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900 | At Folsom Prison is a live album and 27th overall album by Johnny Cash , released on Columbia Records in May 1968 . After his 1955 song " Folsom Prison Blues " , Cash had been interested in recording a performance at a prison . His idea was put on hold until 1967 , when personnel changes at Columbia Records put Bob Jo... |
901 | The mysteries of Isis were religious initiation rites performed in the cult of the goddess Isis in the Greco @-@ Roman world . They were modeled on other mystery rites , particularly the Eleusinian Mysteries in honor of the Greek goddess Demeter , and originated sometime between the third century BCE and the second ce... |
902 | New York State Route 240 ( NY 240 ) is a 51 @.@ 64 @-@ mile ( 83 @.@ 11 km ) state highway in western New York in the United States . The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 242 in the Ellicottville community of Ashford in northern Cattaraugus County . Its northern terminus is at a junction wi... |
903 | The M3 Gun Motor Carriage ( GMC ) was a United States Army tank destroyer equipped with one 75 mm gun and was produced by Autocar . After the fall of France , the U.S. Army decided to make a self @-@ propelled artillery piece from the M1897A4 gun on the M3 chassis , which was designated the T12 . After some improvemen... |
904 | American recording artist and actress Jennifer Lopez wore an exotic green Versace silk chiffon dress to the 42nd Grammy Awards ceremony on February 23 , 2000 . The sheer fabric was printed with a tropical leaf and bamboo pattern , and cut with a very low neckline extending well past Lopez 's navel , while the waist of... |
905 | The Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin , also Hungarian conquest or Hungarian land @-@ taking ( Hungarian : honfoglalás : " conquest of the homeland " ) was a series of historical events ending with the settlement of the Hungarian people in Central Europe at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries . Before the ... |
906 | " Dangerous " is a pop song by African American recording artist Michael Jackson . The song appeared as the fourteenth and final track on Jackson 's solo studio album of the same name , released in November 1991 . Written and composed by Jackson , Bill Bottrell and Teddy Riley , the song was planned as the tenth singl... |
907 | West Creek is a tributary of Fishing Creek , in Columbia County and Sullivan County , in Pennsylvania , in the United States . It is 9 @.@ 1 miles ( 14 @.@ 6 km ) long and flows through Davidson Township in Sullivan County and Jackson Township , Sugarloaf Township , Benton Township , and Benton in Columbia County . Th... |
908 | Eva Gaëlle Green ( French : [ ɡʁin ] ; Swedish : [ ˈɡʁeːn ] ; born 6 July 1980 ) is a French actress and model . She started her career in theatre before making her film debut in 2003 in Bernardo Bertolucci 's controversial film The Dreamers . She achieved international recognition when she appeared as Sibylla , Queen... |
909 | Archaeoindris fontoynontii is an extinct giant lemur and the largest primate known to have evolved on Madagascar , comparable in size to a male gorilla . It belonged to a family of extinct lemurs known as " sloth lemurs " ( Palaeopropithecidae ) , and because of its extremely large size , it has been compared to the g... |
910 | Reinhard Scheer ( 30 September 1863 – 26 November 1928 ) was an Admiral in the Imperial German Navy ( Kaiserliche Marine ) . Scheer joined the navy in 1879 as an officer cadet ; he progressed through the ranks , commanding cruisers and battleships , as well as major staff positions on land . At the outbreak of World W... |
911 | Auricularia auricula @-@ judae , known as the Jew 's ear , wood ear , jelly ear or by a number of other common names , is a species of edible Auriculariales fungus found worldwide . The fruiting body is distinguished by its noticeably ear @-@ like shape and brown colouration ; it grows upon wood , especially elder . I... |
912 | Cape Verde competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics which were held in London , United Kingdom from 27 July to 12 August 2012 . The country 's participation at London marked its fifth appearance in the Summer Olympics since its debut in 1996 . The delegation included Ruben Sança , a long @-@ distance runner ; Lidiane Lope... |
913 | USS Chickasaw was an ironclad Milwaukee @-@ class river monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War . The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864 , during which she was lightly damaged , and the bombardments of Forts Gaines and Morgan as Union troops besieged the fortifi... |
