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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manny_Pacquiao#:~:text=Pacquiao%20married%20Jinkee%20Jamora%20on,have%20five%20children%2C%20Emmanuel%20Jr.
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. ( PAK-ee-ow; locally [ˈmanɪ pɐkˈjaʊ]; born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino professional boxer and retired politician. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is widely regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, becoming the only eight-division world champion in boxing history. He al...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutak_Hydroelectric_Plant#:~:text=The%20Chutak%20Hydroelectric%20Plant%20is,)%20from%20the%20capital%20Leh).
The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-river power project on the Suru River (a tributary of Indus) in Kargil district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The barrage of the project is at Sarze village and the powerhouse is located on the right bank of the Suru near Chutak village. The project construction...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chutak_Hydroelectric_Plant
The Chutak Hydroelectric Plant is a run-of-the-river power project on the Suru River (a tributary of Indus) in Kargil district in the Indian union territory of Ladakh. The barrage of the project is at Sarze village and the powerhouse is located on the right bank of the Suru near Chutak village. The project construction...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rugby_Europe_Championship#Fixtures
The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraviSEAmo!
BraviSEAmo! (ブラヴィッシーモ! Buravisshiimo!) was a nighttime water show at Tokyo DisneySea. The show featured water, pyrotechnic, and firework effects and was performed on the lagoon of the Mediterranean Harbor. The show was directed by Yves Pépin from ECA2 and used little dialogue, instead featuring an orchestral score by G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BraviSEAmo!#:~:text=by%20Gavin%20Greenaway.-,BraviSEAmo!,NTT%20DoCoMo%20throughout%20its%20run.
BraviSEAmo! (ブラヴィッシーモ! Buravisshiimo!) was a nighttime water show at Tokyo DisneySea. The show featured water, pyrotechnic, and firework effects and was performed on the lagoon of the Mediterranean Harbor. The show was directed by Yves Pépin from ECA2 and used little dialogue, instead featuring an orchestral score by G...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amalendu_Krishna
Amalendu Krishna (born 2 August 1971) is an Indian mathematician in the Department of Mathematics, University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB), Santa Barbara, specializing in algebraic cycles and K-theory. He was awarded the Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize for Science and Technology, India's highest prize for excell...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minister_of_Croatian_Affairs_of_Hungary#:~:text=In%20December%201868%2C%20Koloman%20Bedekovi%C4%87,first%20Minister%20of%20Croatian%20Affairs.
The minister of Croatian affairs of Hungary (Hungarian: horvát-szlavón-dalmát tárca nélküli miniszter; Croatian: hrvatsko-slavonsko-dalmatinski ministar bez lisnice) was a member of the Hungarian cabinet in Austria-Hungary. The position was created following the Croatian–Hungarian Agreement in 1868. The minister was ap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koloman_Bedekovi%C4%87
Koloman Bedeković (Hungarian: Kálmán Bedekovich; 13 October 1818 – 10 August 1889) was a Croatian politician, who served as Minister without portfolio of Croatian Affairs twice: between 1868 and 1871 and between 1876 and 1889. He had a significant role in the creation of Croatian-Hungarian Agreement. In 1871 he was app...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders#:~:text=Concerned%20by%20high%20breast%20cancer,to%20collect%20data%20on%20cancer.
Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused wit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernie_Sanders#:~:text=Concerned%20by%20high%20breast%20cancer,Senate%20on%20October%202%2C%201992.
Bernard Sanders (born September 8, 1941) is an American politician and activist serving as the senior United States senator from Vermont, a seat he has held since 2007. He is the longest-serving independent in U.S. congressional history, but maintains a close relationship with the Democratic Party, having caucused wit...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Tu
Elsie Tu (née Hume; Chinese: 杜葉錫恩; 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015), known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was a British-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995. Born and raised in Newc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elsie_Tu#Family_and_marriages
Elsie Tu (née Hume; Chinese: 杜葉錫恩; 2 June 1913 – 8 December 2015), known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was a British-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995. Born and raised in Newc...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gordon_(journalist)
Carl Gordon (13 March 1931 – 2002) was a Scottish journalist best known for his reporting on the Lower Clyde region and his later work with The Herald. == Early life and education == Gordon was born in Greenock and attended Mearns Street School and Greenock High School. His maternal grandfather was from Copenhagen, w...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_vaccine
Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. Development of dengue vaccines began in the 1920s but was hindered by the need to create immunity against all four dengue serotypes. As of 2023, there are two commercially available vaccines, sold under the brand names Dengvaxia and Qdenga. Dengvaxia i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamburg
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg (born July 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American physician and public health administrator, who is serving as the chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). She served as the 21st Commissione...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Hamburg#:~:text=She%20also%20worked%20as%20a,Medicine%20from%201986%20to%201990.
