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383260 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Minnesota | List of people from Minnesota | This is a list of notable persons who were born or spent important time in the American state of Minnesota. People not born in Minnesota are marked with §.
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SomJohan Arnd Aasgaard (1876–1966) – president, Concordia College; president, Norwegian Lutheran Church of America
Barkhad Abdi § – Somali-American actor
Ed ... |
383305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Wharton | Joseph Wharton | Joseph Wharton (March 3, 1826January 11, 1909) was an American industrialist. He was involved in mining, manufacturing and education. He founded the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania, co-founded the Bethlehem Steel company, and was one of the founders of Swarthmore College.
Early years
Wharton was born... |
383350 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bray%2C%20County%20Wicklow | Bray, County Wicklow | Bray ( ) is a coastal town in north County Wicklow, Ireland. It is situated about south of Dublin city centre on the east coast. It has a population of 33,512 making it the tenth largest urban area within Ireland (at the 2022 census). Bray is home to Ardmore Studios, and some light industry is located in the town, wit... |
383367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life%20insurance | Life insurance | Life insurance (or life assurance, especially in the Commonwealth of Nations) is a contract between an insurance policy holder and an insurer or assurer, where the insurer promises to pay a designated beneficiary a sum of money upon the death of an insured person (often the policyholder). Depending on the contract, oth... |
383448 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20Italy | Music of Italy | In Italy, music has traditionally been one of the cultural markers of Italian national and ethnic identity and holds an important position in society and in politics. Italian music innovationin musical scale, harmony, notation, and theatreenabled the development of opera, in the late 16th century, and much of modern E... |
383452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California%20State%20University%20San%20Marcos | California State University San Marcos | California State University San Marcos (CSUSM or Cal State San Marcos) is a public university in San Marcos, California. It was founded in 1989 as the 21st campus in the California State University (CSU) system.
CSUSM offers 43 bachelor's degree programs, 23 master's degree programs, an Ed.D. program, and 13 teaching ... |
383481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marat%20Safin | Marat Safin | Marat Mubinovich Safin (; ; born 27 January 1980) is a Russian former world No. 1 tennis player and former politician. He achieved the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) top singles ranking on 20 November 2000. Safin began his professional tennis career in 1997, and held the No. 1 ranking for a total of nine wee... |
383489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt%20Bf%20110 | Messerschmitt Bf 110 | The Messerschmitt Bf 110, often known unofficially as the Me 110, is a twin-engined (destroyer, heavy fighter), fighter-bomber (Jagdbomber or Jabo), and night fighter (Nachtjäger) developed in Nazi Germany in the 1930s and used by the Luftwaffe during World War II. Hermann Göring was a proponent of the Bf 110, believi... |
383513 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wetten%2C%20dass..%3F | Wetten, dass..? | (; German for "Wanna bet, that..?") is a German-language Saturday entertainment television show. It is the largest and most successful television show in Europe. Its format was the basis for the British show You Bet! and the American show Wanna Bet?
The shows were broadcast live six to eight times a year from differen... |
383515 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BCE%20Inc. | BCE Inc. | BCE Inc., an abbreviation of its full name Bell Canada Enterprises Inc., is a publicly traded Canadian holding company for Bell Canada, which includes telecommunications providers and various mass media assets under its subsidiary Bell Media Inc. Founded through a corporate reorganization in 1983, when Bell Canada, Nor... |
383564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domingo%20Faustino%20Sarmiento | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento | Domingo Faustino Sarmiento (; born Domingo Faustino Fidel Valentín Sarmiento y Albarracín; 15 February 1811 – 11 September 1888) was an Argentine activist, intellectual, writer, statesman and the second President of Argentina. His writing spanned a wide range of genres and topics, from journalism to autobiography, to p... |
383576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lajos%20Kossuth | Lajos Kossuth | Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (, , , ; 19 September 1802 – 20 March 1894) was a Hungarian nobleman, lawyer, journalist, politician, statesman and governor-president of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848–1849.
