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Millard Fillmore
2026-04-06T18:43:51Z
**Millard Fillmore** (January 7, 1800 – March 8, 1874) was the 13th president of the United States. He was president from 1850 to 1853 following the death of Zachary Taylor. He was the last Whig president and the last president who was not a Democrat or Republican while in office. He attempted to run in 1852, but fail...
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John Tyler
2026-02-02T21:45:37Z
**John Tyler** (March 29, 1790 – January 18, 1862) was the 10th president of the United States from 1841 to 1845. He was also the first vice president to become president because his predecessor died and the first president to be born after the U.S. Constitution was ratified. ## Early life and career Tyler grew up in...
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Peter Davison
2025-04-26T23:38:52Z
**Peter Davison** (born **Peter Moffett** 13 April 1951) is an English actor. He is best known for his roles as Tristan on *All Creatures Great and Small*, and as the Fifth Doctor on *Doctor Who* from 1981 to 1984 and 2022.
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Ballerina
2025-02-04T14:00:47Z
A **ballerina** is a name given to a female ballet dancer. Only very good female ballet dancers are called ballerinas. A ballerina is a principal dancer in a classical ballet company. The highest ranking female dancer in a company was usually called the **prima ballerina**. Today the term 'ballerina' has gone rather o...
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Buffalo, New York
2025-11-16T14:22:22Z
**Buffalo** is a city in the U.S. state of New York. Buffalo is the second-biggest city in New York State. There are about 278,000 people in the city of Buffalo. There are more than a million people in the surrounding area. Buffalo is on the east end of Lake Erie near the Niagara River. It is close to Niagara Falls,...
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Hertford
2021-05-08T08:08:03Z
**Hertford** (pronounced *Hart-fud*) is a town in Hertfordshire, England. In 2011, it had a population of 26,783 people. It is Hertfordshire's county town, but the largest town is Watford. The town centre is 19.2 miles (30.9 km) north of Central London and 16.7 miles (27.02 km) north east of Watford. ## Transport #...
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Jackie Chan
2026-07-26T10:20:05Z
**Fang Shiloh** (Chinese: 方示洛; born **Chan Kong-sang**, Chinese: 陳港生; on 7 April 1954), better known by his stage name **Jackie Chan**, is a Hong Kong actor, filmmaker, martial artist, and stuntman. He is famous for his martial arts and action films. On screen, he is known for his slapstick, acrobatic fighting style, c...
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Ron Weasley
2025-09-07T06:55:38Z
**Ronald Bilius "Ron" Weasley** (1 March 1980) is a fictional character from the *Harry Potter* stories. ## Story He is a red-haired child with lots of freckles. He comes from a poor background. He lives at The Burrow with his family of nine people. He is the youngest son in his family. He was a humorous and loyal bo...
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Hermione Granger
2026-04-29T14:13:19Z
**Hermione Jean Granger** (born September 19, 1979) is a character from the *Harry Potter* series. She met Harry Potter and Ron Weasley for the first time on the Hogwarts Express. She is referred to as the smartest witch of her age. In the *Harry Potter* movies, the character is played by Emma Watson and she will be pl...
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Milk shake
2025-04-06T04:40:03Z
A **milk shake**, or **milkshake**, is a cold drink made by mixing milk and sweet syrups like chocolate syrup. Usually a blender is used for the mixing. People usually drink milkshakes with a drinking straw and from a tall glass or cup. ## Comparison between smoothies and milkshakes Milk shakes are similar to smoothi...
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Bollington
2026-04-04T21:55:58Z
**Bollington** is a town and civil parish in Cheshire. The village is home to over twenty pubs. Bollington was home to the biggest water wheel in England and only second in Britain to the Laxey wheel in the Isle of Man. The wheel powered huge mills for the production of cotton. Two of the huge mills were the Adelphi a...
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KFC
2026-07-26T16:03:12Z
**KFC** (abbreviation of **Kentucky Fried Chicken**) is an American chain of fast food restaurants known for their fried chicken. It was started by Colonel Sanders in Corbin, Kentucky in 1952. They are now all over the world. They not only sell chicken, but also other food like salads, Chicken sandwiches, pot pies, po...
