a respected stockbroker i... | english |
Robert James "Jim" Schoppert (May 28, 1947 – September 2, 1992) was an Tlingit Alaska Native artist and educator. His work includes woodcarving, painting, poetry, and essays. He has been described as an innovator, whose works pushed the boundaries of what was expected from Northwest Coast art.
Throughout his career he... | english |
The Alpha Terrace Historic District is a historic district in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The site consists of twenty-five stone rowhouses, which were built between 1889 and 1894 using a heterogeneous mix of Queen Anne and Romanesque revival architectural influences. Until... | english |
The 1968 South Australian state election was held on 2 March 1968.
Retiring Members
Labor
Frank Walsh, MHA (Edwardstown)
Liberal and Country
Percy Quirke, MHA (Burra)
George Bockelberg, MHA (Eyre)
Thomas Playford, MHA (Gumeracha)
Howard Shannon, MHA (Onkaparinga)
James Heaslip, MHA (Rocky River)
House of As... | english |
Jane Spencer, Baroness Churchill VA (née Conyngham; 1 June 1826 – 24 December 1900) was an English aristocrat and companion of Queen Victoria.
From 1854 to her death, Churchill served as a Lady of the Bedchamber to Victoria; this made her the longest serving member of the queen's personal household. Her role mainly ex... | english |
Kutta is a small village in Ponnampet taluk of Kodagu, in Karnataka state of India. As per census survey 2011, location code number of Kutta is 618078.
Location
Kutta is the southern tip of Kodagu district. It is located at a distance of 86 kms from district headquarters, Madikeri and 32 kms from taluk headquarters, P... | english |
"Operation Time" is the sixth episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, a British Supermarionation television series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and produced by their company Century 21 Productions. Written by Richard Conway and Stephen J. Mattick and directed by Ken Turner, it was first broadcast on 17 No... | english |
Bai Shouyi (; February 1909 – March 21, 2000), also known as Djamal al-Din Bai Shouyi, was a Chinese ethnologist, historian, social activist, and writer who revolutionized recent Chinese historiography and pioneered in relying heavily on scientific excavations and reports. A Marxist philosophically, his studies thus ta... | english |
The Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards Argentina 2011 took place on 11 October 2011 at 20:00 hrs (Argentine Time) in the Microestadio Malvinas Argentinas in the city of Buenos Aires. Nicolás Vázquez was presented as host. The nominees were presented on 22 August 2011 for 14 categories. Pro-social Award was presented to the... | english |
John George Robinson CBE, (30 July 1856 – 7 December 1943) was an English railway engineer, and was chief mechanical engineer of the Great Central Railway from 1900 to 1922.
Early life
Born at Newcastle upon Tyne, the second son of Matthew Robinson, a locomotive engineer, and his wife Jane, Robinson was educated at th... | english |
Adam de Senlis (died 1191), also called Adam of Evesham, was a Benedictine monk who became abbot of Evesham Abbey.
Adam de Senlis was a monk of Notre Dame de la Charité-sur-Loire, Nièvre, afterwards joined to Cluny, and became prior of Bermondsey Abbey in 1157, and for that monastery he obtained important privileges i... | english |
Carlo Monti (24 March 1920 – 7 April 2016) was an Italian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres. He won two medals, one individual and one relay, in international athletics competitions.
Biography
Monte competed for an Italy in the 1948 Summer Olympics held in London, Great Britain in the 4 x 100 metre relay w... | english |
The Battle of Caulk's Field was fought during the War of 1812 in Kent County, Maryland between a small British Army force commanded by Captain Sir Peter Parker and American militia forces commanded by Lieutenant Colonel Philip Reed. Parker, who was operating in the Chesapeake Bay region as part of the British campaign... | english |
A.J. Carruthers is an Australian-born literary critic and experimental poet.
