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https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carolina_del_Pr%C3%ADncipe
Carolina del Príncipe es un municipio de Colombia, localizado en la subregión Norte del departamento de Antioquia. Limita por el norte con los municipios de Angostura y Guadalupe, por el este con el municipio de Gómez Plata, y por el oeste con los municipios de Santa Rosa de Osos y Angostura. Su cabecera dista 102 kiló...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancy-Dornot
Ancy-Dornot (French pronunciation: [ɑ̃si dɔʁno]; German: Anzig-Dorningen) is a commune in the Moselle department of northeastern France. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 and consists of the former communes of Ancy-sur-Moselle and Dornot. == See also == Communes of the Moselle department == Referen...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dornot
Dornot (French pronunciation: [dɔʁno]; German: Dorningen) is a former commune in the Moselle department in north-eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune Ancy-Dornot. It is situated on the left bank of the river Moselle. Its population was 162 in 2022. == History == In September 1944, Ame...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_and_Frank_Schreider
Helen Jane Schreider (née Armstrong; May 3, 1926 – February 6, 2025) and Frank Schreider (January 8, 1924 – January 21, 1994) were American explorers in the mid-20th century, known for traveling by amphibious jeep. National Geographic hired them after their first independent journey from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego (195...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babanango#:~:text=Babanango%20is%20a%20small%20town%20located%20about%2058%20kilometers%20north%2Dwest%20of%20Melmoth%5B2%5D%20in%20the%20KwaZulu%2DNatal%20Province%20of%20South%20Africa.%20Founded%20in%201904
Babanango is a small town located about 58 kilometers north-west of Melmoth in the KwaZulu-Natal Province of South Africa. Founded in 1904, the town takes its name from the nearby stream and mountain. It is home to the recently established big five game reserve, Babanango Game Reserve, which has brought the community t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matija_Radovi%C4%87
Matija Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Матија Радовић, born April 25, 1998) is a Serbian professional basketball player for Slodes SoccerBet of the Basketball League of Serbia. He played college basketball for the Hofstra Pride and the American International Yellow Jackets. == Early career == Radović started to play baske...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPass#:~:text=The%20C%2DPass%20system%20operated,plate%20on%20September%2023%2C%202014.
SunPass is an electronic toll collection system within the state of Florida, United States. It was created in 1999 by the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT's) Office of Toll Operations, operating as a division of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). The system utilizes windshield-mounted RFID transponders ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SunPass
SunPass is an electronic toll collection system within the state of Florida, United States. It was created in 1999 by the Florida Department of Transportation's (FDOT's) Office of Toll Operations, operating as a division of Florida's Turnpike Enterprise (FTE). The system utilizes windshield-mounted RFID transponders ma...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ascher_H._Shapiro
Ascher Herman Shapiro (May 20, 1916 – November 26, 2004) was a professor of Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He grew up in New York City. == Early life and education == Shapiro was born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, to Jewish Lithuanian immigrant parents. He earned his B.S. in 1938 and an D.Sc. in 1946 in the fiel...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Mehretu
Julie Mehretu (born November 28, 1970) is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. == Early life and education == Mehretu was bor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julie_Mehretu#Recognition
Julie Mehretu (born November 28, 1970) is an Ethiopian American contemporary visual artist, known for her multi-layered paintings of abstracted landscapes on a large scale. Her paintings, drawings, and prints depict the cumulative effects of urban sociopolitical changes. == Early life and education == Mehretu was bor...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Nook
Mark A. Nook is the 11th president of the University of Northern Iowa. Prior to this, he was the chancellor of Montana State University Billings. == Education == Mark Nook was born in Estherville, Iowa and graduated from Holstein Community School in Holstein, Iowa. He earned a bachelor's degree in physics and mathema...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._P._J._Abdul_Kalam