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Cytoplasm
2025-01-19T19:56:26Z
The **cytoplasm** (not to be confused with cytosol) is the protoplasm of a cell outside the cell nucleus. It is the jelly-like material plus the organelles outside the nucleus, and inside the cell membrane. Many important functions of a cell take place in organelles, which are like bits of machinery for doing many jo...
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Crusades
2026-05-02T22:41:14Z
The **Crusades** were a series of religious wars initiated, supported, and sometimes directed by the Christian Latin Church in the medieval period. The best known of these military expeditions are those to the Holy Land in the period between 1095 and 1291 that were intended to conquer Jerusalem and its surrounding area...
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Saladin
2026-08-22T20:30:52Z
**Salah ad-Din Yusuf ibn Ayyub** (<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="lang-ar"><div data-arg>صلاح الدين يوسف ابن أيوب</div><div data-arg>Salah ad-Dīn Yūsuf ibn Ayyūb</div></template>; 25 December 1138–1193), better known as **Saladin**, was a famous Kurdish Muslim Sultan of Egypt and Syria during the Cr...
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1889
2025-07-05T15:34:58Z
{{#Year article header}}1889{{/Year article header}} Football clubs such as Sheffield United FC were founded in the year **1889.** ## Events - Brazil becomes a republic - 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. Paris Exhibition, where the Eiffel tower was first open to the public - June 14 – the Treaty of Berlin...
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1877
2025-09-02T13:54:14Z
{{#Year article header}}1877{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Asaph Hall discovers the two moons of Mars. ## Births - October 29 – Wilfred Rhodes, English cricketer - November 9 – Muhammad Iqbal, national poet of Pakistan (d. 1938) - Khan Sahib Abdul Majid Khan Tarin, OBE, British Indian judge, legislator and ph...
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1860
2025-07-11T18:54:25Z
{{#Year article header}}1860{{/Year article header}} ## Events - October 6 – The Introduction of the so-called Section 377 of the British Indian penal code (Law) was enacted on the 6th of October, in **British India** respectively. ## Births - January 29 – Anton Chekhov, Russian writer (d. 1904) - May 29 – Isaac Al...
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Aphex Twin
2025-02-05T19:47:57Z
**Aphex Twin** (born **Richard David James**, 18 August 1971, in Limerick, Ireland) is an Irish-born Cornish musician. He lives and works in the UK. He is a famous electronic musician. Aphex Twin is not his real name. His real name is Richard David James. His name is a combination of Aphex Systems Limited (a brand of ...
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Niagara Falls
2026-06-23T22:01:47Z
**Niagara Falls** is the collective, name of three big waterfalls on the Niagara River in eastern North America, on the border between the United States and Canada. The three waterfalls are: the Horseshoe Falls, sometimes called the Canadian Falls, the American Falls, and the smaller Bridal Veil Falls. The American Fal...
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1831
2025-07-05T15:29:15Z
{{#Year article header}}1831{{/Year article header}} ## Events - June 13 – James Clerk Maxwell born in Edinburgh - October 30 – In Southampton County, Virginia, escaped slave Nat Turner is captured and arrested for leading the bloodiest slave revolt in United States history. Births November 19 - James A. Garfield, ...
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1842
2025-07-05T15:29:21Z
{{#Year article header}}1842{{/Year article header}} ## Art, music, theatre, literature - March 26 - August Bournonville's *Napoli* is first performed in Copenhagen by the Royal Danish Ballet ## Births - January 11 – William James, American philosopher and psychologist - September 21 – Abdul Hamid II, 34th Sultan o...
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Custard
2020-12-15T12:37:27Z
**Custard** is a kind of food prepared with milk and eggs. Custard can be the dessert or its sauce. Custard is an important part of dessert recipes from many countries, including the United Kingdom, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Australia, and Malaysia.
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Huckleberry
2026-08-14T14:20:43Z
**Huckleberry** is a name used in North America for several plants in two closely related genera in the family *Ericaceae*: *Gaylussacia* and *Vaccinium*. The huckleberry is the state fruit of Idaho. Some *Vaccinium* species, such as the red huckleberry, are always called huckleberries. Other species may be called blu...
