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2,700 | 8,946 | 1,852,597 | Purple | 2026-08-16T07:52:56Z | **Purple** is a color that is made of two primary colors, blue and red.
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The first written use of *purple* as a color name in English was in 975.
## Meaning of purple
- Purple is associated with wisdom, dignity, independence, creativity, mystery and magic. Purple is a very rare color in nature, though ... | [] |
2,701 | 9,002 | 640,235 | La Liga Filipina | 2024-01-14T19:48:15Z | **La Liga Filipina** was a political group created by Doctor Jose Rizal on July 3, 1892 in the Philippines. The aims were:
- To unite the whole archipelago into one society with equality for Filipinos and Spaniards in the Philippines.
- Mutual protection in every want and need;
- Defense against all violence and injus... | [] |
2,702 | 9,036 | 863,768 | March 31 | 2025-05-30T00:34:50Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 307 – After divorcing his wife Minervina, Constantine marries Fausta, the daughter of the retired Roman Emperor Maximian.
- 1492 – Queen Isabella of Castile issues the Alhambra Decree, ordering her 150,000 Jewish and Muslim subjects to convert to Christianity, or face being forced to leave.... | [] |
2,703 | 9,041 | 863,768 | September 29 | 2025-05-30T00:34:53Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 61 BC – Pompey the Great celebrates his third triumph, for victories over the pirates and the end of the Mithridatic Wars on his 45th birthday.
- 48 BC – Ptolemy XIII of Egypt had Pompey murdered and his head cut off on his 58th birthday. Pompey's head and ring are kept for Julius Caesar (s... | [] |
2,704 | 9,042 | 10,343,490 | 1938 | 2025-06-20T04:43:31Z | **1938** (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 3 – The March of Dimes is established by Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
- January 11 – Frances Moulton is the first woman to become president of a US national bank.
- January 20 – Wedding of King Farouk I of Egypt ... | [] |
2,705 | 9,044 | 1,011,873 | 1865 | 2025-07-05T13:44:23Z | {{#Year article header}}1865{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- William Booth creates the Salvation Army.
- The American Civil War ends.
## Births
- October 22 – Paul Raud, Estonian painter (d. 1930)
- November 2 - Warren G. Harding, twenty-ninth President of the United States (d. 1923)
- December 8 – Jean Sibeliu... | [] |
2,706 | 9,052 | 1,740,067 | Elton John | 2026-08-01T23:56:11Z | **Sir Elton Hercules John** [<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="post-nominals"><div data-arg data-name="country">GBR</div><div data-arg data-name="size">100%</div><div data-arg>CH</div><div data-arg>CBE</div></template>]{.small} (birth name **Reginald Kenneth Dwight**, born 25 March 1947) is a British ... | [] |
2,707 | 9,053 | 121,204 | The Who | 2025-03-01T06:24:42Z | **The Who** are an English rock band formed in 1964. The main lineup from 1964 to 1978 was guitarist Pete Townshend, vocalist Roger Daltrey, bassist John Entwistle and drummer Keith Moon. They became known for their high energy live shows. The Who have sold about 100 million records. Many people think that The Who are ... | [] |
2,708 | 9,054 | 9,578,632 | Led Zeppelin | 2024-06-03T06:02:59Z | **Led Zeppelin** was an English rock band. The group was started in 1968 and broke up in 1980. The members were Robert Plant (vocals), Jimmy Page (lead guitar), John Paul Jones (bass), and John Bonham (drums). Led Zeppelin ended in 1980 after the accidental death of John Bonham. After Bonham's death, the band believed ... | [] |
2,709 | 9,055 | 1,011,873 | Closed source | 2025-12-09T10:03:54Z | **Closed source** (or proprietary software) are computer programs whose source code is not published. The source code is not shared with the public for anyone to look at or change. Closed source is the opposite of open source.
Most companies who sell their software make it closed source so that people cannot easily... | [] |
2,710 | 9,060 | 532,461 | USB flash drive | 2026-06-21T02:47:54Z | A **USB flash drive** (USB stands for *Universal Serial Bus*) is a popular way to store digital information. Flash drives are an easy way to share data (information). A USB flash drive can be attached to a USB port, and provides a certain amount of storage space, which can be used to store data. USB flash drives are us... | [] |
2,711 | 9,066 | 532,461 | Ostrich | 2026-06-25T23:12:54Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="speciesbox"><div data-arg data-name="name"><em>Struthio camelus</em></div><div data-arg data-name="fossil_range"><template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Geological range"><div data-arg>15</div><div data-arg>0</div></template><span class="small">Early Mioce... | [] |
2,712 | 9,067 | 1,821,963 | Shark | 2026-06-14T20:04:57Z | **Sharks** are a superorder of fish. This superorder is also known by its scientific name **Selachimorpha**.