Biography
A.J. Carruthers (also aj carruthers) was born in Sydney, and is of mixed/Asian heritage. Since 2011, he has been writing a long poem called AXIS. His critical work has focused on North American and contemporary Australian poetry a... | english |
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (February 27, 1807 – March 24, 1882) was an American teacher and poet. Some of his poems are "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. He was also the first American to translate Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy. He was one of the five Fireside Poets. He was one of the mo... | english |
Claude "Screwy" Maddox (1901 – June 21, 1958), born John Edward Moore, was a Chicago mobster and head of the Circus Cafe Gang whose ranks included future Chicago mobsters Anthony "Tough Tony" Capezio, Vincenzo De Mora ("Machine Gun" Jack McGurn, one-time owner of the "Green Mill") and Antonino "Tony" "Joe Batters" Acca... | english |
In this Chinese name, the family name is Zong.
Zong Qixiang (Chinese: 宗其香; pinyin: zōng qí xiāng; 1917 – 29 December 1999) was a Chinese painter and a disciple of Xu Beihong.
All one's life
Born in Nanjing, Jiangsu in 1917. In 1943, he graduated from the Art Department of National Central University. In 1946, he fo... | english |
Albert Hartl (1904–1982) was a former Catholic priest in Germany who joined the National Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazi Party) in 1933 and the Sicherheitsdienst (SD, an intelligence agency) the following year.
Early life and education
Hartl studied for the priesthood from 1916 to 1929 at a seminary in Freising ... | english |
The Braddock expedition, also called Braddock's campaign or (more commonly) Braddock's Defeat, was a British military expedition which attempted to capture Fort Duquesne (established in 1754, located in what is now downtown Pittsburgh) from the French in the summer of 1755, during the French and Indian War of 1754 to 1... | english |
Snow golf is a sport based on golf but played over snow (or ice) instead of grass. The "greens" are called "whites" and have a maintained snow or ice surface.
It should not be confused with Crackgar, a form of snow golf belonging to the indigenous tribes living in Kalash Valley in Chitral, Pakistan.
History
Evidenc... | english |
The 2020 Intrust Super Cup was the PNG Hunters seventh season in the Queensland Cup after securing their future with a four year license from 2019 until 2022. A 28 man squad was announced for the season. However the 2020 QRL season was suspended on 17 March after Round 1 due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Season Summary
2... | english |
Hu Yuzhi (; September 9, 1896 – January 16, 1986) was a Chinese politician who served as a vice chairperson of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the acting chairman of the China Democratic League.
References
1896 births
1986 deaths
Chairpersons of the China Democratic League
Vice Chairperson... | english |
Philemon Majok Kuong (1905–1982) was a South Sudanese politician who advocated for Sudan unity. Majok was born in Ador, Yirol, with a Nuer father and a Dinka Ciec mother. He achieved the rank of Staff Sergeant in the British Police Force during Anglo-Egyptian rule. During World War II, he fought for the British in Ethi... | english |
Aldama Municipality is a municipality in the Mexican state of Chiapas, in southern Mexico. The municipal seat is Aldama, Chiapas.
Demographics
As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 8,480, up from 3,635 as of 2005.
As of 2020, the town of Aldama had a population of 2,279.
Localities
Other than the to... | english |
The View from the Seventh Layer is a collection of 13 short stories by American author Kevin Brockmeier. The stories' genres include fables, science fiction, fairy tales, and a choose-your-own-adventure story. Each of the stories ties to the theme of considering big life questions through ordinary characters and ordina... | english |
The Prinzenpalais is a palace, now used as an art museum, in the city of Oldenburg, Lower Saxony, Germany. The museum houses the modern art collection of the State Museum for Art and Cultural History.
The building dates from 1826 and is in the classical style. It was the residence of the Russian princes Alexander and ... | english |
was an important Japanese plant biochemist and microbiologist. He is notable for mid-twentieth century research he did on the thermodynamics of the light-independent reactions of photosynthesis.