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Cheesecake
2024-12-11T01:07:35Z
A **cheesecake** is a dessert cake made of cheese (usually cream cheese but sometimes ricotta), eggs, and sugar. It often has a graham cracker crumb crust, sometimes held together by melted butter. The filling has a very heavy, smooth texture. It sometimes has sour cream to make it easier to shape and may have fruit fl...
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Rhubarb
2024-12-10T03:46:30Z
**Rhubarb** is one of about 60 plants in the genus ***Rheum***, family Polygonaceae. The vegetable rhubarb is *Rheum rhabarbarum* (or *Rheum x hybridum*). The leaves are somewhat toxic because they have oxalic acid, but the red stalks are baked in pies, with sugar to soften their tart flavor. There are many varieties ...
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Monkey
2026-08-09T00:40:17Z
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Civilization
2025-11-24T10:48:56Z
**Civilization** (or civilisation) comes from the Latin word *civis* meaning someone who lives in a city. The Romans usually wanted conquered people to live in towns. When people are civilized, they have learned from the wisdom, skill, and knowledge gained over centuries of human progress. The opposite of civilization ...
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Enlightenment (Buddhism)
2025-04-26T19:10:04Z
In Buddhism, **enlightenment** (called *bodhi* in Indian Buddhism, or *satori* in Zen Buddhism) is when a Buddhist finds the truth about life and stops being reborn because they have reached Nirvana. According to this, once you get Nirvana you are not born again into samsara (which is suffering). Buddhists believe a ...
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Mail
2023-03-05T12:19:42Z
**Mail** is part of the **postal system**. The postal system is a system where written documents and small to medium packages are sent (delivered) to places around the world. Anything sent through the postal system is called mail or **post**. A postal service can be private or public. Governments often make rules abo...
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The Righteous Brothers
2022-02-02T17:36:12Z
The **Righteous Brothers** were an American pop group consisting of two men named Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield. They formed in California in 1962. Some of their hits include "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" and "Unchained Melody". Phil Spector produced those songs. ## Albums - Right Now (1963) - Some Blue-Eyed So...
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Gene Pitney
2026-05-15T17:32:32Z
**Gene Francis Alan Pitney** (17 February 1940 – 5 April 2006) was an American rock singer and songwriter. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut. Some of his most well-known songs are "Town Without Pity", "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and "Twenty Four Hours From Tulsa". He died of a heart attack in Cardiff in 2006 ...
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
2026-08-28T15:26:41Z
The **Federal Bureau of Investigation** (**FBI**) is an agency of the US government that investigates crime across the country. It is dedicated to national security and to law enforcement and often fights terrorism. The **Bureau of Investigation** was founded in 1908 and was renamed the Federal Bureau of Investigation...
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1596
2025-07-05T15:27:05Z
{{#Year article header}}1596{{/Year article header}} ## Births - March 31 – René Descartes, French philosopher and physicist - June 29 – Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan - Micheal I of Russia, Russian Tsar ## Deaths - January 28 – Sir Francis Drake, English explorer ## Events - Warsaw becomes the capital of Poland. - ...
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Nothofagus
2015-10-16T07:42:28Z
***Nothofagus*** is a kind of plant, also called **southern beech**. It is a tree which can reach 35 m tall. *Nothofagus* is found in South America, New Zealand, Australia and New Guinea. There are 34 species, considering pollen morphology four sections are recognized, i.e. Brassospora, Fuscospora, Lophozonia, and Noth...
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Ancient Greek
2025-07-03T07:49:43Z
**Ancient Greek** was an Indo-European language spoken in Ancient Greece from about 1500 BC to about 300 BC. Ancient Greek and Latin are very important languages. Although they are no longer spoken, they influenced almost all modern European languages. Greek had many different dialects. Attic Greek was spoken in Athen...
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Bundesautobahn
2026-03-02T21:05:15Z
**Autobahn** (German, literal word translations *car \[rail\] way*, *car route*, *car lane*, *auto(mobile) track*) is the controlled-access highway system in Germany. They are famous because if there is no speed limit shown with road signs, drivers can drive as fast as they want to if following the general rule of due ...
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Arnold Schoenberg
2023-06-23T21:29:52Z
**Arnold Schoenberg** (originally written 'Schönberg') (13 September 1874 – 13 July 1951) was an Austrian-born composer. He was known for his twelve-tone system of writing music. ## History Schoenberg came from a strict Jewish family who had moved to Austria from Hungary. They were quite poor and Schoenberg taught hi...