With the help of his talent in oratory in political debates and public speeches, K... |
383589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merchant%20Navy%20%28United%20Kingdom%29 | Merchant Navy (United Kingdom) | The Merchant Navy is the maritime register of the United Kingdom and comprises the seagoing commercial interests of UK-registered ships and their crews. Merchant Navy vessels fly the Red Ensign and are regulated by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). King George V bestowed the title of "Merchant Navy" on the Brit... |
383602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art%C3%BAr%20G%C3%B6rgei | Artúr Görgei | Artúr Görgei de Görgő et Toporc (born Arthur Görgey; , ; 30 January 181821 May 1916) was a Hungarian military leader renowned for being one of the greatest generals of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army.
In his youth, Görgei was a talented chemist, with his work in the field of chemistry being recognized by many renown... |
383626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy%20Sebastian | Guy Sebastian | Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer-songwriter who rose to fame after winning the first Australian Idol in 2003. Sebastian has since released ten top ten albums, including three number ones. The first seven all gained either platinum or multi-platinum certification. He has also achiev... |
383631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence%20Hartnett | Laurence Hartnett | Sir Laurence John Hartnett CBE (26 May 18984 April 1986) was an engineer who made several important contributions to the Australian automotive industry, and is often called "The Father of the Holden".
Childhood
Hartnett was born into a middle-class family in Woking, England. His mother, Katherine Jane Taplin, was the... |
383648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warwickshire | Warwickshire | Warwickshire (; abbreviated Warks) is a ceremonial county in the West Midlands of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire and Leicestershire to the north, Northamptonshire to the east, Oxfordshire and Gloucestershire to the south, and Worcestershire and the West Midlands county to the west. The largest settlement is ... |
383687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEC | NEC | is a Japanese multinational information technology and electronics corporation, headquartered at the NEC Supertower in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. It provides IT and network solutions, including cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) platform, and telecommunications equipment and software to ... |
383705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-subminiature | D-subminiature | The D-subminiature or D-sub is a common type of electrical connector. They are named for their characteristic D-shaped metal shield. When they were introduced, D-subs were among the smallest connectors used on computer systems.
Description, nomenclature, and variants
A D-sub contains two or more parallel rows of pins... |
383712 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uru%3A%20Ages%20Beyond%20Myst | Uru: Ages Beyond Myst | Uru: Ages Beyond Myst is an adventure video game developed by Cyan Worlds and published by Ubisoft. Released in 2003, the title is the fourth game in the Myst canon. Departing from previous games of the franchise, Uru takes place in the modern era and allows players to customize their onscreen avatars. Players use thei... |
383748 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Biggin%20Hill%20Airport | London Biggin Hill Airport | London Biggin Hill Airport is a minor international airport at Biggin Hill in the London Borough of Bromley, located south-southeast of Central London. The airport was formerly a Royal Air Force station RAF Biggin Hill, and a small enclave on the airport still retains that designation.
Biggin Hill is best known for... |
383758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Honda | Mike Honda | Michael Makoto Honda (born June 27, 1941) is an American politician and former educator. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in Congress from 2001 to 2017.
Initially involved in education in California, he first became active in politics in 1971, when then San Jose mayor Norman Mineta appointed Honda to the ci... |
383762 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20structures%20in%20London | List of structures in London | This is a list of notable buildings, complexes and monuments in London.
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2 Willow Road
2 Marsham Street
6 Burlington Gardens
6 Ellerdale Road
10 Downing Street
10 Palace Gate
10 Upper Bank Street
11 Downing Street
12 Downing Street
25 Bank Street
30 St Mary Axe (The Gherkin)
40 Bank Street
48 Doughty S... |
383797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonid%20Kuchma | Leonid Kuchma | Leonid Danylovych Kuchma (, ; born 9 August 1938) is a Ukrainian politician who was the second president of Ukraine from 19 July 1994 to 23 January 2005.
