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2,800 | 9,256 | 1,011,873 | 1894 | 2025-07-05T15:34:57Z | {{#Year article header}}1894{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- Outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War
- June 30 – Tower Bridge in London opened.
## Births
- February 10 - Harold Macmillan, British Prime Minister
- April 17 – Nikita Krushchev, Soviet leader
- March 20 – Ky Ebright, American Olympic rowing coach (... | [] |
2,801 | 9,258 | 863,768 | September 7 | 2025-05-30T00:35:12Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 70 – A Roman army under Titus occupies and plunders Jerusalem.
- 878 – King Louis II of France is crowned by Pope John VIII.
- 1159 – Pope Alexander II is chosen.
- 1191 – Third Crusade: Battle of Asruf – Richard I of England defeats Saladin at Asruf.
- 1228 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emper... | [] |
2,802 | 9,259 | 1,011,873 | 1191 | 2025-10-09T14:23:30Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1191{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1191{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 12 – Richard I of England marries Berengaria of Navarre.
- September 7 – Third Crusade: Battle of Arsuf – Richard I of England fights against Saladin at Arsuf. Result of battle is inco... | [] |
2,803 | 9,260 | 10,250,067 | 1539 | 2025-05-11T07:42:52Z | {{#Year article header}}1539{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- May 30 – In Florida, Hernando de Soto lands at Tampa Bay with 600 soldiers with the goal to find gold.
- Hernando de Soto introduces Pigs into North America
- May – 6 Articles Statute of English Parliament, important in the English Reformation"
- Septem... | [] |
2,804 | 9,261 | 863,768 | May 30 | 2025-05-30T00:35:15Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 70 – Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the second wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the first wall.
- 1381 – Beginning of the Peasants' Revolt in England.
- 1431 – In Rouen, Normandy, France, Joan of Arc is burned at the stake by an English–dominated tr... | [] |
2,805 | 9,262 | 1,011,873 | 1431 | 2025-11-09T15:51:22Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1431{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1431{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- February 21 – The trial of Joan of Arc
- March 3 – Eugenius IV becomes Pope
- May 30 – In Rouen, France, 19-year old Joan of Arc is burned at the stake.
- Foundation of University of Poiti... | [] |
2,806 | 9,263 | 10,250,026 | 1574 | 2025-05-11T07:32:12Z | **1574** (MDLXXIV) was a common year starting on Friday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the proleptic Gregorian calendar.
## Events
- April 14 – Battle of Mookerheyde: Spanish forces under Sancho de Avila defeat the rebel forces of Louis of Nassau. Louis is killed.
- May 30 – On the ... | [] |
2,807 | 9,264 | 1,618,275 | 1984 | 2026-04-14T12:01:03Z | **1984** (MCMLXXXIV) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Events
### January - June
- January 4 – Rapeye series by Paramount Pictures.
- January 27 – Michael Jackson's hair catches on fire during the filming of the Pepsi commercial.
- March 22 – People said the teachers at the McMartin pr... | [] |
2,808 | 9,265 | 1,781,538 | 1985 | 2026-04-09T01:16:50Z | **1985** (MCMLXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar. It was the 1985th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 985th year of the 2nd millennium, the 85th year of the 20th century, and the 6th year of the 1980s.
## Events
- January 20 - President Ronald Reaga... | [] |
2,809 | 9,266 | 10,343,556 | 1986 | 2025-06-20T05:03:07Z | **1986** (MCMLXXXVI) was a common year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar.
## Births
- January 5 – Sana Mir, Pakistani cricketer
- January 24 – Mischa Barton, English-born American actress
- January 24 – Ricky Ullman, Israeli-born American actor
- February 1 – Johan Vonlanthen, Swiss footballer
- Februar... | [] |
2,810 | 9,267 | 863,768 | August 12 | 2025-05-30T00:35:19Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 30 BC – Cleopatra VII, Queen of Egypt, commits suicide.
- 1099 – First Crusade: Battle of Ascalon – Crusaders defeat Saracens and the Kingdom of Jerusalem is established under Godfrey of Bouillon.
- 1121 – Battle of Didgori: The Georgian army under David IV of Georgia wins a decisive victor... | [] |
2,811 | 9,268 | 5,295 | 1918 | 2026-02-18T17:49:27Z | **1918** (MCMXVIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.
## Births
### January
- January 2 – Gudrun Zapf-von Hesse, German type designer and educator
- January 15 – Gamal Abdel Nasser, 2nd President of Egypt (d. 1970)
- January 1... | [] |
2,812 | 9,269 | 1,877,742 | Wombat | 2026-09-23T11:45:49Z | A **wombat** is a marsupial in the family **Vombatidae**. It lives in the Australian eucalypt forests. There are two genera with three living wombat species; the common wombat and the hairy-nosed wombats.