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Full Metal Jacket
2026-05-13T12:30:39Z
***Full Metal Jacket*** is a 1987 British-American war drama movie directed by Stanley Kubrick. It is based on the Gustav Hasford book *The Short-Timers*. The name of the movie comes from the full-metal jacketed bullets used in the military. The movie follows soldiers who are drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. The s...
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Cambridgeshire
2025-11-16T11:42:46Z
**Cambridgeshire** is a county in England. It is located in the East part of the country. The counties around Cambridgeshire are Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the northeast, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The county town is Cambridge...
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English Channel
2026-08-27T16:49:46Z
The **English Channel** is a body of water that separates the island of Great Britain from the rest of Europe. People who live in the UK and want to visit Europe, or people from Europe who want to visit the UK, can take a ferry across or ride a train under the channel in a special tunnel called the Channel Tunnel (nick...
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Upminster
2026-06-17T03:16:48Z
**Upminster** is a suburb in the east London Borough of Havering, England, located 16.5 miles (26.6 km) northeast of Charing Cross. It is the eastern end of the London Underground system, on the District line. It is also a station on the c2c railway line, but Oyster cards are valid beyond Upminster station on the Gra...
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Colin Baker
2026-07-14T19:31:29Z
**Colin Baker** (born 8 June 1943) is an English actor. He played the Sixth Doctor on *Doctor Who* from 1984 to 1986. He has no relation to Tom Baker, who played the fourth incarnation of the Doctor. He also played Paul Merroney in *The Brothers*.
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Boxing
2025-07-06T17:22:49Z
**Boxing** is one of the world's oldest combat sports. It is held in a ring and played by two boxers (people who fight in boxing fights). They wear padded gloves and try to hit one another. There are different ways to win in boxing. One is by way of a knockout, which is when a fighter is punched and falls to the groun...
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1900s
2024-12-15T13:42:59Z
The **1900s** began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''191st decade''' which began on January 1, 1901 and ended on December 31, 1910. ## Events - 1900-1901 – Boxer Rebellion. - 1901 – Independence of Australia. - 1903 – Orville Wright of the Wright broth...
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Tux Racer
2025-01-08T06:43:52Z
**Tux Racer** is an open-source winter sports racing video game made by Sunspire Studios. The player moves Tux, the Linux Penguin. In the game, Tux goes down a hill on his belly and collects fish. There are many things that slow Tux down. There are also things that may be hard for Tux to get past. ## Controls - Turni...
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Northwest Territories
2026-09-26T01:39:01Z
The **Northwest Territories** is a territory in Northern Canada. 45,904 people live there as of 2026. It is 1,171,918 square kilometers. The capital of the Northwest Territories is Yellowknife. Yellowknife was the capital since 1967. The Northwest Territories have many geographical features, like the Great Bear Lake, ...
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Straight
2023-12-17T21:38:11Z
The word **straight** means something that goes in one direction without turns, bends, or curves. Lines can bend in a curve. If lines do not bend, they are **straight**. For example, the edge of a circle is not straight. The edge of a circle bends in a curve. Light bends in a curve in air and water, but travels in...
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SS Richard Montgomery
2022-07-09T20:53:53Z
The **SS ''Richard Montgomery*** was an American ship built during World War II. *Montgomery'' was wrecked off the coast of Sheerness, near Kent, England in 1944 with around 1,400 tonnes of explosives on board, which continue to be a hazard to the area. ## Controversy *Montgomery* sank in the Thames estuary on August...
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Inno e Marcia Pontificale
2025-02-02T05:31:41Z
The "**Pontifical Anthem**" is the national anthem of the Vatican City, a tiny country located inside the city of Rome. It is also known as the "**Papal Anthem**". ## History This song comes from the 19th century. The song's music was composed in 1869 by a French composer named Charles Gounod. For a long time, this s...
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Northern Mariana Islands
2026-09-24T17:08:45Z
The **Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands**, usually shortened to the **Northern Mariana Islands**, is a group of islands in the Pacific Ocean that are a political division controlled by the United States. Its capital is Saipan. Spain owned the islands until 1899 and sold them to the German Empire. Germany lo...