Like other Chondrichthyes, sharks have skeletons made of cartilage instead of bone. Cartilage is tough, rubbery material which is less rigid than bone. Other cartilaginous fish include skates and rays.
There... | [] |
2,713 | 9,068 | 307,516 | Vulture | 2025-05-18T09:09:42Z | **Vultures** are large birds of prey that usually feed on the carrion (dead or dying animals). Vultures use their large wings to soar in the air for many miles without having to flap. Vultures are also called buzzards.
*Vultures* from the Old World (Europe, Asia, and Africa) are not related to the vultures of the New ... | [] |
2,714 | 9,069 | 40,117 | Eagle | 2025-06-14T17:53:55Z | **Eagle** is a general term for many large birds of prey. Over 60 species have been described, and they live in many parts of the world. Most species of eagle are found in Eurasia and in Africa.
Eagles are not a natural monophyletic group. The name describes a bird of prey big enough to hunt larger vertebrates. Eagle... | [] |
2,715 | 9,070 | 196,884 | Falcon | 2024-03-09T13:23:31Z | **Falcons** are small to medium-sized birds of prey related to hawks, eagles, and vultures. They usually have pointed wings and long tails.
Most falcons eat small mammals. Some species hunt other birds, which they take in flight. Like hawks, most falcons have dark gray or brown backs and wings, with white undersides.... | [] |
2,716 | 9,074 | 824,868 | Islington | 2023-05-24T13:32:58Z | **Islington** is a district in north London, in the United Kingdom. The area usually called Islington is only part of the London Borough of Islington. It is a fashionable area and has with large well-built houses and is close to the City of London.
## Other websites
- [Islington Council](http://www.islington.gov.uk/)... | [] |
2,717 | 9,080 | 5,295 | 1976 | 2026-02-18T17:45:50Z | **1976** (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 18 – Bangladesh and Pakistan fully have foreign bilateral relations between Islamabad and Dacca Officials.
- July 2 – Vietnam is united.
- July 4 – The United States celebrates its 200th birthday (bicentennial)
- J... | [] |
2,718 | 9,081 | 1,475,779 | Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology | 2024-09-08T11:28:14Z | **Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology (SIIT)** (สถาบันเทคโนโลยีนานาชาติสิรินธร) is an institute of technology in Thammasat University, Thailand. It was established in 1992.
SIIT offers education in science, technology, engineering, and management. Every education programs are "international program", all ... | [] |
2,719 | 9,084 | 1,697,067 | Ainu people | 2026-01-18T04:12:36Z | The **Ainu people** are the native population of northern Japan and the eastern part of Russia, mostly in the Amur river region, Sakhalin, the Kuril islands and on the Kamchatka Peninsula. The term is also used for their culture and language in the Ezo region (Hokkaido).
## History
The majority of their ancestors, th... | [] |
2,720 | 9,088 | 1,427,350 | Iliad | 2024-08-15T23:44:24Z | The ***Iliad*** is the oldest surviving work of Greek literature. It was an oral epic poem. People spoke it without reading it. It was written in the 8th century BC. It is an epic (or very long) poem with 24 chapters written in hexameter. The poem includes early Greek myths and legends. It may have been based on a Bro... | [] |
2,721 | 9,089 | 1,464,674 | Drug | 2026-04-10T12:44:03Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Redirect"><div data-arg>Prescription drug</div><div data-arg data-name="3">Prescription</div></template>
According to the WHO, a **drug** is a substance that can change how a living organism works. Food is usually not seen as a drug, even though some foods may have s... | [] |
2,722 | 9,090 | 248,920 | Bill Watterson | 2025-05-31T10:20:43Z | **William Boyd Watterson II** (born July 5, 1958) is an American artist and cartoonist. He is most famous for his comic strip, "Calvin and Hobbes" which was published between 1985 and 1995. He is a very private person and not much is publicly known about him. He also did not want people to sell things with the pictures... | [] |
2,723 | 9,092 | 1,452,189 | Centimetre | 2026-01-07T22:24:52Z | A **centimetre** (the American spelling is **centimeter**, symbol **cm**) is a unit of length in the International System of Units (SI) measurement system. It is equal to one hundredth of a metre. Centi- is placed in front to say 'a hundredth'. The centimeter is the base unit of length in the old centimeter-gram-second... | [] |
2,724 | 9,095 | 863,768 | July 5 | 2025-05-30T00:34:56Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 1295 – Scotland and France create an alliance, known in Scotland as the "Auld Alliance".
- 1316 – The Burgundian and Majorcan claimants of the Principality of Achaea meet in the Battle of Manolada.
- 1601 – During the Dutch War of Independence, the Spanish lay siege to Oostende.
