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74215034 | Each team consisted of two Challenge veterans and six CBS reality players, with an even gender split. Italicized names indicate players who were placed on a team by default.
The second season of The Challenge: USA features a daily challenge, nomination process and an elimination round. This season initially had contestants competing in three teams decided during the first episode. The format is as follows:
Daily Challenge: Teams compete in a main challenge where the winning team is immune from elimination and earns the power to nominate one male and one female contestant to potentially compete in the elimination round. | 627 |
321599 | Cars 6 and 12 each had one single-arm pantograph.
8 March 1990: Pre-series 300-9000 series set (J0) was delivered.
October 1990: Speed of 303.1 km/h was recorded during test running.
1 March 1991: Speed of 325.7 km/h was recorded during test running.
July 1991: Endurance test running started. (Continued until March 1992.) | 327 |
301401 | It cost $35 million to build, and saw 85,000 daily passengers at the time of its opening. Hudson Terminal was then shut down.
The Journal Square Transportation Center opened in 1973, consolidating operations in the 10-story building that is part of the complex.
In January 1973, the Port Authority released plans to double the route mileage of the PATH system with an extension from Newark Penn Station to Plainfield, New Jersey. A stop at Elizabeth would allow PATH to serve Newark Airport, where passengers could transfer to a people mover serving the terminals. | 567 |
24822497 | in physics from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. in cell biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Spradling and fellow American geneticist Gerald M. Rubin are considered pioneers in the field of genetics for their work in the early 1980s with their idea to "attach" a gene to a Drosophila transposon, P elements, known to insert itself into fruit fly's chromosomes. From this research came work from other scientists on transposons as a tool for genetic alterations in organisms. | 499 |
47686238 | The specific epithet refers to a similarity to the genus Capraria.
Myoporum caprarioides occurs along the coast of Western Australia from Dongara to Busselton, often in tuart (Eucalyptus gomphocephala) forest but also along watercourses and in winter-wet areas.
Myoporum caprarioides is classified as "not threatened" by the Western Australian Government Department of Parks and Wildlife. | 388 |
21761101 | In every sense. Not tepid, not lukewarm." Author Tom Long from The Detroit News praised the series for its action sequences an performances, and gave the show a grade of B rating. Matthew Aguilar from ComicBook.com gave a positive response by rating the show with 4 out of 5: "The Witcher brings the world's rich characters, sharp wit, and stylish action to life in a truly delightful way, and whether you're a fan of the novels or the games, you're going to find something to love." | 483 |
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5962641 | When asked to describe what is Hajduk Split
Yugoslav Second League: 1956–57 (Zone I), 1959–60 (West)
Azadegan League (changed later to Persian Gulf Pro League): 1995–96, | 169 |
464310 | By August 1893, however, the public perceived the strength of the Royal Navy to have fallen relative to its traditional rivals, the French and Russian navies. John Spencer, the First Lord of the Admiralty, proposed a large naval expansion plan referred to as the Spencer Programme that included seven more Majestic-class battleships to soothe public opinion.
The Majestics were to be a benchmark for all successor pre-dreadnoughts. | 431 |
52767700 | The completed greenway network will be 140 km long, and serve as a pedestrian- and cyclist-prioritized network of trails and paths throughout the city.
In 2016, the City of Vancouver purchased of land from the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) for the construction of the new greenway bikeway. This occurred after a multi-year dispute between the City and CPR over CPR's plans to reactivate the railway that was unused for over a decade. | 435 |
64034641 | According to Boxiana, Randal's ring name "The Nonpareil", implying that as a boxer he was unequaled or unrivaled, was earned in this match. Soon thereafter Belasco accompanied his friend Daniel Mendoza on an exhibition tour.
He returned to the ring at Rickmansworth, Herfordshire, on 10 June 1818, and lost a nine round match to Cyrus Davis, a butcher's apprentice. | 365 |
38188684 | Gilham took the first podium finish for the team at Donington Park in race three after Mat Jackson was disqualified, finishing third behind Gordon Shedden and Jason Plato. Robb Holland took over the car for the meetings at Snetterton and Knockhill. Holland failed to finish his first race when he collided with the Speedworks Motorsport Toyota Avensis of Adam Morgan. Former Formula Renault BARC driver Howard Fuller raced the car in the meetings at Rockingham and Silverstone. He achieved a best result of eleventh in the first and third races at Silverstone. | 560 |
11236927 | After Peter watches his tape, he views the tape of a troubled Armenian family, who gave their only son away for adoption when they arrived in Canada. Peter decides to visit this family, and he pretends to be their son, Bedros Deryan. The Deryan family welcomes him with open arms, and Peter tries to patch up the poor relationship between George Deryan and his daughter Azah.