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1890s
2024-04-02T09:38:21Z
The **1890s** was the decade that began on January 1, 1890 and ended on December 31, 1899. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''190st decade''' which began on January 1, 1891 and ended on December 31, 1900. ## Events ### Births - May 19, 1890 – Ho Chi Minh, prime minister (1946–1955) and president (1955–19...
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Benjamin Harrison
2026-09-09T18:58:16Z
**Benjamin Harrison** (August 20, 1833 – March 13, 1901) was the 23rd president of the United States (1889-1893). He was the grandson of President William Henry Harrison and the only grandson of a president to become president himself. His home was in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was a member of the Republican Party and w...
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Pablo Picasso
2026-09-26T07:39:44Z
**Pablo Picasso** (full name: Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan Nepomuceno María de los Remedios Cipriano de la Santísima Trinidad Ruiz y Picasso, October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. He created over 20,000 works of art. He was 91 when he died. He is considered one of the greate...
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1880s
2024-04-02T10:29:32Z
The **1880s** was the decade that began on January 1, 1880 and ended on December 31, 1889. It is distinct from the decade known as the '''189st decade''' which began on January 1, 1881 and ended on December 31, 1890. ## Events - The first commercial Macadamia nut farm opens in Australia. - Railroads help industrializ...
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Kingdom of Yugoslavia
2026-08-27T23:05:57Z
<template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="Redirect-distinguish"><div data-arg>Kingdom of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs</div><div data-arg>State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs</div></template> The **Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes** later known as the **Kingdom of Yugoslavia** was a state in Southeast and ...
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16,302
1,011,873
1881
2025-07-05T13:44:08Z
{{#Year article header}}1881{{/Year article header}} ## Events - The Hamleys Toy Store opens on Regent's Street in London. ## Births - February 11 – Arthur Davidson, American business man (d. 1950) - February 21 - Kenneth J. Alford, British composer (d. 1945) - October 25 – Pablo Picasso (d. 1973) - November 25 – P...
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16,316
22,027
Wake Island
2022-05-20T05:02:06Z
**Wake Island** is an atoll (a type of island) in the Pacific Ocean, near Hawaii. It is controlled by the United States Army and United States Air Force. It is a territory of the United States, part of the United States Minor Outlying Islands. From December 1941 to August 1945 the Empire of Japan ruled Wake Island. ##...
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William McKinley
2026-06-19T13:30:11Z
**William McKinley** (January 29, 1843September 14, 1901) was an American politician who served as the 25th president of the United States from 1897 until his assassination in 1901. Before becoming president, he was the 39th governor of Ohio from 1892 to 1896. During his presidency, he successfully led the United Stat...
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Record producer
2026-05-20T21:37:28Z
A **record producer** (or **music producer**) is a person who takes charge of a recording session, in the same kind of way that a movie director is in charge of filming movies. Record producers help musicians and recording artists to make singles and albums. The producer controls the recording sessions, coaches and gui...
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Gliwice
2022-10-20T00:49:28Z
**Gliwice** is a city in south Poland, in Silesian Voivodeship and along the Kłodnica River. According to a count in 2004, it has a population of 200,361 people. ## History of Gliwice In the late Middle Ages, around 1276, was the first known time that there was a reference to Gliwice in history. At first, it was ru...
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First aid
2026-03-25T22:03:55Z
**First aid** is promptly helping people who are suddenly sick (illnesses) or hurt (injuries or body damage). For example, first aid is used at accident`<nowiki/>`{=html}s to help an injured person until they get medical treatment (help by doctors, nurses or ambulances). First aid is also used to help people who sudd...
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1868
2025-07-26T19:58:48Z
**1868** (MDCCCLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday in the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - Helium is discovered. - Louisa May Alcott's novel *Little Women* is published. - Meiji Restoration in Japan. ## Births - Francisco Carreón Deaths June 1 - J...
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10,249,752
1814
2025-05-11T06:32:31Z
**1814** (MDCCCXIV) was a common year starting on Saturday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Thursday in the Julian calendar. ## Events - Iceland becomes a part of Denmark. ## Births - May 9 – Adolf von Henselt, German pianist.
