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4069115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam%20Ratulangi | Sam Ratulangi | Dr. Gerungan Saul Samuel Jacob Ratulangi (also written as Ratu Langie; 5 November 1890 – 30 June 1949) was a Minahasan teacher, journalist, politician, and national hero from North Sulawesi, Indonesia. He was part of the committee that ratified the Constitution of Indonesia and served as the first Governor of Sulawesi.... |
4069143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magog%20%28DC%20Comics%29 | Magog (DC Comics) | Magog is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, generally as an enemy and foil to Superman. He first appeared in Kingdom Come #1 (May 1996), and was created by Mark Waid and Alex Ross. In 2009, Magog was ranked as IGN's 75th-greatest comic book villain of all time.
In Kingdom Come, Mag... |
4069515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Doulton | Royal Doulton | Royal Doulton is an English ceramic and home accessories manufacturer that was founded in 1815. Operating originally in Vauxhall, London, and later moving to Lambeth, in 1882 it opened a factory in Burslem, Stoke-on-Trent, in the centre of English pottery. From the start, the backbone of the business was a wide range ... |
4069518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Abominable%20Snowman%20%28film%29 | The Abominable Snowman (film) | The Abominable Snowman (US title: The Abominable Snowman of the Himalayas) is a 1957 British fantasy-horror film directed by Val Guest and written by Nigel Kneale, based on his own BBC television play The Creature. Produced by Hammer Films, the plot follows the exploits of British scientist Dr. John Rollason (Peter Cus... |
4069889 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu%20Abs | Banu Abs | The Banu Abs (, "sons of Abs") are an ancient Bedouin tribe that originated in central Arabia. They form a branch of the powerful and numerous Ghatafan tribes. They still inhabit the Arabian Peninsula and North Africa but have spread to many other regions of the world, as well. Their descendants today include the larg... |
4069977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%E2%80%9375%20in%20English%20football | 1974–75 in English football | The 1974–75 season was the 95th season of competitive football in England.
Diary of the season
4 July 1974: Don Revie accepts the offer from The Football Association to become the new manager of the England national football team, ending thirteen years as manager of Leeds United, the defending league champions.
12 J... |
4070630 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Girl%20like%20Me%20%28Rihanna%20album%29 | A Girl like Me (Rihanna album) | A Girl like Me is the second studio album by Barbadian singer Rihanna. It was released on April 10, 2006, by Def Jam Recordings. For the production of the album, Rihanna worked with Evan Rogers, Carl Sturken, Stargate, J. R. Rotem, and label-mate Ne-Yo, who wrote the album's second single. A Girl like Me is a pop and r... |
4070714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive%20Mantle | Clive Mantle | Clive Andrew Mantle (born 3 June 1957) is an English actor. He played general surgeon Mike Barratt in the BBC hospital drama series Casualty and Holby City in the 1990s, and Little John in the 1980s fantasy series Robin of Sherwood. He returned to Casualty in 2016 as Mike Barratt for the show's 30th anniversary.
Mantl... |
4070802 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%20Vampiri | I Vampiri | I Vampiri ( The Vampires) is a 1957 Italian horror film directed by Riccardo Freda and completed by the film's cinematographer, Mario Bava. It stars Gianna Maria Canale, Carlo D'Angelo and Dario Michaelis. The film is about a series of murders on young women who are found with their blood drained. The newspapers report... |
4071088 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Petroleum%20industry%20in%20Canada | Petroleum industry in Canada | Petroleum production in Canada is a major industry which is important to the economy of North America. Canada has the third largest oil reserves in the world and is the world's fourth largest oil producer and fourth largest oil exporter. In 2019 it produced an average of of crude oil and equivalent. Of that amount, 6... |
4071138 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Holland%20Agriculture | New Holland Agriculture | New Holland is a global full-line agricultural machinery manufacturer. New Holland's products include tractors, combine harvesters, balers, forage harvesters, self-propelled sprayers, haying tools, seeding equipment, hobby tractors, utility vehicles and implements, and grape harvesters. Founded in the United States, Ne... |
4071231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Causes%20of%20autism | Causes of autism | The causes of autism are environmental or genetic factors that predispose an individual to develop autism, also known as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Many causes of autism have been proposed, but understanding of the theory of causation of autism is incomplete. Attempts have been made to incorporate the known genet... |
4071233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehden | Ehden | Ehden (, Syriac-Aramaic: ܐܗܕ ܢ ) is a mountainous city in the heart of the northern mountains of Lebanon and on the southwestern slopes of Mount Makmal in the Mount Lebanon Range. Its residents are the people of Zgharta, as it is within the Zgharta District.