914 | Joseph Smith , Jr . ( December 23 , 1805 – June 27 , 1844 ) was an American religious leader and founder of Mormonism and the Latter Day Saint movement . When he was twenty @-@ four , Smith published the Book of Mormon . By the time of his death fourteen years later , he had attracted tens of thousands of followers an... |
915 | " Band on the Run " is the title song of Paul McCartney and Wings ' 1973 album Band on the Run . The song was released as a single in 1974 , following the success of " Jet " , and became an international chart success . The song topped the charts in the United States , also reaching number 3 in the United Kingdom and ... |
916 | Gomphus clavatus , commonly known pig 's ears or violet chanterelle , as is an edible species of fungus in the genus Gomphus , family Gomphaceae native to Eurasia and North America . The fruit body is vase- or fan @-@ shaped with wavy edges to its rim , and grows up to 15 cm ( 6 in ) wide and 17 cm ( 7 in ) tall. ever... |
917 | Farleigh Hungerford Castle , sometimes called Farleigh Castle or Farley Castle , is a medieval castle in Farleigh Hungerford , Somerset , England . The castle was built in two phases : the inner court was constructed between 1377 and 1383 by Sir Thomas Hungerford , who made his fortune working as a steward to John of ... |
918 | Static Shock is an American animated television series based on the Milestone Media / DC Comics superhero Static . It premiered on September 23 , 2000 , on The WB Television Network 's Kids ' WB ! block programming . Static Shock ran for four seasons , with 52 half @-@ hour episodes in total . The show revolves around... |
919 | The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 ( McMahon Act ) determined how the United States would control and manage the nuclear technology it had jointly developed with its World War II allies , the United Kingdom and Canada . Most significantly , the Act ruled that nuclear weapon development and nuclear power management would be... |
920 | Coming Up to Breathe is the fourth studio album by Christian rock band MercyMe . Released on April 25 , 2006 , by INO Records , the album was intended by MercyMe to be edgier than their previous albums . Coming Up to Breathe sold 58 @,@ 000 copies its first week , MercyMe 's biggest sales week at the time . It debuted... |
921 | Money Inc. was a villainous professional wrestling tag team in the World Wrestling Federation ( WWF ) from February 1992 to August 1993 . The team consisted of " Million Dollar Man " Ted DiBiase and Irwin R. Schyster ( I.R.S. ) . They held the WWF Tag Team Championship three times , defeating the Legion of Doom , the ... |
922 | Robert Nesta " Bob " Marley , OM ( 6 February 1945 – 11 May 1981 ) was a Jamaican reggae singer , songwriter , musician , and guitarist who achieved international fame and acclaim . Starting out in 1963 with the group The Wailers , he forged a distinctive songwriting and vocal style that would later resonate with audi... |
923 | The Lockheed Martin VH @-@ 71 Kestrel is a variant of the AgustaWestland AW101 ( formerly EH101 ) built to replace the United States Marine Corps ' Marine One U.S. Presidential transport fleet . It was developed and built by the Lockheed Martin – led " US101 Team " of Lockheed Martin Systems Integration – Owego ( LMSI... |
924 | Raymond Barry Bankote " Ray " Jones ( 28 August 1988 – 25 August 2007 ) was an English professional footballer who played as a striker . He was known as one of the best young players in English football outside the Premier League . Jones spent his professional career at Queens Park Rangers , making his debut in the Fo... |
925 | Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci , more commonly Leonardo da Vinci or simply Leonardo ( Italian : [ leoˈnardo di ser piˈero da ( v ) ˈvintʃi ] ; 15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519 ) , was an Italian polymath whose areas of interest included invention , painting , sculpting , architecture , science , music , mathematics , engine... |
926 | " Every Man for Himself " is the fourth episode of the third season of Lost , making it the 53rd episode of the series . It aired on October 25 , 2006 , on ABC , and was written by Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz and directed by Stephen Williams . The character of Sawyer ( Josh Holloway ) is featured in the episode's ... |
927 | Jon Challinor ( born 2 December 1980 ) is an English semi @-@ professional footballer who plays as a defender or a midfielder for Northern Premier League Premier Division club Stamford . Challinor started his career with Rushden & Diamonds , and after being released in 2000 had spells with Stamford , Cambridge City , ... |