- 1610 – Jo... | [] |
2,725 | 9,096 | 1,773,816 | Marilyn Manson (band) | 2026-09-30T19:32:05Z | **Marilyn Manson** is a rock band, and also the name of the lead singer of the group. The name Marilyn Manson was taken from the first name of actress and sex symbol Marilyn Monroe and the last name of cult leader and serial killer Charles Manson. Some of the earlier band members also created stage names by taking the ... | [] |
2,726 | 9,097 | 532,461 | Aubrey Beardsley | 2023-06-22T01:14:39Z | **Aubrey Beardsley** (21 August 1872 – 16 March 1898) was a English illustrator. He is best known for his drawings for Oscar Wilde's Salome. Beardsley is one of the famous people who appears on the cover of The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
## Early life
Beardsley was born in Brighton where hi... | [] |
2,727 | 9,099 | 640,235 | Odyssey | 2023-07-23T19:22:59Z | The ***Odyssey*** is a major Ancient Greek epic poem. It was written by Homer, as a sequel to the *Iliad*. In its origin it was an oral epic poem from Mycenaean Greece, about the 11th century BC. The hero of the poem is Odysseus, or *Ulysses* as he is called in Latin; the poem is mythological, not historical.
The poem... | [] |
2,728 | 9,100 | 532,461 | Mae West | 2026-09-23T16:12:38Z | **Mae West** (August 17, 1893 – November 22, 1980) was an American actress. She worked in vaudeville and later in movie`<nowiki/>`{=html}s. She is best-remembered for her dirty jokes and comedy movies.
Her name when she was born was **Mary Jane West**. She was born in Brooklyn, New York City, and died in Hollywood, Ca... | [] |
2,729 | 9,101 | 1,011,873 | Lenny Bruce | 2023-01-01T22:29:19Z | **Lenny Bruce** (October 13, 1925 – August 3, 1966), was an American comedian. His real name was **Leonard Alfred Schneider**. He is considered an innovator of modern stand-up comedy and changed the way many people see comedians. His jokes and routines were very improper and off limits for the time and he got in a lot ... | [] |
2,730 | 9,104 | 863,768 | August 8 | 2025-05-30T00:35:02Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 117 – Roman Emperor Trajan dies, and is succeeded by Hadrian.
- 1220 – Sweden is defeated by Estonian tribes in the Battle of Lihula.
- 1503 – King James IV of Scotland marries Margaret Tudor.
- 1576 – The cornerstone for Tycho Brahe's Uraniborg Observatory is laid in Ven, Sweden.
- 1585 – ... | [] |
2,731 | 9,105 | 532,461 | Kimchi | 2026-09-08T17:44:05Z | **Kimchi** ({{#Korean}}김치{{/Korean}}; {{#IPA-ko}}kimtɕʰi{{/IPA-ko}}; IPAC: langpronˈkɪmtʃi), also spelled **kimchee** or **gimchi**, is a traditional fermented Korean side dish made of vegetables with many seasonings. In traditional preparation, kimchi was stored underground in jars to keep cool during the summer month... | [] |
2,732 | 9,106 | 532,461 | Robert Altman | 2026-09-25T15:41:09Z | **Robert Bernard Altman** (February 20, 1925 – November 20, 2006) was an American movie director. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri and died of leukemia in Los Angeles, California. In 2006, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences recognized his body of work with an Academy Honorary Award.
His movies *MASH* ... | [] |
2,733 | 9,107 | 8,959,784 | Vietnam Veterans Memorial | 2023-07-24T16:02:28Z | The **Vietnam Veterans Memorial**, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.
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2,734 | 9,109 | 22,027 | Maya Lin | 2024-10-16T17:07:39Z | **Maya Ying Lin** (born October 10, 1959) is a Chinese-American architect and artist. She is most famous for her Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC and the Civil Rights Monument in Montgomery, Alabama. In 2016, Lin was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by Barack Obama.
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2,735 | 9,113 | 1,464,674 | Manslaughter | 2026-04-05T11:37:44Z | **Manslaughter** is a type of homicide, the crime of killing a person. When a person is killed, lawyers look at the reasons and motives why this person was killed. If the death of a person is not on purpose, but the killer did something that resulted in the death of a person, this is usually called manslaughter.
It is... | [] |
2,736 | 9,114 | 1,866,902 | Bangkok | 2026-09-04T19:00:07Z | **Bangkok** (Thai: กรุงเทพมหานคร) is the capital city of Thailand. In 2010, the city had a population of 9,100,000 people. Since Bangkok has more than 55 times as many people as the second largest city, Nonthaburi, it is a primate city.
Bangkok has a tropical savanna climate (*Aw* in the Koeppen climate classification... | [] |
2,737 | 9,117 | 10,467,866 | 1971 | 2025-08-20T00:47:11Z | **1971** (MCMLXXI) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 2 – A ban on television cigarette advertisements goes into effect in the United States.