Geography
The mountain town is located above sea level, and... |
4071347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosie%20and%20Jim | Rosie and Jim | Rosie and Jim (sometimes written as Rosie & Jim) is a British children's television programme which was produced by Ragdoll Productions and aired on the Children's ITV block on ITV from 3 September 1990 to 16 May 2000. The programme was then repeated periodically on CITV until 23 July 2004.
Story
Rosie and Jim are two... |
4071534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Fairly%20OddParents%20characters | List of The Fairly OddParents characters | This article features an extensive cast of characters from the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents, created by Butch Hartman.
Main
Timmy Turner
Timothy Tiberius Turner is a 10-year-old boy who was given fairy godparents to grant his every wish as a result of his neglectful parents and abuse from Vicky.... |
4071536 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonia%20Roma | Colonia Roma | Colonia Roma, also called La Roma or simply, Roma, is a district located in the Cuauhtémoc borough of Mexico City just west of the city's historic center, and in fact is no longer a single colonia (neighbourhood) but now two officially defined ones, Roma Norte and Roma Sur, divided by Coahuila street.
The colonia was... |
4071591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciszka%20Urszula%20Radziwi%C5%82%C5%82owa | Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłłowa | Franciszka Urszula Radziwiłł (February 13, 1705, Chartorysk – May 23, 1753, Navahrudak), was a Polish writer and playwright, the first female writer on the territory of modern Poland and Belarus. She was a Princess, the last female representative of the Wiśniowiecki noble house and a wife of Michał Kazimierz "Rybeńko" ... |
4071698 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted%20Ligety | Ted Ligety | Theodore Sharp Ligety (born August 31, 1984) is a retired American alpine ski racer, a two-time Olympic gold medalist, and an entrepreneur, having cofounded Shred Optics. Ligety won the combined event at the 2006 Olympics in Turin and the giant slalom race at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. He is also a five-time World Cup... |
4071775 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbot%20Academy | Abbot Academy | Abbot Academy (also known as Abbot Female Seminary and AA) was an independent boarding preparatory school for women boarding and day care for students in grades 9–12 from 1828 to 1973. Located in Andover, Massachusetts, Abbot Academy was notable as one of the first incorporated secondary schools for educating young wom... |
4071915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hartford%20Symphony%20Orchestra | Hartford Symphony Orchestra | The Hartford Symphony Orchestra (HSO) is an American orchestra based in Hartford, Connecticut.
Overview
The orchestra presents more than 100 concerts annually to audiences numbering more than 110,000.
The Hartford Symphony Orchestra’s extensive array of Education and Community Activities serves more than 22,000 ind... |
4072099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fighting%20Talk | Fighting Talk | Fighting Talk is a topical sports show broadcast on BBC Radio 5 Live during the English football season. The show is broadcast on Saturday mornings for an hour between 1100 and 1200 and is based on a similar format to the ESPN show Around the Horn.
Its first series was broadcast in October 2003, presented by Johnny Va... |
4072393 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delaware%20Fightin%27%20Blue%20Hens%20football | Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football | The Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens football team represents the University of Delaware (UD) in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) college football as a member of CAA Football, the technically separate football arm of UD's full-time home of the Coastal Athleti... |
4072470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olav%20Meisdalshagen | Olav Meisdalshagen | Olav Meisdalshagen (17 March 1903 – 21 November 1959) was a Norwegian politician for the Labour Party best known for serving as the Norwegian Minister of Finance from December 1947 to November 1951 and as the Norwegian Minister of Agriculture from January 1955 to May 1956. He was also a Member of Parliament for a long ... |
4072636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Essex%20in%20Ireland | Essex in Ireland | Essex in Ireland refers to the military campaign pursued in Ireland in 1599 by Robert Devereux, 2nd Earl of Essex, during the Nine Years War.