Life
Tamiya was a student of Keita Shibata, a plant physiologist, as a student at Tokyo University. Andrew Benson, who was i... | english |
Gregorio Selser (July 2, 1922 — August 27, 1991) was an Argentine journalist and historian. He published an extensive bibliography critical of globalization, imperialism, and covert operations implemented by the CIA in Latin America, in particular.
Selser was born in Buenos Aires. He earned a degree in journalism at t... | english |
"Grace, Replaced" is the eighteenth episode of the first season of the American television series Will & Grace. It was written by Katie Palmer and directed by series producer James Burrows. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on April 8, 1999. Actors Molly Shannon, Leigh-Allyn Baker, and Tom Gallop... | english |
The 1966 Los Angeles Rams season was the team's 29th year with the National Football League and the 21st season in Los Angeles.
The Rams had an 8–6 record, their first winning season since 1958, and only their second since 1955, when the Rams went all the way to the NFL Championship Game. Los Angeles finished in third... | english |
Social Manias are mass movements which periodically sweep through societies. They are characterized by an outpouring of enthusiasm, mass involvement and millenarian goals. Social Manias are contagious social epidemics, and as such they should be differentiated from mania in individuals.
Social Manias come in differen... | english |
The 2016 United States House of Representatives elections in Mississippi were held on November 8, 2016, to elect the four U.S. representatives from the state of Mississippi, one from each of the state's four congressional districts. The elections coincided with the 2016 U.S. presidential election, as well as other elec... | english |
The 1997 MAAC men's basketball tournament was held March 1–3 at the Marine Midland Arena in Buffalo, New York.
Eighth-seeded Fairfield made a cinderella run to win the tournament by defeating in the championship game, 78–72, to win their first MAAC men's basketball tournament.
The Stags received the conference's aut... | english |
Al qunfotha is a small port in Saudi Arabia. It is located in the Tihamah area about 400 km south of Mecca. The area was used as a port for pilgrims when any political instability occurs on the normal peligri.
Ports and harbours of Saudi Arabia
Transport in the Arab League
ar:محافظة القنفذة | english |
Louise Dieterle Nippert (August 27, 1911 – July 23, 2012) was an American businesswoman who was owner of the Cincinnati Reds baseball team, as well as a patron of the arts and a performer with the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra.
Cincinnati Reds
Nippert, along with her husband Louis Nippert, became majority owner of the... | english |
Stanley/Aley is a mixed residential and industrial neighborhood in Wichita, Kansas, United States. It lies in the west-central part of the city on the south side of U.S. Route 54.
Geography
Stanley/Aley is located at (37.666111, -97.370556) at an elevation of . The neighborhood is L-shaped, wrapping around the west ... | english |
Joseph Ginat (, March 6, 1936 – 2009) was an Israeli anthropologist, author, political advisor, and soldier.
Biography
Joseph Ginat was a Sabra, a Jew born in Atarot settlement north to Jerusalem before Israel was created on May 14, 1948. Ginat's grandfather, a Levite, came to live in the Promised Land and to be burie... | english |
Painting and Travel is an educational television show produced by Roger and Sarah Bansemer. It is broadcast primarily on PBS channels and has found a place in the ranks of PBS educational painting series Bob Ross and The Joy of Painting and Paint This with Jerry Yarnell. The show has aired on 176 television stations.
... | english |
The Hergé Foundation is the official organisation that looks after the world and works of Hergé and his creation The Adventures of Tintin, along with his other comics like Quick & Flupke and Jo, Zette and Jocko. Created from Studios Hergé in 1987 by Fanny Rodwell, Hergé's widow, the Hergé Foundation is a not-for-profit... | english |
Pole Position is a board game published in 1989 by Piatnik.
Contents
Pole Position is a game in which each player has three cars which use cards for movement, and play is on a single lane track.
Reception
Brian Walker reviewed Pole Position for Games International magazine, and gave it 4 stars out of 5, and stated th... | english |
Gerhart Hecker (11 September 1933 – 1 June 2023) was a Hungarian long-distance runner. He competed in the marathon at the 1960 Summer Olympics. Hecker died on 1 June 2023, at the age of 89.