Avul Pakir Jainulabdeen Abdul Kalam ( UB-duul kə-LAHM; 15 October 1931 – 27 July 2015) was an Indian aerospace scientist and statesman who served as the president of India from 2002 to 2007. Born and raised in a Muslim family in Rameswaram, Tamil Nadu, Kalam studied physics and aerospace engineering. He spent the nex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Noem#Conflict_of_interest_action_to_professionally_benefit_daughter
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristi_Noem#
Kristi Lynn Arnold Noem ( NOHM; née Arnold; born November 30, 1971) is an American politician serving as the 8th United States secretary of homeland security since 2025. A member of the Republican Party, she served as the 33rd governor of South Dakota from 2019 to 2025 and represented South Dakota's at-large congressio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981_European_Fencing_Championships
The first European Fencing Championships were held in 1981 in Foggia, Italy. The competition consisted of individual events only. == Medal summary == === Men's events === === Women's events === === Medal table === == References == Results at the European Fencing Confederation
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wheatland,_Iowa
Wheatland is a city in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 775 at the time of the 2020 census. == History == Wheatland was platted in 1858 under the leadership of John Bennett. The town was named for President James Buchanan's estate Wheatland in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The entire township (Sprin...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khusro_Bakhtiar
Makhdum Khusro Bakhtyar (Urdu: مخدوم خسرو بختیار; born 7 July 1967) is a Pakistani politician who recently served as Pakistan's Federal Minister for Industries & Production. Previously, he has served as Federal Minister of Economic Affairs, Federal Minister of National Food Security and Research and Federal Minister fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Bickle_(minister)
Michael Leroy Bickle (born July 17, 1955) is a former American evangelical leader and founder of the International House of Prayer (IHOPKC). Once the leader of IHOPKC, Bickle oversaw several ministries and a Bible school until his dismissal in December 2023 after confessing to sexual misconduct. Bickle has also been ac...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Bakker#Personal_life
James Orsen Bakker (; born January 2, 1940) is an American televangelist and convicted felon. Between 1974 and 1987, Bakker hosted the television program The PTL Club and its cable television platform, the PTL Satellite Network, with his then wife, Tammy Faye. He also developed Heritage USA, a now-defunct Christian the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessica_Hahn#Jim_Bakker_scandal
Jessica Hahn (born July 7, 1959) is an American model and actress. She frequently appeared on The Howard Stern Show throughout the late 1980s and into the 2000s. == Jim Bakker scandal == Hahn first came to public attention in 1987 after the disclosure that televangelist Jim Bakker had paid for her silence in response...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budshah_Bridge
Budshah Bridge, locally also known as Budshah Kadal, is a concrete bridge located in the Srinagar city of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was first built in 1957 during the rule of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad and is named after the 15th Century ruler of Kashmir, Zain-ul-Abidin, popularly known as Budshah...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_bridges_in_Srinagar
The city of Srinagar in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, India, originally had seven wooden bridges across the Jhelum River. The seven bridges — Amira, Habba, Fateh, Zaina, Aali, Nawa and Safa — were constructed between the 15th and 18th century. This number remained unchanged for at least five centuries. In t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budshah_Bridge#cite_note-GK-2
Budshah Bridge, locally also known as Budshah Kadal, is a concrete bridge located in the Srinagar city of the Indian union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. It was first built in 1957 during the rule of Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad and is named after the 15th Century ruler of Kashmir, Zain-ul-Abidin, popularly known as Budshah...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bear_(TV_series)
The Bear is an American comedy-drama series created by Christopher Storer for FX on Hulu. Jeremy Allen White stars as Carmy Berzatto, an award-winning chef who returns to his hometown of Chicago to manage the chaotic kitchen at his deceased brother's Italian beef sandwich shop. The regular cast includes Ebon Moss-Bachr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jawaharlal_Nehru_University
Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU; ISO: Javāharalāla Neharū Viśvavidyālaya) is a public research university located in Delhi, India. It was established in 1969 and named after Jawaharlal Nehru, India's first Prime Minister. The university is known for leading faculties and research emphasis on social sciences and applie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Lectureship_Prize#:~:text=1914%3A%20Svante%20Arrhenius
The Faraday Lectureship Prize, previously known simply as the Faraday Lectureship, is awarded once every two years (approximately) by the Royal Society of Chemistry for "exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry". Named after Michael Faraday, the first Faraday Lecture was given in 1869, two years a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faraday_Lectureship_Prize
The Faraday Lectureship Prize, previously known simply as the Faraday Lectureship, is awarded once every two years (approximately) by the Royal Society of Chemistry for "exceptional contributions to physical or theoretical chemistry". Named after Michael Faraday, the first Faraday Lecture was given in 1869, two years a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roebling_Medal
The Roebling Medal is the highest award of the Mineralogical Society of America for scientific eminence as represented primarily by scientific publication of outstanding original research in mineralogy. The award is named for Colonel Washington A. Roebling (1837–1926) who was an engineer, bridge builder, mineral collec...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugged_Lark
Rugged Lark (May 1, 1981 – October 26, 2004) was Quarter Horse stallion who was a two-time American Quarter Horse Association (or AQHA) World Show Superhorse as well as being a three-time AQHA World Champion. He is also the winner of the Silver Spur Award == Life == Rugged Lark was the son of a Thoroughbred stallion ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adams_(sculptor)
Robert Adams (5 October 1917 – 5 April 1984) was an English sculptor and designer. Whilst not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Adams_%28sculptor%29
Robert Adams (5 October 1917 – 5 April 1984) was an English sculptor and designer. Whilst not widely known outside of artistic circles, he was nonetheless regarded as one of the foremost sculptors of his generation. In a critical review of a retrospective mounted by the Gimpel Fils gallery in London in 1993, Brian Glas...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Association_for_Engineering_Geology_and_the_Environment
The International Association for Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) (French: Association Internationale de Géologie de I'lngénieur et de l'Environnement), formerly International Association for Engineering Geology, is an international scientific society that was founded in 1964. It is affiliated with the I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Dialect_Society#List_of_Words_of_the_Year
The American Dialect Society (ADS), founded in 1889, is a learned society "dedicated to the study of the English language in North America, and of other languages, or dialects of other languages, influencing it or influenced by it." The Society publishes the academic journal American Speech. Since its foundation, diale...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Word_of_the_year
The word(s) of the year, sometimes capitalized as "Word(s) of the Year" and abbreviated "WOTY" (or "WotY"), refers to any of various assessments as to the most important word(s) or expression(s) in the public sphere during a specific year. The German tradition Wort des Jahres was started in 1971. In 1999 it was supplem...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atlantic, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United Stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grumman_F4F_Wildcat#Specifications_(F4F-3)
The Grumman F4F Wildcat is an American carrier-based fighter aircraft that entered service in 1940 with the United States Navy, and the British Royal Navy where it was initially known as the Martlet. First used by the British in the North Atlantic, the Wildcat was the only effective fighter available to the United Stat...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lygia_Pape#Later_career
Lygia Pape (7 April 1927 – 3 May 2004) was a Brazilian visual artist, sculptor, engraver, and filmmaker, who was a key figure in the Concrete movement and a later co-founder of the Neo-Concrete Movement in Brazil during the 1950s and 1960s. Along with Hélio Oiticica and Lygia Clark, she was an important artist in the e...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moesha
Moesha (, MOH-EE-shə) is an American television sitcom that aired on UPN from January 23, 1996, to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy as Moesha Denise Mitchell, an African-American teenager living with her upper middle class family in the Leimert Park neighborhood of Los Angeles. It was originally ordered...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Carlo_Argan#:~:text=In%201938%20he%20published%20a,%2C%20from%201959%2C%20in%20Rome.