In 1598, Queen Elizabeth I of England had been troubled over the choice of a military commander for Ireland, at a time when two factions dominated her court - one led by Essex, ... |
4072895 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barber%20coinage | Barber coinage | The Barber coinage consists of a dime, quarter, and half dollar designed by United States Bureau of the Mint Chief Engraver Charles E. Barber. They were minted between 1892 and 1916, though no half dollars were struck in the final year of the series.
By the late 1880s, there were increasing calls for the replacement o... |
4072981 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Battalion%2C%20320th%20Field%20Artillery%20Regiment | 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment | The 1st Battalion, 320th Field Artillery Regiment (1-320th FAR) is the field artillery battalion assigned to the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division. The battalion has been assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division, 11th Airborne Division and 101st Airborne Division. The battalion has participated in World Wa... |
4073013 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20on%20ESPN | NASCAR on ESPN | NASCAR on ESPN is the now-defunct former package and branding of coverage of NASCAR races on ESPN, ESPN2, and ABC. ABC, and later the ESPN family of networks, carried NASCAR events from the sanctioning body's top three divisions at various points from the early 1960s until 2000, after the Truck Series rights were lost.... |
4073203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Canadian%20political%20families | List of Canadian political families | During its history, a number of Canadian families have produced multiple politicians. As there are no term limits in Canada for any legislative or executive office, these families have sometimes held uninterrupted political power.
Families
Amery
(father, son)
Moe Amery, Alberta PC MLA for Calgary-East
Mickey Amery,... |
4073204 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASCAR%20on%20NBC | NASCAR on NBC | NASCAR on NBC (visually branded as NBC NASCAR in logos shown within on-air graphics and network promotions) is the branding used for broadcasts of NASCAR races that are produced by NBC Sports, and televised on several NBCUniversal-owned television networks, including the NBC broadcast network in the United States. The ... |
4073335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ugrin%20Cs%C3%A1k | Ugrin Csák | Ugrin (III) from the kindred Csák (, , ; died in 1311) was a prominent Hungarian baron and oligarch in the early 14th century. He was born into an ancient Hungarian clan. He actively participated in the various internal conflicts during the era of feudal anarchy since the reign of Ladislaus IV of Hungary. He held vario... |
4073535 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nat%20Langham | Nat Langham | Nat Langham (20 May 1820 – 1 September 1871) was an English middleweight bare-knuckle prize fighter. He had the distinction of being the only person ever to beat Thomas Sayers while defending the English middleweight championship. Langham first took the championship by defeating George Gutteridge on 23 November 1846.... |
4073829 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown%2C%20Connecticut | Newtown, Connecticut | Newtown is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is part of the Greater Danbury metropolitan area as well as the New York metropolitan area. Newtown was founded in 1705, and later incorporated in 1711. As of the 2020 census, its population was 27,173. The town is part of the Western Connecticut Pla... |
4073836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheteshwar%20Pujara | Cheteshwar Pujara | Cheteshwar Arvind Pujara (born 25 January 1988) is an Indian cricketer and is the captain of Sussex County Cricket Club in County Championship. He plays for Saurashtra in Indian domestic cricket. Pujara is known for his disciplined batting style which made him an integral part of the Indian Test team for over a decade.... |
4073912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aang | Aang | Avatar Aang () is the title character and protagonist of Nickelodeon's animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender (created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko), voiced by Zach Tyler Eisen. Aang is the last surviving Airbender, a monk of the Air Nomads' Southern Air Temple.
He is an incarnation of... |
4073978 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy%20Joe%20Tolliver | Billy Joe Tolliver | Billy Joe Tolliver (born February 7, 1966) is an American former professional football player who was a quarterback in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL) for twelve seasons with the San Diego Chargers, Atlanta Falcons, Houston Oilers, Shreveport Pirates, Kansas City Chiefs, and New Or... |
4074175 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian | Ian | Ian or Iain is a name of Scottish Gaelic origin, which is derived from the Hebrew given name (Yohanan, ) and corresponds to the English name John. The spelling Ian is an Anglicization of the Scottish Gaelic forename Iain. This name is a popular name in Scotland, where it originated, as well as in other English-speakin... |
4074285 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Crimp | Operation Crimp | Operation Crimp (8–14 January 1966), also known as the Battle of the Ho Bo Woods, was a joint US-Australian military operation during the Vietnam War, which took place north of Cu Chi in Binh Duong Province, South Vietnam. The operation targeted a key Viet Cong headquarters that was believed to be concealed undergroun... |
4074444 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Use%20of%20social%20network%20websites%20in%20investigations | Use of social network websites in investigations | Social network services are increasingly being used in legal and criminal investigations. Information posted on sites such as Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook has been used by police and university officials to prosecute users of said sites. In some situations, content posted on Myspace has been used in court to determ... |
4074658 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Rhode%20Island | History of Rhode Island | The history of Rhode Island is an overview of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations and the state of Rhode Island from pre-colonial times to the present.