- January 3 – BBC Open University begins in the United Kingdom
- January 18 – Strikes in Poland demand resignation of interior ... | [] |
2,738 | 9,118 | 10,343,601 | 1987 | 2025-06-20T05:14:50Z | **1987** (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
It was the last year until 2013 to have four different digits.
## Events
- January 3 – Aretha Franklin becomes the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
- February 14–March 7 – Bon Jovi's "Livin' On A Prayer" ... | [] |
2,739 | 9,119 | 1,464,674 | Silicosis | 2024-06-07T22:45:16Z | **Silicosis** is a disease that is caused by small particles of silica (glass) getting trapped in the lungs. When people have silicosis, the changes in their body often are cyanosis, a fever, or being not able to breathe properly. Sometimes doctors do not realize that someone has silicosis, and think that they have oth... | [] |
2,740 | 9,120 | 532,461 | Torquay | 2024-12-13T21:36:13Z | **Torquay** (pronounced: "tor-KEE") is a coastal town in Devon, South West England. It is perhaps most famous as birthplace of writer Agatha Christie and setting of the TV show, Fawlty Towers.
## Climate
- Torquay has one of the smallest average temperature ranges in Britain. It also has one of the mildest Winters in... | [] |
2,741 | 9,126 | 9,225,836 | Andrew Sachs | 2023-12-01T16:13:44Z | **Andrew Sachs** (**Andreas Siegfried Sachs**, 7 April 1930 – 23 November 2016) was a German-British actor.
Sachs was born in Berlin. His family was Jewish. In 1938, they left Germany for London, shortly after Adolf Hitler became Germany's leader.
Sachs is best known for his role as Manuel on *Fawlty Towers*. He a... | [] |
2,742 | 9,130 | 1,674,404 | The Seven Samurai | 2026-08-28T19:35:28Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Nihongo"><div data-arg><strong><em>Seven Samurai</em></strong></div><div data-arg>七人の侍</div><div data-arg>Shichinin no Samurai</div><div data-arg data-name="lead">yes</div></template> is a 1954 Japanese epic jidaigeki movie directed by Akira Kurosawa from a screenpla... | [] |
2,743 | 9,132 | 9,596,188 | Vacuum tube | 2024-06-13T14:33:46Z | A **vacuum tube,** also called a **valve** in British English, is an electronic device used in many older model radios, television sets, and amplifiers to control electric current flow. The cathode is heated, as in a light bulb, so it will emit electrons. This is called thermionic emission. The anode is the part that a... | [] |
2,744 | 9,133 | 1,773,816 | Tupac Shakur | 2026-09-30T19:08:33Z | **Tupac Amaru Shakur** (June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), better known as **2Pac** or **Makaveli**, was an American rapper, actor, dancer, record producer and record executive. He is considered by many music enthusiasts to be one of the greatest rappers and actors of all time. He sold many records. Shakur has sold ... | [] |
2,745 | 9,137 | 966,595 | Skagerrak | 2020-08-30T05:34:37Z | **Skagerrak** is a sea in the northern part of Europe between Norway and Denmark. Skagerrak is a part of the North Sea. To the east is Kattegat.
Close to the Norwegian coast is a deep trench (700 m), the rest of the sea is shallow. Oil and gas are produced from rigs in the Skagerrak.
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2,746 | 9,139 | 966,595 | Kattegat | 2020-08-30T05:38:32Z | **Kattegat** is a sea in the northern part of Europe between the Danish peninsula Jutland, the Danish island Zealand, and the western coast of Sweden.
To the north-west is Skagerrak. Kattegat is connected to the Baltic Sea through the Danish Straits and Belts.
The sea is shallow, and life conditions are threatened by... | [] |
2,747 | 9,140 | 1,582,584 | Baltic Sea | 2025-02-23T02:50:01Z | The **Baltic Sea** is a sea in northern Europe between Scandinavia, Finland, Russia, the Baltic countries, Poland, and Germany.
Many big rivers in the surrounding countries drain into the Baltic Sea. The Baltic Sea is connected to the ocean through the narrow and shallow Danish straits and belts. For this reason, the ... | [] |
2,748 | 9,141 | 10,445,735 | Scandinavia | 2025-08-08T14:55:24Z | **Scandinavia** is a group of countries in Northern Europe, including Denmark, Norway, and Sweden. Some people also think Finland is part of Scandinavia and that Iceland and the Faroe Islands should also count.
Most of the time, "Scandinavia" is used to mean places whose people speak **Scandinavian languages**, also c... | [] |
2,749 | 9,148 | 966,595 | Minerva (automobile) | 2022-10-16T14:30:15Z | In 1883 a young Belgian called Sylvain de Jong settled in Antwerp, Belgium. He started a bicycle factory there. By the end of that century he started producing motorbikes, and after a while automobiles as well. In 1903 he grounded the NV Minerva Motors' in Berchem (Antwerp).