After a successful career in the machine-building industry of the Soviet Union, Kuchma began his political career in 1990, when he was elected to the Verkhovna Rada... |
383813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear%20and%20radiation%20accidents%20and%20incidents | Nuclear and radiation accidents and incidents | A nuclear and radiation accident is defined by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) as "an event that has led to significant consequences to people, the environment or the facility. Examples include lethal effects to individuals, large radioactivity release to the environment, reactor core melt." The prime exa... |
383819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braniff%20International%20Airways | Braniff International Airways | Braniff Airways, Inc., operated as Braniff International Airways from 1948 until 1965, and then Braniff International from 1965 until air operations ceased, was an airline in the United States that flew air carrier operations from 1928 until 1982 and continues today as a retailer, hotelier, travel service and branding ... |
383880 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice%20Rose | Maurice Rose | Maurice Rose (November 26, 1899 – March 30, 1945) was a career officer in the United States Army who attained the rank of major general. A veteran of World War I and World War II, Rose was commanding the 3rd Armored Division when he was killed in action in Germany during the closing days of the war.
The son and grand... |
383899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seth%20MacFarlane | Seth MacFarlane | Seth Woodbury MacFarlane (; born October 26, 1973) is an American actor, animator, filmmaker, comedian, and singer. MacFarlane is well-known as the creator and star of the television series Family Guy (since 1999) and The Orville (since 2017), and co-creator of the television series American Dad! (since 2005) and The C... |
383925 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton%20Fish | Hamilton Fish | Hamilton Fish (August 3, 1808September 7, 1893) was an American politician who served as the 16th governor of New York from 1849 to 1850, a United States senator from New York from 1851 to 1857, and the 26th U.S. secretary of state from 1869 to 1877. Fish is recognized as the pillar of Ulysses S. Grant's presidency and... |
383936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venezuelan%20bol%C3%ADvar | Venezuelan bolívar | The bolívar is the official currency of Venezuela. Named after the hero of Latin American independence Simón Bolívar, it was introduced following the monetary reform in 1879, before which the venezolano was circulating. Due to its decades-long reliance on silver and gold standards, and then on a peg to the United Stat... |
383947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker%20F27%20Friendship | Fokker F27 Friendship | The Fokker F27 Friendship is a turboprop airliner developed and manufactured by the Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker. It is the most numerous post-war aircraft manufactured in the Netherlands; the F27 was also one of the most successful European airliners of its era.
The F27 was developed during the early 1950s with... |
383952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal%20University%20of%20Minas%20Gerais | Federal University of Minas Gerais | The Federal University of Minas Gerais (, UFMG) is a federal research university located in the state of Minas Gerais. Its main and biggest campus is located in the city of Belo Horizonte, Brazil. It is one of Brazil's five largest and highest-ranked universities, being the largest federal university. It offers 79 unde... |
383976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ABN%20AMRO | ABN AMRO | ABN AMRO Bank N.V. is the third-largest Dutch bank, with headquarters in Amsterdam. It was initially formed in 1991 by merger of the two prior Dutch banks that form its name, Algemene Bank Nederland (ABN) and Amsterdamsche en Rotterdamsche Bank (AMRO Bank).