Pre-colonization
Native Americans occupied most of the area comprising Rhode Island, including the Wampanoag, Narragansett, and Niantic tribes. Many... |
4074713 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Portuguese%20Communist%20Party | History of the Portuguese Communist Party | The history of the Portuguese Communist Party (, , or PCP), spans a period of years, since its foundation in 1921 as the Portuguese section of the Communist International (Comintern) to the present. The Party is still an active force within Portuguese society.
After its foundation, the party experienced little time a... |
4074909 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salabat%20Jung | Salabat Jung | Salabat Jung, born as Mir Sa'id Muhammad Khan Siddiqi Bayafandi on 24 November 1718, was the 3rd son of Nizam-ul-Mulk. He was appointed as Naib Subahdar (Deputy Viceroy) to his elder brother, Ghazi ud-Din Khan Feroze Jung II, the Prime Minister of Mughal Empire, with the title Salabat Jung. He was invested by Imperial ... |
4075189 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink%20Floyd%20live%20performances | Pink Floyd live performances | Pink Floyd was considered a pioneer in the live music experience for combining intense visual experiences with music to create a show in which the performers themselves were almost secondary. As well as visuals, Pink Floyd set standards in sound quality with innovative use of sound effects and panning quadrophonic spea... |
4075736 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European%20Union%E2%80%93United%20States%20relations | European Union–United States relations | Relations between the European Union and the United States began in 1953, when US diplomats visited the European Coal and Steel Community (the EU precursor, created in 1951) in addition to the national governments of its six founding countries (Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, and West Germany). The... |
4075970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20University%2C%20Sri%20Lanka | Eastern University, Sri Lanka | The Eastern University Sri Lanka (abbreviated as EUSL) is a public university in Vantharumoolai, Eastern Province, Sri Lanka. It was established on 1 October 1986. The university was preceded by the Batticaloa University College established on 1 August 1981 which was started in the buildings of the Vantharumoolai Madya... |
4075984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Schaefer | Vincent Schaefer | Vincent Joseph Schaefer (July 4, 1906 – July 25, 1993) was an American chemist and meteorologist who developed cloud seeding. On November 13, 1946, while a researcher at the General Electric Research Laboratory, Schaefer modified clouds in the Berkshire Mountains by seeding them with dry ice. While he was self-taught ... |
4076107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20football%20on%20television | College football on television | College football on television includes the broad- and cablecasting of college football games, as well as pre- and post-game reports, analysis, and human-interest stories. Within the United States, the college version of American football annually garners high television ratings.
College football games have been broad... |
4076258 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Blessman | USS Blessman | USS Blessman (DE-69/APD-48), a of the United States Navy, was named in honor of Lieutenant Edward Martin Blessman (1907–1942), who was killed in action in the Pacific on 4 February 1942.
Namesake
Edward Martin Blessman was born on 29 December 1907 in Nott, North Dakota. He was appointed midshipman from the 9th Distri... |
4076289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Sandford | Frank Sandford | Frank Weston Sandford (October 2, 1862 – March 4, 1948) was a charismatic Christian religious leader in the United States who attained notoriety as the founder and leader of an apocalyptic sect known as "The Kingdom".
Born in Bowdoinham, Maine, to a farming family, Sandford was exposed to concepts such as premillennia... |
4076302 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeric%20scholarship | Homeric scholarship | Homeric scholarship is the study of any Homeric topic, especially the two large surviving epics, the Iliad and Odyssey. It is currently part of the academic discipline of classical studies. The subject is one of the oldest in education.