It is a medium-sized animal that makes a burrow by digging holes in the ground. Wombats are usually around a meter... | [] |
2,813 | 9,273 | 863,768 | January 10 | 2025-05-30T00:35:22Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 49 BC – Julius Caesar crossed the Rubicon which signalled civil war.
- 9 – Beginning of the Xin dynasty in China.
- 69 – Lucius Calpurnius Piso Licinianus is appointed by Galba as Deputy Roman Emperor.
- 236 – Fabian became Pope.
- 1072 – Robert Guiscard conquered Palermo.
- 1475 – Stephen ... | [] |
2,814 | 9,275 | 22,027 | N.C. Wyeth | 2022-04-13T05:23:08Z | **Newell Convers Wyeth** (October 22, 1882 – October 19, 1945) was an American painter and book illustrator. He was born in Needham, Massachusetts. He was known for his illustrations for such books as *Robin Hood*, *Robinson Crusoe*, *The Yearling*, *The Last of the Mohicans*, and King Arthur. His daughters Henriette a... | [] |
2,815 | 9,281 | 1,530,422 | Turkey (bird) | 2025-06-07T01:06:30Z | The **turkey** is a large bird in the genus ***Meleagris***, native to North America. There are two extant turkey species: the wild turkey (*Meleagris gallopavo*) of eastern and central North America and the ocellated turkey (*Meleagris ocellata*) of the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. In the United States, people traditi... | [] |
2,816 | 9,283 | 103,847 | Arachnology | 2024-03-19T13:47:33Z | **Arachnology** is a science that studies arachnids. Examples of arachnids are spiders, scorpions, pseudoscorpions, and harvestmen. Ticks and mites are also arachnids but they sometimes are not included in arachnology. They are studied in acarology.
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2,817 | 9,287 | 1,700,676 | Alabama | 2026-09-20T14:54:16Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="maplink"><div data-arg data-name="frame">yes</div><div data-arg data-name="frame-width">300</div><div data-arg data-name="type">line</div><div data-arg data-name="stroke-width">3</div><div data-arg data-name="text">Interactive map</div></template>
**Alabama** (IPAC: ... | [] |
2,818 | 9,288 | 1,386,969 | Arizona | 2025-01-25T00:46:29Z | **Arizona** is a state in the United States of America. It is considered part of the Southwestern United States and is bordered by New Mexico to the east, Utah to the north, Nevada to the northwest, California to the west, its northeast corner touches part of Colorado, this area is known as the Four Corners. To the sou... | [] |
2,819 | 9,289 | 1,781,219 | Bolivia | 2026-04-07T01:15:13Z | **Bolivia** IPAC: bəˈlɪviə, officially the **Plurinational State of Bolivia**, is a country in South America. It is landlocked by Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina, Peru, and Chile. Rodrigo Paz Pereira became its president in November 2025.
As of 2024 the population of Bolivia was 11,916,453.
Bolivia is named after Sim... | [] |
2,820 | 9,290 | 532,461 | Massachusetts | 2026-09-23T22:09:53Z | **Massachusetts** is a state in the United States of America. Its official name is **the Commonwealth of Massachusetts**.
The word *Massachusetts* comes from Native American meaning "place with hills."
## History
Massachusetts was one of the first places that European people lived when they came to America. It becam... | [] |
2,821 | 9,291 | 1,475,106 | Tallahassee, Florida | 2026-06-13T14:52:22Z | **Tallahassee** is the capital city of the U.S. state of Florida. As of 2020 Tallahassee has a population of 196,169 people.
The name comes from the Apalachee Native American words: *talwa* meaning town, and *ahassee* meaning old.
Tallahassee was created as the capital of Florida during the territory's second legisla... | [] |
2,822 | 9,292 | 1,011,873 | 1227 | 2025-10-09T14:23:52Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1227{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1227{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- March 19 – Pope Gregory IX succeeds Pope Honorius III as the 178th pope.
- August 18 – Genghis Khan
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2,823 | 9,293 | 593,910 | Tom Skerritt | 2025-11-02T16:19:42Z | **Thomas Alderton Skerritt** (born August 25, 1933) is an American actor. He was born in Detroit, Michigan. He is best known for his roles in the films *M\*A\*S\*H* (1970), *Alien* (1979), and *Top Gun* (1986). He won an Emmy Award in 1993 and a Saturn Award in 2011.
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2,824 | 9,302 | 365,128 | Trossingen | 2024-04-06T08:14:29Z | **Trossingen** is a town in South Germany (Baden-Württemberg). It is in a region called Baar, between the Swabian Alb and the Black Forest.