Giulio Carlo Argan (17 May 1909 – 12 November 1992) was an Italian art historian, critic and politician. == Biography == Argan was born in Turin and studied in the University of Turin, graduating in 1931. In 1928 he entered the National Fascist Party. In the 1930 he worked for the National Antiquity and Arts Director...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giulio_Carlo_Argan
Giulio Carlo Argan (17 May 1909 – 12 November 1992) was an Italian art historian, critic and politician. == Biography == Argan was born in Turin and studied in the University of Turin, graduating in 1931. In 1928 he entered the National Fascist Party. In the 1930 he worked for the National Antiquity and Arts Director...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith#Unmarked_grave
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessie_Smith
Bessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age. Nicknamed the "Empress of the Blues" and formerly Queen of the Blues, she was the most popular female blues singer of the 1930s. Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, she is often...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Mills_gang_rape#Incident
The 2013 Mumbai gang rape, also known as the Shakti Mills gang rape, refers to the incident in which a 22-year-old photojournalist, who was interning with an English-language magazine in Mumbai, was gang-raped by five people, including a juvenile. The incident occurred on 22 August 2013, when she had gone to the desert...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shakti_Mills_gang_rape#:~:text=the%20night%20of-,27%20August,-.%5B6%5D
The 2013 Mumbai gang rape, also known as the Shakti Mills gang rape, refers to the incident in which a 22-year-old photojournalist, who was interning with an English-language magazine in Mumbai, was gang-raped by five people, including a juvenile. The incident occurred on 22 August 2013, when she had gone to the desert...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igbo-Ukwu
Igbo-Ukwu (English: Great Igbo) is a town in the Nigerian state of Anambra in the south-central part of the country. The town comprises three quarters namely Obiuno, Ngo, and Ihite (an agglomeration of 4 quarters) with several villages within each quarter and thirty-six (36) administrative wards. It is also bordered ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Herbert_Gintis
Herbert Malena Gintis (February 11, 1940 – January 5, 2023) was an American economist, behavioral scientist, and educator known for his theoretical contributions to sociobiology, especially altruism, cooperation, epistemic game theory, gene-culture coevolution, efficiency wages, strong reciprocity, and human capital th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_(American_TV_series)_season_2
The second season of the American reality competition streaming series The Circle began on April 14, 2021, on Netflix, and concluded on May 5, 2021. The season was announced in March 2020 when Netflix renewed The Circle for a second and third season. Michelle Buteau returned as host. Like the previous season, players ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliviero_Diliberto#:~:text=Political%20career,-A%20former%20member&text=First%20elected%20as%20MP%20in,which%20Romano%20Prodi%20was%20defeated.
Oliviero Diliberto (born 13 October 1956 in Cagliari) is an Italian politician. He has been leader of the Party of Italian Communists. == Early life == Oliviero Diliberto was born in a family of public servants (his father Marco was employed as attorney in the Administration of the Region of Sardinia, his mother Lell...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliviero_Diliberto
Oliviero Diliberto (born 13 October 1956 in Cagliari) is an Italian politician. He has been leader of the Party of Italian Communists. == Early life == Oliviero Diliberto was born in a family of public servants (his father Marco was employed as attorney in the Administration of the Region of Sardinia, his mother Lell...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Pieces#Two
The term Number Pieces refers to a body of late compositions (40, or 41 if Seventeen was actually composed) by John Cage. Each piece is named after the number of performers involved: for instance, Seven is a piece for seven performers, One9 (read "One Nine") is the ninth work for one performer, and 1O1 is a piece for a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_Pieces
The term Number Pieces refers to a body of late compositions (40, or 41 if Seventeen was actually composed) by John Cage. Each piece is named after the number of performers involved: for instance, Seven is a piece for seven performers, One9 (read "One Nine") is the ninth work for one performer, and 1O1 is a piece for a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes
Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rhimes became known as the first showrunner–creator, head writer, and executive producer–of the m...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Polanyi
Karl Paul Polanyi (; Hungarian: Polányi Károly [ˈpolaːɲi ˈkaːroj]; 25 October 1886 – 23 April 1964) was an Austro-Hungarian economic historian, economic sociologist, and politician, best known for his book The Great Transformation, which questions the conceptual validity of self-regulating markets. In his writings, Pol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Polanyi#:~:text=Polanyi%20graduated%20from%20Budapest%20University,and%20served%20as%20its%20secretary.
