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8013 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Smith | Will Smith | Willard Carroll Smith, Jr. (born September 25, 1968) is an American actor and rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He got his start as part of the rap duo DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. He became an actor when he starred on the television show The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air as Will Smith, a teenager from Philadelp... |
8014 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vladimir%20Putin | Vladimir Putin | Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (, ) is a Russian politician. He is currently President of Russia. Putin was born in Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg, on 7 October 1952. He was the Prime Minister of Russia from 1999 to 2000, then President of Russia from March 2000 to May 2008, and Prime Minister again from 2008 to 2012. H... |
8016 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20VII%20of%20England | Henry VII of England | Henry VII or Henry Tudor (28 January 1457–21 April 1509) was King of England from 1485 to 1509. He founded the Tudor dynasty by winning the battle of Bosworth Field in 1485. His son became king Henry VIII of England.
Biography
Henry VII was born in 1457 to Edmund Tudor and Margaret Beaufort. His father died two month... |
8017 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dover%2C%20Kent | Dover, Kent | Dover is also the name of the capital of Delaware
Dover is a town on the coast in Kent, in the United Kingdom. It was built by the Romans. There is a castle in Dover, called Dover Castle. It is the largest castle in England. The population is about 39,078. Throughout history, it has been an important port of Britain b... |
8018 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tonbridge | Tonbridge | Tonbridge is a town in Kent in England. The River Medway runs through the town. A castle stands on the northern river bank in the middle of Tonbridge.
Tonbridge is linked by railways to London and Dover.
There are many secondary schools in the area. such as Tonbridge Grammar School
Towns in Kent |
8019 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inverness | Inverness | Inverness is a city in the northern part of Scotland. It is often called the capital of the Highlands. It is on the A9 road. Inverness Airport is an important way to get to the Scottish Highlands.
Notable people
Yvette Cooper, politician
Karen Gillan, actress
Charles Kennedy, politician
Inverness |
8020 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boycott | Boycott | A boycott is a protest where the protesters do not buy a product or give money to a company. Instead of buying a certain product, they might also buy another, very similar product from a different company.
The word was made during the Irish Land War'. It comes from the name of Captain Charles Boycott. Boycott was in c... |
8021 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial | Artificial | When something is artificial, or man-made, it has been made by humans, not nature. For example, an artificial satellite is one made by humans, while a natural satellite is a satellite that was not made by humans. Many artificial things imitate or copy things found in nature. The imitation may use the same basic materia... |
8023 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Arthur | King Arthur | King Arthur was a mythical king in the mythology of Great Britain. He lived in the medieval times, in his famous castle, Camelot. He possessed a sword known as Excalibur, given to him by the Lady of the Lake.
King Arthur is a fabled ruler of Sub-Roman Britain who defended his kingdom from the Anglo-Saxons. He is a po... |
8024 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny%20Appleseed | Johnny Appleseed | John "Johnny Appleseed" Chapman (September 26, 1774 - March 11, 1847) is an American folk hero. He was a Christian missionary and pioneer. His nickname came from the fact that he planted apple trees throughout the American Midwest. Many people consider him an early conservationist or "tree-hugger". He wandered the coun... |
8026 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact%20disc | Compact disc | A Compact Disc, also called a CD is a storage device that are small plastic discs which store and retrieve computer data or music using light. Compact Discs replaced floppy disks because they were faster and could hold more information. The CDs made floppy disks become obsolete. CDs were invented by both Philips and So... |
8027 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maidstone | Maidstone | Maidstone is a town in Kent, in England. It stands on the River Medway. Maidstone is the county town of Kent, meaning the local government is based there. Its name means "stone of the maidens". The town of Maidstone is within the borough of Maidstone, which also includes several surrounding villages. In 2001, 75,070 pe... |
8028 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redhill | Redhill | Redhill can mean several things:
Hill
Maibam Lokpa Ching, a WWII memorial site, also known as Red Hills, because the entire landscape was dyed red due to heavy casualties in the Japanese troops as a result of British attack in the Battle of Imphal.
Towns and cities
Redhill, Somerset, England
Redhill, Surrey, Engl... |
8030 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/C.%20S.%20Lewis | C. S. Lewis | Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963), usually called C. S. Lewis, was a British scholar who wrote about 40 books. He was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland. He is famous for his fantasy works, essays, and writings on literature and theology. Lewis' theological works are usually apologetics, the defe... |
8034 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Corrs | The Corrs | This article is about the Irish rock band. For the American rock band, see The Cars.