Next of Kin was first made commercially available via a DVD set along with Egoyan's second full-length film, Family Viewing. It was also released in the U.K. | 535 |
3775742 | The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith (1st edition published in three volumes 1844–50), 2nd edition edited (in one volume) by F.W.S. Craig (Political Reference Publications 1973)
Westminster constituencies in County Galway (historic)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1801
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 1918 | 397 |
18952187 | It was the first book of its kind. Another of his important books was "Phantastica" (1924), which began an era of ethnobotany that continues to the present day.
Lewin mentioned in his book "Gifte und Vergiftungen" (1929) the causal connection between dental amalgam fillings and illness. One of his famous patients were the well-known chemistry professor Alfred Stock (1876-1946), who suffered from mercury poisoning due to occupational exposure. Lewin informed him also about mercury exposure from dental amalgams. | 515 |
43582920 | government reports declassified around the time of her death from breast cancer in 1996 confirmed her statements from the 1980s that many more than the four U.S. acknowledged atolls were actually contaminated with radioactive fallout from multiple nuclear weapons tests.
In 1983 she stood on the podium and told a global church audience in Vancouver at the Pacific Plenary of the World Council of Churches Assembly, an event that was held every seven to eight years, about the radioactive fallout from the 67 nuclear tests being more widespread than the U.S. had admitted. | 572 |
183065 | His country house, Highclere Castle, serves as the exterior and upstairs filming location of the ITV/PBS television series Downton Abbey. The below-stairs scenes were filmed on a set in London, as Highclere's basement is the home of Carnarvon's Egyptian collection. Highclere is owned by the present earl.
with Howard Carter, Five Years' Explorations at Thebes – A Record of Work Done 1907–1911, ed. Paul Kegan, 2004 (). | 421 |
24385181 | Kuziemko and Werker believe that this increase in payments does not happen because the ODA-receiving countries on the security council are able to use the chance and raise awareness for their problems. As soon as the country's time in council is over, the financial aid drops to the level prior to the time serving on the United Nations Security Council. However, the financial aid payments are noted to have already risen the year before the two-year term on the UNSC.
The increase of aid payments is especially high regarding financial support by the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF). | 603 |
27563701 | The Granite City Lumberjacks were the 2008–09 MnJHL regular season champions and qualified for the USA Hockey Tier III Jr. A National Championship Tournament, joining the 2009 playoff champions, the Minnesota Ice Hawks. The team won the MnJHL championship in the 2010–11 season with a 2-1 overtime win over the Rochester Ice Hawks. | 331 |
461638 | The Association of Baptist Churches in Israel (ABCI) is a Baptist association of churches in Israel. It is a member of the European Baptist Federation, the Baptist World Alliance and the Evangelical Alliance of Israel.
The Association has its origins in the founding of the first Baptist Church in Nazareth in 1911 by the Syrian Shukri Mosa. An American mission of the International Mission Board also established other churches in 1923. The Association was founded in 1965 by various Israeli Arab churches.
According to a denomination census released in 2023, it claimed 17 churches and 900 members. | 600 |
35987468 | As of August 2016, Dave Brooks has released the hardware and software components of P112 into the public domain, under the GPL. The PCB layout is available in the original Protel format, and translated into the current Altium Designer 16 format, which many PCB fabricators can accept.
The P112 board was last available new in 1996 by Dave Brooks. In late 2004 on the Usenet Newsgroup comp.os.cpm, talk about making another run of P112 boards was discussed. | 456 |
7832175 | In probably the first ever Anglo-Chinese marriage, on 13 December 1881 he married Alice Walkden (3 February 1852 – 8 June 1884), eldest daughter of John Walkden, of Blackheath, at St Aubyn's Congregational Church, Upper Norwood, London, England. The couple returned to Hong Kong after his studies. Alice gave birth to a daughter, but died of typhoid fever in Hong Kong in 1884. The daughter was taken to England to be brought up by Alice's relatives but she died young and was never married. | 494 |
57873966 | Adolph (a friend of keyboardist Daniel Fischer) had already worked with Midnattsol on their debut album Where Twilight Dwells (2005)
The album is characterized by its great compositional variety, including some slower songs than in previous works in a doom metal style such as the dark version for "Herr Mannelig", energetic themes such as "Syns sang" (about the Germanic goddess Syn), folk ballads such as "Vem kan segla", as well as a greater number of lyrics in Norwegian. | 476 |
40616711 | | 287905 || || — || September 30, 2003 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || — || align=right | 2.5 km ||
| 287906 || || — || September 30, 2003 || Kitt Peak || Spacewatch || — || align=right | 2.4 km ||
| 287907 || || — || October 3, | 231 |
29671724 | Stephen Decatur Hatch (1839–1894) was a prominent late-19th century architect who was responsible for a number of historically or architecturally significant buildings in Manhattan, New York City and elsewhere. He primarily designed commercial buildings.
