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600 | Albin Kasper Longren ( January 18 , 1882 – November 19 , 1950 ) was an American aviation pioneer from the state of Kansas . Beginning in 1911 , Longren successfully flew airplanes of his own design and construction . Fully self @-@ taught as an aircraft designer and pilot , he built a thriving career as a barnstormer ... |
601 | Hurricane Olaf was a minimal hurricane that impacted Mexico in October 2003 . A tropical wave became better organized on October 2 to the south @-@ southeast of Acapulco and developed into a depression the next day . It strengthened into Tropical Storm Olaf six hours after forming . Continued intensification occurred ... |
602 | Spoken For is the second studio album by Christian rock band MercyMe . Released on October 1 , 2002 , Spoken For sold 28 @,@ 000 copies in its first week , debuting at number 41 on the Billboard 200 ; it also peaked at number two on the Christian Albums chart and number six on the Top Pop Catalog Albums chart . The al... |
603 | " Episode 6 " , also known as " Realization Time " , is the seventh episode of the first season of the American mystery television series Twin Peaks . The episode was written by Harley Peyton , and directed by Caleb Deschanel . " Episode 6 " features series regulars Kyle MacLachlan , Sherilyn Fenn and Eric Da Re , wit... |
604 | M @-@ 20 is a state trunkline highway in the US state of Michigan that runs from New Era to Midland . It crosses through rural Lower Peninsula forest land between the two ends . The highway serves the college towns of Big Rapids and Mt . Pleasant , home of the main campuses of Ferris State University and Central Michi... |
605 | Harris Glenn Milstead , better known by his stage name Divine ( October 19 , 1945 – March 7 , 1988 ) , was an American actor , singer and drag queen . Closely associated with the independent filmmaker John Waters , Divine was a character actor , usually performing female roles in cinematic and theatrical appearances ,... |
606 | Tropical Storm Odile was a late season tropical storm that formed during the 2008 Pacific hurricane season and affected parts of southern Mexico . A tropical depression formed on October 8 , and became Tropical Storm Odile 18 hours later . The storm paralleled the south coast of Mexico , with the center located only s... |
607 | Air Commodore Gordon Henry Steege , DSO , DFC ( 31 October 1917 – 1 September 2013 ) was a senior officer in the Royal Australian Air Force ( RAAF ) . He became a fighter ace in World War II , credited with eight aerial victories . Joining the RAAF in July 1937 , Steege first saw action with No. 3 Squadron in the Syri... |
608 | Julius Franks , Jr . ( September 5 , 1922 – November 26 , 2008 ) was a civil rights leader and an All @-@ American guard who played football at the University of Michigan from 1941 to 1942 . Franks wore # 62 as a varsity letterman in 1941 and # 63 in 1942 . Franks was the first ( or second depending on the source ) Af... |
609 | The Raid on Haverhill was a military engagement that took place on August 29 , 1708 during Queen Anne 's War . French , Algonquin , and Abenaki warriors under the command of Jean @-@ Baptiste Hertel de Rouville descended on Haverhill , then a small frontier community in the Province of Massachusetts Bay . In the surpr... |
610 | The Acra ( or Akra , Hebrew : חקרא or חקרה , Greek : Aκρα ) was a fortified compound in Jerusalem built by Antiochus Epiphanes , ruler of the Seleucid Empire , following his sack of the city in 168 BCE . The fortress played a significant role in the events surrounding the Maccabean Revolt and the formation of the Hasm... |
611 | Isaac Parsons ( January 27 , 1752 – August 25 , 1796 ) was an American planter , politician , and militia officer in the U.S. state of Virginia ( now West Virginia ) . Parsons served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates representing Hampshire County from 1789 until his death in 1796 . Following an act of the... |
612 | Typhoon Lee , known in the Philippines as Typhoon Dinang , was the second storm to affect the Philippines during December 1981 . Lee originated from an area of thunderstorm activity near the Truk Atoll towards the end of December . Following an increase in organization , the system was classified as a tropical cyclone... |
613 | " Larry King " is the twelfth episode of the third season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock , and the 48th overall episode of the series . It was written by supervising producer Matt Hubbard and directed by Constantine Makris . The episode originally aired on the National Broadcasting Company ( NBC ) in... |
614 | The Arnhem Oosterbeek War Cemetery , more commonly known as the Airborne Cemetery , is a Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemetery in Oosterbeek , near Arnhem , the Netherlands . It was established in 1945 and is home to 1759 graves from the Second World War . Most of the men buried in the cemetery were Allied servi... |
615 | The Battle of Torrence 's Tavern ( also referred to as the Skirmish at Torrence 's Tavern or the Battle at Tarrant 's Tavern ) was a minor engagement of the American Revolutionary War that took place in what was the western portion of Rowan County , North Carolina , approximately 10 miles ( 16 km ) east of the Catawba... |
616 | A stay @-@ at @-@ home dad ( alternatively , stay at home father , house dad , SAHD , househusband , or house @-@ spouse ) is a father who is the main caregiver of the children and is the homemaker of the household . As families have evolved , the practice of being a stay @-@ at @-@ home dad has become more common .