The Corrs is a folk pop rock band from Ireland. There are three sisters and one brother in the quartet. They became very popular in the late 1990s.
The group
They were all born in Dundalk, Republic of Ireland, the children of Gerry... |
8036 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron | Aaron | Aaron is a person described in the Bible and the Qu'ran. He was the older brother of Moses. He helped Moses lead the Hebrews out of Egypt. In the Bible, he appeared very much in Exodus.
Moses' helper
Aaron spoke for Moses, when he went to tell Pharaoh the King of Egypt everything God wanted Moses to say. The Lord sai... |
8037 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paula%20Abdul | Paula Abdul | Paula Julie Abdul (; born June 19, 1962) is an American singer and dancer. She had a string of hit songs and choreographed (planned) many dances for herself and others, including singer-songwriter Janet Jackson. Musically, she is known for her late-1980s number-one singles "Straight Up" and "Cold Hearted", along with ... |
8038 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Douglas%20Adams | Douglas Adams | Douglas Adams (11 March 1952 – 11 May 2001) was a British writer. He is most famous for his The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series.
Adams was born in Cambridge. When he was a few months old he moved to East London and a few years later to Brentwood, Essex. He originally received attention when he wrote for the po... |
8039 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Arnold | Tom Arnold | Tom Arnold (born March 6, 1959) is an American actor and comedian. He was born in Ottumwa, Iowa. He became famous when he married Roseanne Barr in 1990, another comedian and star of the popular sitcom, Roseanne, who he divorced in 1994. Recently, he was one of the original hosts of the talk show, "The Best Damn Sports ... |
8040 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bea%20Arthur | Bea Arthur | Beatrice "Bea" Arthur (May 13, 1922 - April 25, 2009) was an American actress, comedian, and singer, best known for her roles in Maude and The Golden Girls. She was Jewish.
Early life
Arthur was born in Brooklyn, New York City. Her parents were Philip and Rebecca Frankelin. She grew up in Cambridge, Maryland. After hi... |
8041 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave%20Attell | Dave Attell | Dave Attell (born January 18, 1965) is an American comedian and host of the TV show Insomniac with Dave Attell, shown on Comedy Central in the United States.
Comedians from New York City
1965 births
Living people |
8042 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karel%20Appel | Karel Appel | Christiaan Karel Appel (; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter. He painted in the abstract expressionist style. He was known for his childlike style.
1921 births
2006 deaths
Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery
Dutch painters
People from Amsterdam
Sculptors |
8043 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Randy%20Bachman | Randy Bachman | Randall Charles Bachman (born September 27, 1943 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian musician. He was a member of the rock groups The Guess Who and later Bachman–Turner Overdrive.
Other websites
Official website
1943 births
Living people
Canadian rock guitarists
Canadian rock singers
Musicians from Winnipeg |
8044 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/J.%20M.%20Barrie | J. M. Barrie | Sir James Matthew Barrie, 1st Baronet, OM (9 May 1860 – 19 June 1937) was a Scottish writer. His best-known work is Peter Pan.
Barrie was born in Kirriemuir. He died of pneumonia in London.
1860 births
1937 deaths
British children's writers
Deaths from pneumonia
Infectious disease deaths in London
Scottish novelists |
8045 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charon | Charon | Charon can mean:
Charon, the ferryman to the Greek underworld in Greek mythology
Charon (moon), a moon of the dwarf planet, Pluto
Charon (band), a Finnish gothic metal band
Charon (web browser), a web browser for the Inferno operating system
Charon (Forever War), a fictional planet in the Forever War
Charon (animal), a... |
8046 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riga | Riga | Riga is the capital city of the European country of Latvia. Riga is on river Daugava near the Baltic Sea.
The mayor of Riga is Mārtiņš Staķis.
History
Riga was founded in 1201. It was a castle of the Teutonic Order.