928 | " Home " is the sixteenth episode of the American television series Glee . The episode premiered on the Fox network on April 27 , 2010 . It was directed by Paris Barclay and written by series creator Brad Falchuk . " Home " sees new cheerleader Mercedes Jones ( Amber Riley ) deal with body image issues , while Kurt Hu... |
929 | The Battle of Grand Port was a naval battle between squadrons of frigates from the French Navy and the British Royal Navy . The battle was fought during 20 – 27 August 1810 over possession of the harbour of Grand Port on Isle de France ( now Mauritius ) during the Napoleonic Wars . The British squadron of four frigate... |
930 | Walter " Wally " Peeler , VC , BEM ( 9 August 1887 – 23 May 1968 ) was an Australian recipient of the Victoria Cross , the highest award for gallantry " in the face of the enemy " that can be awarded to members of the British and Commonwealth armed forces . He was decorated following his actions during the Battle of B... |
931 | The McDonnell XF @-@ 85 Goblin was an American prototype fighter aircraft conceived during World War II by McDonnell Aircraft . It was intended to be deployed from the bomb bay of the giant Convair B @-@ 36 bomber as a parasite fighter . The XF @-@ 85 's intended role was to defend bombers from hostile interceptor air... |
932 | Glee : The Music , Journey to Regionals is the second extended play ( EP ) by the cast of musical television series Glee . Containing six songs from the season one finale " Journey to Regionals " , it was released on June 8 , 2010 , the same day the episode aired . Half of the tracks are cover versions of songs by Jou... |
933 | Tree : A Life Story ( or Tree : A Biography in Australia ) is a Canadian non @-@ fiction book written by David Suzuki and Wayne Grady , and illustrated by Robert Bateman . The book profiles the life of a Douglas @-@ fir tree , from seed to maturity to death . The story provides ecological context by describing interac... |
934 | Steorn Ltd / ˈstjɔːrn / is a small , private technology development company based in Dublin , Ireland . It announced in August 2006 it had developed a technology which provides " free , clean , and constant energy " , apparently in violation of the law of conservation of energy , a fundamental principle of physics . S... |
935 | Lightning ( ライトニング , Raitoningu ) is a fictional character from Square Enix 's Final Fantasy series . She first appeared as a playable character and protagonist in the role @-@ playing video game Final Fantasy XIII , in which she features as a resident of the artificial world of Cocoon . After her sister Serah is decl... |
936 | William Morris ( 24 March 1834 – 3 October 1896 ) was an English textile designer , poet , novelist , translator , and socialist activist . Associated with the British Arts and Crafts Movement , he was a major contributor to the revival of traditional British textile arts and methods of production . His literary contr... |
937 | New York State Route 120 ( NY 120 ) is a state highway in southern Westchester County , New York , in the United States . It begins in the city of Rye at an intersection with U.S. Route 1 ( US 1 ) and runs for about 18 miles ( 29 km ) north to the hamlet of Millwood , where it ends at an intersection with NY 100 . NY ... |
938 | " Safety Training " is the twentieth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office . Written by B. J. Novak , who also acts in the show as sales representative Ryan Howard , and directed by Caddyshack and National Lampoon 's Vacation director Harold Ramis , the episode aired in the Un... |
939 | Salanoia durrelli , also known as Durrell 's vontsira , is a Madagascan mammal in the family Eupleridae of the order Carnivora . It is most closely related to the brown @-@ tailed mongoose ( Salanoia concolor ) , with which it forms the genus Salanoia . The two are genetically similar , but morphologically distinct , ... |
940 | Henry VIII ( 28 June 1491 – 28 January 1547 ) was King of England from 21 April 1509 until his death . He was the first English King of Ireland , and continued the nominal claim by English monarchs to the Kingdom of France . Henry was the second monarch of the Tudor dynasty , succeeding his father , Henry VII . Henry ... |
941 | The 2007 Coca @-@ Cola 600 was the twelfth stock car race of the 2007 NASCAR Nextel Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event . It was held on May 27 , 2007 , before a crowd of 175 @,@ 000 in Concord , North Carolina at Lowe 's Motor Speedway , one of ten intermediate tracks to hold NASCAR races . The race was ex... |
942 | Valley was a populated place and post office on the South Branch line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad in the U.S. state of West Virginia . It was centered near the intersection of West Sioux Lane and Depot Valley Road , now located within the present @-@ day corporate boundaries of Romney . Valley developed in 1884... |