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617 | The D 'Oliveira affair was a prolonged political and sporting controversy relating to the scheduled 1968 – 69 tour of South Africa by the England cricket team , who were officially representing the Marylebone Cricket Club ( MCC ) . The point of contention was whether or not the England selectors would include Basil D ... |
618 | Myriostoma is a fungal genus in the family Geastraceae . The genus is monotypic , containing the single species Myriostoma coliforme . It is an earthstar , so named because the spore @-@ bearing sack 's outer wall splits open into the shape of a star . The inedible fungus has a cosmopolitan distribution , and has been... |
619 | John of Brienne ( c . 1170 – 27 March 1237 ) , also known as John I , was King of Jerusalem from 1210 to 1225 and Latin Emperor of Constantinople from 1229 to 1237 . He was the youngest son of Erard II of Brienne , a wealthy nobleman in Champagne . John , originally destined for an ecclesiastical career , became a cru... |
620 | CrimethInc . — also known as CWC , which stands for either " CrimethInc . Ex @-@ Workers Collective " or " CrimethInc Ex @-@ Workers Ex @-@ Collective " — is a decentralized anarchist collective of autonomous cells . CrimethInc. emerged in the mid @-@ 1990s , initially as the hardcore zine Inside Front , and began ope... |
621 | The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta , Georgia from 1972 until 1980 . They played out of the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . Along with the New York Islanders , the Flames were created in 1971 as part of t... |
622 | County Route 41 ( CR 41 ) in Onondaga County , New York is a 6 @.@ 20 @-@ mile ( 9 @.@ 98 km ) highway in the Finger Lakes towns of Skaneateles and Marcellus . The route is unsigned , like most of Onondaga County 's routes , serving as a connector between the villages . The route begins at an intersection with New Yor... |
623 | Scotland in the Late Middle Ages , between the deaths of Alexander III in 1286 and James IV in 1513 , established its independence from England under figures including William Wallace in the late 13th century and Robert Bruce in the 14th century . In the 15th century under the Stewart Dynasty , despite a turbulent pol... |
624 | " Hellbound " is the eighth episode of the ninth season of the American science fiction television series The X @-@ Files . It originally aired on the Fox network on January 27 , 2002 . It was written by David Amann and directed by Kim Manners . The episode is a " monster @-@ of @-@ the @-@ week " episode , a subgenre... |
625 | The New England Quarter is a mixed @-@ use development in the city of Brighton and Hove , England . It was built between 2004 and 2008 on the largest brownfield site in the city , adjacent to Brighton railway station . Most parts of the scheme have been finished , but other sections are still being built and one major... |
626 | The Reputation was an indie rock band from Chicago , Illinois . The band was fronted by former Sarge singer @-@ songwriter Elizabeth Elmore , with other positions filled by various members . The band , which formed while Elmore was attending law school , released two albums between the years of 2001 and 2006 , both of... |
627 | " Bound " is the eleventh episode of the first season of the American science fiction drama television series Fringe . It follows the aftermath of Olivia 's ( Anna Torv ) capture in the previous episode , and subsequent efforts to identify and apprehend her kidnappers . Along with a double agent , Olivia 's investigat... |
628 | Tungsten , also known as wolfram , is a chemical element with symbol W and atomic number 74 . The word tungsten comes from the Swedish language tung sten , which directly translates to heavy stone . Its name in Swedish is volfram , however , in order to distinguish it from scheelite , which in Swedish is alternatively... |
629 | State Highway 74 ( SH 74 ) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Colorado . Running 18 miles ( 29 km ) from Interstate 70 ( I @-@ 70 ) in El Rancho to SH 8 in Morrison , the highway roughly follows a hook @-@ shaped path running northwest – southeast . The section of the route north of the junction with SH 8 is also... |
630 | Devil 's Halo is the eighth studio album by American singer @-@ songwriter and bassist Me 'Shell Ndegéocello . After writing songs for over a year , Ndegéocello recorded the album in seven days with audio engineer S. Husky Höskulds . She was accompanied by a band featuring drummer Deantoni Parks , guitarist Chris Bruc... |