Trossingen is called a "music town". It has around 16,000 people who live there, there is the 'University of Music Trossingen', which is one of Baden-Württemberg's state conservat... | [] |
2,825 | 9,304 | 1,609,553 | The Smurfs | 2025-08-29T16:14:47Z | ***The Smurfs*** (French: *Les Schtroumpfs*) are fictional little blue beings created by Peyo, a Belgian cartoonist. They first appeared in 1958, and later in a cartoon television show created by Hanna-Barbera Productions in the 1980s. On September 12, 1981, they were featured on ABC on Saturday mornings as a cartoon s... | [] |
2,826 | 9,307 | 1,873,106 | Istanbul | 2026-09-16T00:57:13Z | **Istanbul**, formerly known as **Constantinople**, is a mega city that sits in both Europe and Asia, divided by the Bosporus. Although it is the largest city of Turkey, it is not the capital. It is the largest city in Europe by population. It is also the 3rd largest European city in size. It was the capital city of th... | [] |
2,827 | 9,315 | 693,482 | ABBA | 2026-08-17T14:38:17Z | **ABBA** is a Swedish pop music group, who had many hits in the 1970s in Stockholm and early 1980s. ABBA is the most successful Swedish music group of all time and was the most commercially successful pop group of the 1970s.
ABBA became very popular after they won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974 with the song "Wat... | [] |
2,828 | 9,316 | 10,339,701 | Gregg Allman | 2025-06-18T09:35:20Z | **Gregg Allman** (December 8, 1947 – May 27, 2017) was an American rock musician. He was a member of the Allman Brothers Band with his brother, Duane Allman, which popularised Southern Rock in the 1970s. He married Cher, a well-known pop singer and actress after she divorced Sonny Bono in 1974. They had a son, Elijah B... | [] |
2,829 | 9,317 | 10,183,452 | Allman Brothers Band | 2025-04-11T05:32:32Z | **The Allman Brothers Band** were an American southern rock band in the 1970s. It originally formed in 1969 with Duane Allman (slide guitar), Gregg Allman (vocals, organ), Dickey Betts (guitar), Berry Oakley (bass guitar), Butch Trucks (drums) and Jai Johanny "Jaimoe" Johanson (drums).
In 1971, soon after their first ... | [] |
2,830 | 9,324 | 1,812,272 | London Borough of Hackney | 2026-05-28T20:04:38Z | The **London Borough of Hackney** is a London Borough in north east London. It is extramural to the City of London.
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2,831 | 9,326 | 824,868 | John Frost Bridge | 2026-05-25T00:54:46Z | The **John Frost Bridge** is a bridge in Arnhem in the Netherlands. It was bombed after Operation Market Garden in September 1944. It was later rebuilt. Some parts of the bridge are still the same as they were in 1944.
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2,832 | 9,329 | 22,027 | Vengaboys | 2025-05-30T04:11:55Z | The **Vengaboys** are a Dutch pop music group. The group is made up of DJ Danski and DJ Delmondo. They toured Spanish beach parties in a bus. The group formed in 1992. They added four dancers in 1995-1996 and toured through Europe. Their first song was *Up & Down*. It was released in March 1997. The group is popular a... | [] |
2,833 | 9,330 | 248,920 | Pope Benedict XVI | 2026-05-29T16:29:43Z | **Pope Benedict XVI** (Benedictus PP. XVI; Benedikt XVI; Benedetto XVI, born **Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger**; 16 April 1927 – 31 December 2022) was a Pope of the Catholic Church. He served as the 265th Pope from 2005 to 2013. In that position, he was both the leader of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Vatican City St... | [] |
2,834 | 9,335 | 1,161,309 | Guan Yu | 2025-05-31T01:48:05Z | **Guan Yu** (? – 220) was a Chinese general. He helped Liu Bei to fight the dynasty of Wei, which had seized the throne from the last Han emperor. He was also the best friend of Zhang Fei, another warrior of Liu Bei.
They conquered the Southwest of China and founded a Dynasty named Shu Han because Liu Bei claimed to b... | [] |
2,835 | 9,340 | 532,461 | Subsistence farming | 2026-09-12T22:44:31Z | **Subsistence farming** is farming done by farmers who have small plots, or little water, or otherwise grow enough only for themselves. Literally, no extra food is produced to sell or trade. This means farming doesn't give them money to buy things. However, today true subsistence farmers are few. Most also do trading t... | [] |
2,836 | 9,343 | 532,461 | River Clyde | 2026-01-14T20:01:19Z | The **River Clyde** (Abhainn Chluaidh, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-gd"><div data-arg>avɪɲˈxlˠ̪uəj</div><div data-arg>pron</div></template>) is a river in Scotland. It flows through Glasgow before opening up into the Firth of Clyde.