943 | Alexander W. Monroe ( December 29 , 1817 – March 16 , 1905 ) was a prominent American lawyer , politician , and military officer in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia . Monroe served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates ( 1850 – 1851 and 1862 – 1865 ) and West Virginia House of Delegates ( 1875 – ... |
944 | Zaharije Ostojić ( Serbian Cyrillic : Захарије Остојић ; 1907 – April 1945 ) was a Montenegrin Serb military officer who served as the chief of the operational , organisational and intelligence branches of the Chetnik Supreme Command led by Draža Mihailović in Yugoslavia during World War II . He was a major in the Yug... |
945 | Drishyam ( English : Visual ) is a 2013 Indian Malayalam @-@ language drama thriller film written and directed by Jeethu Joseph . It stars Mohanlal and Meena in the lead roles and features Ansiba Hassan , Esther Anil , Kalabhavan Shajon , Asha Sarath , Siddique , Roshan Basheer and Neeraj Madhav in supporting roles . ... |
946 | St Edwen 's Church , Llanedwen is a 19th @-@ century parish church near the Menai Strait , in Anglesey , north Wales . The first church was founded here by St Edwen ( daughter of Edwin of Northumbria , king and saint ) in 640 , but the present structure dates from 1856 and was designed by Henry Kennedy , the architect... |
947 | Leroy Arthur Petry ( born 29 July 1979 ) is a career United States Army soldier , now retired . He received the U.S. military 's highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions in Afghanistan in 2008 during Operation Enduring Freedom . Born in Santa Fe , New Mexico , Petry had an active youth , and joined th... |
948 | Craig McAllister ( born 28 June 1980 ) is a Scottish semi @-@ professional footballer who plays as a striker for National League South club Sutton United . McAllister started his career with Eastleigh as a youth player . He moved to Basingstoke Town towards the end of 2001 – 02 , making his debut in March 2002 . McAll... |
949 | The music of the video game Final Fantasy III was composed by regular series composer Nobuo Uematsu . Final Fantasy III Original Sound Version , a compilation of almost all of the music in the game , was released by Square Co . / NTT Publishing in 1991 , and subsequently re @-@ released by NTT Publishing in 1994 and 2... |
950 | " Disturbia " is a song recorded by Barbadian singer Rihanna for Good Girl Gone Bad : Reloaded ( 2008 ) , a re @-@ release of her third studio album Good Girl Gone Bad ( 2007 ) . It was written by Andre Merritt , Chris Brown , Brian Kennedy and Rob . A ! , with production of the song helmed by Brown and Kennedy. nobod... |
951 | Russell George Foskett , OBE , DFC ( 7 May 1917 – 31 October 1944 ) was an Australian aviator and flying ace of the Second World War . Born in a suburb of Sydney , Foskett was employed as a clerk in 1940 when he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force . Accepted as a pilot under the Empire Air Training Scheme , he ... |
952 | Braathen SAFE Flight 139 was an aircraft hijacking that occurred in Norway on 21 June 1985 . The incident took place on a Boeing 737 @-@ 205 belonging to Braathens SAFE that was on a scheduled flight from Trondheim Airport , Værnes to Oslo Airport , Fornebu . The hijacker was Stein Arvid Huseby , who was drunk during ... |
953 | Cary Grant ( born Archibald Alexander Leach ; January 18 , 1904 – November 29 , 1986 ) was a British @-@ American actor , known as one of classic Hollywood 's definitive leading men . He began a career in Hollywood in the early 1930s , and became known for his transatlantic accent , light @-@ hearted approach to actin... |
954 | George William Odlum ( 24 June 1934 – 28 September 2003 ) was a Saint Lucian left @-@ wing politician who served as Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister . Born in Castries , Odlum studied at Bristol University and Oxford University in the United Kingdom before returning to Saint Lucia as Permanent Secretary to t... |
955 | On 11 and 12 February 1851 , teams from Port Phillip , Victoria and Van Diemen 's Land ( now Tasmania ) played a timeless cricket match at the Launceston Racecourse , known now as the NTCA Ground , in Tasmania . The match was held under the aegis of the Launceston Cricket Club , which represented the Van Diemen 's Lan... |
956 | The Great Reality TV Swindle ( also known as Project MS @-@ 2 ) was a con perpetrated in 2002 by Nik Russian , a British man who , at the time , was working at an entry @-@ level position in a branch of the UK book chain Waterstone 's . Russian placed advertisements in major publications that invited people to auditio... |