Margaret Ann "Peggy" Hamburg (born July 12, 1955, Chicago, Illinois) is an American physician and public health administrator, who is serving as the chair of the board of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and co-chair of the InterAcademy Partnership (IAP). She served as the 21st Commissione...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie
Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (née Magie; May 9, 1866 – March 2, 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George. == Life and career == Elizabeth J. Magie was born in ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Manning
Alexander Henderson Manning (11 May 1819 – 20 October 1903) was a Canadian contractor, businessman, and the 20th Mayor of Toronto, serving a single term in 1873 and a second in 1885. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to Toronto in 1834. He worked on the construction of several projects, including the Welland Canal and the ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_mayors_of_Toronto
Toronto's first mayor, William Lyon Mackenzie, was appointed in 1834 after his Reform coalition won the new City of Toronto's first election and he was chosen by the Reformers. The most recent election to the office of mayor was a by-election on June 26, 2023 in which Olivia Chow was elected. Chow formally took office ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carla_Hayden
Carla Diane Hayden (born August 10, 1952) is an American librarian who served as the 14th librarian of Congress. Hayden was both the first African American and the first woman to hold this post. Appointed in 2016, she was the first professional librarian to hold the post since 1974. In May 2025, she was dismissed from ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectations_(Bebe_Rexha_album)
Expectations is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha. It was released on June 22, 2018, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was announced following the success of her collaboration with country duo Florida Georgia Line, "Meant to Be". Expectations went out for pre-order on April 13, 2018, with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expectations_(Bebe_Rexha_album)#Charts
Expectations is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha. It was released on June 22, 2018, by Warner Bros. Records. The album was announced following the success of her collaboration with country duo Florida Georgia Line, "Meant to Be". Expectations went out for pre-order on April 13, 2018, with...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rond%C3%B3n,_Boyac%C3%A1
Rondón is a town and municipality in the Márquez Province, part of Boyacá Department, Colombia. The urban centre of Rondón is situated at an altitude of 2,075 metres (6,808 ft) on the Altiplano Cundiboyacense in the Colombian Eastern Ranges of the Andes. It is 61 kilometres (38 mi) away from the departmental capital Tu...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panqueba
Panqueba es un municipio colombiano, ubicado en la Provincia de Gutiérrez, del departamento de Boyacá. Se encuentra ubicado a 236 km de la ciudad de Tunja, capital del departamento. == Toponimia == === Origen lingüístico​ === Familia lingüística: Chibcha Lengua: Muysccubun === Significado === La palabra pertenece...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Prize
The Shaw Prize is a set of three annual awards presented by the Shaw Prize Foundation in the fields of astronomy, medicine and life sciences, and mathematical sciences. Established in 2002 in Hong Kong, by Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫), the awards honour "individuals who are curren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaw_Prize#Mathematical_sciences
The Shaw Prize is a set of three annual awards presented by the Shaw Prize Foundation in the fields of astronomy, medicine and life sciences, and mathematical sciences. Established in 2002 in Hong Kong, by Hong Kong entertainment mogul and philanthropist Run Run Shaw (邵逸夫), the awards honour "individuals who are curren...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Nations_%28Medieval_Tournament%29#Main_provisions
The Battle of the Nations is an international historical medieval battles world championship, first held in 2009, in Khotyn, Ukraine and held in Europe, in April, every year until the 2020 and 2021 events were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and in 2022 cancelled due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It is a ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakshi_Ghulam_Mohammad
Bakshi Ghulam Mohammad (20 July 1907 – 15 July 1972) was an Indian politician who served as the prime minister of Jammu and Kashmir from 1953 to 1964. Bakshi was a founding member of the National Conference and rose to be the second in command to the principal leader Sheikh Abdullah. He served as the deputy prime minis...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftab_Ghulam_Nabi_Kazi
Aftab Ghulam Nabi Kazi (Urdu: آفتاب غلام نبی قاضی; 6 November 1919 – 9 August 2016) SPk, SK, also known as AGN Kazi, was a Pakistani civil servant and a bureaucrat during the Cold War and during the post cold war. Kazi was born in Sindh, Bombay Presidency, in 1919 to an academic family. He started his career in the Ind...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1958_French_presidential_election
The 1958 French presidential election was the first held under the French Fifth Republic, on 21 December. It was the sole presidential election by electoral college (gathering the members of the French Parliament, the general councils, the overseas assemblies, as well as tens of thousands of mayors, deputy mayors and m...