## Other websites
- [River Clyde: Source to Firth Panoram... | [] |
2,837 | 9,345 | 693,482 | Electric charge | 2026-07-26T17:44:44Z | **Electric charge** is a basic property of electrons, protons and other subatomic particles. Electrons are negatively charged while protons are positively charged. Two or more particles with unlike charges attract each other and one with same type of charges repel each other. This makes electrons and protons stick toge... | [] |
2,838 | 9,346 | 640,235 | Argyroxiphium | 2024-01-14T18:13:33Z | ***Argyroxiphium*** is a small genus of plants in the sunflower family, Asteraceae. Its members are known by the common names of **silversword** or **greensword** due to their long, narrow leaves and the silvery hairs on some species.
The Silversword plant grows only at high elevations on the Island of Maui in Hawaii... | [] |
2,839 | 9,347 | 1,398,040 | Mr. Pacman | 2024-08-23T22:38:34Z | **Mr. Pacman** is an American pop music band from Colorado. They use sounds from old video games to create their music. Mr. Pacman has recorded 2 CDs & made 4 music videos.
## Other websites
- http://myspace.com/mrpacman/ *- official website*
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2,840 | 9,348 | 10,324,309 | Music video | 2025-06-12T02:22:05Z | A **music video** or **music clip** is a short movie that represents a song on a television screen. Most music videos feature the artist who recorded the song singing or lip-syncing it on screen. TV network channels that are famous for playing music videos are MTV, VH1, BET, and CMT.
In most countries in East Asia, mu... | [] |
2,841 | 9,364 | 1,452,189 | Hip hop | 2026-08-05T12:20:57Z | **Hip hop** is a type of culture/art style that started in the 1970s in The Bronx. It began in Jamaican American, African American, and Puerto Rican/Hispanic and Latino American urban areas in some of the larger cities of the United States. Hip hop uses drumbeats produced by a drum machine, and rapping, where the rappe... | [] |
2,842 | 9,386 | 121,204 | Color blindness | 2026-07-15T20:33:44Z | **Color blindness** makes people unable to tell the difference between certain colors. In very rare cases, they may not see colors at all.
Most color blindness is inherited, usually as simple Mendelian inheritance. Sometimes, however it is the result of damage to the eyes, nerves, or the brain that can be caused by c... | [] |
2,843 | 9,402 | 22,027 | Sopron | 2024-08-22T02:46:57Z | **Sopron** ([Hungarian pronunciation:]{.small} \[ˈʃopron\]; Ödenburg, <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˈøːdn̩ˌbʊʁk</div><div data-arg>-</div><div data-arg>De-Ödenburg.ogg</div></template>; Central Bavarian: *Ednburg*, Šopron) is a city of Hungary, near the western border of Hung... | [] |
2,844 | 9,404 | 10,432,677 | Sumo | 2025-08-02T01:22:46Z | <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Nihongo"><div data-arg><strong>Sumo</strong></div><div data-arg>相撲</div><div data-arg>sumō</div></template> is a Japanese full-contact sport.
In sumo, a wrestler (*rikishi*) attempts to force another wrestler out of a circular ring (the *dohyō*) 4.55 metres in diamet... | [] |
2,845 | 9,407 | 966,595 | List of districts of Germany | 2022-08-19T10:00:58Z | Germany is divided into 402 administrative districts. These consist of 295 **rural districts** (*Landkreise*), listed fully here, and 107 **urban districts** (*Kreisfreie Städte* / *Stadtkreise*) - cities which constitute a district in their own right.
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2,846 | 9,409 | 314,522 | Bremen (state) | 2024-08-18T19:02:45Z | **Bremen** is the smallest and least populous state in Germany. It is a city-state with an area of 404.23 km2. Bremen has a population of around 664,000 people.
The official name is "Freie Hansestadt Bremen". This is because Bremen used to be in the *Hanseatic League* which was a group of cities which did a lot of ... | [] |
2,847 | 9,413 | 314,522 | Saxony-Anhalt | 2024-08-18T19:02:44Z | **Saxony-Anhalt** (Sachsen-Anhalt, (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˌzaksn̩ ˈʔanhalt</div><div data-arg>-</div><div data-arg>De-Sachsen-Anhalt.ogg</div></template>; Low German: Sassen-Anholt) is a Bundesland (state) in Germany. It has an area of 20445.26 km2. 2,580,626 people l... | [] |
2,848 | 9,414 | 484,975 | Erfurt | 2026-08-15T22:42:23Z | **Erfurt** is the capital city of the German state of Thuringia. It has an area of 269.17 km2. In December 2015 it had a population of 210,000 people. The River Gera runs through the city.