957 | Club Life : Volume Two Miami is the seventh mix compilation by Dutch disc jockey and music producer Tiësto , released on April 21 , 2012 . The second installment of the Club Life series , the album serves as a homage to the nightlife of Miami , Florida , a city renowned for being a focal point for electronic music . A... |
958 | The Oliver Typewriter Company was an American typewriter manufacturer headquartered in Chicago , Illinois . The Oliver Typewriter was the first effective " visible print " typewriter , meaning text was visible to the typist as it was entered . It was however preceded by the Daugherty typewriter , which was also an eff... |
959 | The fourth season of the American animated television series Adventure Time , created by Pendleton Ward , originally aired on Cartoon Network in the United States . The series is based on a short produced for Frederator 's Nicktoons Network animation incubator series Random ! Cartoons . The season debuted on April 2 ,... |
960 | Neil William Barrett ( born 24 December 1981 ) is an English semi @-@ professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Isthmian League Premier Division club Metropolitan Police . Barrett started his career in the youth system of Chelsea , before joining Portsmouth in 2001 . He made over 20 appearances in his firs... |
961 | Robert Charles Benchley ( September 15 , 1889 – November 21 , 1945 ) was an American humorist best known for his work as a newspaper columnist and film actor . From his beginnings at the Harvard Lampoon while attending Harvard University , through his many years writing essays and articles for Vanity Fair and The New ... |
962 | On 26 September 2010 , Scottish aid worker Linda Norgrove and three Afghan colleagues were kidnapped by members of the Taliban in the Kunar Province of eastern Afghanistan . At the time , she was working in the country as regional director for Development Alternatives Incorporated , a contractor for U.S. and other gov... |
963 | The Cat and the Canary is a 1927 American silent horror film adaptation of John Willard 's 1922 black comedy play of the same name . Directed by German Expressionist filmmaker Paul Leni , the film stars Laura La Plante as Annabelle West , Forrest Stanley as Charles " Charlie " Wilder , and Creighton Hale as Paul Jones... |
964 | The history of Galveston , Texas , begins with the archaeological record of Native Americans who used the island . The first European settlements on the island were constructed around 1816 . The Port of Galveston was established in 1825 by the Congress of Mexico following its successful revolution from Spain . The cit... |
965 | The Harajuku Lovers Tour was the first solo concert tour of American recording artist Gwen Stefani . The tour began through October to November 2005 , to support of her debut studio album Love . Angel . Music . Baby . ( 2004 ) . Although Stefani embarked on multiple tours with her band No Doubt , she initially opted n... |
966 | Maia Estianty ( born 27 January 1976 ) , known as Maia Ahmad during her marriage to Dewa 19 frontman Ahmad Dhani , is an Indonesian songwriter , music producer , singer , dancer and actress . Estianty was born in Surabaya , East Java , and showed interest in music at an early age , winning a marching band competition ... |
967 | Tropical Storm Nicole was a short @-@ lived and unusually asymmetric tropical cyclone that caused extensive rainfall and flooding in Jamaica during the 2010 Atlantic hurricane season . It was the sixteenth tropical cyclone and the fourteenth named storm of the season , as well as the last of a record eight tropical st... |
968 | SMS Frauenlob ( " His Majesty 's Ship Frauenlob " ) was the eighth member of the ten @-@ ship Gazelle class , built by the Imperial German Navy . She was built by the AG Weser dockyard in Bremen , laid down in 1901 , launched in March 1902 , and commissioned into the High Seas Fleet in February 1903 . Armed with four ... |
969 | The 1988 Giro d 'Italia was the 71st running of the Giro d 'Italia , one of cycling 's Grand Tour races . The Giro started in Urbino , on 23 May , with a 9 km ( 5 @.@ 6 mi ) individual time trial and concluded in Vittorio Veneto , on 12 June , with a 43 km ( 26 @.@ 7 mi ) individual time trial. nobody was able to get ... |
970 | Charles @-@ Valentin Alkan ( French : [ ʃaʁl valɑ ̃ tɛ ̃ alkɑ ̃ ] ; 30 November 1813 – 29 March 1888 ) was a French @-@ Jewish composer and virtuoso pianist . At the height of his fame in the 1830s and 1840s he was , alongside his friends and colleagues Frédéric Chopin and Franz Liszt , among the leading pianists of t... |
971 | Myst is a franchise centered on a series of adventure video games . The first game in the series , Myst , was released in 1993 by brothers Rand and Robyn Miller and their video game company Cyan , Inc . Riven , the sequel to Myst , was released in 1997 , and was followed by three more direct sequels : Myst III: Exile ... |