Stephen Hatch was born in Swanton, Vermont. His father was an inventor.
Hatch relocated to New York City, finding employment as a construction inspector. He joined the busy architectural firm of John B. Snook in 1860 as a draftsman. | 488 |
116294 | Along with the major mines, there were also many small family-owned mines on the family farms, which catered to the local coal trade.
The Pickell Mine was located on the west side of Barton towards Moscow. Its tipple was not located in town.
The Cumberland and Pennsylvania Railroad, successor to the Georges Creek Railroad, opened a train station in Barton in 1889. The station was demolished in the mid-20th century.
Today Barton has four churches and many volunteer groups. There is a lighted ball field, a playground, and two parks for use by citizens. | 556 |
19702931 | The Toronto City Council had previously approved $9.8 million in funding for a $62.8-million stadium, with the rest of the money coming from MLSE, the federal government, and the provincial government. The team name Toronto FC and logo were announced in May 2006. The club played their first season in MLS in 2007, finishing at the bottom of the table. The introduction of MLS into Canada took MLS into a separate country for the first time. | 441 |
312239 | Visage were now without Ure, McGeoch and Adamson, who went on to join Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds. Bassist Steve Barnacle was recruited to replace Adamson, and the remaining lineup recorded the stand-alone single "Pleasure Boys", which was released in October 1982. The single failed to prolong their string of hits and peaked just outside the UK Top 40.
Although still recording, Visage then took a two-year hiatus from releasing any new material due to contractual difficulties with their management company. | 510 |
40922638 | Omnivore reportedly picked up a 33 percent stake in Skymet and Mark Kahn, partner of Omnivore Partners joined the board of Skymet Services.
Skymet has reportedly predicted Indian monsoons during 2012, 2013 and 2014 before the India Meteorological Department and released their report in a press conference.
Indian Meteorological Department correctly predicted a second below-normal monsoon year in a row whereas Skymet's claims of a normal monsoon for 2015 failed to deliver. Also same thing happened in 2019. | 509 |
69975000 | An article appearing on the state-run China Daily newspaper states that sexual misconduct is rare in China due to superior education and culture has caused considerable Internet outrages.
A recent study from a pair of professors from City University of Hong Kong indicated that about 80% of working women in China have experienced sexual harassment at some point in their career, and there were strong reactions of anger online following the report. The article has since been taken down. Activist Feng Yuan points out that China does not have national laws prohibiting sexual harassment, and uses state media to encourage women to focus on family and stay home. | 662 |
2599213 | An episode of mass pollen release from bees in 2002 in Sangrampur, India, prompted unfounded fears of a chemical weapons attack, although this was in fact due to a mass migration of giant Asian honeybees. This event revived memories of what New Scientist described as "cold war paranoia", and the article noted that the Wall Street Journal had covered these 1980s yellow rain allegations in particular detail. | 409 |
52124953 | 1968 – Almería Airport begins operating.
1971 – AD Almería (football club) formed.
1976 – Estadio Municipal Juan Rojas (stadium) opens.
1989 – UD Almería (football club) formed.
1992 – Centro Andaluz de la Fotografía established.
1993 – University of Almería established. | 276 |
73443823 | | 2023-03-18 || Win ||align=left| Ella Maria Grapperhaus || Wu Lin Feng 535: China vs Netherlands || Tangshan, China || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 ||3:00
| 2022-03-26 || Win || align=left| Qiu Lian|| Wu Lin Feng 528 || Zhengzhou, China || KO (Left hook) || 1||2:21 | 264 |
40384852 | The cupola can be seen in a pentagonal centered orthogonal projection of the runcinated 120-cell: | 97 |
22448163 | G-518 trailers were manufactured by over two dozen companies:
Ben Hur Mfg. Co., Milwaukee, Wisconsin | 100 |
1845692 | In November 2000, parents in Tamaqua, Pennsylvania complained about We all Fall Down because of the violence in several scenes, as well as the description of suicide in the book. Officials in the school district created a new book selection policy in response to the parents' objections.