## History
People have lived in the area for about 100,000 years. The city was first mentioned in writing in 742, in a letter to ... | [] |
2,849 | 9,415 | 239,077 | Magdeburg | 2025-06-24T13:22:43Z | **Magdeburg** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="IPA-de"><div data-arg>ˈmakdəbʊʁk</div><div data-arg>lang</div><div data-arg>De-Magdeburg2.ogg</div></template>; <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-nds"><div data-arg data-name="label">Low Saxon</div><div data-arg>Meideborg</div></t... | [] |
2,850 | 9,417 | 1,840,261 | Romance languages | 2026-07-18T15:25:42Z | The **Romance languages** (also sometimes called **Latin languages** or **Neo-Latin languages**) are a language family in the Indo-European languages. They started from Vulgar Latin (in Latin, *vulgar* is the word for "common" and so "Vulgar Latin" means "Common Latin"). The most spoken Romance languages are Spanish, P... | [] |
2,851 | 9,421 | 693,482 | Stellar evolution | 2026-07-26T11:57:42Z | **Stellar evolution** is the study of how a star changes over time. Stars can change very much between when they are first created and when they run out of energy. Because stars can produce light and heat for millions or billions of years, scientists study stellar evolution by studying many different stars in different... | [] |
2,852 | 9,424 | 693,482 | Genetics | 2026-08-03T04:24:16Z | **Genetics** is a discipline of biology. It is the science of heredity. This includes the study of genes, and the inheritance of variation and traits of living organisms. In the laboratory, genetics works by mating carefully selected organisms, and analysing their offspring. More informally, genetics is the study of ho... | [] |
2,853 | 9,434 | 640,235 | Church Square Park | 2023-05-17T20:56:45Z | **Church Square Park** is a park in Hoboken, New Jersey between Garden Street and Willow Avenue and 5th and 6th Streets. The Hoboken Public Library is on its north side.
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2,854 | 9,437 | 1,061,539 | Supply | 2021-04-30T16:24:46Z | In economics, **supply** is the amount of something that companies are willing to provide in a market. The law of supply and demand will decide the price at which something will be bought and sold.
## Description
According to C.R. McConnell and S.L.Brue, a *supply* is a scale showing the amount of a good or service t... | [] |
2,855 | 9,438 | 70,336 | Demand | 2018-02-17T01:40:22Z | **Demand** is the total amount of goods or services which people want to buy, for a set price. The demand for an item indicates how much it is needed or wanted. This is important in economics, because the law of supply and demand will decide the price at which something will be bought and sold.
Demand is the amount of... | [] |
2,856 | 9,439 | 966,595 | Transaction | 2023-07-06T14:26:44Z | A **transaction** is usually an exchange. Sometimes other things are referred to as transactions.
A business transaction is one where money, goods, or services are bought, sold or traded.
A bank transaction is when money is taken out of, put into, or moved around inside of a bank.
A database transaction is one where... | [] |
2,857 | 9,440 | 693,482 | Encyclopædia Britannica | 2026-07-26T09:14:17Z | The **Encyclopædia Britannica** (Latin for "British Encyclopædia"), previously published by Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc., is a popular encyclopædia which since 2011 is published as an online encyclopædia.
## Overview
The **Encyclopædia Britannica** was originally only printed on paper, but late in the 20th century ... | [] |
2,858 | 9,441 | 1,668,121 | Pipeline | 2025-09-27T21:18:32Z | A **pipeline** is a long tube, that is used to transport liquids or gases over long distances. Pipelines are made of metal. While the transport of liquids and gases is common, some pipelines are used to transport coal or iron ore, which are mixed with mud. Such pipelines are sometimes called slurry pipelines. Even thou... | [] |
2,859 | 9,442 | 1,368,380 | Avocado | 2025-03-19T03:46:15Z | The term **avocado** refers to a type of berry. It has medium dark green or dark green bumpy or smooth skin depending on the variety. The flesh of an avocado is deep chartreuse green in color near the skin and pale chartreuse green near the core. It has a creamy, rich texture. The word, Avocado came from an Aztec word ... | [] |
2,860 | 9,451 | 86,802 | Ice hockey | 2026-09-21T20:02:44Z | {{Sports}}
**Ice hockey** is a sport that is played by two teams on ice. The players wear ice skates on their feet and can skate across the ice at very high speeds. They hold hockey sticks, which they use to push, shoot or pass a hard rubber disk called puck around the ice. The players score by shooting the puck into ... | [] |
2,861 | 9,455 | 1,011,873 | 1492 | 2025-11-09T15:52:39Z | {{#Year in various calendars}}1492{{/Year in various calendars}}
{{#Year article header}}1492{{/Year article header}} It was an important year in the history of the world.