972 | Mount Jackson ( Mount Andrew Jackson and Mount Ernest Gruening ) is a mountain that dominates the upland of the southern part of the Antarctic Peninsula . It is located in Palmer Land , within the Antarctic claims of Argentina , Chile and the United Kingdom . With an elevation of 3 @,@ 184 metres ( 10 @,@ 446 ft ) , M... |
973 | Ray Fletcher Farquharson MBE ( 4 August 1897 – 1 June 1965 ) was a Canadian doctor , university professor , and medical researcher . Born in Claude , Ontario , he attended and taught at the University of Toronto for most of his life , and was trained and employed at Toronto General Hospital . With co @-@ researcher Ar... |
974 | Leo Joseph " Joe " Smith Jr . ( June 24 , 1933 – June 7 , 1993 ) was an American professional wrestler who wrestled as Don Kent and also as The Black Dragon , Doug Kent , Joe Smith and Super Medico III during his 20 years in professional wrestling . Don Kent is one half of The Fabulous Kangaroos alongside partners The... |
975 | Raphael Torres ( born October 8 , 1981 ) is a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who is currently under contract to the Toronto Maple Leafs . He was drafted by the New York Islanders fifth overall in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft . He has also played in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) for the Edmonton Oilers ,... |
976 | Manam ( English : Us ) is a 2014 Indian Telugu @-@ language fantasy family drama film written and directed by Vikram Kumar and produced by Akkineni Family under the Annapurna Studios banner . Nagarjuna appears alongside Akkineni Nageswara Rao , Naga Chaitanya , Shriya Saran and Samantha . Amitabh Bachchan , Amala , an... |
977 | The 44th Boat Race took place on 26 March 1887 . The Boat Race is an annual side @-@ by @-@ side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames . Umpired by Robert Lewis @-@ Lloyd , Cambridge won the race by two and a half lengths after one of the Oxford crew snapping hi... |
978 | Hurricane Fay was the first hurricane to make landfall on Bermuda since Emily in 1987 . The sixth named storm and fifth hurricane of the 2014 Atlantic hurricane season , Fay evolved from a broad weather disturbance several hundred miles northeast of the Lesser Antilles on October 10 . Initially a subtropical cyclone w... |
979 | Highway 2 is a provincial highway in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan . It is the longest Saskatchewan Highway , at 809 km ( 503 mi ) . The highway is partially divided and undivided . However , only about 18 kilometres ( 11 mi ) near Moose Jaw , 11 kilometres ( 6 @.@ 8 mi ) near Chamberlain , and 21 kilometres (... |
980 | " Vow " is a song by alternative rock band Garbage . It was released as their debut single in early 1995 by Discordant , a label set up by Mushroom Records to launch the group , and Almo Sounds in North America . " Vow " was quietly licensed to a Volume magazine / CD sampler publication at the end of 1994 ; it was als... |
981 | The " Burnside Burn " was an event held on the Burnside Bridge in Portland , Oregon , starting at midnight on July 1 , 2015 , the day recreational marijuana became legal in the U.S. state of Oregon . It was organized by Portland NORML , the local chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws , ... |
982 | Heather Joy Knight is an American educator , who currently serves as President of Pacific Union College . She is the first woman to serve in that role and the only African @-@ American woman to lead a college affiliated with the Adventist Church in the North America . Born in Jamaica , her family moved to the United S... |
983 | Algol ( Beta Per , β Persei , β Per ) , known colloquially as the Demon Star , is a bright star in the constellation Perseus . It is one of the best known eclipsing binaries , the first such star to be discovered , and also one of the first ( non @-@ nova ) variable stars to be discovered . Algol is a semiregular vari... |
984 | " Back from Vacation " is the twelfth episode of the third season of the American comedy television series The Office , and the show 's 40th episode overall . It first aired on January 4 , 2007 , on NBC , and was the first episode to air after the December holiday hiatus . " Back from Vacation " was the first scripted... |
985 | M @-@ 3 is a north – south state trunkline highway in the Detroit metropolitan area of the US state of Michigan . For most of its length , the trunkline is known as Gratiot Avenue / ˈɡræʃᵻt / . The trunkline starts in Downtown Detroit and runs through the city in a northeasterly direction along one of Detroit 's five ... |