In March 2000, We All Fall Down was removed from the Carver Middle School in Leesburg, Florida, because parents of a sixth-grader who was studying the book were unhappy with the language used in the novel. The father of the student, said, “It’s not a book for school. | 555 |
28031590 | Nee Joru Evari Kosame Thummeda – P. Susheela"
"Maapalle Vadalaku Krishnamurthi Nuvvu Konte Panulakochava" (Lyrics : Dasam Gopala Krishna)
"Navami Naati Vennela Nenu Dasami Naati Jaabili Neevu" (Singers: S. P. Balasubrahmanyam and P. | 234 |
40396363 | In 1985 he won three races with Dyson Racing in IMSA Camel GTP, the team's first, in a Porsche 962. 1986 saw Olson continue in IMSA GTP with Dyson and Preston Henn fielding his entries. That year he also competed in the 1986 24 Hours of Le Mans, co-driving a Rothmans Porsche factory 962 with Vern Schuppan. Olson was away from racing after that until 1989 when he returned with the All American Racers Toyota 88C factory team in IMSA GTP. | 439 |
318009 | Woodward Maurice Ritter was born on January 12, 1905, in Murvaul, Texas, to Martha Elizabeth (née Matthews) and James Everett Ritter. He grew up on his family's farm in Panola County, Texas, and attended grade school in Carthage, Texas. He attended South Park High School in Beaumont, Texas. After graduating with honors, he entered the University of Texas at Austin in 1922 to study pre-law and major in government, political science, and economics. | 450 |
21479428 | In the 5th century AD, gardens were generally perceived to contribute to the improvement of health and have been used as a place of respite from travels, to serve as a place to recover or recuperate from an illness, or to simply isolate the sick or infirm from the healthy individuals. Gardens located within Christian hospices in the Middle Ages emphasized charity and hospitality. Monasteries ministering to the sick and the insane incorporated an arcaded courtyard where they could find the some shelter, sun, or shade in a human-scale, enclosed setting. | 557 |
68805692 | United Russia won all 20 seats in the Council of Deputies, flipping a single seat previously held by an Independent. | 116 |
44494596 | Balad is a political party whose stated purpose is the "struggle to transform the state of Israel into a democracy for all its citizens, irrespective of national or ethnic identity". It opposes the idea of Israel as a Jewish state, and supports its creating a new "democratic and secular" state.
Balad also advocates that the state of Israel recognize Arabs as a national minority, entitled to all rights that come with that status including autonomy in education, culture and media. Since the party's formation, it has objected to every proposed state budget. | 560 |
28851027 | It may be exceptionally awarded to military personnel of either the reserves or regular army who distinguished themselves by the exceptionally high quality of their service. For award to a member of the regular army, this service must have been carried out outside of normal working hours and for no pay. The medal may be awarded posthumously.
The award is divided into three grades, bronze, silver and gold. The award of a particular grade is calculated from the number of years of service and points earned during training and from the receipt of "Témoignages de Satisfaction" or "TS" (). | 590 |
40961271 | "Different Kind of Love" is the debut single by Third Degree who finished fourth on season five of The X Factor Australia. It was released digitally by Sony Music Australia on 1 November 2013.
"Different Kind of Love" was written by U.K singer/songwriter Leon Else with Ben Berger and Ryan McMahon of Los Angeles production duo Captain Cuts. It would have been Third Degree's winner's single for the fifth season of The X Factor, if they had won the show. However, they finished in fourth place. | 495 |
7120558 | Berlin was attacked by 440 Lancaster heavy bombers of the Main Force and four de Havilland Mosquitos but the city was under cloud and the damage was not severe. The second raid by the Main Force took place on the night of 22/23 November. This was the most effective raid on Berlin by the RAF of the war, causing extensive damage to the residential areas west of the centre, Tiergarten and Charlottenburg, Schöneberg and Spandau. Because of dry weather, several firestorms ignited. | 480 |
36816782 | Jacksonville: Illinois College, 1929. p. 165. Print.
Edwin A. Hollatz, Ph.D., “The History of the Literary Societies at Illinois College and Their Contributions to Speech Training in the Nineteenth Century,” (unpublished manuscript in the Illinois College Archives), p. 1. Print. | 279 |
3197150 | Sampras went on to win 14 slams in his career, the remaining nine coming when Paul Annacone was his coach, Gullikson's successor.
Gullikson died in May 1996 at his home in Wheaton, Illinois. After his death, his identical twin brother Tom formed the Tim and Tom Gullikson Foundation, which funds programs to help brain tumor patients and their families with the physical, emotional and social challenges presented by the disease. | 429 |
6920227 | The plate was once part of a church built by Kulin. According to Pavao Anđelić and others the Bilino Polje abjuration took place in Visoko valley, instead of the field of Bilino near Zenica, as there are no records of significant settlement there. Additionally Latin sources do not indicate where exactly this meeting took place, other than: by river, and that monastery is located beside town Bosna.
The medieval settlement of Bosna (civitas Bosna) is mentioned in documents from the 12th century. | 498 |
21087829 | "Part III of the Turin Version of Guiron le Courtois" in F. Whitehead, A. H. Diverres and F. E. Sutcliffe (eds.) Medieval Miscellany Presented to Eugène Vinaver (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1966), pp. 45–64.