A certain Charles S Rolls was Minerva dealer... | [] |
2,750 | 9,149 | 863,768 | April 8 | 2025-05-30T00:35:06Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 217 – Roman emperor Caracalla is assassinated (and succeeded) by his Praetorian Guard prefect, Marcus Opellius Macrinus.
- 1093 – The new Winchester Cathedral is dedicated.
- 1139 – Roger II of Sicily is excommunicated by the Roman Catholic Church.
- 1730 – Shearith Israel, the first synago... | [] |
2,751 | 9,150 | 748,680 | 1324 | 2025-08-27T04:52:23Z | {{#Year article header}}1324{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- *Defensor pacis* is published by Marsilius of Padua
- Emperor Kankan Musa I of the Mali Empire arrives in Cairo on his hajj to Mecca
## Births
- March 5 – King David II of Scotland (died 1371)
## Deaths
- January 8 – Marco Polo, Italian explorer (bo... | [] |
2,752 | 9,151 | 248,920 | E. B. White | 2025-11-13T23:45:42Z | **Elwyn Brooks White** (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American writer.
He is most famous for his 1959 manual about how to write well in English, *The Elements of Style* (which was first written by William Strunk Jr. in 1918), and also for his three children's books *Stuart Little* (1945), *Charlotte's Web* (... | [] |
2,753 | 9,156 | 532,461 | Raffles Institution | 2026-06-19T00:18:46Z | **Raffles Institution** is an independent educational institution in Singapore. The school provides secondary education for boys only from Year 1 to Year 4, and pre-university education for both boys and girls in Year 5 and Year 6. The school offers the Gifted-Education Programme and the Integrated Programme. The schoo... | [] |
2,754 | 9,157 | 1,391,751 | Archipelago | 2024-02-12T20:35:02Z | An **archipelago** ({{#PronEng}}ɑrkəˈpɛləgoʊ{{/PronEng}}) is a chain or group of islands. The word *archipelago* means "chief sea", from Greek *arkhon* (*arkhi*-) ("leader") and *pelagos* ("sea").
Archipelagos are usually found in the open sea; less commonly, a big landmass may neighbor them, an example being Scotland... | [] |
2,755 | 9,159 | 1,706,783 | Baltic states | 2025-12-08T08:36:15Z | The **Baltic states** are three countries in Northern Europe to the east of the Baltic Sea and the south of the Gulf of Finland. They are, from north to south, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The languages that are spoken in these countries are different: while Lithuanians and Latvians speak Baltic languages (Latvian an... | [] |
2,756 | 9,163 | 966,595 | Topography | 2022-06-21T13:02:50Z | **Topography** means *the description of shape*. The word comes from Greek: *τόπος* "place" and *γράφω* "(I) write". It is an important part of earth science.
When you talk of the topography of the land, you refer to the landscape features like valleys, hills and mountains, rivers and lakes, or the coastline. Everyth... | [] |
2,757 | 9,164 | 1,524,674 | Bornholm | 2025-05-24T19:16:59Z | **Bornholm** is a small, rocky island in the Baltic Sea. Bornholm is a Danish island.
The island is a popular holiday resort for Scandinavians, Germans and Poles. Many yachters come here in the summer.
At the end of World War II, the island was "liberated" by the Soviet red army, and held for several months after the... | [] |
2,758 | 9,179 | 532,461 | Budapest | 2026-07-26T05:29:47Z | **Budapest** is the capital and largest city of Hungary. It was made as such in 1873. In that year, three towns on the River Danube, namely *Buda*, *Óbuda (Old Buda)* and *Pest* were united. About 1.7 million people live in the city. Its highest place is *János Hill (527 m).*
## Climate
Budapest has a humid subtropic... | [] |
2,759 | 9,180 | 1,852,330 | Santa Monica, California | 2026-08-09T17:27:42Z | **Santa Monica** is a beach town in California. It is next to Los Angeles, California, US.
It was made a city in 1886. In 2020, there were 93,076 people living there.
It is famous for the Santa Monica Pier that has many fun rides.
## Famous people from Santa Monica
- Sandy Nelson (d. 2022)
## Other websites
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2,760 | 9,181 | 1,788,979 | Kuwait | 2026-09-21T01:17:16Z | **Kuwait** (Arabic: الكويت) is a small Arab country (about 17,819 square kilometers) in the Middle East.
Kuwait is the most socially progressive country in the Gulf region. It has a small and rich economy. It has about 96 billion barrels of crude oil reserves. Crude oil reserves are the oil that is still under the gro... | [] |
2,761 | 9,182 | 170,917 | Tiny Tim | 2025-02-04T14:45:23Z | **Herbert Buckingham Khaury**, better known as **Tiny Tim** (April 12, 1932 – November 30, 1996), was an American singer and musician. He became popular in the late 1960s due to his appearances on television, and songs played on ukulele with a falsetto voice. His most famous song was "Tiptoe Through the Tulips". His be... | [] |
2,762 | 9,183 | 1,011,873 | Kelvin | 2025-11-07T00:15:41Z | The **Kelvin scale** (symbol: K) is the SI unit of temperature. It is named in honour of the physicist William Thomson, the first Lord Kelvin (1824–1907).