986 | The Electoral district of Perth is a Legislative Assembly electorate in the state of Western Australia . Perth is named for the capital city of Western Australia whose central business district falls within its borders . It is one of the oldest electorates in Western Australia , with its first member having been elect... |
987 | Ivan Wilfred " Ching " Johnson ( December 7 , 1898 – June 16 , 1979 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who played for the New York Rangers and New York Americans in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . He was an original member of the Rangers and was part of two Stanley Cup championship winning teams ... |
988 | The seventh HMS Enterprise of the Royal Navy was an armoured sloop launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard . Originally laid down as a wooden screw sloop of the Camelion class , she was redesigned by Edward Reed and completed as a central battery ironclad . The ship spent the bulk of her career assigned to the Mediterra... |
989 | Alexandru Bogdan @-@ Pitești ( Romanian pronunciation : [ alekˈsandru boɡˈdan piˈteʃtʲ ] ; born Alexandru Bogdan , also known as Ion Doican , Ion Duican and Al . Dodan ; June 13 , 1870 – May 12 , 1922 ) was a Romanian Symbolist poet , essayist , and art and literary critic , who was also known as a journalist and left... |
990 | Tenacious D is an American comedy rock duo that was formed in Los Angeles , California in 1994 . Composed of lead vocalist and guitarist Jack Black and lead guitarist and vocalist Kyle Gass , the band has released three albums – Tenacious D ( 2001 ) , The Pick of Destiny ( 2006 ) and Rize of the Fenix ( 2012 ) . The g... |
991 | " Elastic Love " is a song recorded by American recording artist Christina Aguilera , taken from her sixth studio album , Bionic ( 2010 ) . The song was written by Aguilera , M.I.A. , John Hill and Switch , while production was handled by the latter two . Originally , " Elastic Love " was recorded by M.I.A. , but late... |
992 | Intense Tropical Cyclone Kamba ( JTWC designation : 23S ) was a powerful tropical cyclone which remained out over the open waters of the south @-@ central Indian Ocean for its entire existence . The fourth and final intense tropical cyclone of the 2007 @-@ 08 South @-@ West Indian Ocean cyclone season , Kamba develope... |
993 | S by Shakira is the first woman 's fragrance by Colombian singer songwriter Shakira . Developing an interest in perfumery and scents , Shakira signed an agreement with international fashion company Puig to create a line of beauty and personal care products . S by Shakira is inspired by the singer 's " light " and is a... |
994 | The 1985 – 86 Calgary Flames season was the sixth season in Calgary and 14th for the Flames franchise in the National Hockey League ( NHL ) . It was a banner season for the Flames , who overcame a franchise record eleven game losing streak to finish 2nd in the Smythe Division and captured the franchise 's first Claren... |
995 | The Japanese submarine I @-@ 179 ( originally I @-@ 79 ) was a Kaidai type cruiser submarine of the KD7 sub @-@ class built for the Imperial Japanese Navy ( IJN ) during the 1940s . She was lost with all hands when a valve was accidentally left open during her sea trials in July 1943 . Her wreck was later salvaged and... |
996 | " Don 't Cry for Me Argentina " is a song recorded by Julie Covington for the 1976 concept album , Evita , and was later included in the 1978 musical of the same name . The song was written and composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice while they were researching the life of Argentinian leader Eva Perón . It appear... |
997 | John Basilone ( November 4 , 1916 – February 19 , 1945 ) was a United States Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received the nation 's highest military award for valor , the Medal of Honor , for heroism during the Battle of Guadalcanal in World War II . He was the only enlisted Marine to receive both the Medal of Honor... |
998 | Eastcote House Gardens is an area of public parkland in Eastcote , within the London Borough of Hillingdon . The site covers 3 @.@ 63 hectares ( 9 acres ) and incorporates the walled garden , dovecote and coach house of Eastcote House . The house was demolished in 1964 by the Ruislip @-@ Northwood Urban District Counc... |
999 | Richard Mentor Johnson ( October 17 , 1780 [ a ] – November 19 , 1850 ) was the ninth Vice President of the United States , serving in the administration of Martin Van Buren ( 1837 – 41 ) . He is the only vice president ever elected by the United States Senate under the provisions of the Twelfth Amendment . Johnson al... |
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