631 | Louse ( plural : lice ) is the common name for members of the order Phthiraptera , which contains nearly 5 @,@ 000 species of wingless insect . Lice are obligate parasites , living externally on warm @-@ blooded hosts which include every species of bird and mammal , except for monotremes , pangolins , bats and cetacea... |
632 | The spinner shark ( Carcharhinus brevipinna ) is a species of requiem shark , in the family Carcharhinidae , named for the spinning leaps it makes as a part of its feeding strategy . This species occurs in tropical and warm temperate waters worldwide , except for in the eastern Pacific Ocean . It is found from coastal... |
633 | " Knock You Down " is a song by American singer and songwriter Keri Hilson , recorded for her debut studio album In a Perfect World ... ( 2009 ) . The song features guest vocals from Ne @-@ Yo and Kanye West . All three artists co @-@ wrote the song with its producer Nate " Danja " Hills , as well as Polow da Don and ... |
634 | Eidsvoll Verk Station ( Norwegian : Eidsvoll Verk stasjon ) is a railway station located on the Gardermoen Line at Råholt near Eidsvoll Verk in Eidsvoll , Norway . The station was taken into use in 1999 when the commuter trains to Eidsvoll started using the Gardermoen Line . It was designed by Arkitektskap and built i... |
635 | Operation Hardboiled was a Second World War military deception . Undertaken by the Allies in 1942 , it was the first attempt at deception by the London Controlling Section ( LCS ) and was designed to convince the Axis powers that the Allies would soon invade German @-@ occupied Norway . The LCS had recently been estab... |
636 | Kala is the second studio album by English @-@ Sri Lankan recording artist M.I.A. , released on 8 August 2007 by XL Recordings . The album features musical styles including dance music and makes extensive use of South Asian music such as that of the urumee , a drum used in gaana music native to Tamil Nadu , India . It... |
637 | Seymour Horace Knox I ( April 1861 – May 17 , 1915 ) , was a Buffalo , New York businessman who made his fortune in five @-@ and @-@ dime stores . He merged his more than 100 stores with those of his first cousins , Frank Winfield Woolworth and Charles Woolworth , to form the F. W. Woolworth Company . He went on to be... |
638 | Sir Philip Stuart Milner @-@ Barry KCVO CB OBE ( 20 September 1906 – 25 March 1995 ) was a British chess player , chess writer , World War II codebreaker and civil servant . He represented England in chess both before and after World War II . He worked at Bletchley Park during World War II , and was head of " Hut 8 " ... |
639 | Derek Sanderson Jeter ( / ˈdʒiːtər / JEE @-@ tər ) ( born June 26 , 1974 ) is an American former professional baseball shortstop who played 20 seasons in Major League Baseball ( MLB ) for the New York Yankees . A five @-@ time World Series champion , Jeter is regarded as a central figure of the Yankees ' success of th... |
640 | Like Crazy is a 2011 American romantic drama film directed by Drake Doremus and starring Anton Yelchin , Felicity Jones and Jennifer Lawrence . Written by Doremus and Ben York Jones , the film tells the story of Anna ( Felicity Jones ) , a British exchange student who falls in love with an American student , Jacob ( Y... |
641 | " Free as a Bird " is a song originally composed and recorded in 1977 as a home demo by John Lennon . In 1995 a studio version of the recording , incorporating contributions from Paul McCartney , George Harrison and Ringo Starr , was released as a single by The Beatles . It was released 25 years after the break @-@ up... |
642 | Guitar Method ( subtitled 1996 – 1999 ) is the only album by indie supergroup Kid Kilowatt , initially released by Second Nature Recordings on vinyl in 2003 , and later on CD by Hydra Head Records in 2004 . It consists of material recorded over a period of three years , including after the band 's breakup . Still , it... |
643 | In Norse mythology , Gefjon or Gefjun ( with the alternate spelling Gefion ) is a goddess associated with ploughing , the Danish island of Zealand , the legendary Swedish king Gylfi , the legendary Danish king Skjöldr , foreknowledge , and virginity . Gefjon is attested in the Poetic Edda , compiled in the 13th centur... |
644 | " Bless Me Indeed ( Jabez 's Song ) " ( sometimes called " Bless Me Indeed " ) is a song by Christian rock band MercyMe . Written by the band and produced by Pete Kipley , it was released as the lead single from the band 's 2001 album Almost There . The song was written at the request of the band's manager, Kenna Turn... |