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_France
John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was a monarch of the House of Valois who ruled as King of France from 1350 until his death. John II was succeeded by his son, Charles, who reigned as Charles V of France, known as The Wise. == References ==
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_II_of_France
John II (French: Jean II; 26 April 1319 – 8 April 1364), called John the Good (French: Jean le Bon), was King of France from 1350 until his death in 1364. When he came to power, France faced several disasters: the Black Death, which killed between a third and a half of its population; popular revolts known as Jacquerie...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sessh%C5%AB_T%C5%8Dy%C5%8D
Sesshū Tōyō (雪舟 等楊; c. 1420 – August 26, 1506), also known simply as Sesshū (雪舟; Japanese pronunciation: [seꜜɕ.ɕɯː]), was a Japanese Zen monk and painter who is considered a great master of Japanese ink painting. Initially inspired by Chinese landscapes, Sesshū's work holds a distinctively Japanese style that reflects ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odd_Fellows_Hall_(Eureka,_California)#:~:text=The%20Odd%20Fellows%20Hall%20in,style%20building%20built%20in%201883.
The Odd Fellows Hall in Old Town Eureka, California, also known as the French Empire Mansard Building, is a Second Empire architecture style building built in 1883. The building served historically as a department store, as a professional building, as a clubhouse, and as a meeting hall for Odd Fellows. It was listed ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs_%26_Stratton_Raptor#:~:text=Released%20in%201995%2C%20the%20third,Raptor%20III%2C%20had%20five%20horsepower.
The Briggs & Stratton Raptor series is a line of single-cylinder, four-cycle flathead engines. The series includes: Raptor 1: an industrial-based 3-horsepower flathead Model 13 engine introduced in the early 1970s. Raptor II: Released in the 1980s, it introduced the aluminum-bore dual-bearing block and had four horsep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briggs_%26_Stratton_Raptor
The Briggs & Stratton Raptor series is a line of single-cylinder, four-cycle flathead engines. The series includes: Raptor 1: an industrial-based 3-horsepower flathead Model 13 engine introduced in the early 1970s. Raptor II: Released in the 1980s, it introduced the aluminum-bore dual-bearing block and had four horsep...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Series
The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season. The 103rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four gam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_World_Series#:~:text=In%20the%20fourth%2C%20the%20Red,put%20them%20up%206%E2%80%931.
The 2007 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2007 season. The 103rd edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff between the National League (NL) champion Colorado Rockies and the American League (AL) champion Boston Red Sox; the Red Sox swept the Rockies in four gam...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_Air_(1st_generation)
The iPad Air (retrospectively referred to unofficially as the iPad Air 1 or original iPad Air) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on October 22, 2013 and released on November 1, 2013. Part of the iPad line of tablet computers, the iPad Air features a thinner design than its prede...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Doyle_(transit_worker)#Relationship_with_Whitman
Peter George Doyle (June 1843 – April 19, 1907) was an Irish-born American transit worker, known for being an intimate companion of Walt Whitman from around 1865 to 1876, and to some extent to Whitman's death in 1892. Doyle also witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. == Biography == Peter George Doyl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Doyle_(transit_worker)
Peter George Doyle (June 1843 – April 19, 1907) was an Irish-born American transit worker, known for being an intimate companion of Walt Whitman from around 1865 to 1876, and to some extent to Whitman's death in 1892. Doyle also witnessed the assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865. == Biography == Peter George Doyl...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eckert%E2%80%93Mauchly_Award
The Eckert–Mauchly Award recognizes contributions to digital systems and computer architecture. It is known as the computer architecture community’s most prestigious award. First awarded in 1979, it was named for John Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly, who between 1943 and 1946 collaborated on the design and co...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Sikri#:~:text=Biography,at%20Lincoln's%20Inn%2C%20in%20London.