Ancient scholarship
Scholia
Scholia are ancient commentaries, initially written ... |
4076583 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1943%20in%20baseball | 1943 in baseball |
Champions
Major League Baseball
World Series: New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals (4-1)
All-Star Game, July 13 at Shibe Park: American League, 5-3
Other champions
Amateur World Series: Cuba
Negro League World Series: Homestead Grays over Birmingham Black Barons (4-3)
Negro League Baseball All-Star Game: West,... |
4076707 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime-influenced%20animation | Anime-influenced animation | Anime-influenced animation refers to non-Japanese works of animation that are similar to or inspired by anime. Generally, the term anime refers to a style of animation originating from Japan. As Japanese anime became increasingly popular, Western animation studios began implementing some visual stylizations typical in ... |
4077344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20butterflies%20of%20Texas | List of butterflies of Texas | This is a list of Texas butterflies, all species of butterfly found in the state of Texas.
Family Papilionidae (swallowtails)
Subfamily Papilioninae (swallowtails)
Battus philenor (pipevine swallowtail)
Battus polydamas (Polydamas swallowtail)
Eurytides marcellus (zebra swallowtail)
Eurytides philolaus (dark kite-swa... |
4077534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick%20Cheney%20hunting%20accident | Dick Cheney hunting accident | On February11, 2006, then-United States vice president Dick Cheney shot Harry Whittington, a then-78-year-old Texas attorney, with a 28-gauge Perazzi shotgun while participating in a quail hunt on a ranch in Riviera, Texas. Both Cheney and Whittington called the incident an accident.
The incident was reported to the C... |
4077882 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elf%20%28Dungeons%20%26%20Dragons%29 | Elf (Dungeons & Dragons) | The elf is a humanoid race in the Dungeons & Dragons fantasy role-playing game, one of the primary races available for player characters, and play a central role in the narratives of many setting worlds of the game. Elves are described as renowned for their grace and mastery of magic and weapons such as the bow and swo... |
4077967 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Germany%20during%20World%20War%20I | History of Germany during World War I | During World War I, the German Empire was one of the Central Powers. It began participation in the conflict after the declaration of war against Serbia by its ally, Austria-Hungary. German forces fought the Allies on both the eastern and western fronts, although German territory itself remained relatively safe from wid... |
4078100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autism%20therapies | Autism therapies | Autism therapies include a wide variety of therapies that help people with autism, or their families. Such methods of therapy seek to aid autistic people in dealing with difficulties and increase their functional independence.
Many therapies marketed towards autistic people and/or their parents claim outcomes that hav... |
4078753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Mahama | John Mahama | John Dramani Mahama (; born 29 November 1958) is a Ghanaian politician who served as President of Ghana from 24 July 2012 to 7 January 2017. He previously served as Vice President of Ghana from January 2009 to July 2012, and took office as president on 24 July 2012 following the death of his predecessor, John Evans Fii... |
4079351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Byrne | Simon Byrne | Simon Byrne (1806 – 2 June 1833), nicknamed "The Emerald Gem", was an Irish bare-knuckle prize fighter. The heavyweight boxing champion of Ireland, he was drawn to England by the larger sums of prize money on offer and his hopes of becoming the heavyweight champion there as well. He became one of only six fighters ever... |
4079660 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race%20to%20the%20North | Race to the North | The Race to the North was the name given by the press to occasions in two summers of the late 19th century when British passenger trains belonging to different companies would literally race each other from London to Edinburgh over the two principal rail trunk routes connecting the English capital city to Scotland – th... |
4079673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical%20transfer%20function | Optical transfer function | The optical transfer function (OTF) of an optical system such as a camera, microscope, human eye, or projector specifies how different spatial frequencies are captured or transmitted. It is used by optical engineers to describe how the optics project light from the object or scene onto a photographic film, detector arr... |
4079815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/37%20mm%20gun%20M3 | 37 mm gun M3 | The 37 mm gun M3 is the first dedicated anti-tank gun fielded by United States forces in numbers. Introduced in 1940, it became the standard anti-tank gun of the U.S. infantry with its size enabling it to be pulled by a jeep. However, the continuing improvement of German tanks quickly rendered the 37 mm ineffective and... |
4080082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marouane%20Chamakh | Marouane Chamakh | Marouane Chamakh (; ; born 10 January 1984) is a former professional footballer who played as a forward. He is described as a prototypical target man and is noted for his "link-up play", "tall stature" and "excellent heading ability". Chamakh is also Bordeaux's eleventh highest goalscorer of all-time.