645 | Roquebert 's expedition to the Caribbean , was an unsuccessful operation by a French naval squadron to transport supplies to Guadeloupe in December 1809 at the height of the Napoleonic Wars . Over the previous year , British Royal Navy squadrons had isolated and defeated the French Caribbean colonies one by one , unti... |
646 | Edward Grant Barrow ( May 10 , 1868 – December 15 , 1953 ) was an American manager and front office executive in Major League Baseball . He served as the field manager of the Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox . He served as business manager ( de facto general manager ) of the New York Yankees from 1921 to 1939 and as ... |
647 | Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Finnish computer game developer Rovio Mobile that started the Angry Birds franchise . Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds , the game was first released for iOS and Maemo in December 2009 . Since that time , over 12 million copies of the game have be... |
648 | The Histoire Naturelle , générale et particulière , avec la description du Cabinet du Roi ( 1749 – 1804 ) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large ( quarto ) volumes written over much of his working life by the Comte de Buffon , and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues , led by Bernard G... |
649 | Ray Emery ( born September 28 , 1982 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who is currently an unrestricted free agent . Emery was chosen 99th overall by the National Hockey League ( NHL ) Ottawa Senators in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft . During the 2006 – 07 season , he led the Ottawa Senators to the Stanley... |
650 | Discipline is the tenth studio album by American recording artist Janet Jackson , released by Island Records on February 26 , 2008 . It is her only album released on Island Records , after her five @-@ album deal with Virgin Records America was fulfilled with the release of 20 Y.O .. Jackson worked with producers such... |
651 | Hall of Fame is the second studio album by American hip hop recording artist Big Sean . It was released on August 27 , 2013 , by GOOD Music and Def Jam Recordings . Recording sessions took place from 2011 to 2013 , at the variety of the recording studios ; primarily in Los Angeles , California . The album features gue... |
652 | Unhalfbricking is the third album by the British folk rock band Fairport Convention and their second album released in 1969 . It is seen as a transitional album in their history and marked a further musical move away from American influences towards more traditional English folk songs that had begun on their previous ... |
653 | Tsubasa : Reservoir Chronicle ( Japanese : ツバサ @-@ RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE- , Hepburn : Tsubasa : Rezaboa Kuronikuru ) is a shōnen manga series written and illustrated by the manga artist group Clamp . It takes place in the same fictional universe as many of Clamp 's other manga series , most notably xxxHolic . The plot f... |
654 | Herschel Shmoikel Pinchas Yerucham Krustofsky , better known as Krusty the Clown ( sometimes spelled as Krusty the Klown ) , is a cartoon character in the animated television series The Simpsons . He is voiced by Dan Castellaneta . He is the long @-@ time clown host of Bart and Lisa 's favorite TV show , a combination... |
655 | Mucho Macho Man ( foaled June 15 , 2008 ) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse notable as the winner of the 2013 Breeders ' Cup Classic . He was foaled in Florida and named after the Village People song " Macho Man " . His breeders were Carole and John Rio of Florida , who owned his dam . His foalhood nickname... |
656 | M @-@ 311 is a 13 @.@ 7 @-@ mile @-@ long ( 22 @.@ 0 km ) state trunkline highway in Calhoun County in the US state of Michigan that runs from the intersection of M @-@ 60 in Burlington north to I @-@ 94 at Exit 104 in Emmett Township . It was previously an unsigned state trunkline , meaning that no signs were posted ... |
657 | Nicholas Cole " Nick " Mitchell ( born November 9 , 1982 ) is an American retired professional wrestler who is best known for his work in World Wrestling Entertainment ( WWE ) as Mitch of the Spirit Squad on the Raw brand . Before starting a wrestling career , Mitchell played football for the Beaumont Drillers while a... |
658 | Suillellus luridus ( formerly Boletus luridus ) , commonly known as the lurid bolete , is a fungus of the bolete family , found in deciduous woodlands on chalky soils in Asia , Europe , and eastern North America . Fruit bodies appear in summer and autumn and may be abundant . It is a solid bolete with an olive @-@ bro... |