The most important events centred around Spain. Muslim forces were finally expelled (sent away) from Spain. This ended 780 years of Muslim control ... | [] |
2,862 | 9,458 | 1,783,076 | Virtues of Harmony | 2026-04-12T14:06:54Z | ***Virtues of Harmony*** was a sitcom that ran in Hong Kong from 2001 until February 2005. *Virtues of Harmony One* was set in ancient China during the Ming Dynasty. It follows the lives of the Kam family. The allure of the series was the humorous storylines and how the good always wins. The star of the show was Nancy ... | [] |
2,863 | 9,459 | 22,027 | Ashford, Kent | 2024-12-17T02:58:14Z | **Ashford** is a large town in Kent in England. Many villages in are nearby and Ashford attracts lots of locals for its shopping. The Ashford international railway station is connected by the Channel Tunnel to mainland Europe. Ashford is an established and populated area of Kent with lots of houses. The UK Government i... | [] |
2,864 | 9,460 | 314,522 | Song | 2025-03-31T14:29:06Z | A **song** is a piece of music which contains lyrics and words. Songs may be made by songwriters. Other songs are folk songs, which are songs created by people long ago that have been sung as tradition.
Some people form bands which write and record songs to make money from it. When two or three singers sing the song i... | [] |
2,865 | 9,461 | 70,336 | Magnesium | 2026-09-06T03:56:26Z | **Magnesium** ( /mæɡˈniːziəm/ mag-NEE-zee-əm) is a chemical element. It has the symbol *Mg*, atomic number 12 and common oxidation state \+2. It is an alkaline earth metal and the eighth most abundant element in the Earth's crust. It makes up 2% of the mass of the crust. It is the ninth most common element in the known... | [] |
2,866 | 9,462 | 36,199 | Dan Brown | 2023-09-19T21:36:47Z | **Dan Brown** (born June 22, 1964) is an American writer. His best-known book is *The Da Vinci Code*.
Dan Brown lives in the United States. His father was a math teacher and his mother was a church organist. Before Dan Brown wrote books, he was an English teacher. Dan Brown's wife, Blythe, is an artist. Sometimes she ... | [] |
2,867 | 9,463 | 640,235 | Thurso | 2023-08-13T16:30:12Z | **Thurso** is a town in north Scotland. The town has a population of 8,721 (2001 census)
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2,868 | 9,464 | 966,595 | Penzance | 2021-05-05T08:44:23Z | **Penzance** (Pennsans) is a town and port in Cornwall, South West England. It is near Land's End and the most westerly major town in England. Many people live and work in Penzance. In 2001, there were 21,168 people living in Penzance. The main Cornish railway line ends at Penzance. The fishing port of Newlyn is close ... | [] |
2,869 | 9,469 | 1,687,103 | The Tonight Show | 2025-11-04T18:18:56Z | ***The Tonight Show*** is a popular late night television talk and comedy show in the United States. It appears on the NBC television network. The show started in 1954 and was hosted by Steve Allen. In 1957, Jack Paar became the host, with Ernie Kovacs hosting on some nights.
In 1962, Johnny Carson took over and staye... | [] |
2,870 | 9,470 | 863,768 | January 17 | 2025-05-30T00:35:25Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 395 – Roman Emperor Theodosius I dies in Milan. The Roman Empire is re–divided into West and East.
- 1287 – King Alfonso III of Aragon invades the island of Menorca.
- 1377 – Pope Gregory XI moves the Pope's residence (place where he lives) back to Rome from Avignon.
- 1524 – Giovanni da Ve... | [] |
2,871 | 9,472 | 640,235 | Antoni Grabowski | 2023-08-14T12:20:04Z | **Antoni Grabowski** was a Polish chemical engineer, and an early supporter of the Esperanto movement. The books and poems that he changed into Esperanto from other languages helped to make Esperanto more well-known and used.
## Learning and work
Grabowski was born on 11 June 1857 in Nowe Dobre, near Chełmno, in Pola... | [] |
2,872 | 9,476 | 1,823,278 | Fire | 2026-08-17T22:28:14Z | **Fire** is a chemical reaction that gives off light and heat. Fire happens when a material rapidly oxidizes, or loses electrons, and gives off a great amount of energy. Flames are only the part of the fire that give off visible light.
Fire is sometimes useful, but also very dangerous because it can cause houses, tre... | [] |
2,873 | 9,484 | 70,336 | Five solas | 2024-10-18T21:31:34Z | In Europe in the 16th century, there was a big change in the Christian religion. During the Protestant Reformation, hundreds of thousands of people left the Catholic Church to form Protestant churches all over Europe.
"The Five solas" are an important part of reformed theology for the Protestant leaders:
- **Sola scr... | [] |
2,874 | 9,488 | 1,477,024 | Göran Persson | 2025-05-14T10:23:56Z | **Göran Persson** (born January 20, 1949) was the Prime minister of Sweden between 1996 and 2006. He was the leader of the Swedish Social Democratic Party, but quit in March 2007. He was replaced by Mona Sahlin as leader of the party, the party's first woman to do so.