Sarv Mittra Sikri (26 April 1908 – 24 September 1992) was an Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 13th Chief Justice of India. He previously served as the first Advocate-General for Punjab, before becoming the first judge of the Supreme Court of India, to be directly appointed from the Bar. Additionally, he is the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S._M._Sikri#Biography
Sarv Mittra Sikri (26 April 1908 – 24 September 1992) was an Indian lawyer and judge who served as the 13th Chief Justice of India. He previously served as the first Advocate-General for Punjab, before becoming the first judge of the Supreme Court of India, to be directly appointed from the Bar. Additionally, he is the...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_vaccine#:~:text=In%20March%202021%2C%20the%20European,the%20world%20to%20approve%20Qdenga.
Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. Development of dengue vaccines began in the 1920s but was hindered by the need to create immunity against all four dengue serotypes. As of 2023, there are two commercially available vaccines, sold under the brand names Dengvaxia and Qdenga. Dengvaxia i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dengue_vaccine
Dengue vaccine is a vaccine used to prevent dengue fever in humans. Development of dengue vaccines began in the 1920s but was hindered by the need to create immunity against all four dengue serotypes. As of 2023, there are two commercially available vaccines, sold under the brand names Dengvaxia and Qdenga. Dengvaxia i...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hastings#Personal_life
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which have won...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Hastings
Sir Max Hugh Macdonald Hastings (; born 28 December 1945) is a British journalist and military historian, who has worked as a foreign correspondent for the BBC, editor-in-chief of The Daily Telegraph, and editor of the Evening Standard. He is also the author of thirty books, most significantly histories, which have won...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ludwig_Fischer_(bass)
Johann Ignaz Ludwig Fischer (c. 18 August 1745 – 10 July 1825), commonly called Ludwig Fischer, was a German opera singer, a notable bass of his time. == Life == Ludwig Fischer was born in Mainz on 18 or 19 August 1745. Fischer began his musical studies not as a singer but with the violin and cello. When he was heard...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie
Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, romanized: Haylē Gebre Silassē; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haile_Gebrselassie#:~:text=He%20started%20the%20race%20at,record%2C%20while%20Haile%20finished%20third.&text=In%202005%2C%20Haile%20went%20undefeated%20in%20all%20of%20his%20road%20races.
Haile Gebrselassie (Amharic: ኀይሌ ገብረ ሥላሴ, romanized: Haylē Gebre Silassē; born 18 April 1973) is an Ethiopian former long-distance track, road running athlete, and businessman. He won two Olympic gold medals and four World Championship titles over the 10,000 metres. Haile triumphed in the Berlin Marathon four times con...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/V%C3%A1clav_Hlavat%C3%BD
Václav Hlavatý (27 January 1894 – 11 January 1969) was a noted Czech-American mathematician, who wrote on the theory of relativity and corresponded extensively with Albert Einstein on the subject. In particular, Hlavatý solved some very difficult equations relating to Einstein's Unified field theory, which was feature...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosa_Bloch
Rosa Bloch-Bollag (1880 – 13 July 1922) was a Swiss politician and activist who, as a member of the Swiss Socialist Party, led a women's demonstration against increases in food prices in 1918. In 1920, she was one of the founding members of the Swiss Communist Party. == Biography == Born on 30 June 1880 in Zürich, Sw...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_Nicoll
Murray Nicoll (20 July 1943 – 2 May 2010) was an Australian journalist and broadcaster whose career spanned more than 45 years. He was best known for providing reports on 5DN radio from his own burning home during the Ash Wednesday fires of 1983. His reports on the fire and the destruction of his house earned Nicoll th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir#:~:text=On%20February%2028%2C%201973%2C%20during,some%20of%20Sinai's%20strategic%20positions.