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1,011,873
1846
2025-07-05T15:29:28Z
{{#Year article header}}1846{{/Year article header}} ## Events - April 25 – The Mexican-American War starts. - May 17 – The Saxophone is patented. ## Births - November 3 - Elizabeth Thompson, British painter
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10,249,876
1705
2025-05-11T06:58:14Z
**1705** (MDCCV) was a common year starting on Thursday in the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar.
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Wausau, Wisconsin
2024-05-12T03:27:16Z
**Wausau** is a city in Marathon County in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. It is the largest city in the county, and it is the county seat (where the government of the county works). According to the 2020 census (official count), 39,994 people lived in the city. The Wisconsin River flows through the middle of the city. ...
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1749
2025-05-11T06:48:03Z
{{#Year article header}}1749{{/Year article header}} ## Events - While in debtor's prison, John Cleland writes *Fanny Hill (Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure)*. Released from prison, the book was published in London. Immediately, the Church of England asked the British Secretary of State to "*stop the progress of this v...
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1852
2025-07-23T19:07:30Z
{{#Year article header}}1852{{/Year article header}} ## Events ### January–March - January 14 – President Louis-Napoleon Bonaparte makes a new constitution for the French Second Republic. - January 15 – Nine men from various Hebrew charitable organizations come together to form what will become the Mount Sinai Hospi...
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4,869
16,334
1,699,338
701
2025-11-25T16:59:36Z
{{#Year article header}}701{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Arab merchants introduce Oriental spices into Mediterranean markets. ## Deaths - September 9 – Pope Sergius I
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4,870
16,335
1,011,873
1158
2025-10-09T14:23:08Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1158{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1158{{/Year article header}} ## Births - August 6 – Al-Nasir li-Din Allah, Abbasid caliph (d. 1225) - September 23 – Geoffrey II, duke of Brittany (d. 1186) - Albert I (**the Proud**), margrave of Meissen (d. 1195) - Baldwin of B...
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4,871
16,336
1,780,831
1201
2026-04-12T18:49:17Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1201{{/Year in various calendars}} **1201** (MCCI) was a common year starting on Monday in the Julian calendar. It was the 1201st year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 201st year of the 2nd millennium, the first year of the 13th century, and the 2nd year of the...
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4,872
16,337
10,466,527
Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation
2025-08-19T14:58:38Z
***Care Bears Movie II: A New Generation*** is an animated movie from 1986 that was made by Canada's Nelvana Limited and distributed by Columbia Pictures. A sequel to the first *Care Bears Movie*, it tells of the beginnings of the Kingdom of Caring and of the Care Bears' first Caring Mission, which takes place at a sum...
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4,873
16,339
10,249,187
35
2025-05-11T03:35:51Z
**35** is a year in the 1st century. It was a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was known as the **Year of the Consulship of Gallus and Nonianus**. ## Events - Pliny the Elder is brought to Rome before this year - Tiridates III becomes king of Parthia ## Births - Ban Zhao, Chi...
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4,874
16,340
1,011,873
1025
2025-10-09T14:20:20Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1025{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1025{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Emir Al-Mu'izz ibn Badis of the Zirid dynasty in Ifriqiya (modern Tunisia) attempts to retake Sicily but fails. ## Births - August 28 - Emperor Go-Reizei of Japan
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4,875
16,368
532,461
Mikhail Bakunin
2023-12-26T01:34:33Z
**Mikhail Alexandrovich Bakunin** (IPAC: bəˈkuːnɪn; <template data-op="mediawiki:transclude" data-name="OldStyleDate"><div data-arg>30 May</div><div data-arg>1814</div><div data-arg>18 May</div></template> – 1 July 1876) was a Russian anarchist and revolutionary. He became an anarchist in the 1860s, and was one of the ...
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4,876
16,377
1,618,275
Internet Relay Chat
2025-06-16T15:31:05Z
**Internet Relay Chat** (**IRC**) is a chat system on the Internet. People from around the world can use it to have conversations together. It can also be used for two people to chat privately. The IRC chat rooms are also called *IRC channels*. These channels are on IRC servers, which you can connect to by finding th...
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4,877
16,382
314,522
Spring (season)
2026-08-25T21:43:58Z
**Spring** is the season after winter and before summer. Days become longer and the weather gets warmer in the temperate zone because Earth tilts relative to it is orbital plane around the Sun. In many parts of the world, it rains for hours. This helps the plant grow and flower bloom. Often people with hay fever s...