Lacy, Norris J. (1991). The New Arthurian Encyclopedia. New York: Garland. . | 297 |
11706674 | Grant E. Mouser (1868–1949) U.S. Representative from Ohio
Grant E. Mouser Jr. (1895–1943), U.S. Representative from Ohio | 121 |
74072330 | Analyzing the musicians' discographies, critic Kim Do-heon noted that they all shared a R&B-based languid bedroom pop production mixed with UK garage. The musicians were initially divided in groups and asked to produce something by lunch; the only guide they had were loops sent by 250 to use as starting points.
De Casier, Stoltenberg, and Motzfeldt described the session as spontaneous and playful in interviews with GQ and Crack. | 432 |
1001652 | | 87244 || || — || July 31, 2000 || Socorro || LINEAR || JUN || align=right | 6.5 km ||
| 87245 || || — || July 31, 2000 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 4.4 km ||
| 87246 || || — || July 31, | 206 |
5904468 | Walter Padbury (22 December 1820 – 18 April 1907) was a British-born Australian pioneer, politician and philanthropist.
Padbury was born in Stonesfield in the English county of Oxfordshire on 22 December 1820. At the age of 10, Padbury was brought by his father to Fremantle, Western Australia, aboard the on 25 February 1830, before his father's death in July of that year. | 375 |
7913235 | After the Treaty of Trianon of 1920, the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia. In November 1938, the First Vienna Award granted the area to Hungary and it was held by Hungary until 1945. The present-day municipality was formed in 1940 by unifying the three component villages. After Soviet occupation in 1945, Czechoslovak administration returned and the village became officially part of Czechoslovakia in 1947.
In 1910, the village had 507, for the most part, Hungarian inhabitants. | 496 |
7369713 | The buildings, the barracks, administration, PX, mess hall, schoolrooms, aircraft hangars, runways, and aprons were built from scratch and were completed by May 1941. The first set of cadets arrived on March 15, and the first class of 50 started on March 21, 1941. Pilot training had ended by October 16, 1944.
Military control of the airport was transferred to the United States Navy in April 1945. It was known as King City Naval Auxiliary Air Station (NAAS). | 462 |
29137113 | Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Timothy Davis
Assistant Enrolling and Engrossing Clerk: Milton Ladd | 100 |
3863073 | Source: T. R. Nash, Collections for a History of Worcestershire (1783)
The county franchise, from 1430, was held by the owners of freehold land valued at 40 shillings or more. Each voter had as many votes as there were seats to be filled. Votes had to be cast by a spoken declaration, in public, at the hustings, which took place in the county town of Worcester. | 362 |
32468050 | After the restart, Ja Fallon sniped a point off the arrears before Pádraic Joyce struck with a wonderful goal where he rounded goalkeeper Christy Byrne before finishing in front of an empty net. Galway had regained the lead and would never surrender it until the final whistle. By 50th minute, it was 1–11 to 1–06 to Galway. Kildare managed to cut the lead to three before injury time but Galway had the final score, courtesy of De Paor to give them their first title in 32 years. | 480 |
6216879 | Abdul Kalam in an official ceremony. Alumni include , Arshad Ayub, Speaker of the Telangana Legislative Assembly, Suresh Reddy, Mithin Aachi, Dr. Mohd. Faheemuddin, Pullela Gopichand Arvind Chenji, former Governor of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana E.S.L. Narasimhan and Nandamuri Balakrishna.
Though the school is a Catholic Minority Institution, admission is open to all students regardless of caste, creed, religion or gender. | 426 |
41443677 | IR spectra for PEA show two peaks at 1715–1750 cm−1, another at 1175–1250 cm−1, and a last notable peak at 2950 cm−1. These peaks can be easily determined to be from ester groups, COOC bonds, and CH bonds respectively.
PEA has been shown to be able to form both ring-banded and Maltese-cross (or ring-less) type spherulites. | 324 |
22247066 | 2 #7–10 and 12–13, hc, 240 pages, 2013, ; tpb, 2014, )
Also collects Batman Incorporated vol. 2 #11 (written by Chris Burnham, drawn by Jorge Lucas, 2013)
Absolute Batman Incorporated (collects #1–8, vol. 2 #1–13 and Batman Incorporated: Leviathan Strikes!, hc, 648 pages, 2015, )
Batman by Grant Morrison Omnibus Volume 3 (collects #1–8, vol. 2 #1–13, | 355 |
55705165 | For the recovery of the Apollo 11 astronauts, the underside of the fuselage was emblazoned with the words "Hail, Columbia".
List of Helicopter 66 Apollo recovery flights
From 1970 to 1972 Helicopter Squadron Four and Helicopter 66 were embarked aboard USS Ticonderoga CVS-14, and By 1973 Helicopter Squadron Four, and Helicopter 66 with it, were embarked aboard . | 363 |
8224682 | It is one of the eight founding clubs of the Nation Chilean Football League, the first football league established in the country, which also instituted the Premier Division (Primera Division) of Chile. In this league, Magallanes won their first championship in 1933. In addition, they were the first club to win three consecutive professional championships in Chile.