In 1710 during the Great Northern War the city was incorporated to Russia. Then it became a center o... |
8047 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope%20John%20Paul%20II | Pope John Paul II | Pope John Paul II (; ; ), sometimes called Saint John Paul or John Paul the Great, born Karol Józef Wojtyła (; 18 May 1920 – 2 April 2005), was the 264th Pope of the Catholic Church from 16 October 1978 to his death in 2 April 2005. He was the second longest-serving pope in history. As a Pole, he was the first non-Ital... |
8050 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marvel%20Comics | Marvel Comics | Marvel Comics (created in 1939 as Marvel Worldwide Inc., then Marvel Publishing, Inc. and later Marvel Comics Group) is an American comic book company that makes "superhero" comic books. Marvel's the original characters includes Spider-Man, the Incredible Hulk, the X-Men, the Fantastic Four and other members of the Mar... |
8060 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln%2C%20Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln is the capital city of Nebraska, United States. The City of Lincoln Only Omaha has more people of any city in Nebraska. Lincoln is also the county seat of Lancaster County and the home of the University of Nebraska. Lincoln's 2010 Census population was 258,379.
Lincoln was founded in 1856 as the village of Lan... |
8061 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20fission | Nuclear fission | Nuclear fission is a kind of nuclear reaction. It is when an atom splits apart into smaller atoms. Some fission reactions give off a lot of energy, and are used in nuclear weapons and nuclear reactors. Nuclear fission was discovered in December 1938 by the German nuclear chemist Otto Hahn and his assistant Fritz Stra... |
8064 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/February%2014 | February 14 |
Events
Up to 1900
842 - Charles the Bald and Louis the German swear the oaths of Strasbourg in the French and German languages respectively.
1009 – First documented mention of Lithuania
1014 – Henry II, Holy Roman Emperor is crowned.
1076 - Pope Gregory VII excommunicates Henry IV, Holy Roman Emperor.
1349 - S... |
8065 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903 | 1903 | 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar.
Aer, music, theatre, literature
Edwin S. Porter's The Great Train Robbery is released.
Events
December 17 – Orville Wright of the Wright brothers flies an airplane at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina.
Abeerden Football Club founded in Scot... |
8066 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fantastic%20Four | The Fantastic Four | The Fantastic Four is a team of superheroes. The team originally first appeared in a series of comic books created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It was published by Marvel Comics starting in 1961. They also appeared in several cartoons and films as well.
The members of the group are scientist Reed Richards, his girlfr... |
8070 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Barker | Bob Barker | Robert William "Bob" Barker (born December 12, 1923) is an American retired television game show host and animal rights activist. He is best known for hosting CBS's The Price is Right from 1972 to 2007 and for hosting Truth or Consequences from 1956 to 1974.
Early life
Barker was born Robert William Barker on Decembe... |
8071 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connect%20Four | Connect Four | Connect Four is a simple game. To win, players must put four of the same color markers in the yellow square so that they touch.
Gameplay
Example:
0= White Marker
o= Black Marker
An example of winning connect four: the player can see the 4 o's all connected together in a pattern.
oooo
An example of a move that doe... |
8073 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo%20DS | Nintendo DS | The Nintendo DS (also known as DS, NDS, or the DS Phat) is a handheld system from Nintendo. Development began in mid-2002 and it was released in 2004/2005. It has a successor called the Nintendo 3DS, the very first 3D handheld, which also plays DS games. The DS is a small, nearly pocket-size fold-up machine that lets p... |
8074 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Neill | Sam Neill | Nigel James Dermot "Sam" Neill (born 14 September 1947 in Omagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland) is a New Zealand actor. He has been in lots of movies. Neill has been in Jurassic Park, Dead Calm, Event Horizon, Sirens and lots of other very famous movies. In recent years, he appeared in Thor: Ragnarok (2017) and Peter... |
8081 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/March%2018 | March 18 |
Events
Up to 1900
1068 – An earthquake in the Levant and the Arabian Peninsula, leaves up to 20,000 dead.
1229 – Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor, declares himself King of Jerusalem in the Sixth Crusade.