References
1933 births
2023 deaths
Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics
Hungarian male long-distance runners
H... | english |
Sir Clive Loehnis KCMG (24 August 1902 – 23 May 1992) was a director of the British signals intelligence agency, GCHQ, a post he held from 1960 to 1964.
Career
Loehnis was born in 1902 in Chelsea, London. His father, Herman Loehnis, was born in New York, but had become a naturalised British citizen and became a barris... | english |
Wheels is the plural of wheel.
Wheels or WHEELS may also refer to:
Arts and entertainment
Music
The Wheels, a 1960s R&B and blues-influenced rock band
Wheels (Restless Heart album) (1986)
Wheels (The Road Hammers album) (2014)
Wheels (Dan Tyminski album) (2008)
Wheels, a 2006 album by Hometown News
Wheels (EP), a 20... | english |
G 1/13 is a decision issued on 25 November 2014 by the Enlarged Board of Appeal of the European Patent Office (EPO), holding that in opposition proceedings a retroactive effect of a restoration of a company must be recognised by the EPO. In other words, a restoration of a company has retroactive effect before the EPO w... | english |
This is a list of programs currently and soon to be broadcast by Metro Channel. For the previous programs which are airing, see List of programs aired by Lifestyle/Metro Channel.
Current shows on Metro Channel
Metro Channel Original Programming
At The Table (Season 2) (formerly "Chasing Flavors"; 2017–present)
Beac... | english |
Long Tân is a commune (xã) and village in Đất Đỏ District, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province, Vietnam, at . When it was part of South Vietnam, it was in Phước Tuy province.
It is renowned for its rubber plantations, and hosts a very small population of roughly 1,200 people.
The village, along with nearby Long Phước, Bà Rịa-Vũ... | english |
Fly Angola (FLA), stylized FLУ AO Angola, is a privately owned airline based in the country of Angola, specifically at Quatro de Fevereiro Airport in the nation's capital, Luanda. It is established in September 2018 by a "Portuguese agency" and "backed up" by Angolan investment firm Gestomobil. The airline flies to Ang... | english |
This is a list of the largest trading partners of Italy based on data from the Ministry of Economic Development of Italy.
See also
Economy of Italy
List of the largest trading partners of the European Union
List of the largest trading partners of the United States
List of the largest trading partners of Germany
List o... | english |
Thaxton may refer to:
Places
Thaxton, Mississippi
Thaxton, Virginia
People
Charles Thaxton (born 1939), American author on intelligent design
David Thaxton (born 1982), British musical theatre and opera performer
Hubert Mack Thaxton (1909–1974), American physicist
Jae Thaxton (born 1985), American football player
Jim... | english |
L'Aiglon is an opera (drame musical) in five acts composed by Arthur Honegger and Jacques Ibert. Honegger composed acts 2, 3, and 4, with Ibert composing acts 1 and 5. A 2016 reviewer described it as "a singular piece of work" with its "blend of operetta, divertissement, conversation piece, historical pageant and, in t... | english |
Rainton is a village in the Harrogate borough of North Yorkshire, England. It is situated about north of Boroughbridge, north-east of Ripon and south-west of Thirsk. The area has a village green and a maypole. There are approximately 120 houses in Rainton including six listed buildings, several period farm houses, a... | english |
Bülbül Hatun (; "Songbird" died 1515) was a consort of Sultan Bayezid II of the Ottoman Empire.
Life
Bülbül Hatun entered in the Bayezid's harem when he was still a prince and the governor of Amasya. She had three children, two daughters, Hatice Sultan and Hundi Sultan (who married Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha), and a son,... | english |
Havelock Mills in central Manchester were built between 1820 and 1840. It was probably the largest surviving silk mill in the north-west region in the 1970s and had a unique combination of silk and cotton mills on one site. It was a landmark on the Rochdale Canal, overlooking Tib Lock, one of the Rochdale Nine.