The club adopted white and sky blue as their official colors in 1908. These colors are used in their sportswear as well as their logo, which depicts a Caravel on the ocean. | 540 |
25496318 | The Wog Boy 2: Kings of Mykonos is a 2010 Australian comedy film directed by Peter Andrikidis, starring Nick Giannopoulos, Vince Colosimo and Costas Kilias. It is the second part of "The Blue Valiant Trilogy" (aka Wog Boys Trilogy), being the sequel to the 2000 film The Wog Boy, and preceding the final installment in the series, Wog Boys Forever. It was released in Australia on 20 May 2010 and UK on 7 January 2011. The film received negative reviews. | 455 |
2337621 | |Digby Jephson (Gentlemen) took 6–21 with underarm lobs.
|The umpires were replaced at lunch on the first day after an objection from Gentlemen captain W. G. Grace. | 164 |
7506177 | 25 September – David Parry-Jones, rugby commentator (d. 2017)
12 November – Jeffrey Thomas, politician (d. 1989)
17 November – Alan Harrington, footballer (d. 2019)
28 November – Noel Trigg, light heavyweight boxer
31 December – Glyn Davidge, Wales international and British Lion rugby player
8 January – Sir John Ballinger, librarian, 72
14 January – Sir Robert Jones, orthopaedic surgeon (baronet), 75
18 January – John Thomas, chemist (ICI), | 444 |
10673579 | By 1965, 15 Tridents were in BEA's fleet, and by March 1966, the fleet had increased to 21.
Hawker Siddeley then proposed an improved 1C, the Trident 1E. This would be powered by 11,400 lbf (50.7 kN) Spey 511s, have a gross weight of , an increased wing area by extending the chord, and the same fuselage, but with up to 140 seats in a six-abreast configuration. | 363 |
20552550 | Rurki is a town located in the Punjab province of Pakistan. It is located in Lahore District at 31°11'0N 73°11'0E with an altitude of 175 metres (577 feet). Neighbouring settlements include Ghator and Kot Rajput. | 212 |
74401506 | Devin Mockobee (born January 18, 2003) is an American football running back who currently plays for the Purdue Boilermakers.
Mockobee was born in Boonville, Indiana and attended Boonville High School. In Mockobee's high school career he rushed for 3,568 yards and 45 touchdowns. He also caught 21 passes for 357 yards and three touchdowns. | 339 |
14808754 | HMS St George, sometimes written as HMS George, was a 42-gun great ship of the English Royal Navy, built by Andrew Burrell at Deptford and launched in 1622. By 1660 her armament had been increased to 56 guns. It finally increased to 60 guns.
St George was hulked in 1687, and sunk as a blockship at Sheerness in 1697. | 317 |
53723802 | Trevor Dahl of Cheat Codes (who was then making music under the moniker Plug In Stereo) featured on his track "Wishful Thinking" from the Intermission EP. The Phone Calls & Weekends EP, was produced by Kevin Gates, who also mixed and produced some of the songs of Never Shout Never, The Ready Set, and Cady Groves. He posted his songs on MySpace along with some song covers, and kept close contact with his fans through the platform. He had a band playing with him during live shows and concerts. | 496 |
54781179 | Farrally died in Kelowna at the age of 73 in 1989. She received the Canadian Conference of the Arts Diplome d'honneur posthumously in May the same year.
Officers of the Order of Canada | 184 |
20935303 | These numbers reflect an increasing geographical spread in grantees, due to a general increase of interest in heraldry. This was caused by a number of factors, including the creation of the Order of the Bath in 1725, and grants of arms to its members, augmentations for honour granted to successful military commanders in the Peninsular and Napoleonic wars, and the rise in popularity of name and arms clauses. The medieval period, and with it heraldry, also became popular as a result of the Romantic movement and Gothic revival. | 530 |
36098363 | Groups A, C, E, and G
Groups B, D, F, and H
Highest number of points earned, with each game result having a corresponding point:
Loss by default: 1 point, with a final score of 2–0 for the opponents of the defaulting team if the latter team is not trailing or if the score is tied, or the score at the time of stoppage if they are trailing. | 340 |
36308498 | In the center of the room was a long, U-shaped counter. The closed end of the counter faced the lobby, and bank tellers worked from teller's cages in the center of the counter. The counter was made of marble, and inlaid by Tiffany & Co. with smoked glass and mother-of-pearl. The teller's cages were designed by Hubbell & Benes, and executed by the Jno. Williams, Inc. foundry of New York City. The front of each cage was a bronze grille, adorned with bas-reliefs. | 465 |
99773 | Dictionary of Hindu Lore and Legend () by Anna Dhallapiccola | 60 |
68393964 | Act 1964|public|96|17-12-1964|repealed=y|An Act to amend the provisions as to contributions (other than graduated contributions) and benefits under the National Insurance Acts 1946 to 1964 and the National Insurance (Industrial Injuries) Acts 1946 to 1964; to abolish the earnings rule for widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension under the first-mentioned Acts; to improve the allowances payable out of the Industrial Injuries Fund in respect of incapacities arising from pre-1948 employment; to make, | 508 |
1103046 | The 2017 election saw an 8.5% swing to Labour, increasing their margin in the seat to 9,639 votes (18.2%), the largest majority for a Labour MP in the seat's history. Labour's majority was almost halved during the 2019 general election.