Chamakh started ... |
4080646 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soapy%20Smith | Soapy Smith | Jefferson Randolph "Soapy" Smith II (November 2, 1860 – July 8, 1898) was an American con artist and gangster in the American frontier.
Smith operated confidence schemes across the Western United States, and had a large hand in organized criminal operations in both Colorado and the District of Alaska. Smith gained not... |
4080673 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravindra%20Jadeja | Ravindra Jadeja | Ravindrasinh Anirudhsinh Jadeja (born 6 December 1988), commonly known as Ravindra Jadeja, is an Indian international cricketer who represents the Indian national cricket team in all formats. He is an all-rounder, who bats left-handed and bowls left-arm orthodox spin. He is regarded as one of the best all-rounders of t... |
4080735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dido%20Elizabeth%20Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle | Dido Elizabeth Belle (June 1761 – July 1804) was a free black British gentlewoman. She was born into slavery and illegitimate; her mother, Maria Belle, was an enslaved Black woman in the British West Indies. Her father was Sir John Lindsay, a British career naval officer who was stationed there. Her father was knighted... |
4080846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadhana%20Sargam | Sadhana Sargam | Sadhana Sargam (née Ghanekar, born 7 March 1969) is an Indian singer known for her playback career in Indian cinema predominantly in Hindi, Bengali and Tamil language films. She is a recipient of the National Film Award and Filmfare Awards South. She has also won five Maharashtra State Film Awards, four Gujarat State F... |
4080953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi%20racial%20theories | Nazi racial theories | The Nazi Party adopted and developed several pseudoscientific racial classifications as part of its ideology (Nazism) in order to justify the genocide of groups of people which it deemed racially inferior. The Nazis considered the putative "Aryan race" a superior "master race", and they considered black people, mixed-r... |
4080979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Nazi%20Germany | Religion in Nazi Germany | Nazi Germany was an overwhelmingly Christian nation with similarly overwhelmingly self-identified Christian leadership. A census in May 1939, six years into the Nazi era and after the annexation of mostly Catholic Austria and mostly Catholic Czechoslovakia into Germany, indicates that 54% of the population considered i... |
4081056 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion%20in%20Australia | Religion in Australia | Religion in Australia is diverse. In the 2021 national census, 43.9% of Australians identified with Christianity and 38.9% declared "no religion".
Australia has no official religion. Section 116 of the Constitution of Australia states: "The Commonwealth shall not make any law for establishing any religion, or for imp... |
4081135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick%20Knight%20%28politician%29 | Frederick Knight (politician) | Colonel Sir Frederick Winn Knight (9 May 1812 – 3 May 1897) was an English Conservative politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1841 to 1885.
Origins
Frederick Knight was the eldest son of John Knight II (d.1850) of Lea Castle, Wolverley, (2 miles north of Kidderminster) Worcestershire and 26 miles east of D... |
4081172 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%E2%80%9394%20in%20English%20football | 1993–94 in English football | The 1993–94 season was the 114th season of competitive football in England.
Overview
From the start of this season, the Premier League would be sponsored by Carling, an association which would last for eight years. The Premier League was without a sponsor for the previous season.
Events
Manchester United broke the ... |
4081192 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable%20habitat | Sustainable habitat | A Sustainable habitat is an ecosystem that produces food and shelter for people and other organisms, without resource depletion and in such a way that no external waste is produced. Thus the habitat can continue into the future tie without external infusions of resources. Such a sustainable habitat may evolve naturall... |
4081318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%E2%80%9396%20in%20English%20football | 1995–96 in English football | The 1995–96 season was the 116th season of competitive football in England.
Overview
Premiership
Newcastle United were at one stage twelve points clear of Manchester United at the top of the table, but Alex Ferguson's relatively young and inexperienced side overhauled them during the second half of the season to win ... |
4081374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Museum%20of%20Costume | National Museum of Costume | The National Museum of Costume was located at Shambellie House, in New Abbey, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland and it formed part of the National Museums of Scotland. The museum started operating in 1982.