## Definition
The Kelvin scale is defined by a specific relationship between the pressure of a gas and the temperature. This says that "the pressure of the gas is ... | [] |
2,763 | 9,185 | 1,847,320 | Tourism | 2026-08-01T02:02:05Z | **Tourism** means people traveling for fun and adventure. It includes activities such as sightseeing and camping. People who travel for fun are called "tourists". Places where many tourists stay are sometimes called "resorts". Places that people go to for tourism are called tourist destinations.
There are many reasons... | [] |
2,764 | 9,186 | 8,491,566 | Berkshire | 2022-10-16T08:35:30Z | **Berkshire** is a county in southeast England. It is west of London. Its county town is Reading. In the past, a town named Abingdon was the county town, but this town is not in Berkshire any more.
Berkshire is also known as the **Royal County of Berkshire**.
## Cities, towns and villages
- Bracknell
- Datchet
- Cav... | [] |
2,765 | 9,188 | 10,367,249 | Buckinghamshire | 2025-07-02T08:23:03Z | **Buckinghamshire** (abbreviated **Bucks**) is a county in central England, near the south and London. The county town is named Aylesbury.
## Cities, towns and villages
Locations marked with a (\*) are a part of the cerimonal county of Buckinghamshire, but are governed by the Borough of Milton Keynes.
- Amersham
- A... | [] |
2,766 | 9,192 | 16,695 | Computer monitor | 2026-09-23T05:47:44Z | A **computer monitor** is an electronic device that shows a viewer what is currently being displayed on a computer. Monitors often look like smaller televisions. The main difference between a monitor and a television is that a monitor does not have a television tuner to change channels. Monitors often have higher displ... | [] |
2,767 | 9,193 | 22,027 | December 3 | 2025-12-31T20:13:17Z | ## Events
### Up to 1960
- 915 – Pope John X crowns Berengar I of Italy as Holy Roman Emperor.
- 1799 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Wiesloch – Austrian Lieutenant Field Marshal Szatary de Nagy–Mihaly defeats the French at Wiesloch.
- 1800 – War of the Second Coalition: Battle of Hohenlinden – French Genera... | [] |
2,768 | 9,194 | 36,199 | Diameter | 2023-08-11T03:26:40Z | In geometry, the **diameter** of a circle is a line from one side directly to the opposite side through the center. It can also be defined as the longest chord of a circle. The same explanations can be also used to describe the diameter in a sphere.
The letter *d* or the symbol **⌀** are often used as a symbol for the... | [] |
2,769 | 9,203 | 10,418,265 | 1958 | 2025-07-26T15:23:17Z | **1958** (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- NASA founded
- CEE
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## Births
- January 1 - Elijah Nowak, Polish doctor
- January 21 – Frank Ticheli, American composer
- February 28 – Maurice Wolin, American sex offender and former oncologist (d. 2021)
- March 5... | [] |
2,770 | 9,204 | 1,861,256 | 1921 | 2026-08-25T11:09:13Z | **1921** (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- Albert Einstein receives the Nobel Prize in Physics
- Partition of Ireland (May 3rd)
- Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma, United States (May 31st-June 1st)
- Karl G... | [] |
2,771 | 9,205 | 40,117 | 1892 | 2025-08-07T20:40:58Z | {{#Year article header}}1892{{/Year article header}}
## Births
- January 3 – J. R. R. Tolkien
- February 10 - Alan Hale Sr., American actor (d. 1950)
- July 23 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia
- Sir Sikandar Hayat Khan, British Indian statesman and leader of the Punjab.
## Art, music, theatre, and literature
... | [] |
2,772 | 9,206 | 1,011,873 | 1904 | 2025-07-05T14:25:59Z | **1904** (MCMIV) was a leap year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
- January 4 – In *Gonzales v. Williams*, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that citizens of Puerto Rico are not aliens and could enter the United States freely.
- February ... | [] |
2,773 | 9,207 | 10,343,507 | 1951 | 2025-06-20T04:50:12Z | **1951** (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 4 – The Communist forces of North Korea and China seize the city of Seoul.
- Bette Nesmith Graham invents Liquid Paper
-
## Births
- January 6 – Kim Wilson, blues singer and harmonica player
- January 7 - Helen Wort... | [] |
2,774 | 9,208 | 10,249,950 | 1642 | 2025-05-11T07:14:43Z | {{#Year article header}}1642{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- On September 2, the Puritans force the London theatres to close, ending the era of English Renaissance drama.