1945–1950: The Municipal Borough of Ilford wards of Barkingside, North Hainault, Seven Kings, and South Hainault. | 350 |
21687088 | "Working For The Yankee Dollar" (live)
Albums with cover art by Russell Mills (artist) | 86 |
2597249 | Other industries quickly followed – Alcoa, CSBP, CBH, Coogee Chemicals, and others.
The original village at Kwinana Beach was rezoned 'industrial', and scheduled for resumption and compulsory purchase as early as 1953 – apparently unbeknown to the residents. Confirmed in the Stephenson Plan (1955), this was ratified by State Parliament in the 1963 Perth Metropolitan Region Scheme. However, building applications were still being approved throughout the 1960s, and beyond – with a vague warning that the land was earmarked for "potential industrial development". | 565 |
569215 | However, it is not essential that nesting colonies are located near a stream and many are far from any stream.
Although Snares penguins are not currently threatened, they are considered a vulnerable species. If a threat arose, it could quickly wipe out their population because their breeding grounds are confined to a small island group. Possible threats include the introduction of a new predator, overfishing around the islands that would deplete their food source, increasing water temperatures from global warming driving prey away, and pollution. The New Zealand government has taken action to protect the Snares Islands habitats and marine feeding grounds. | 663 |
28269636 | This mission is accomplished through proactive and reactive investigative programs.
TIGTA operates a hotline unit in Washington, DC, for the intake of allegations of wrongdoing. Examples of specific allegations that should be reported include, but are not limited to: attempts by taxpayers to bribe IRS personnel; extortion or misuse of position by IRS personnel; assaults and/or threats by taxpayers against IRS employees; schemes involving the use of computer technology or mail that impersonate the IRS or IRS personnel; misconduct by tax practitioners (falsification of qualifications, theft of IRS tax remittances and theft of IRS tax refunds). | 649 |
51341136 | is a Japanese ballerina and a principal dancer with the Royal Ballet in London. Her lead roles have included the title role in Giselle, Nikiya in La Bayadère, Kitri in Don Quixote, and Aurora in The Sleeping Beauty.
Akane Takada was born 18 April 1990 in Tokyo. She is from the Higashishinkoiwa neighborhood in Katsushika, and began ballet training at the Hiromi Takahashi Ballet Studio in nearby Edogawa at the age of three. | 425 |
393860 | In 2013 he was appointed as Chancellor of the University of the South Pacific.
ʻAhoʻeitu is married to Nanasipauʻu Tukuʻaho, daughter of the Baron Vaea. | 152 |
54321947 | It occurs in Tasmania in separated locations from areas near the coast to altitudes of .
Pterostylis atriola was previously listed as "endangered" under the Australian Government Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999. When the species was first described, the population was estimated to be about 100 individuals, but was subsequently raised to about 1,000 when more populations were discovered. It is listed as "rare" under the Tasmanian Government Threatened Species Protection Act 1995. | 513 |
2233200 | After hosting NXT, Striker began interviewing WWE employees on Raw and SmackDown. During the summer of 2012, Striker became the host of WWE Afterburn for international broadcasts. On the October 12 SmackDown, Striker tried to interview Team Hell No (Kane and Daniel Bryan), but they both attacked him. On the October 15 episode of Raw, Striker demanded that he receive an apology and was instead forced to face Kane in his final WWE match, which Striker lost. | 459 |
27856145 | The Roman Senate decided to punish the main culprits and to severely call the Sienese to greater respect for Roman authority.