The museum allowed a look at fashion and the lifestyle of the wealthy from the 1850s to the 1950s. The clothes were ... |
4081389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luther%20Bible | Luther Bible | The Luther Bible () is a German language Bible translation by the Protestant reformer Martin Luther. A New Testament translation by Luther was first published in September 1522, and the completed Bible, containing a translation of the Old and New Testaments with Apocrypha, in 1534. Luther continued to make improvements... |
4081441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan%20Smith%20%28American%20Dad%21%29 | Stan Smith (American Dad!) | Stanford Leonard "Stan" Smith is a fictional character and the title character protagonist of the animated television series American Dad!. He is voiced by the series' co-creator and executive producer, Seth MacFarlane.
Stan is the patriarch of the Smith family. As the family's breadwinner, he works for the Central In... |
4081690 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puerto%20Plata%2C%20Dominican%20Republic | Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic | Puerto Plata, officially known as San Felipe de Puerto Plata, is a major coastal city in the Dominican Republic, and capital of the province of Puerto Plata. The city is a major trading port. Puerto Plata has resorts such as Playa Dorada and Costa Dorada, which are located east of the city proper. There are 100,000 hot... |
4081777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline%20of%20association%20football | Timeline of association football | This page indexes the individual year in association football pages. Each year is annotated with one or more significant events as a reference point.
Pre-1860s
1820s in football
Order imposed on folk football.
Public schools start devising versions of football.
The Foot Ball Club of Edinburgh was founded as the firs... |
4082379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Green%20Room%20%28film%29 | The Green Room (film) | The Green Room () is a 1978 French historical drama film directed by François Truffaut, based on the 1895 short story "The Altar of the Dead" by Henry James, in which a man becomes obsessed with the dead people in his life and builds a memorial to them. It is also based on two other works by James: the 1903 novella The... |
4082579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uys | Uys | Uys is the surname of a family that played a significant role in South African history during the nineteenth century and made distinguished contributions to South African culture, politics and sports during the course of the twentieth.
Origins
The earliest existing records show the Uys family living in Leiden and Ams... |
4082874 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workplace%20bullying | Workplace bullying | Workplace bullying is a persistent pattern of mistreatment from others in the workplace that causes either physical or emotional harm.
It can include such tactics as verbal, nonverbal, psychological, and physical abuse, as well as humiliation. This type of workplace aggression is particularly difficult because, unlike ... |
4083182 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LGBT%20rights%20in%20Jamaica | LGBT rights in Jamaica | Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Jamaica face legal and social issues not experienced by non-LGBT people. Consensual sexual intercourse between same-sex partners is legally punishable by imprisonment.
Jamaica has long held strongly conservative views towards homosexuality, with recent polls st... |
4083283 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hell%20Night | Hell Night | Hell Night is a 1981 American slasher film directed by Tom DeSimone, and starring Linda Blair, Vincent Van Patten, Kevin Brophy, and Peter Barton. The film depicts a night of fraternity hazing set in an old manor—the site of a familial mass murder—during which a deformed killer terrorizes and murders many of the colleg... |
4083547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleet%20review | Fleet review | A fleet review or naval review is an event where a gathering of ships from a particular navy is paraded and reviewed by an incumbent head of state and/or other official civilian and military dignitaries. A number of national navies continue to hold fleet reviews. Fleet reviews may also include participants and warships... |
4083551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaffna%20kingdom | Jaffna kingdom | The Jaffna kingdom (, ; 1215–1619 CE), also known as Kingdom of Aryachakravarti, was a historical kingdom of what today is northern Sri Lanka. It came into existence around the town of Jaffna on the Jaffna peninsula and was traditionally thought to have been established after the invasion of Kalinga Magha from Kalinga ... |
4084422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobermore | Tobermore | Tobermore (), ) is a small village in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland named after the townland of Tobermore. The village, which has a predominantly Protestant population, lies south-south-west of Maghera and north-west of Magherafelt. Tobermore is within the civil parish of Kilcronaghan and is part of Mid-Ulster... |
4084470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hips%20Don%27t%20Lie | Hips Don't Lie | "Hips Don't Lie" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira featuring Haitian rapper Wyclef Jean, released by Epic Records in 2006 as the second single from Shakira's seventh studio album, Oral Fixation, Vol. 2 (2005). Shakira and Jean wrote the lyrics and jointly composed the music with additional co-writing by ... |
4084677 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone%20numbers%20in%20Brazil | Telephone numbers in Brazil | The Brazilian telephone numbering plan uses a two-digit area code plus eight-digit local phone numbers for landlines and nine digits for mobile lines. Public utility services use short phone numbers (usually three digits), always starting with 1.