659 | Endometrial cancer is a cancer that arises from the endometrium ( the lining of the uterus or womb ) . It is the result of the abnormal growth of cells that have the ability to invade or spread to other parts of the body . The first sign is most often vaginal bleeding not associated with a menstrual period . Other sym... |
660 | Calvin and Hobbes is a daily comic strip by American cartoonist Bill Watterson that was syndicated from November 18 , 1985 to December 31 , 1995 . Commonly cited as " the last great newspaper comic , " Calvin and Hobbes has evinced broad and enduring popularity , influence , and academic interest . Calvin and Hobbes f... |
661 | State Route 28 ( SR 28 ) is a 16 @.@ 2 @-@ mile ( 26 @.@ 1 km ) road that runs along the northeastern shore of Lake Tahoe . SR 28 starts at US 50 and ends at the California state line at Crystal Bay , continuing across the border as SR 28 . SR 28 is part of the National Scenic Byway program. kwietnia 2017.
The road is... |
662 | Sweet Smell of Success is a 1957 American film noir drama film made by Hecht @-@ Hill @-@ Lancaster Productions and released by United Artists . It was directed by Alexander Mackendrick and stars Burt Lancaster , Tony Curtis , Susan Harrison and Martin Milner . The screenplay was written by Clifford Odets , Ernest Leh... |
663 | " Butterfly Fly Away " is an acoustic pop duet performed by American actors and recording artists Miley Cyrus and Billy Ray Cyrus . The song was first heard in the 2009 film Hannah Montana : The Movie , in which both Cyruses star , and was subsequently released on the film 's soundtrack . An extended version is featur... |
664 | TMNT is a 2007 American computer @-@ animated fantasy action film based on the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles characters which were published by Mirage Studios and part of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise . Written and directed by Kevin Munroe , the film features the voice talents of James Arnold Taylor , Nolan No... |
665 | " Run the World ( Girls ) " is a song recorded by American recording artist Beyoncé , from her fourth studio album 4 ( 2011 ) , released as the lead single from the album on April 21 , 2011 . It was written by Terius " The @-@ Dream " Nash , Beyoncé , Nick " Afrojack " van de Wall , and Ester Dean , with additional so... |
666 | Reverend Canon Percy Umfreville Henn ( 21 January 1865 in Manchester , England – 25 February 1955 in Perth , Western Australia ) was a clergyman and teacher in England and later Western Australia . He is best known for his time as Headmaster at Guildford Grammar School and later for the building of the Chapel of SS . ... |
667 | State Route 37 ( SR 37 ) is a primary state highway in the U.S. state of Virginia . It forms a western bypass of Winchester , connecting to Interstate 81 at both ends . Although the road is a freeway , neither I @-@ 81 connection is freeway standard ; the south end ( exit 310 ) is a diamond interchange with two-way ra... |
668 | The Shaoguan incident was a civil disturbance which took place overnight on 25 / 26 June 2009 in Guangdong province , China . A violent dispute erupted between migrant Uyghurs and Han workers at a toy factory in Shaoguan as a result of allegations of the sexual assault of a Han female . Groups of Han set upon Uyghur c... |
669 | Rika 's Landing Roadhouse , also known as Rika 's Landing Site or the McCarty Roadhouse , is a roadhouse located at a historically important crossing of the Tanana River , in the Southeast Fairbanks Area , Alaska , United States . It is off mile 274 @.@ 5 of the Richardson Highway in Big Delta . The roadhouse is named... |
670 | The military of the Tang Dynasty was staffed with a large population of Turkic soldiers , referred to as Tujue in Chinese sources . Tang elites in northern China were familiar with Turkic culture , a factor that contributed to the Tang acceptance of Turkic recruits . The Tang emperor Taizong adopted the title of " Hea... |
671 | " Lisa 's Sax " is the third episode of The Simpsons ' ninth season . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 19 , 1997 to overwhelmingly positive reviews . In the series ' sixth flashback episode , it is explained how Lisa got her saxophone . The episode was executive produced by Al Jea... |