At the end of the third century the Christianization of the territory also took place by Sant'Ansano, known precisely as the "Baptizer of the Sienese", who was in fact punished by the Roman authorities governing Siena with the test of fire and boiling oil, imprisonment and finally beheading. During the Middle Ages he will therefore be named patron saint of Siena and the day of his liturgical anniversary will mark the beginning of the "Contrada Year". | 580 |
66881 | On November 12, the Rangers unveiled the new Heritage Jersey for the first time at the ice rink at Rockefeller Center in a special ceremony featuring Rangers alumni and current players discussing the history of the storied franchise. The club wore the jersey for the first time on November 17 when they played the Boston Bruins at Madison Square Garden. The Rangers' playoff chances came down to the final day of the regular season for the second-straight year. The team defeated the New Jersey Devils and passed the Carolina Hurricanes in the standings, putting the Rangers in the playoffs after missing out the previous season. | 629 |
3001486 | With just one sportscaster, anchors got burned out keeping up with central Mississippi sports, particularly when WLBT and WJTV both had larger teams; WAPT often cycled through sports anchors. At the end of 1988, the station ceased broadcasting weekend newscasts; under Northstar, WAPT restored weekend news in November 1990 and began airing a morning newscast in 1992. Argyle made a major shakeup of the station's news talent after it took over in 1995. | 453 |
602871 | The Saxon artillery was captured by the Imperial cavalry, who used the pieces to bombard both the fleeing Saxon troops and the Swedish left wing. Parts of Fürstenberg's and Isolani's cavalry, whose men cried out "Victoria" in triumph, chased after the Saxons and plundered their abandoned tross. Almost the entire Saxon army fled the battlefield over the course of merely an hour. Only Colonel Taube's Life Regiment and Arnim's Life Guards remained, who later regrouped behind the Swedish left wing. | 499 |
30126964 | | 8:00 || Seattle || @ || Tulsa || || 82-77SEA || Bird (21) || T. Jackson (10) || Bird (6) || BOK Center 4,612
| 10:00 || New York || @ || Los Angeles || ESPN2 || 96-91LAS || Milton-Jones (27) || Parker (13) || Toliver (7) || Staples Center 10, | 247 |
9399025 | | 149101 || || — || February 10, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 3.4 km ||
| 149102 || || — || February 10, 2002 || Socorro || LINEAR || — || align=right | 3. | 177 |
33766120 | According to Javier Echeverría, the Prelate of Opus Dei, “On January 10, 2004, in the homily of her funeral mass, I stated that 'Dora has great importance for Opus Dei.' I was convinced then and with the passing of time becoming even more convinced of the important role that this woman has played and will play in the life of the Church and in society." | 354 |
56616860 | The 2003 Wismilak International was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts in Bali, Indonesia that was part of the Tier III category of the 2003 WTA Tour. It was the ninth edition of the tournament and was held from 8 September through 14 September 2003. Second-seeded Elena Dementieva won the singles title and earned $35,000 first-prize money. | 364 |
24108905 | 3rd Battalion, 9th Marines between October 2012 and May 2013
Elements of 2nd Battalion 8th Marines between July 2013 and October 2013. | 135 |
25588325 | The Last Ones Shall Be First () is a 1957 West German crime film directed by Rolf Hansen and starring O.E. Hasse, Ulla Jacobsson and Maximilian Schell. It is based on the short play The First and the Last by John Galsworthy which had previously been adapted into a British film 21 Days. It was entered into the 7th Berlin International Film Festival. It was shot at the Spandau Studios in Berlin and on location in Hamburg. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Kurt Herlth and Robert Herlth. | 505 |
72871 | Concerned about Brown's health and angered over his alleged pursuit of other jobs during the season, the Pistons bought out his contract soon after the 2005 NBA Finals. Brown was promptly named head coach of the New York Knicks, while the Pistons hired Flip Saunders, formerly of the Minnesota Timberwolves.
During the 2005–06 season, the Pistons recorded the NBA's best overall record. Their 37–5 start exceeded the best start for any Detroit sports franchise in history and tied for the fourth-best start through 42 games in NBA history. | 539 |
1209852 | The Kosygin-Primakov family (somebodies-in-law via two marriages)
Alexei Kosygin (1904–80) (Premier of the Soviet Union)
Germen Gvishiani (1928–2003) (Professor), son of a former NKVD Lieutenant General, son-in-law of Alexei Kosygin
Yevgeny Primakov (1929–2015) (Foreign Minister in 1996–98 and Prime Minister of Russia in 1998–99), | 335 |
20944777 | The new "down" platform served trains towards Bristol, while the original "up" platform now served trains towards Portishead. The double track through the station was extended to Portishead Junction from 1883. The station's name was changed to Rownham in March 1891, but reverted to Clifton Bridge in 1910. In 1899 the station was flooded to a depth of several feet (one metre), as were other parts of Bristol. | 410 |
9776717 | In daily meditation the older children were given a range of opportunities to reflect on and discuss experiences that have affected their inner world. On Fridays parents were invited to the school puja, during which there was usually quiet time for meditation, after which the children performed or showed some work, or a story was told. As well as mindfulness and meditation, yoga was taught to children, alongside mainstream lessons. | 435 |
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