## Births
- December 25 (OS) – Sir Isaac Newton, English scientist (d. 1727)
## Deaths
- January 8 – Galileo Galilei, Italian astronomer (b... | [] |
2,775 | 9,209 | 10,249,831 | 1745 | 2025-05-11T06:49:36Z | {{#Year article header}}1745{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- June 4 – Frederick the Great destroys the Austrian army at the Battle of Hohenfriedberg.
- August 21 – Catherine the Great marries Peter III of Russia in Saint Petersburg.
- September 12 – Francis I is elected Holy Roman Emperor.
- January 4 – Benjamin... | [] |
2,776 | 9,210 | 10,249,754 | 1813 | 2025-05-11T06:32:48Z | **1813** (MDCCCXIII) was a common year starting on Friday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday in the Julian calendar.
## Events
### January – March
- February 11 – Fort Meigs: Leftwich is not successful, and when he leaves, Major Amos Stoddard takes the command of the post.
- February 2... | [] |
2,777 | 9,211 | 1,011,873 | 1838 | 2025-07-05T15:29:18Z | {{#Year article header}}1838{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 10 – a fire destroys Lloyd's Coffee House and the Royal Exchange in London.
- April 30 – Nicaragua declares independence from the Central American Federation (See Nicaragua's early history)
- May – The People's Charter drawn up in the United Kin... | [] |
2,778 | 9,212 | 217,550 | 1940 | 2026-09-29T20:33:32Z | **1940** (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- March 3 – In Sweden, a time bomb destroys the office of *Norrskenflamman* newspaper of Swedish communists – 5 dead
- March 5- Members of Soviet politburo: Stalin, Molotov, Lazar Kaganovich, Mikhail Kalinin, Kliment Voroshilov a... | [] |
2,779 | 9,213 | 10,343,495 | 1942 | 2025-06-20T04:44:46Z | **1942** (MCMXLII) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 1 – World War II: The term "United Nations" is first officially used to describe the Allied pact.
- January 2 – World War II: Manila is captured by Japanese forces. The Japanese Admiral stays in Solvec (owned by C... | [] |
2,780 | 9,214 | 1,458,798 | Dominica | 2025-04-05T02:13:49Z | **The Commonwealth of Dominica** is an island nation in the Caribbean Sea. It is an English-speaking country. It is between the French-speaking territories of Guadeloupe and Martinique. The island is 751 km² (290 mi²) in area. Roseau is its capital. Portsmouth is another main town. Almost 70,000 people live on the isla... | [] |
2,781 | 9,217 | 1,727,852 | 1923 | 2026-03-06T06:21:19Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1923{{/Year in various calendars}}
**1923** (MCMXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar. Beginning in February of this year, the Julian calendar was relegated to church use only. This happened after Greece adopted the Gregorian calendar.
1923 was the first ... | [] |
2,782 | 9,218 | 1,881,155 | 1926 | 2026-09-28T21:59:35Z | {{#Year article header}}1926{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 1 – Ireland's first regular radio service, 2RN (later *Radio Éireann*), begins broadcasting.
- January 8 – Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud becomes the King of Hejaz
- January 12 – Freeman Gosden and Charles Correll premiere their radio program *Sam 'n' Henr... | [] |
2,783 | 9,219 | 532,461 | 1931 | 2026-09-28T15:02:05Z | **1931** (MCMXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 27 – Pierre Laval forms a government in France
- February 16 – Pehr Evind Svinhufvud is elected president of Finland
- March 31 – An earthquake destroys Managua, Nicaragua, killing 2,000 people
- April 25 – The au... | [] |
2,784 | 9,220 | 10,249,339 | 404 | 2025-05-11T04:30:56Z | {{#Year article header}}404{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 1 – Last gladiator competition in Rome.
- Atticus of Constantinople becomes Patriarch of Constantinople.
- Honorius moves the capital of the Western Roman Empire to Ravenna.
- Saint Telemachus matyrdom.
| [] |
2,785 | 9,221 | 1,011,873 | 1438 | 2025-11-09T15:51:25Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1438{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1438{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Pachacuti who would later create Tahuantinsuyu, or Inca Empire became the ruler of Cusco
- January 1 – Albert II of Habsburg becomes King of Hungary
- March 18 – Albert II of Habsburg beco... | [] |
2,786 | 9,222 | 10,249,939 | 1651 | 2025-05-11T07:10:56Z | {{#Year article header}}1651{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 1 – Charles II crowned King of Scotland in Scone. This is his first crowning.
- June 28 – June 30: The biggest battle of the 17th century, the Battle of Beresteczko, between Poles and Ukrainians is won by the Poles.
- September 3 – English Civi... | [] |
2,787 | 9,223 | 532,461 | Playing card | 2026-05-20T12:15:39Z | **Playing cards** is the name for the 52 cards used in card game`<nowiki/>`{=html}s like poker, bridge, blackjack, solitaire and other games.