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4,878
16,384
1,764,088
1862
2026-03-13T01:19:55Z
{{#Year article header}}1862{{/Year article header}} ## Events - September 5: In the American Civil War, Confederate General Robert E. Lee invades Maryland, leading 55,000 soldiers from the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia. They cross the Potomac River at White's Ford near Leesburg, Virginia. This is the Confede...
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4,879
16,385
1,011,873
1801
2025-11-09T15:55:16Z
{{#Year in various calendars}}1801{{/Year in various calendars}} {{#Year article header}}1801{{/Year article header}} ## Events - Great Britain is united with Ireland to make the United Kingdom. ## Deaths - February 7 – Daniel Chodowiecki, Polish painter (b. 1726) - March 21 – Andrea Luchesi, Italian composer (b. 1...
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4,880
16,386
6,789,689
Muse
2020-01-24T01:26:46Z
> *For the British musical group of the same name, see Muse (band).* > > *Or for the fruit called the Euterpe see Açaí palm.* The **Muses** are goddesses representing different arts and sciences in Greek mythology. They are the daughters of Mnemosyne and Zeus. Most commonly the Muses are: - **Kalliope** (or Calliope...
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4,881
16,388
679,012
Yes (band)
2026-05-11T19:42:53Z
**Yes** are a progressive rock band that formed in London, England in 1968 that is among the most influential progressive bands of all time. The band has received wide critical praise for their work. Their best known songs include "Roundabout", "Owner of a Lonely Heart" and "I've Seen All Good People". ## Discography ...
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4,882
16,389
1,035,196
Mason Williams
2025-10-26T06:57:29Z
**Mason Williams** (born August 24, 1938) is an easy listening guitarist. His most famous work is *Classical Gas*. Also a photographer, Williams published a life-sized photo print of a Greyhound bus in the 1960s. He appeared with the print on the cover of his first album, *The Mason Williams Phonograph Record*. The pr...
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4,883
16,390
9,752,238
Leaf
2024-09-05T21:12:11Z
A **leaf** is a green above-ground plant organ. Its main functions are photosynthesis and gas exchange. A leaf is flat so it absorbs the most light, and thin, so that the sunlight can get to the chloroplasts in the cells. Most leaves have stomata, which open and close. They regulate carbon dioxide, oxygen, and water va...
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4,884
16,391
532,461
War on Terror
2026-09-28T02:37:49Z
The **Global War on Terrorism** (**GWOT**), or **War on Terror,** is a global military campaign that the United States started in 2001 in response to September 11 attacks. Some claims it has replaced the Cold War. The main targets of the campaign were the al-Qaeda, the Taliban, the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant...
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4,885
16,399
70,336
Alkali metal
2026-04-15T13:54:02Z
{\| border\="1" cellpadding\="2" cellspacing\="0" style\="float:right;margin-left:1em" \|- style\="background:\#FFADAD;" ! Atomic No. !Standard Atomic Weight ! Name ! Symbol ! Picture \|- \| 3 \|6.94 \| Lithium \| Li \| \|- \| 11 \|22.99 \| Sodium \| Na \| \|- \| 19 \|39.098 \| Potassium \| K \| \|- \| 37 \|85.468 \...
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4,886
16,401
1,863,125
Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl
2026-09-01T19:32:33Z
***Pirates of the Caribbean: The Curse of the Black Pearl*** is a 2003 American fantasy swashbuckler movie directed by Gore Verbinski. Produced by Jerry Bruckheimer and distributed by Buena Vista Pictures via the Walt Disney Pictures label, the film is based on the Pirates of the Caribbean attraction at Disney theme pa...
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4,887
16,410
824,868
Buenaventura Durruti
2023-08-06T23:37:36Z
**José** **Buenaventura Durruti Dumange** (14 July 1896 – 20 November 1936) was a Spanish anarchist leader. He was born in the town of León. Durruti was a central figure of Spanish anarchism during the country's civil war of 1936-1939. He fought against fascism. He robbed banks to use the money to help his friends esc...