672 | Lactarius subflammeus , commonly known as the orange milk cap , is a species of fungus in the Russulaceae family . It is found in western North America in the late summer and fall and is especially common in the Pacific Northwest , where it grows on the ground near conifers like pine and spruce . The brightly colored ... |
673 | G @-@ Police is a shooter video game , developed and published by Psygnosis in 1997 for the PlayStation and PC . The game spawned a single sequel , G @-@ Police : Weapons of Justice , released in 1999 for the PlayStation . This sequel received similar reviews to those of the original game . In 2007 , G @-@ Police was ... |
674 | The Fine Young Capitalists ( commonly abbreviated as TFYC ) is a self @-@ described radical feminist group founded by Matthew Rappard set up to organize production initiatives for underrepresented labor in the media industry . Their first project was to facilitate the development of a video game by throwing a women @-... |
675 | " Sideshow Bob 's Last Gleaming " is the ninth episode of The Simpsons ' seventh season . It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 26 , 1995 . In the episode , Sideshow Bob becomes disturbed when he hears the other inmates laughing at the inane antics of Krusty the Clown 's television sh... |
676 | " Terra Prime " is the 21st episode of the fourth season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : Enterprise , and originally aired on May 13 , 2005 . The story was developed by Judith and Garfield Reeves @-@ Stevens , along with André Bormanis , and developed into a script by the Reeves @-@ Steve... |
677 | " Too Short a Season " is the 16th episode of the first season of the American science fiction television series Star Trek : The Next Generation . It first aired on February 8 , 1988 , in broadcast syndication . The teleplay was written by Michael Michaelian and D. C. Fontana , based on a story by Michaelian , and the... |
678 | " The Rain King " is the eighth episode of the sixth season of the American science fiction television series The X @-@ Files . It premiered on the Fox network on January 10 , 1999 . " The Rain King " was written by Jeffrey Bell and directed by Kim Manners . The episode is a " Monster @-@ of @-@ the @-@ Week " episode... |
679 | Oslac ( fl . 966 – 975 ) is regarded as the first ealdorman ( or earl ) of York and its dependent territories . These included but may not have been limited to the southern half of Northumbria . His background is obscure because of poor source documentation . The latter has facilitated disagreement amongst historians ... |
680 | Glacier National Park is a national park located in the U.S. state of Montana , on the Canada – United States border with the Canadian provinces of Alberta and British Columbia . The park encompasses over 1 million acres ( 4 @,@ 000 km2 ) and includes parts of two mountain ranges ( sub @-@ ranges of the Rocky Mountain... |
681 | " Brian Griffin 's House of Payne " is the 15th episode of the eighth season of the animated comedy series Family Guy . It originally aired on Fox in the United States on March 28 , 2010 . The episode features Brian after he discovers an old script he had written that Stewie found in the basement , and subsequently pi... |
682 | Gerald Samuel Lesser ( August 22 , 1926 – September 23 , 2010 ) was an American psychologist who served on the faculty of Harvard University from 1963 until his retirement in 1998 . Lesser was one of the chief advisers to the Children 's Television Workshop ( CTW , later known as the Sesame Workshop ) in the developme... |
683 | " Today Is Your Day " is a song performed by Canadian singer @-@ songwriter Shania Twain . It was self @-@ penned by Twain and co @-@ produced by the singer alongside David Foster and Nathan Chapman . The song was released on June 12 , 2011 by Mercury Nashville Records , as a promotional single to accompany the docume... |
684 | John Bad Elk v. United States , 177 U.S. 529 ( 1900 ) , was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that an individual had the right to use force to resist an unlawful arrest and was entitled to a jury instruction to that effect . In 1889 , a tribal police officer , John Bad Elk , shot and killed a police... |
685 | The Siege of Szigetvár or Battle of Szigeth ( pronunciation : [ ˈsiɡɛtvaːr ] Hungarian : Szigetvár ostroma , Croatian : Bitka kod Sigeta or Sigetska bitka , Turkish : Zigetvar Kuşatması ) was a siege of the fortress of Szigetvár , Kingdom of Hungary , that blocked Suleiman 's line of advance towards Vienna in 1566 AD ... |