## Other websites
- [Government Offices of Sweden... | [] |
2,875 | 9,495 | 1,508,758 | Jane Fonda | 2025-02-16T21:52:37Z | **Jane Seymour Fonda** (born December 21, 1937) is an American actress, writer, political activist and former fashion model. She is the daughter of Henry Fonda, the sister of Peter Fonda and the aunt of Bridget Fonda, both of whom are actors. She won two Academy Awards. Fonda made instructional videos on exercise and a... | [] |
2,876 | 9,501 | 593,910 | Physician | 2026-06-30T06:38:58Z | A **physician** or **medical doctor** is a person who uses medicine to treat illness and injuries to improve a patient's health.
In most countries, the basic medical degree qualifies a person to treat patients and prescribe appropriate treatment, including drugs. A physician may also do the simplest kinds of surgery.
... | [] |
2,877 | 9,504 | 1,734,355 | Buffy the Vampire Slayer | 2026-06-06T12:05:58Z | ***Buffy the Vampire Slayer*** is an American television series about a girl who fights vampires and other monsters. It was written by Joss Whedon. He based it on the script that he wrote for a movie with the same title. The movie came out in 1992 and stars Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Donald Sutherland, and Paul Reuben... | [] |
2,878 | 9,505 | 314,522 | Vampire | 2025-04-11T19:49:15Z | A **vampire** is an undead creature in legends and stories. The first vampire stories were told in Eastern Europe, but much of how modern people see vampires was created by Bram Stoker in the famous novel, *Dracula*. Few people believe that vampires are real, but they are still very popular in movies, television, and b... | [] |
2,879 | 9,510 | 1,582,584 | Academic degree | 2025-02-22T04:28:35Z | An **academic degree** is a certification students get when they graduate from a university. It shows they successfully completed their classes, and passed a final examination.
It is an official credential. The length of courses, and the number of courses vary depending on which university is attended. In the United S... | [] |
2,880 | 9,511 | 1,618,275 | High school | 2025-06-27T23:06:13Z | **High school** is a kind of school, a place where people go to learn skills for use in life. In a three-part system such as in the United States, children go to high school after middle school ("junior high"). In a two-part system such as in South Africa and the United Kingdom, the change is from primary school to sec... | [] |
2,881 | 9,514 | 920,495 | Public school | 2026-02-27T13:32:06Z | A **public school** means different things in different countries:
## USA and Canada
In the United States and Canada, public schools are schools that are paid for by the government. They are open to all students who live nearby without any charge. They are usually paid for through property taxes that are applied to e... | [] |
2,882 | 9,517 | 941,292 | Seoul | 2026-08-28T05:40:07Z | **Seoul** (서울) is the biggest city of the Republic of Korea (South Korea), and its capital. Its official name is **Seoul Special City** (서울특별시 *Seoul Teukbyeolsi*). It has a population of 10 million which is about 1/5 of the Korean population and 1/7 of Korea peninsula, and covers an area of 610 km² that is only 0.6% o... | [] |
2,883 | 9,518 | 863,768 | May 8 | 2025-05-30T00:35:28Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 413 – Emperor Honorius signs an edict providing tax relief for the provinces Tuscia, Campania, Picenum, Samnium, Apulia, Lucania and Calabria, which were plundered by the Visigoths.
- 1541 – Hernando de Soto reaches the Mississippi River.
- 1654 – The Peace of Westminster ends the First Ang... | [] |
2,884 | 9,519 | 863,768 | July 25 | 2025-05-30T00:35:31Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 285 – Diocletian appoints Maximian as his Roman co–ruler.
- 306 – Constantine I is elected Emperor by his troops.
- 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome.
- 864 – The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings
- 1261 – ... | [] |
2,885 | 9,523 | 1,618,275 | Welfare state | 2026-02-21T12:48:59Z | In a **welfare state**, the government has a duty to provide some level of basic support for the welfare of its citizens, including Social Security and pensions for retirees.
## Examples
The government provides scholarships to people who do not have as much as most other people in terms of education. The state may al... | [] |
2,886 | 9,524 | 22,027 | Athlete (band) | 2024-10-12T13:02:25Z | **Athlete** are an English band from South London. Their second album is widely regarded as their breakthrough and they have released two singles so far from the album.
## Discography
### Albums
1. *Vehicles and Animals* – (7 April 2003) **\#19** UK
2. *Tourist* – (31 January 2005) **\#1** UK
3. *Beyond the Neighbo... | [] |
2,887 | 9,525 | 1,621,231 | Organic chemistry | 2026-02-24T09:06:26Z | **Organic chemistry** is the study of chemical compounds that contain carbon. Carbon has the ability to form a chemical bond with a wide variety of chemical elements and other carbon atoms because of its 4 valence, or outermost, electrons. This allows a nearly unlimited number of combinations, called organic compounds.... | [] |
2,888 | 9,526 | 121,204 | Proton | 2026-08-23T03:11:05Z | A **proton** is part of an atom. They are found in the nucleus of an atom along with neutrons. The periodic table groups atoms according to how many protons they have. A single atom of hydrogen (the lightest kind of atom) is made up of an electron moving around a proton. Most of the mass of this atom is in the proton, ... | [] |
2,889 | 9,529 | 863,768 | July 26 | 2025-05-30T00:35:35Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 615 – K'inich Janaab' Pakal I, aged 12, is crowned ruler of the Mayan city of Palenque.