Following aggressive international expansion, ABN AMRO was ac... |
383977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Scott%20%28Canadian%20politician%29 | Walter Scott (Canadian politician) | Thomas Walter Scott (October 27, 1867 – March 23, 1938) was the first premier of Saskatchewan from 1905 to 1916. Scott was Saskatchewan's second longest-serving Premier, serving one continuous term from 1905 to 1916). He led the Saskatchewan Liberal Party in three general elections, winning all three with majority gov... |
384009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L.A.%20Woman | L.A. Woman | L.A. Woman is the sixth studio album by the American rock band the Doors, released on April 19, 1971, by Elektra Records. It is the last to feature lead singer Jim Morrison during his lifetime, due to his sudden death exactly two months and two weeks following the album's release. Even more so than its predecessors, th... |
384064 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health%20Insurance%20Portability%20and%20Accountability%20Act | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act | The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA or the Kennedy–Kassebaum Act) is a United States Act of Congress enacted by the 104th United States Congress and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on August 21, 1996. It modernized the flow of healthcare information, stipulates how personall... |
384076 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20New%20Zealand | Radio New Zealand | Radio New Zealand (), commonly known as Radio NZ or simply RNZ, is a New Zealand public-service radio broadcaster and Crown entity that was established under the Radio New Zealand Act 1995. It operates news and current-affairs network, RNZ National, and a classical-music and jazz network, RNZ Concert, with full governm... |
384080 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-partisan%20democracy | Non-partisan democracy | Nonpartisan democracy (also no-party democracy) is a system of representative government or organization such that universal and periodic elections take place without reference to political parties. Sometimes electioneering and even speaking about candidates may be discouraged, so as not to prejudice others' decisions ... |
384095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack%20Daniel%27s | Jack Daniel's | Jack Daniel's is a brand of Tennessee whiskey. It is produced in Lynchburg, Tennessee, by the Jack Daniel Distillery, which has been owned by the Brown–Forman Corporation since 1956.
Packaged in square bottles, Jack Daniel's "Black Label" Tennessee whiskey sold 12.9 million nine-liter cases in 2017. Other brand variat... |
384099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto%20Alomar | Roberto Alomar | Roberto Alomar Velázquez (; ; born February 5, 1968) is a Puerto Rican former second baseman who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for sixteen seasons, primarily with the Toronto Blue Jays. He is regarded as one of the greatest second basemen and all-around players. During his career, the 12-time All-Star won more ... |
384118 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fernando%20Wood | Fernando Wood | Fernando Wood (February 14, 1812 – February 13, 1881) was an American Democratic Party politician, merchant, and real estate investor who served as the 73rd and 75th Mayor of New York City. He also represented the city for several terms in the United States House of Representatives.
After rapidly rising through Tamman... |
384142 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign%20worker | Foreign worker | Foreign workers or guest workers are people who work in a country other than one of which they are a citizen. Some foreign workers use a guest worker program in a country with more preferred job prospects than in their home country. Guest workers are often either sent or invited to work outside their home country or ha... |
384160 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver%20Wars | Beaver Wars | The Beaver Wars (), also known as the Iroquois Wars or the French and Iroquois Wars () were a series of conflicts fought intermittently during the 17th century in North America throughout the Saint Lawrence River valley in Canada and the Great Lakes region which pitted the Iroquois against the Hurons, northern Algonqui... |
384163 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welcome%20Back%2C%20Kotter | Welcome Back, Kotter | Welcome Back, Kotter is an American sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan as a high-school teacher in charge of a racially and ethnically diverse remedial education class called the "Sweathogs." Recorded in front of a live studio audience, the series aired on ABC from September 9, 1975, through May 17, 1979. It provided John Tra... |
384176 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military%20history%20of%20Canada | Military history of Canada | The military history of Canada comprises hundreds of years of armed actions in the territory encompassing modern Canada, and interventions by the Canadian military in conflicts and peacekeeping worldwide. For thousands of years, the area that would become Canada was the site of sporadic intertribal conflicts among Abor... |
384210 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interleague%20play | Interleague play | Interleague play in Major League Baseball refers to regular-season baseball games played between an American League (AL) team and a National League (NL) team. Interleague play was first introduced during the 1997 Major League Baseball season. Prior to that, matchups between AL teams and NL teams occurred only during sp... |
384218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Churches%20of%20Christ | Churches of Christ | The Churches of Christ, most commonly known as the Church of Christ or church of Christ, is a loose association of autonomous Christian congregations. The Churches of Christ are represented across the world. Typically, their distinguishing beliefs are that of the necessity of baptism for salvation and the prohibition o... |
384273 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan%20Transportation%20Authority | Metropolitan Transportation Authority | The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is a public benefit corporation responsible for public transportation in the New York City metropolitan area of the U.S. state of New York. The MTA is the largest public transit authority in North America, serving 12 counties in Downstate New York, along with two counties... |
384289 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%20dynamic%20memory%20allocation | C dynamic memory allocation | C dynamic memory allocation refers to performing manual memory management for dynamic memory allocation in the C programming language via a group of functions in the C standard library, namely , , , and .