There are 52 basic cards in a deck (not including the jokers). These cards have a **suit** and a number (called the value or **rank**). There are 4 suits and 13 ranks in each su... | [] |
2,788 | 9,224 | 1,172,858 | Emperor | 2026-02-07T13:40:17Z | An **emperor** (female equivalent: **empress**) is a male who rules an empire. The word is taken from the Latin language *Imperator*. Often it is capitalized.
A woman who comes to power in an empire is called an empress. The wife of an emperor is also called an empress. An emperor or empress is often a hereditary mona... | [] |
2,789 | 9,226 | 48,755 | Palmdale, California | 2025-10-12T00:40:24Z | **Palmdale** is the largest city in the desert area of California. It is a suburb of Los Angeles. It has a population of 169,450 and is the 6th largest city in Los Angeles County.
Even though Palmdale is in Los Angeles County, it is not connected to the larger Los Angeles population area. It is separated from it by a ... | [] |
2,790 | 9,227 | 1,687,111 | Fresno, California | 2025-11-16T00:54:21Z | **Fresno** is the largest inland city in the U.S. state of California. It has a population of 542,107 people (as of 2020). If the surrounding suburbs are included, it has a population near 1 million. It is the county seat of Fresno County, in the Central Valley.
Fresno is the closest major city to Yosemite National Pa... | [] |
2,791 | 9,230 | 10,343,511 | 1955 | 2025-06-20T04:51:02Z | **1955** (MCMLV) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 2 – Panama president Jose Antonio Remon is killed.
- January 7 – Marian Anderson becomes the first African-American person to sing at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City
- January 19 - The *Scrabble* board game... | [] |
2,792 | 9,233 | 1,878,172 | Popeye | 2026-09-29T20:59:05Z | **Popeye the Sailor Man** is a classic cartoon character famous for his sailor outfit, muscular forearms, and love of spinach, which gives him superhuman strength. Created by Elzie Crisler Segar, Popeye first appeared in the comic strip *Thimble Theatre* in 1929 and later became the star of animated cartoons, movies, a... | [] |
2,793 | 9,235 | 1,604,578 | Astrophysics | 2025-07-11T03:29:12Z | **Astrophysics** is the study of how stars, planets, and other things in the Universe work, and how we can learn about them. Astrophysicists use physics and chemistry to explain what astronomers find and see.
Astrophysics is also the study of how the Universe started and how it is changing with time. This part of astr... | [] |
2,794 | 9,237 | 1,582,584 | Word order | 2025-02-23T00:43:54Z | **Word order** is part of syntax, which is part of grammar. Word order may be different in different languages. For example, English "I play tennis only sometimes" would be in German *Ich spiele nur manchmal Tennis*, literally "I play only sometimes tennis". In Norwegian, the same sentence would be *Jeg spiller bare te... | [] |
2,795 | 9,239 | 1,618,275 | George H. W. Bush | 2026-08-23T22:57:32Z | **George Herbert Walker Bush` <ref group="lower-alpha">After around 2000, he was usually called `{=wikitext}**George H. W. Bush**, **Bush Senior**, **Bush 41**, or **Bush the Elder** to distinguish him from his eldest son, George W. Bush, who served as the 43rd president from 2001 to 2009; previously, he was usually r... | [] |
2,796 | 9,240 | 1,452,189 | Ohio | 2026-08-17T07:57:34Z | **Ohio** (nicknamed **The Buckeye State**) is one of the fifty states in the United States. Its capital is Columbus, which is also the largest city in Ohio.
Other large cities in Ohio are Cleveland, Cincinnati, Dayton, Akron, Toledo, and Youngstown.
Some famous people from Ohio include golfer Jack Nicklaus, Wilbur an... | [] |
2,797 | 9,253 | 1,604,351 | Principle of relativity | 2025-04-20T14:58:27Z | In physics, the **principle of relativity** is the requirement that the equations describing the laws of physics are the same in all frames of reference.
In 300 BCE, Greek philosopher Aristotle thought that heavy objects fall faster than objects that are not heavy. The natural science of Aristotle was most popular in ... | [] |
2,798 | 9,254 | 1,734,355 | Special relativity | 2026-04-12T05:30:13Z | **Special relativity** (or **the special theory of relativity**) is a theory (Well supported idea) in physics that was developed and explained by Albert Einstein in 1905. It applies to all physical phenomena, so long as gravitation is not significant. Special relativity applies to "flat spacetime", which is space witho... | [] |
2,799 | 9,255 | 447,825 | 1964 | 2026-01-26T02:18:16Z | **1964** (MCMLXIV) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- January 1 – *Top of the Pops* is first shown on BBC television.
- January 3 – Footage of The Beatles performing a concert in Bournemouth, England is shown on *The Jack Paar Show*.
- January 15 – Vee Jay Records files a law... | [] |
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