Locat... | english |
The Refugees are an American folk trio composed of three members: Wendy Waldman, Cidny Bullens, and Deborah Holland. They have released two albums, Unbound (2009) and Three (2012), both on Wabuho Records.
Biography
Grammy-nominated singer-songwriters Wendy Waldman, Cidny Bullens, and Deborah Holland had performed exte... | english |
The Wilton Community School District is a rural public school district headquartered in Wilton, Iowa.
The district is split between Muscatine County and Cedar County. The district serves the city of Wilton, and the surrounding rural areas.
List of schools
The Wilton school district operates two schools, both located... | english |
USS Wasp (CV/CVA/CVS-18) was one of 24 s built during World War II for the United States Navy. The ship, the ninth US Navy ship to bear the name, was originally named Oriskany, but was renamed while under construction in honor of the previous , which was sunk 15 September 1942. Wasp was commissioned in November 1943, a... | english |
Iraak is a locality in Victoria, Australia, located approximately 35 km south-east of Mildura, Victoria.
Iraak and nearby localities Nangiloc and Iraan were established as soldier settlement farming areas after World War I, road access to the area being from the west via Boonoonar on what is now the Calder Highway.
... | english |
The Gloria Victis Memorial created in honor of the casualties of universal communism is situated adjacent to the cemetery of the town of Csömör near the North Eastern boundary of Budapest.
Dedication
The memorial, being the first on this subject in the world, was consecrated and blessed on 21 October 2006 marking the... | english |
John Bisley (fl. 1406–1421) was an English politician.
He was a Member (MP) of the Parliament of England for Gloucester between 1406 and 1421.
References
Politicians from Gloucester
Members of the Parliament of England (pre-1707) for Gloucester
14th-century births
15th-century deaths
15th-century English people | english |
Pic.Nic is a music festival held annually at the Israel Trade Fairs & Convention Center in Tel Aviv, Israel. The festival is produced by Shuki Weiss Promotion & Production Ltd. and holds as the biggest summer festival in Tel Aviv. Pic.Nic's slogan "A basket Of Music" refers to the variety of music styles that are prese... | english |
Boxing was one of the sports held at the 1983 Mediterranean Games.
Medalists
Medal table
References
1983 Mediterranean Games report at the International Committee of Mediterranean Games (CIJM) website
1983 Mediterranean Games boxing tournament at Amateur Boxing Results
Medi
Sports at the 1983 Mediterranean Games
19... | english |
Radio in Argentina is an important facet of the nation's media and culture. Radio, which was first broadcast in Argentina in 1920, has been widely enjoyed in Argentina since the 1930s. Radio broadcast stations totaled around 150 active AM stations, 1,150 FM stations, and 6 registered shortwave transmitters. An estimate... | english |
Ardell William Diessner (July 28, 1923 – March 27, 2021) was an American politician and medical doctor in the state of Minnesota. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota and was raised in Waconia, Minnesota. Diessner graduated from Waconia High School in 1941. Diessner lived in Redwood Falls, Minnesota. He moved to Afton... | english |
Wamba is an unincorporated community in Bowie County, Texas, United States. According to the Handbook of Texas, the community had a population of 70 in 2000. It is located within the Texarkana metropolitan area.
History
The Wamba area was first inhabited by squatters around the 1830s, but the community itself was not ... | english |
The 2013 Tashkent Open was a WTA International tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 15th edition of the Tashkent Open, on the 2013 WTA Tour. It took place at the Tashkent Tennis Center in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, on September 7–14, 2013.
Singles main-draw entrants
1 Rankings as of August 26, 201... | english |
John Reginald Piggott is an Australian economist. He is the Director of the ARC Centre of Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the University of New South Wales, Australia, where he is Scientia Professor of Economics. He is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia.