Golda Meir (previously Meyerson; née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and, to date, only female head of government. Born into a Jewish family in Kiev (within present-day Ukraine), Russian Empire, Meir immigrated with her family to the U...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golda_Meir#Premiership_(1969%E2%80%931974)
Golda Meir (previously Meyerson; née Mabovitch; 3 May 1898 – 8 December 1978) was the prime minister of Israel from 1969 to 1974. She was Israel's first and, to date, only female head of government. Born into a Jewish family in Kiev (within present-day Ukraine), Russian Empire, Meir immigrated with her family to the U...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rogers_Plan
The Rogers Plan (also known as Deep Strike) was a framework proposed by United States Secretary of State William P. Rogers to achieve an end to belligerence in the Arab–Israeli conflict following the Six-Day War and the continuing War of Attrition. == History == The Rogers Plan was publicly proposed in a December 9, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Bashir_Ahmad#:~:text=Syed%20Bashir%20Ahmad%20(Urdu%3A%20%D8%B3%DB%8C%D8%AF,the%20cause%20of%20weaker%20sections.
Syed Bashir Ahmad (Kashmiri: سید بشیر احمد) (born 2 January 1952 in Sheikhar, Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir) is a Kashmiri politician. He has worked for the social upliftment of people living in rural areas and has championed the cause of weaker sections. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from Rajpora ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syed_Bashir_Ahmad
Syed Bashir Ahmad (Kashmiri: سید بشیر احمد) (born 2 January 1952 in Sheikhar, Pulwama district in Jammu and Kashmir) is a Kashmiri politician. He has worked for the social upliftment of people living in rural areas and has championed the cause of weaker sections. He was the Member of Legislative Assembly from Rajpora ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cochiquito_Volcanic_Group
The Cochiquito Volcanic Group is a small volcanic group of volcanoes north of the town of Buta Ranquil in Argentina. The main peak is Volcán Cochiquito, a stratovolcano of estimated Pleistocene–Holocene age. There are eight satellite cones in the volcanic field, including Volcán Sillanegra (a pyroclastic cone complex...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Young_(author)
Sarah Young (March 15, 1946 – August 31, 2023) was an American author known for her contributions to Christian literature particularly for her book Jesus Calling. Young is an advocate of contemplative prayer. Her books have sold over 45 million units worldwide. She has been described as one of the most successful Chris...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lloyd-Williams
Mari Lloyd-Williams is a Welsh medical consultant who specialises in palliative care. She taught at the University of Liverpool for more than two decades before moving to Liverpool John Moores University in 2022. == Biography == Mari Lloyd-Williams was born to Margaret Winter Davies and county councillor Lloyd Willia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari_Lloyd-Williams#cite_note-FLSW-6
Mari Lloyd-Williams is a Welsh medical consultant who specialises in palliative care. She taught at the University of Liverpool for more than two decades before moving to Liverpool John Moores University in 2022. == Biography == Mari Lloyd-Williams was born to Margaret Winter Davies and county councillor Lloyd Willia...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_Life_to_Live
One Life to Live (often abbreviated as OLTL) is an American soap opera broadcast on the ABC television network for more than 43 years, from July 15, 1968, to January 13, 2012, and then on the internet as a web series on Hulu and iTunes via Prospect Park from April 29 to August 19, 2013. Created by Agnes Nixon, the seri...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_Indian_Premier_League_final#:~:text=0-,Dwayne%20Bravo,2,-9.00
The 2015 Indian Premier League final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket match between the Mumbai Indians and the Chennai Super Kings, played on 24 May 2015, at Eden Gardens, Kolkata. It was held to determine the winner of the 2015 season of the Indian Premier League, the annual professional Twenty20 tournament in India. ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Baker_Asvat#:~:text=Asvat%2C%20a%20keen%20cricketer%2C%20was%20involved%20in%20the%20desegregation%20of%20the%20sport%20in%20the%20Transvaal.%5B13%5D%20He%20played%20for%20a%20team%20called%20The%20Crescents%20in%20Lenasia.
Abu Baker Asvat (/ɑsfat/) (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed Hurley was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of its health secretariat, and involved in initiatives aimed at improving th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Baker_Asvat#:~:text=He%20played%20for%20a%20team%20called%20The%20Crescents%20in%20Lenasia.