Karl Paul Polanyi (; Hungarian: Polányi Károly [ˈpolaːɲi ˈkaːroj]; 25 October 1886 – 23 April 1964) was an Austro-Hungarian economic historian, economic sociologist, and politician, best known for his book The Great Transformation, which questions the conceptual validity of self-regulating markets. In his writings, Pol...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_Premier_League_final
The 2019 Indian Premier League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 12 May 2019 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. It was the culmination of the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), an annual Twenty20 tournament held in I...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_hole
A black hole is an astronomical body so compact that its gravity prevents anything, including light, from escaping. Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass will form a black hole. The boundary of no escape is called the event horizon. In general relativity, a black hole'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Hibbett
David Hibbett is an associate professor in biology at Clark University who analyses fungal relationships through DNA analysis. At Clark he concentrates his lab work in evolutionary biology and ecology of Fungi. He spent 1991 as a Science and Technology Agency of Japan Post-doctoral Fellow at the Tottori Mycological Ins...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_In_Living_Color_cast_members
Cast members came and went during the run of In Living Color (Fox-TV, 1990–1994). Some earlier cast members continued to appear in later seasons so later casts also include some previous years' cast members. == First season (1990) == Keenen Ivory Wayans Jim Carrey (credited as James Carrey) Kelly Coffield Kim Coles T...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Space:_1999_episodes
Space: 1999, a British science fiction television series, ran for 48 episodes from 1975 to 1977. The first series of 24 episodes (often referred to as "Year One") premiered in the UK on 4 September 1975, though the first episode had begun production in 1973. The various ITV franchises showed the episodes in different o...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/224_Oceana#:~:text=Oceana%20(minor%20planet%20designation%3A%20224,named%20after%20the%20Pacific%20Ocean.
224 Oceana is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 30 March 1882, in Vienna. It was named after the Pacific Ocean. Based upon its spectrum, it is classified as an M-type asteroid, but is not metallic. A light curve generated from photometric observations of this ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/224_Oceana
224 Oceana is an asteroid from the asteroid belt. It was discovered by Austrian astronomer Johann Palisa on 30 March 1882, in Vienna. It was named after the Pacific Ocean. Based upon its spectrum, it is classified as an M-type asteroid, but is not metallic. A light curve generated from photometric observations of this ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhnoor_Fort
Akhnoor Fort is a fort on the right bank of the Chenab River (ancient name Asikni), 28 km from Jammu City. Construction of the fort was started by Raja Tej Singh in 1762 CE and completed by his successor Raja Dhian Singh in 1802. On 17 June 1822, Maharaja Ranjit Singh crowned Maharaja Gulab Singh at the fort's Jia Pota...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prayas_Nepal
Prayas Nepal is a non-profit, non-governmental organization in Nepal. It is registered with the District Administrative Office of Kathmandu. Prayas Nepal aims to protect the rights of children and the underprivileged including orphans, women and elderly in Nepal by helping them to access essential services such as educ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R._P._Weston
Robert Patrick Weston (né Harris; 7 March 1878 – 6 November 1936) was an English songwriter. He was responsible for many successful songs and comic monologues between the 1900s and 1930s, mostly written in collaboration with other writers, notably Fred J. Barnes and Bert Lee, and performed successfully by Harry Champio...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion#:~:text=The%20first%20scientific%20description%20of,named%20it%20Felis%20leo%20persicus.
The Asiatic lion is a lion population in the Indian state of Gujarat that belongs to the subspecies Panthera leo leo. The first scientific description of the Asiatic lion published in 1826 was based on a specimen from Persia. Until the 19th century, it ranged from Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia and sou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asiatic_lion
The Asiatic lion is a lion population in the Indian state of Gujarat that belongs to the subspecies Panthera leo leo. The first scientific description of the Asiatic lion published in 1826 was based on a specimen from Persia. Until the 19th century, it ranged from Saudi Arabia, eastern Turkey, Iran, Mesopotamia and sou...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Association_for_the_Advancement_of_Artificial_Intelligence
The Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) is an international scientific society devoted to promote research in, and responsible use of, artificial intelligence (AI). AAAI also aims to increase public understanding of AI, improve the teaching and training of AI practitioners, and provide gui...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pentagon_Mountain