The C++ programming language includes these functions; however, the operators and provide similar functionality... |
384307 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comecon | Comecon | The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (, ; English abbreviation COMECON, CMEA, CEMA, or CAME) was an economic organization from 1949 to 1991 under the leadership of the Soviet Union that comprised the countries of the Eastern Bloc along with a number of socialist states elsewhere in the world.
The descriptive ter... |
384368 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Syama%20Prasad%20Mukherjee | Syama Prasad Mukherjee | Syama Prasad Mukherjee (6 July 1901 – 23 June 1953) was an Indian politician, barrister and academician, who served as India's first Minister for Industry and Supply (currently known as Ministry of Commerce and Industry) in Jawaharlal Nehru's cabinet. After falling out with Nehru, protesting against the Liaquat-Nehru P... |
384426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Puget%20Sound | University of Puget Sound | The University of Puget Sound (UPS or Puget Sound) is a private liberal arts university in Tacoma, Washington. The university is affiliated with the United Methodist Church.
History
The University of Puget Sound was founded by the Methodist Episcopal Church in 1888 in downtown Tacoma. The idea for a college in Tacoma ... |
384457 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20Angola | Culture of Angola | The culture of Angola is influenced by the Portuguese. Portugal occupied the coastal enclave Luanda, and later also Benguela, since the 16th/17th centuries, and expanded into the territory of what is now Angola in the 19th/20th centuries, ruling it until 1975. Both countries share prevailing cultural aspects: the Portu... |
384458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romanian%20Orthodox%20Church | Romanian Orthodox Church | The Romanian Orthodox Church (ROC; , ), or Patriarchate of Romania, is an autocephalous Eastern Orthodox church in full communion with other Eastern Orthodox Christian churches, and one of the nine patriarchates in the Eastern Orthodox Church. Since 1925, the church's Primate has borne the title of Patriarch. Its juris... |
384466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali%20Bey%20al-Kabir | Ali Bey al-Kabir | Ali Bey al-Kabir (, Georgian: ალი ბეი ალ-ქაბირი; 1728 – 8 May 1773) was a Mamluk leader in Egypt. Nicknamed Jinn Ali ("Ali the Devil") and Bulut Kapan ("Cloud-Catcher"), Ali Bey rose to prominence in 1768 when he rebelled against his Ottoman rulers, making the Egypt Eyalet of the Ottoman Empire independent for a short ... |
384468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish%20theatre | Irish theatre | The history of Irish theatre begins in the Middle Ages and was for a long time confined to the courts of the Gaelic and "Old English" – descendants of 12th-century Norman invaders – inhabitants of Ireland. The first theatre building in Ireland was the Werburgh Street Theatre, founded in 1637, followed by the Smock Alle... |
384518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/En%20Vogue | En Vogue | En Vogue is an American vocal girl group whose original lineup consisted of singers Terry Ellis, Dawn Robinson, Cindy Herron, and Maxine Jones. Formed in Oakland, California, in 1989, En Vogue reached No. 2 on the US Hot 100 with the single "Hold On", taken from their 1990 debut album Born to Sing. The group's 1992 fol... |
384520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age%20of%20Apocalypse | Age of Apocalypse | "Age of Apocalypse" is a 1995 comic book crossover storyline mostly published in the X-Men franchise of books by Marvel Comics. The Age of Apocalypse briefly replaced the universe of Earth-616 and had ramifications in the main Marvel Comics universe when the original timeline was restored. It was later retconned as hav... |
384537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handley%20Page%20Victor | Handley Page Victor | The Handley Page Victor is a British jet-powered strategic bomber developed and produced by Handley Page during the Cold War. It was the third and final V bomber to be operated by the Royal Air Force (RAF), the other two being the Vickers Valiant and the Avro Vulcan. Entering service in 1958, the Victor was initially d... |
384591 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mil%20Mi-24 | Mil Mi-24 | The Mil Mi-24 (; NATO reporting name: Hind) is a large helicopter gunship, attack helicopter and low-capacity troop transport with room for eight passengers. It is produced by Mil Moscow Helicopter Plant and was introduced by the Soviet Air Force in 1972. The helicopter is currently in use by 58 countries.