Abu Baker Asvat (/ɑsfat/) (23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989), also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed Hurley was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of its health secretariat, and involved in initiatives aimed at improving th...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Church_of_the_Highlands
Church of the Highlands is a non-denominational evangelical Christian multi-site megachurch based in Birmingham, Alabama. It is the largest congregation in Alabama with an average of 60,000 attendees every week as of 2024. The lead pastor is currently Mark Pettus. == History == The church was founded on February 4, ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Abbott
Sidney Abbott (July 11, 1937 – April 15, 2015) was an American feminist and lesbian activist and writer. A former member of the Lavender Menace, she co-authored Sappho Was a Right-on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism with Barbara Love, and was one of the most vocal and active members in the National Organization fo...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5th_Streamy_Awards
The 5th Annual Streamy Awards was the 5th installment of the Streamy Awards honoring streaming television series. The awards were held on September 17, 2015, at the Hollywood Palladium in Hollywood, California. They were hosted by the YouTube stars Grace Helbig and Tyler Oakley. Broadcast live on VH1 and simultaneously...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streamy_Awards
The YouTube Streamy Awards, also known as the Streamy Awards or Streamys, are an awards show presented annually by Dick Clark Productions and Tubefilter to recognize excellence in online video, including directing, acting, producing, and writing. The formal ceremony at which the awards are presented takes place in Los ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pfaff%27s
Pfaff's was a drinking establishment in Manhattan, New York City, known for its literary and artistic clientele. == Description == Opened in 1855 by Charles Ignatious Pfaff, the original Pfaff's was modeled after the German Rathskellers that were popular in Europe at the time. Charles Pfaff's beer cellar was located ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota#cite_note-27
Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) (born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist and belongs to a generation of artists who have gained international attention in the twenty-first century for body-related art. Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 1996. Educated in Japan, Australia, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chiharu_Shiota
Chiharu Shiota (塩田 千春, Shiota Chiharu) (born 1972) is a Japanese performance and installation artist and belongs to a generation of artists who have gained international attention in the twenty-first century for body-related art. Shiota has lived and worked in Berlin, Germany since 1996. Educated in Japan, Australia, a...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moosetape
Moosetape is the second and final studio album by Indian singer, rapper and songwriter Sidhu Moose Wala, released independently on 15 May 2021. Moose Wala served as the executive producer. Writing was handled by Sidhu dominantly among other artists, while the tracks were produced by The Kidd, Steel Banglez, Snappy, Waz...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metformin#History
Metformin, sold under the brand name Glucophage, among others, is the main first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in people who are overweight. It is also used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome, and is sometimes used as an off-label adjunct to lessen the risk of metabolic s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metformin
Metformin, sold under the brand name Glucophage, among others, is the main first-line medication for the treatment of type 2 diabetes, particularly in people who are overweight. It is also used in the treatment of polycystic ovary syndrome, and is sometimes used as an off-label adjunct to lessen the risk of metabolic s...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Anderson_(fashion_designer)
Jonathan William Anderson (born 17 September 1984) is an Irish fashion designer and the founder of JW Anderson. Anderson is known for his eponymous label and having been the creative director of Spaniard luxury house Loewe. He has been the creative director of Christian Dior since 2025. == Early life == Anderson was ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#:~:text=Musgraves%20appeared%20on%20the%20June,death%20in%20a%20house%20fire.
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 2007, Musgraves appeared on the fifth season of the USA Network singing competition Nashvill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves
Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American singer-songwriter. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 2007, Musgraves appeared on the fifth season of the USA Network singing competition Nashvill...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usha_Goswami
Usha Claire Goswami (born 21 February 1960) is a researcher and professor of Cognitive Developmental Neuroscience at the University of Cambridge, a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge, and the director of the Centre for Neuroscience in Education, Downing Site. She obtained her Ph.D. in developmental psychology fr...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#:~:text=Duncan%20bore%20three%20children%2C%20all,sewing%20machine%20magnate%20Isaac%20Singer.
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
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/Richard_Fenno#:~:text=Fenno's%20books%20Congressmen%20in%20Committees,leading%20scholar%20of%20American%20politics.
Richard Francis Fenno Jr. (December 12, 1926 – April 21, 2020) was an American political scientist known for his pioneering work on the U.S. Congress and its members. He was a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Rochester. He published numerous books and scholarly articles focused on how me...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D._B._Hardeman_Prize
The D. B. Hardeman Prize is a cash prize awarded annually by the Lyndon Baines Johnson Foundation for the best book that furthers the study of the U.S. Congress in the fields of biography, history, journalism, or political science. Submissions are judged on the basis of five criteria: (1) contribution to scholarship, (...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivor
Chivor is a town and municipality in the Eastern Boyacá Province, part of the Colombian department of Boyacá. The mean temperature of the village in the Tenza Valley is 18 °C (64 °F) and Chivor is located at 215 kilometres (134 mi) from the department capital Tunja. Economic activity includes emerald mining. == Borde...