1241 – First Mongol invasion of Poland: Mongols overwhelm Polish armies in Kraków in the Battle of Chmielnik and... |
8092 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928 | 1928 | 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday in the Gregorian calendar. It was a leap year starting on Saturday in the Julian calendar and a common year starting on Monday of the obsolete Julian calendar. It was also the last year when the Julian calendar was used until Tuesday, January 1, 1929, when every state... |
8093 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meteor | Meteor | A meteor is what you see when a space rock falls to Earth. It is often known as a shooting star or falling star and can be a bright light in the night sky, though most are faint. A few survive long enough to hit the ground. That is called a meteorite, and a large one sometimes leaves a hole in the ground called a crate... |
8099 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Similarity | Similarity | Similarity can mean:
In mathematics:
Similarity (geometry), when a shape looks the same as another shape, but has a different size or rotation
Matrix similarity, a relation between matrices
In computer science:
String metric, or string similarity
Semantic similarity in computational linguistics
In other fields:
... |
8105 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notepad | Notepad | Notepad is a word processing program, which allows changing of text in a computer file. Notepad was created by the Microsoft corporation. It is a text editor, a very simple word processor. It has been a part of Microsoft Windows since 1985. The program has options such as changing the font, the font size, and the fo... |
8106 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max%20Planck | Max Planck | Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck (April 23, 1858 in Kiel – October 4, 1947 in Göttingen) was a physicist from Germany. He discovered quantum mechanics. He won the Nobel Prize in physics.
Life
Planck came from an old fashioned, intelligent family. His great-grandfather and grandfather were both theology professors in Göt... |
8109 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay%20Leno | Jay Leno | James Douglas Muir "Jay" Leno (; born April 28, 1950) is an American comedian, actor, screenwriter, producer, television host and television presenter.
Early life
Leno was born James Douglas Muir Leno in New Rochelle, New York on April 28, 1950. His homemaker mother Catherine (née Muir; 1911–1993) was born in Greenock... |
8110 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vancouver | Vancouver | Vancouver is a coastal city and major seaport on the mainland of southwestern British Columbia, Canada. The city has a population of over 630,000 and is the largest city in British Columbia. Metro Vancouver has a population of over 2 million people. That makes it the third largest metropolitan area in Canada. Vancouver... |
8111 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halifax | Halifax | Halifax (demonym Haligonian) may refer to:
Places
Australia
Halifax Bay, North Queensland
Canada
British Columbia
Halifax Range, a mountain range
Nova Scotia
Halifax (electoral district), a federal electoral district since Confederation
Halifax Regional Municipality, capital of Nova Scotia, established in 1996, whi... |
8112 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nunavut | Nunavut | Nunavut is a territory in Canada. It is the newest, largest, and northernmost territory of Canada. It was founded in 1999 when many Inuit living in the Northwest Territories wanted to have an independent province and government. Its capital is named Iqaluit. It is in the north of Canada, and has a particularly cold cli... |
8113 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve%20Martin | Steve Martin | Stephen Glenn Martin (born August 14, 1945) is an American comedian, actor, writer, producer and musician.
Early years
Martin was born in Waco, Texas to Glenn Vernon Martin, a real estate salesman and aspiring actor, and Mary Lee Stewart, a housewife. Martin was raised in Inglewood, California and Garden Grove, Calif... |
8114 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard%20Attenborough | Richard Attenborough | Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, (; 29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English movie producer, director and actor.
Early life and education
He was born in Cambridge, England. Attenborough left his home when he was 17 to attend the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts in London. He earned his first Wes... |
8118 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin%20Williams | Robin Williams | Robin McLaurin Williams (July 21, 1951 – August 11, 2014) was an American actor and stand-up comedian. He first became famous on the television show Mork and Mindy. He starred in many movies.
On August 11, 2014, Williams was found dead in his home. His death was believed to have been a suicide by asphyxiation.
Early ... |
8121 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bamboo | Bamboo | Bamboo is a name for over 1,400 species of giant grasses in 115 different genera. All bamboos have wood-like stems. Bamboo mainly grows in Africa, America and in Asia but can easily grow in Europe.
Bamboo grows in clumps (although running varieties exist). The runners can be up to 40 metres (130 feet). David Farrelly,... |
8126 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trojan%20War | Trojan War | The Trojan War was one of the most important wars in the history of the late Bronze Age. It happened between the Trojans and the Greeks. It is mostly known through the Iliad, an epic poem written by the Ancient Greek poet Homer. carrying the dead Achilles, protected by Hermes (on the left) and Athena (on the right). Si... |
8127 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cruise%20ship | Cruise ship | A cruise ship (or cruise liner or ocean liner) is a large ship with sleeping cabins and other facilities that takes people on holiday and vacation trips. Hundreds of thousands of people take cruises each year.