In NATO cir... |
384601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Busted%20%28band%29 | Busted (band) | Busted are an English pop-punk band from Southend-on-Sea, Essex, consisting of James Bourne, Matt Willis and Charlie Simpson. Formed in 2000, the band has had four UK number-one singles, won two Brit Awards, released four studio albums and sold over 5 million records worldwide. The band released the albums Busted in 20... |
384676 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Love%20Canal | Love Canal | Love Canal is a neighborhood in Niagara Falls, New York, United States, infamous as the location of a landfill that became the site of an enormous environmental disaster in the 1970s. Decades of dumping toxic chemicals harmed the health of hundreds of residents; the area was cleaned up over the course of 21 years in a... |
384682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sofia%20Gubaidulina | Sofia Gubaidulina | Sofia Asgatovna Gubaidulina ( , ; born 24 October 1931) is a Soviet-Russian composer and an established international figure. Major orchestras around the world have commissioned and performed her works. She is considered one of the foremost Russian composers of the second half of the 20th century.
Family
Gubaidulina ... |
384695 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20Illinois%20Urbana-Champaign | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (U of I, Illinois, University of Illinois, or UIUC) is a public land-grant research university in Champaign, Illinois, and Urbana, Illinois. It is the flagship institution of the University of Illinois system and was founded in 1867. With over 56,000 students, the University ... |
384701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fountain | Fountain | A fountain, from the Latin "fons" (genitive "fontis"), meaning source or spring, is a decorative reservoir used for discharging water. It is also a structure that jets water into the air for a decorative or dramatic effect.
Fountains were originally purely functional, connected to springs or aqueducts and used to prov... |
384706 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sifl%20and%20Olly%20Show | The Sifl and Olly Show | The Sifl and Olly Show is a comedy TV series that incorporates sock puppets, animation, and musical performances. Musicians Liam Lynch and Matt Crocco created and performed the series. The first episode aired on MTV in 1998. The show was cancelled in 1999. The characters, along with new material, currently appear on ... |
384709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dacian%20language | Dacian language | Dacian () is an extinct language generally believed to be a member of the Indo-European language family that was spoken in the ancient region of Dacia. It went extinct by the 4th century AD.
While there is general agreement among scholars that Dacian was an Indo-European language, there are divergent opinions about it... |
384714 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20W.%20Kearny | Stephen W. Kearny | Stephen Watts Kearny (sometimes spelled Kearney) ( ) (August 30, 1794October 31, 1848) was one of the foremost antebellum frontier officers of the United States Army. He is remembered for his significant contributions in the Mexican–American War, especially the conquest of California. The Kearny code, proclaimed on Sep... |
384758 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania | WrestleMania | WrestleMania is a professional wrestling event held annually between mid-March and mid-April by the American company WWE, the world's largest professional wrestling promotion. Since premiering in 1985, 39 editions have been held, with its most recent 39th edition occurring at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California on Ap... |
384760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fokker%20F28%20Fellowship | Fokker F28 Fellowship | The Fokker F28 Fellowship is a twin-engined, short-range jet airliner designed and built by Dutch aircraft manufacturer Fokker.
Following the Fokker F27 Friendship, an early and commercially successful turboprop-powered regional airliner, Fokker decided to embark on developing a new turbojet-powered commuter aircraft ... |
384777 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20North%20Macedonia | Music of North Macedonia | The Macedonian music refers to all forms of music associated with ethnic Macedonians. It share similarities with the music of neighbouring Balkan countries, yet it remains overall distinctive in its rhythm and sound.