- 1309 – Henry VII, Holy Roman Emperor is recognised as King of the Romans by Pope Clement V.
- 1469 – Wars of the Roses: Forces of Edward IV of England defeat those of Richard Neville, 16th Earl of Warw... | [] |
2,890 | 9,530 | 863,768 | April 7 | 2025-05-30T00:35:38Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 451 – Attila the Hun sacks the town of Metz and attacks other cities in Gaul.
- 1141 – Empress Matilda becomes the first female ruler of England.
- 1348 – Charles University is founded in Prague.
- 1521 – Ferdinand Magellan reaches the island of Cebu.
- 1655 – Fabio Chigi is elected to beco... | [] |
2,891 | 9,532 | 863,768 | March 16 | 2025-05-30T00:35:41Z | ## Events
### Up to 1900
- 597 BC – Babylonians capture Jerusalem and replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as King.
- 455 – Roman Emperor Valentinian III is assassinated by two Hunnic retainers while training with the bow on the Campus Martinus in Rome.
- 1190 – Crusaders start to massacre the Jews of York.
- 1244 – Over... | [] |
2,892 | 9,533 | 10,249,797 | 1774 | 2025-05-11T06:42:07Z | {{#Year article header}}1774{{/Year article header}}
## Events
- January 21 – Mustafa III, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire dies and is succeeded by his brother Abd-ul-Hamid I.
- May 10 – Louis XVI becomes King of France.
- June 2 – Intolerable Acts: The Quartering Act, requiring American colonists to let British soldie... | [] |
2,893 | 9,534 | 248,920 | Clint Eastwood | 2026-06-01T22:36:33Z | **Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr.** (born May 31, 1930) is a retired American actor, director, producer, and composer. He won two Academy Awards for Best Director for his movies *Unforgiven* (1992) and *Million Dollar Baby* (2004). He was also nominated for his movies *Mystic River* (2003), *Letters from Iwo Jima* (2006) ... | [] |
2,894 | 9,535 | 1,839,191 | Spaghetti Western | 2026-07-16T17:13:57Z | **Spaghetti Westerns** are low-budget Western movies that were made by Italian movie companies in the late 1960s. They were different from the American western movies, usually filmed in Italian, had limited budgets, filmed on location in Spain and Italy with minimal sets, and had many close-ups and artistic shots. Perh... | [] |
2,895 | 9,536 | 966,595 | Disneyland | 2026-08-21T14:47:02Z | **Disneyland Park** is a theme park in Anaheim, California, United States. It is the first Disneyland. It was opened on July 17, 1955, by Walt Disney, the man who invented Mickey Mouse. It was designed and built by WED Enterprises. It is one of the most popular theme parks in the world. Disneyland Park celebrated its 6... | [] |
2,896 | 9,538 | 365,128 | Boroughs of Berlin | 2024-09-02T14:59:44Z | The German capital Berlin is subdivided into 12 **boroughs** (German: *Stadtteile*/ *Bezirke*). The boroughs are called *Bezirke* in German. The 12 boroughs have political rights like a town community but they are not a legal city.
On January 1, 2001 there was a Berlin borough reform. The reform cut the number of Berl... | [] |
2,897 | 9,539 | 821,211 | Superhuman | 2025-02-16T04:33:15Z | **Superhuman** means something that is beyond what people are naturally able to do. It is a word most used in fiction such as superhero comic books, but also sometimes in science fiction and fantasy movies and books.
Any character in books or movies that is much stronger than any real person, or can do things such as ... | [] |
2,898 | 9,550 | 1,872,953 | Real Madrid CF | 2026-09-15T19:07:56Z | **Real Madrid Club de Fútbol**, sometimes known as **Real Madrid**, is a Spanish football club from Madrid, Spain. It was started in 1902 and competes in La Liga (the Spanish top league). The "Real" in the club's name is Spanish for "royal", because it was blessed by the King of Spain in 1920.
Real Madrid has won La ... | [] |
2,899 | 9,551 | 10,460,207 | 1874 | 2025-08-16T05:56:00Z | **1874** (MDCCCLXXIV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Tuesday in the Julian calendar.
## Births
- March 29 – Lou Henry Hoover, First Lady of the United States (d. 1944)
- August 10 – Herbert Hoover, thirty-first President of the United States (d. 1964)
- ... | [] |
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