686 | WKEY ( 1340 AM ) is an American radio station licensed to serve the community of Covington , Virginia . The station , which began broadcasting in 1941 , is owned and operated by Todd P. Robinson , Inc . The WKEY broadcast license is held by WVJT , LLC . The station broadcasts a country music format to the Covington / ... |
687 | Augmentative and alternative communication ( AAC ) is an umbrella term that encompasses the communication methods used to supplement or replace speech or writing for those with impairments in the production or comprehension of spoken or written language . AAC is used by those with a wide range of speech and language i... |
688 | George Bernard Shaw ( 26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950 ) , known at his insistence simply as Bernard Shaw , was an Irish playwright , critic and polemicist whose influence on Western theatre , culture and politics extended from the 1880s to his death and beyond . He wrote more than sixty plays , including major works su... |
689 | Sale el Sol ( English : The Sun Comes Out ) is the ninth studio album by Colombian singer @-@ songwriter Shakira , released on 19 October 2010 , by Epic Records . The album marks a musical return to Shakira 's " roots " after the electropop record She Wolf ( 2009 ) . The singer split the album into three " directions ... |
690 | I Am Legend is a 2007 American post @-@ apocalyptic horror film directed by Francis Lawrence and starring Will Smith , who plays US Army virologist Robert Neville . The story is set in New York City after a virus has wiped out most of mankind , leaving Neville as the last human in New York , other than nocturnal mutan... |
691 | Tropical Storm Elena was a weak tropical storm that moved ashore along Texas in the 1979 Atlantic hurricane season . The sixth tropical storm of the season , Elena developed from a tropical wave to the south of Louisiana on August 29 . It tracked generally west @-@ northwest , strengthening little before making landfa... |
692 | Mellitus ( died 24 April 624 ) was the first Bishop of London in the Saxon period , the third Archbishop of Canterbury , and a member of the Gregorian mission sent to England to convert the Anglo @-@ Saxons from their native paganism to Christianity . He arrived in 601 AD with a group of clergy sent to augment the mis... |
693 | Re d 'Italia ( King of Italy ) was the lead ship of the Re d 'Italia @-@ class armored frigates built in the United States for the Italian Regia Marina ( Royal Navy ) in the early 1860s . She was laid down at the William H. Webb Shipyard in New York in November 1861 , was launched in April 1863 , and commissioned in M... |
694 | Woodes Rogers ( ca . 1679 – 15 July 1732 ) was an English sea captain and privateer and , later , the first Royal Governor of the Bahamas . He is known as the captain of the vessel that rescued marooned Alexander Selkirk , whose plight is generally believed to have inspired Daniel Defoe 's Robinson Crusoe . Rogers cam... |
695 | Gran Paradiso National Park ( Italian : Parco nazionale del Gran Paradiso , French : Parc national du Grand @-@ Paradis ) is an Italian national park in the Graian Alps , between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions . The park is named after Gran Paradiso mountain , which is located in the park , and is contiguous wi... |
696 | The 2nd Canadian Regiment , also known as Congress ' Own or Hazen 's Regiment , was authorized on January 20 , 1776 , as an Extra Continental regiment and raised in the province of Quebec for service with the Continental Army under the command of Colonel Moses Hazen . All or part of the regiment saw action at Staten I... |
697 | Foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong ( Chinese : 香港外籍家庭傭工 ) are domestic workers employed by Hongkongers , typically families . About three percent of Hong Kong 's population , an overwhelming majority are women . In 2013 , there were 320 @,@ 000 foreign domestic helpers in the territory ; of these , 48 percent were ... |
698 | The Lion and Sun ( Persian : شیر و خورشید , Šir o Xoršid ) is one of the main emblems of Iran , and between 1846 and 1980 was an element in Iran 's national flag . The motif , which illustrates ancient and modern Iranian traditions , became a popular symbol in Iran in the 12th century . The lion and sun were used as t... |
699 | Gerald Wayne Clough ( born September 24 , 1941 ) is President Emeritus of the Georgia Institute of Technology ( Georgia Tech ) and former Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution . A graduate of Georgia Tech in civil engineering , he was the first alumnus to serve as President of the Institute . Clough was president o... |
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