Today's cruise ships are like floating hotels. They have a complete "hospitality staff" (to serve food and he... |
8128 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows%20Media%20Player | Windows Media Player | Windows Media Player is a digital media player made by Microsoft. It is already installed on Microsoft Windows operating systems, and an older version is available for some Apple Macintosh operating systems. The program allows people to watch certain video files and play music files that are in a compatible file format... |
8129 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listen%20Up | Listen Up | Listen Up! was a 2004 CBS television series. It was a sitcom starring Jason Alexander as Tony Kleinman, a sportscaster from the fictional "Listen Up!" His cohost is named Bernie, and is a hall of famer. Jason has a wife, Dana, and two kids, one named Mickey. Mickey is very good at golf, but gets low grades.
The series... |
8130 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jurassic%20Park%20III | Jurassic Park III | Jurassic Park III is a 2001 American movie and the third Jurassic Park movie. It follows The Lost World: Jurassic Park. Paul Kirby, who says he is a rich business owner, convinces Dr. Alan Grant and his assistant, Billy Brennan, to take him and his wife to Isla Sorna as a vacation and serve as a guide. Actually, Kirby ... |
8133 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laura%20Dern | Laura Dern | Laura Elizabeth Dern (born February 10, 1967) is an Academy Award-winning American actress. Born in Los Angeles, she is the daughter of Bruce Dern and Diane Ladd.
She received an Oscar and Golden Globe Award for her performance as Rose in Rambling Rose. For the HBO film Afterburn, she received an Emmy Award nominatio... |
8134 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer%20%28movie%29 | Trailer (movie) | A movie trailer (also called a preview or coming attraction) is a short showing of a future (not yet released) movie. They are shown in a theater before the current movie starts. They are often later shown in advertisements for DVD releases, and broadcasts of the movie on television.
Movie terminology |
8135 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Crichton | Michael Crichton | Michael Crichton (October 23, 1942 – November 4, 2008) was an American author of many books. His books were usually in the science fiction, medical fiction, and thriller genres. He was also a producer, director, and doctor.
Crichton is well known for writing novels that later became well-known Hollywood movies. His ... |
8136 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andreas%20Baader | Andreas Baader | Andreas Bernd Baader (6 May 1943-18 October 1977) was a German terrorist.
He was born in Munich and was one of the first leaders of the Red Army Faction (RAF). It was often called the Baader-Meinhof gang
Start of the Baader-Meinhof gang
In 1968, Baader and his girlfriend Gudrun Ensslin were convicted of the setting ... |
8137 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meher%20Baba | Meher Baba | Meher Baba (25 February 1894 31 January 1969) referred to himself as the Avatar of the Age. His birth name was Merwan Irani and his parents' names were Sheriar and Shireen Irani. His family lived in Poona (Pune) India, but they were of Persian descent. Today Persia is called Iran. They were not Hindus or Muslims, but ... |
8139 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trailer | Trailer | Trailer has the following definitions:
Trailer (vehicle), an unpowered vehicle pulled by one with an engine
Trailer (movie) or theatrical trailer, an advertisement for an upcoming movie |
8141 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uno%20%28card%20game%29 | Uno (card game) | Uno (stylized on usual branding as all capitalized) is an American card game that was made by Merle Robbins in 1971. It has since been bought by a company named Mattel. It uses 108 special cards that are made just to play Uno. It is similar to Crazy Eights.
The cards are put into 4 different groups: Red cards, green c... |
8147 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNO | UNO | Uno can mean:
The number one in the Spanish language or Italian language
Uno (card game), a card game played with a special deck of cards. It is made by the Mattel company. The name originated from the word uno which mean the number one in Spanish which is what you say when you have one card remaining.
UNO is an acr... |
8149 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrical%20engineering | Electrical engineering | Electrical engineering is a subject of engineering. Its goal is to develop (think and make) different things that use electricity in a helpful way. Electrical engineers fix or design new and better ways of using devices that use electricity.
Big subjects in electrical engineering include power generation, automation a... |
8150 | https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Design | Design | Design is a visual look or a shape given to a certain object, in order to make it more attractive, make it more comfortable or to improve another characteristic. Designers use tools from geometry and art. Design is sometimes divided to sub-categories: graphic design, buildings and nature design, consumer goods design.... |
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