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chivor
Chivor es un municipio situado en el extremo sur oriente de la Provincia del Oriente, en el Departamento de Boyacá, Colombia. Cuenta actualmente con 2.126 habitantes y tiene una temperatura de 18°C. == Toponimia == === Origen lingüístico​ === Familia lingüística: Lengua: === Significado === En una aproximación se...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_de_Malherbe
François de Malherbe (French pronunciation: [fʁɑ̃swa də malɛʁb], 1555 – 16 October 1628) was a French poet, critic, and translator. == Life == He was born in Le Locheur (near Caen, Normandie), to a family of standing, although the family's pedigree did not satisfy the heralds in terms of its claims to nobility pre-16...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_d'Angoulême
Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême (1551 – 2 June 1586, in Aix-en-Provence), sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion. == Biography == Henri was born the bastard son of Henri II of France and his mistress Janet ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henri_d%27Angoul%C3%AAme
Henri de Valois, duc d'Angoulême (1551 – 2 June 1586, in Aix-en-Provence), sometimes called "Henri, bâtard de Valois" or "Henri de France", was a Légitimé de France, cleric, and military commander during the Wars of Religion. == Biography == Henri was born the bastard son of Henri II of France and his mistress Janet ...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
Since the introduction of Crayola drawing crayons by Binney & Smith in 1903, more than 200 colors have been produced in a wide variety of assortments. The table below represents all of the colors found in regular Crayola assortments from 1903 to the present. Since the introduction of fluorescent crayons in the 1970s, t...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mantfombi_Dlamini
Shiyiwe Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu (15 February 1953 – 29 April 2021) was the queen consort of the Zulu nation from 1977 to 2021 as the Great Wife to King Goodwill Zwelithini. She served as the queen regent from March 2021 to April 2021. == Early life and family == Queen Mantfombi Dlamini was born on 15 February 1953 to...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodwill_Zwelithini
Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu (27 July 1948 – 12 March 2021) was the King of the Zulu Nation from 1968 to his death in 2021. He became King on the death of his father, King Cyprian Bhekuzulu, in 1968 aged 20 years. Prince Israel Mcwayizeni acted as the regent from 1968 to 1971 while the King took refuge in the then...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Hullot#:~:text=He%20died%20on%20June%2019%2C%202019.
Jean-Marie Hullot (February 16, 1954 – June 17, 2019) was a French computer scientist and programmer who authored important programs for the original Macintosh, NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X platforms. These include SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP (1985), and later still evolved in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Marie_Hullot
Jean-Marie Hullot (February 16, 1954 – June 17, 2019) was a French computer scientist and programmer who authored important programs for the original Macintosh, NeXTSTEP and Mac OS X platforms. These include SOS Interface for the Mac, which later became Interface Builder for NeXTSTEP (1985), and later still evolved in...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonqorabad,_Alborz
Sonqorabad (Persian: سنقرآباد) is a village in, and the capital of, Chahardangeh Rural District in the Central District The previous capital of the rural district was the village of Chahar Dangeh, now the city of Chaharbagh. == Demographics == === Population === At the time of the 2006 National Census, the village'...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_72_names_on_the_Eiffel_Tower
On the Eiffel Tower, 72 names of French scientists, engineers, and mathematicians are engraved in recognition of their contributions. Gustave Eiffel chose this "invocation of science" because of his concern over the protests against the tower, and chose names of those who had distinguished themselves since 1789. The en...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Minute_Man
The Minute Man is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts. It was created between 1871 and 1874 after extensive research, and was originally intended to be made of stone. The medium was switched to bronze and it was cast from ten Civil War-era cannons ap...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Nellemose
Knud Nellemose (12 March 1908, Copenhagen – 14 January 1997, Copenhagen) was a Danish sculptor who is remembered for his figures of sportsmen and his statues of famous Danes. == Biography == Between 1927 and 1933, with some interruptions, Nellemose studied under Einer Utzon-Frank at the Danish Academy. After beginnin...