Pentagon Mountain is an 8,873-foot (2,704-metre) mountain summit located in Flathead County of the U.S. state of Montana. == Description == Pentagon Mountain is the highest point in the Trilobite Range, which is a subset of the Flathead Range. It is set within the Bob Marshall Wilderness, on land managed by Flathead ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner#Early_life
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry_Ossawa_Tanner
Henry Ossawa Tanner (June 21, 1859 – May 25, 1937) was an American artist who spent much of his career in France. He became the first African-American painter to gain international acclaim. Tanner moved to Paris, France, in 1891 to study at the Académie Julian and gained acclaim in French artistic circles. In 1923, the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Young_(basketball)
Michael Kent Young (born May 1, 1963) is an American college basketball coach and currently the head men's basketball coach at Virginia Tech. He was hired on April 7, 2019, after a 17-year stint where he went 299–244 (.545) as the head coach at Wofford College. == Career == Born in Radford, Virginia, Young played co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana_and_Cyprien_Ntaryamira
On the evening of 6 April 1994, the aircraft carrying Rwandan president Juvénal Habyarimana and Burundian president Cyprien Ntaryamira, both Hutu, was shot down with surface-to-air missiles as their jet prepared to land in Kigali, Rwanda; both were killed. The assassination set in motion the Rwandan genocide, one of th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juv%C3%A9nal_Habyarimana#Death
Juvénal Habyarimana (Kinyarwanda: [hɑβɟɑːɾímɑ̂ːnɑ]; French: [ʒyvenal abjaʁimana]; 8 March 1937 – 6 April 1994) was a Rwandan politician and military officer who was the second president of Rwanda, from 1973 until his assassination in 1994. He was nicknamed Kinani, a Kinyarwanda word meaning "invincible". An ethnic Hutu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Spedding
Frank Harold Spedding (22 October 1902 – 15 December 1984) was a Canadian-American chemist. He was a renowned expert on rare earth elements, and on extraction of metals from minerals. The uranium extraction process helped make it possible for the Manhattan Project to build the first atomic bombs. A graduate of the Univ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACS_Award_in_Pure_Chemistry
The American Chemical Society Award in Pure Chemistry is awarded annually by the American Chemical Society (ACS) "to recognize and encourage fundamental research in pure chemistry carried out in North America by young men and women." "Young" means born within 35 years of the awarding of the Award, which takes place at...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#Opening_schools_of_dance
Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aga_Khan_Award_for_Architecture
The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) is an architectural prize established by Aga Khan IV in 1977. It aims to identify and reward architectural concepts that successfully address the needs and aspirations of Muslim societies in the fields of contemporary design, social housing, community development and improveme...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yamma_Mosque
The Yaama Mosque (French: Mosquée de Yaama) is a mosque built in the indigenous Sudano-Sahelian architectural style, constructed in 1962 in Yaama, a village in Tahoua Region, Niger. == Overview == Even after more than 60 years of French colonization that ended in 1960, the area is remarkably untouched by outside infl...
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Wikispecies tiene un artículo sobre Taxones descritos por Morgan Hebard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acanthops_bidens
Acanthops bidens is a species of mantis in the family Acanthopidae. == Discovery == This species was described by Morgan Hebard in 1922. == Distribution == Acanthops bidens is native to Mexico. == References ==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllida_Barlow
Dame Gillian Phyllida Barlow (4 April 1944 – 12 March 2023) was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963–1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught there for more than forty years. She retired from academia in 2009 and in tu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllida_Barlow#Career
Dame Gillian Phyllida Barlow (4 April 1944 – 12 March 2023) was a British visual artist. She studied at Chelsea College of Art (1960–1963) and the Slade School of Art (1963–1966). She joined the staff of the Slade in the late 1960s and taught there for more than forty years. She retired from academia in 2009 and in tu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepi_Litman
Pepi Litman (Yiddish: פּעפּי ליטמאַן, born Pesha Kahane; c. 1876 – 13 September 1930) was a cross-dressing female Yiddish vaudeville singer associated with the Broderzinger movement. Litman led a popular traveling theater troupe around Europe, performing highly satirical songs while costumed as a male Hasidic Jew. Beca...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zanele_Muholi#Publication
Zanele Muholi (born 1972) is a South African artist and visual activist working in photography, video, and installation. Muholi's work focuses on race, gender and sexuality with a body of work that dates back to the early 2000s, documenting and celebrating the lives of South Africa's Black lesbian, gay, transgender, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_von_Root#:~:text=Baroness%20Olga%20Vadimovna%20von%20Root%20was%20born%20in%20Sevastopol%2C%20Crimea,a%20Polish%20landed%20gentry%20family.
Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (2 December 1901 – 28 June 1967) was a Russian stage actress and singer. Born into a noble family of German, Polish, and Greek background, Root was educated at the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens in the Russian Empire. As a teenager, she ran away from home and travelled with a Romani ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olga_von_Root#Early_life_and_family
Baroness Olga Vadimovna von Root (2 December 1901 – 28 June 1967) was a Russian stage actress and singer. Born into a noble family of German, Polish, and Greek background, Root was educated at the Smolny Institute of Noble Maidens in the Russian Empire. As a teenager, she ran away from home and travelled with a Romani ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Gustavo_Petro
Gustavo Petro's term as the 34th president of Colombia began with his inauguration on 7 August 2022. Petro, who previously served as mayor of Bogotá, took office after his victory in the 2022 presidential election over the anti-corruption leader Rodolfo Hernández. Petro took office under the political shadow of his pre...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salon_(Paris)
The Salon, or sometimes Paris Salon (French: Salon de Paris [salɔ̃ d(ə) paʁi]), beginning in 1667, was the official art exhibition of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Between 1748 and 1890 it was arguably the greatest annual or biennial art event in the Western world. At the Salon of 1761, thirty-three painters, n...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godman-Salvin_Medal
The Godman-Salvin Medal is a medal of the British Ornithologists' Union awarded "to an individual as a signal honour for distinguished ornithological work." It was instituted in 1919 in the memory of Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin. == Medallists == Medallists include: == See also == Alfred Newton Lecture...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horizons_(Epcot)
Horizons was a suspended omnimover dark ride attraction at Epcot (then known as EPCOT Center), a theme park at Walt Disney World in Bay Lake, Florida. Located on the eastern side of the Future World (now World Discovery) section of Epcot. The attraction depicted scenes from the then yet to come 21st century showing the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Schultz#cite_note-93
Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz owned the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team from 2001 to 2006. Schultz began working at Starbucks ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Schultz
Howard D. Schultz (born July 19, 1953) is an American businessman and author who was the chairman and chief executive officer of Starbucks from 1986 to 2000, from 2008 to 2017, and interim CEO from 2022 to 2023. Schultz owned the Seattle SuperSonics basketball team from 2001 to 2006. Schultz began working at Starbucks ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saqqara#Site_looting_during_2011_protests
Saqqara (Arabic: سقارة : saqqāra[t], Egyptian Arabic pronunciation: [sɑʔːɑːɾɑ]), also spelled Sakkara or Saccara in English , is an Egyptian village in the markaz (county) of Badrashin in the Giza Governorate, that contains ancient burial grounds of Egyptian royalty, serving as the necropolis for the ancient Egyptian c...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinococcus_radiodurans#:~:text=In%20August%202020%2C%20scientists%20reported,International%20Space%20Station%20(ISS).
Deinococcus radiodurans is a bacterium, an extremophile and one of the most radiation-resistant organisms known. It can survive cold, dehydration, vacuum, and acid, and therefore is known as a polyextremophile. The Guinness Book Of World Records listed it in January 1998 as the world's most radiation-resistant bacteriu...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Space_Station
The International Space Station (ISS) is a large space station that was assembled and is maintained in low Earth orbit by a collaboration of five space agencies and their contractors: NASA (United States), Roscosmos (Russia), ESA (Europe), JAXA (Japan), and CSA (Canada). As the largest space station ever constructed, i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Willson
Mary Ann Willson (active 1810 to 1825) was an American folk artist whose work remained undiscovered for over a century, until it appeared in an exhibition of American Primitive paintings in 1944. Little is known of her life, but evidence suggests that she may have been one of the first American watercolorists. == Lif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Ann_Willson#:~:text=Mary%20Ann%20Willson%20(active%201810,American%20Primitive%20paintings%20in%201944.
Mary Ann Willson (active 1810 to 1825) was an American folk artist whose work remained undiscovered for over a century, until it appeared in an exhibition of American Primitive paintings in 1944. Little is known of her life, but evidence suggests that she may have been one of the first American watercolorists. == Lif...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Selenium
Selenium is a chemical element; it has symbol Se and atomic number 34. It has various physical appearances, including a brick-red powder, a vitreous black solid, and a grey metallic-looking form. It seldom occurs in this elemental state or as pure ore compounds in Earth's crust. Selenium (from σελήνη 'moon') was discov...