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4,888
16,411
1,742,546
Chester
2026-02-07T00:20:52Z
**Chester** is a city in the north-west of England. It is almost 2000 years old and was started by Romans. A person from Chester is called a **Cestrian**. Chester is on the river Dee, and is the county town of the county of Cheshire. It is near to the country Wales. Almost 120,000 people live in Chester. It is just so...
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4,889
16,413
85,680
The Secret of NIMH
2025-10-05T19:29:02Z
***The Secret of NIMH*** is an animated movie directed by Don Bluth and released by his studio United Artists in 1982. The movie was based on Robert C. O'Brien's children's book *Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH*. (The main character's name was changed to "Brisby", so that its audiences would not take its sound for the...
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4,890
16,416
10,249,334
397
2025-05-11T04:30:07Z
{{#Year article header}}397{{/Year article header}} ## Events - John Chrysostom becomes the patriarch of Constantinople ## Deaths - April 4 – Saint Ambrose, one of the Church Fathers and bishop of Milan - November 11 – Saint Martin of Tours, an "apostle of Gaul" and bishop of Tours
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4,891
16,427
1,521,690
Nonmetal
2025-02-22T21:33:36Z
**Nonmetal**s or **non-metal**s are chemical elements which do not have the properties of a metal. They gain electrons when reacting with a metal. They are generally not lustrous and are bad conductors of heat and electricity. Some are gases including: hydrogen, helium, oxygen, nitrogen, fluorine, neon or radon and o...
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4,892
16,433
1,803,988
Holly Marie Combs
2026-05-15T15:31:33Z
**Holly Marie Combs** (born December 3, 1973 in San Diego, California) is an American actress. She is best known for working on the television series *Charmed* (1998–2006), where she played Piper Halliwell, one of the three Charmed sisters. Combs played Piper for all eight seasons, and the character became the main lea...
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4,893
16,434
532,461
Bengal tiger
2026-09-17T06:16:54Z
The **Bengal tiger ** (*Panthera tigris* ) is a tiger subspecies native to the Indian subcontinent. It lives in Bhutan, Nepal, Bangladesh and northern India. It is the National animal of Bangladesh. The tiger's habitat includes tropical moist evergreen forests, tropical dry forests, tropical and subtropical moist dec...
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4,894
16,499
532,461
Taekwondo
2026-06-09T04:42:55Z
{{sports}} **Taekwondo** (also spelled **tae kwon do**, **taekwon-do**, or more exactly **taegwondo**) is a martial art (system of fighting) of Korean origin, similar to the Japanese karate. It uses the hands and feet in order to attack or defend against an adversary, although some techniques use fingertips, elbows,...
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4,895
16,500
86,802
Fish and chips
2026-09-23T07:25:54Z
**Fish and chips** is a hot dish made of fried fish and chips. This dish came from England and is a traditional food of the UK. It is a popular kind of fast food in some parts of the world. Shops and restaurants that offer fish and chips are easy to find in Australia and New Zealand. They are most common in England. T...
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4,896
16,504
1,734,355
Marxist economics
2026-06-01T07:26:59Z
**Marxist economics** is based on the economic theories of Philosopher Karl Marx. Marx's theories explain the "laws of motion" of production and exchange under capitalism. This theory was used to argue against the middle class theories of economics common at that time. Marx wanted this to be a tool for the working clas...
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4,897
16,510
10,157,200
South African rand
2025-03-28T13:49:29Z
The **rand** (sign: **R**; code: **ZAR**) is the South African currency. 100 cents make up one rand. The rand is named after an area near Johannesburg called the Rand, which is famous for its gold mines. The symbol for the rand is a capital R, written before the sum. Thus, one hundred rand is written as R100. The plu...
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4,898
16,511
16,695
The Care Bears Movie
2025-08-19T14:59:36Z
***The Care Bears Movie*** is a Canadian/American animated movie that came out on March 29, 1985. It was produced by Nelvana Limited of Canada, and was distributed by Universal Pictures. It was the first in a trilogy(or set of three) of big-screen movies that had the Care Bears in lead roles, and the first to be based ...
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4,899
16,512
10,249,791
1779
2025-05-11T06:40:49Z
{{#Year article header}}1779{{/Year article header}} ## Births - July 15 – Clement Clarke Moore, American educator, writer, and poet (d. 1863) - August 1 – Francis Scott Key, American lawyer and lyricist (d. 1843)
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