Local dialing
As established by ANATEL, the Brazilian federal telecommu... |
4085676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20care%20prices%20in%20the%20United%20States | Health care prices in the United States | Health care prices in the United States of America describe market and non-market factors that determine pricing, along with possible causes as to why prices are higher than in other countries.
Compared to other OECD countries, U.S. healthcare costs are one-third higher or more relative to the size of the economy (GD... |
4085836 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20San%20Diego | History of San Diego | The written (as opposed to oral) history of the San Diego, California, region began in the present state of California when Europeans first began inhabiting the San Diego Bay region. As the first area of California in which Europeans settled, San Diego has been described as "the birthplace of California."
Explorer Jua... |
4085963 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coade%20stone | Coade stone | Coade stone or Lithodipyra or Lithodipra () is stoneware that was often described as an artificial stone in the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It was used for moulding neoclassical statues, architectural decorations and garden ornaments of the highest quality that remain virtually weatherproof today.
Coade stone ... |
4086177 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merzbox | Merzbox | Merzbox is a box set compilation by the Japanese noise musician Merzbow. It consists of 50 CDs spanning Merzbow's career from 1979 to 1997. 30 discs are taken from long out of print releases, while 20 are composed mainly of unreleased material. The box also contains two CD-ROMs, six CD-sized round cards, six round stic... |
4086290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%E2%80%9398%20in%20English%20football | 1997–98 in English football | The 1997–98 season was the 118th season of competitive football in England.
Overview
Premier League
Arsenal overhauled Manchester United's lead during the final weeks of the season to win the Premiership title. They added the FA Cup two weeks later to become only the second English club to repeat the double.
All thr... |
4086309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Wesleyan%20University%20people | List of Wesleyan University people | This is a partial list of notable people affiliated with Wesleyan University. It includes alumni and faculty of the institution.
Administration and faculty
Academia, past and present
Debby Applegate – former faculty, American history, 2007 Pulitzer Prize for Biography or Autobiography
Hannah Arendt – fellow 1961–1... |
4086368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Amherst%20College%20people | List of Amherst College people | This is a list of some notable people affiliated with Amherst College.
Notable alumni
College founders and presidents
Edward Jones 1826, Principal of forerunner of Fourah Bay College, Africa (the predecessor of the University of Sierra Leone)
Patrick Hues Mell 1833, Chancellor of the University of Georgia
Edward Du... |
4086742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dispensation%20%28Catholic%20canon%20law%29 | Dispensation (Catholic canon law) | In the jurisprudence of the canon law of the Catholic Church, a dispensation is the exemption from the immediate obligation of law in certain cases. Its object is to modify the hardship often arising from the rigorous application of general laws to particular cases, and its essence is to preserve the law by suspending ... |
4087208 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David%20Marks%20%28psychologist%29 | David Marks (psychologist) | David Francis Marks (born 1945) is a psychologist, author and editor of numerous articles and books largely concerned with five areas of psychological research – judgement, health psychology, consciousness, parapsychology and intelligence. Marks is also the originator of the General Theory of Behaviour, and has curated... |
4087576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%20culture | Arab culture | Arab culture is the culture of the Arabs, from the Atlantic Ocean in the west to the Arabian Sea in the east, in a region of the Middle East and North Africa known as the Arab world. The various religions the Arabs have adopted throughout their history and the various empires and kingdoms that have ruled and took lead ... |
4087894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsai%20Ing-wen | Tsai Ing-wen | Tsai Ing-wen (; born 31 August 1956) is a Taiwanese politician who has been serving as the president of the Republic of China (Taiwan) since 2016. A member of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), Tsai is the first female president of Taiwan. She served as chair of the DPP from 2020 to 2022, and also previously from... |
4088688 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raid%20on%20Los%20Ba%C3%B1os | Raid on Los Baños | The Raid on Los Baños (Filipino: Pagsalakay sa Los Baños) in the Philippines, early Friday morning on 23 February 1945, was executed by a combined United States Army Airborne and Filipino guerrilla task force, resulting in the liberation of 2,147 Allied civilian and military internees from an agricultural school campus... |
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