Education and car... | english |
Crazy Woman Crossing is a historic place on the Bozeman Trail, in Johnson County, Wyoming, United States, about twenty miles southeast of Buffalo. Crazy Woman Crossing was one of three major fords used by travelers across creeks and rivers in this area. It is significant as the site of the Battle of Crazy Woman, a ski... | english |
The following are the national records in athletics in Qatar maintained by Qatar Athletics Federation (QAF).
Outdoor
Key to tables:
A = affected by altitude
X = unratified due to doping violation
NWI = no wind information
Men
Women
Mixed
Indoor
Men
Women
Notes
References
General
World Athletics Statistic H... | english |
A love-in is a peaceful public gathering focused on meditation, love, music, sex and/or use of recreational drugs. The term was coined by Los Angeles radio comedian Peter Bergman, creator of comedy group The Firesign Theater, who also hosted the first such event on Easter, 26 March 1967 in Elysian Park.
The term
The ... | english |
Colonel Magod Basappa Ravindranath VrC was an Indian Army officer. He was awarded the Vir Chakra for his actions in the Battle of Tololing during Kargil War in 1999. He was commanding the Indian Army's 2 Rajputana Rifles battalion that successfully captured the strategic heights of Tololing, Point 4590 and Black Rock i... | english |
Leslie Langdon "Bud" Vivian Jr., March 24, 1919 – October 18, 1995) was an American academic administrator. A lifelong employee at Princeton University, Vivian retired in 1986 after a 37-year administrative career which ended with 16 years as the Director of Community and Regional Affairs. After his death in 1995, clas... | english |
The Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period Costume Design for Television Series was awarded for the first time in 2000, honoring 1999 television. While it did honor period costumes, it also honored fantasy television, and the award was titled Costume Designers Guild Award for Excellence in Period/Fantas... | english |
Truteau is a surname from France.
People with this name include:
Étienne Truteau (1642–1712), early settler to Longueuil, District of Montreal, Colony of Canada, New France, North America; what is now Longueuil, Quebec, Canada; founder of the Truteau and Trudeau family lineages of North America, including the Canadi... | english |
The Jesuits in North America in the Seventeenth Century is the second volume in Francis Parkman's seven-volume history, France and England in North America, originally published in 1867. It tells the story of the French Jesuit missionaries in Canada, then New France, starting from their arrival in 1632.
The book was r... | english |
The 2001 World Table Tennis Championships – men's team (Swaythling Cup) was the 46th edition of the men's team championship.
China won the gold medal defeating Belgium 3–0 in the final. Sweden and South Korea won bronze medals.
Medalists
Final stage knockout phase
Round of 16
Quarter finals
Semifinals
Final
S... | english |
Robert Codrington (c.1602–c.1665) was an English author, known as a translator.
Life
From a Gloucestershire family, Codrington was elected a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, 29 July 1619, at the age of 17, and took the degree of M.A. in 1626. After travelling, he returned home, married, and settled in Norfolk. In May... | english |
Dorothy Carnegie (born Dorothy Price Vanderpool; 2 November 1912 – 6 August 1998) was an American writer. She was the wife of Dale Carnegie, an American writer and lecturer known for his courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, corporate training, public speaking, and interpersonal skills. Following her husband's dem... | english |
In cryptography, a random oracle is an oracle (a theoretical black box) that responds to every unique query with a (truly) random response chosen uniformly from its output domain. If a query is repeated, it responds the same way every time that query is submitted.
Stated differently, a random oracle is a mathematical ... | english |
Maria Paulina "Marie Pauline" Åhman, née Landby (1812–1904), was a Swedish harpist. She is known as the first known female musician employed at the Royal Swedish Chapel orchestra Kungliga Hovkapellet.
She was a student of the harp player Edward Pratté 1830–35 and was given a position in the royal chapel in 1850 (perma... | english |
Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Paralympics consisted of six events for men.
Participating nations
There were 43 male competitors representing 16 nations.
Medal summary
Medal table
There were 18 medal winners representing nine nations.
Men's events
References
1976 Summer Paralympics events
1976
Paralympics | english |
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