Folk music
The ethnic Macedonian folk music (Macedonian: Народна музика, Narodna muzika) includes:
Tra... |
384805 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manhattan%20Bridge | Manhattan Bridge | The Manhattan Bridge is a suspension bridge that crosses the East River in New York City, connecting Lower Manhattan at Canal Street with Downtown Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue Extension. The main span is long, with the suspension cables being long. The bridge's total length is . It is one of four toll-free vehicul... |
384808 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Flatley | Michael Flatley | Michael Ryan Flatley (born July 16, 1958) is an Irish-American dancer and musician. He became known for creating and performing in Irish dance shows Riverdance, Lord of the Dance, Feet of Flames, Celtic Tiger Live and Michael Flatley's Christmas Dance Spectacular. Flatley's shows have played to more than 60 million peo... |
384811 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Mary-le-Bow | St Mary-le-Bow | The Church of St Mary-le-Bow () is a Church of England parish church in the City of London, England. Located on Cheapside, one of the city's oldest thoroughfares, the church was founded in 1080, by Lanfranc, Archbishop of Canterbury. Rebuilt several times over the ensuing centuries, the present church is the work of Si... |
384816 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter%20Savage%20Landor | Walter Savage Landor | Walter Savage Landor (30 January 177517 September 1864) was an English writer, poet, and activist. His best known works were the prose Imaginary Conversations, and the poem "Rose Aylmer," but the critical acclaim he received from contemporary poets and reviewers was not matched by public popularity. As remarkable as hi... |
384853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/College%20of%20Arms | College of Arms | The College of Arms, or Heralds' College, is a royal corporation consisting of professional officers of arms, with jurisdiction over England, Wales, Northern Ireland and some Commonwealth realms. The heralds are appointed by the British Sovereign and are delegated authority to act on behalf of the Crown in all matters ... |
384860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Christian%20University | Texas Christian University | Texas Christian University (TCU) is a private research university in Fort Worth, Texas. It was established in 1873 by brothers Addison and Randolph Clark as the AddRan Male & Female College. It is affiliated with the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ).
The campus is located on about 10 miles (5 km) from downtown ... |
384864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Question%20%28character%29 | Question (character) | The Question is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Steve Ditko, the Question first appeared in Charlton Comics' Blue Beetle #1 (June 1967), and was acquired by DC Comics in the early 1980s and incorporated into the DC Universe.
The Question's secret identity was originally... |
384873 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London%20Southend%20Airport | London Southend Airport | London Southend Airport is a minor international airport situated on the outskirts of Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England, approximately from the centre of London. The airport straddles the boundaries between the city of Southend-on-Sea and the Rochford District.
Southend was London's third-busiest airport from the 19... |
384921 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline%20of%20Christian%20theology | Outline of Christian theology | The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Christian theology:
Christian theology is the study of Christian belief and practice. Such study concentrates primarily upon the texts of the Old Testament and the New Testament as well as on Christian tradition. Christian theologians use biblica... |
384945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffersonian%20democracy | Jeffersonian democracy | Jeffersonian democracy, named after its advocate Thomas Jefferson, was one of two dominant political outlooks and movements in the United States from the 1790s to the 1820s. The Jeffersonians were deeply committed to American republicanism, which meant opposition to what they considered to be artificial aristocracy, op... |
384969 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chase%20Bank | Chase Bank | JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., doing business as Chase, is an American national bank headquartered in New York City, that constitutes the consumer and commercial banking subsidiary of the U.S. multinational banking and financial services holding company, JPMorgan Chase. The bank was known as Chase Manhattan Bank until it m... |
384984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preemptive%20war | Preemptive war | A preemptive war is a war that is commenced in an attempt to repel or defeat a perceived imminent offensive or invasion, or to gain a strategic advantage in an impending (allegedly unavoidable) war shortly before that attack materializes. It is a war that preemptively 'breaks the peace' before an impending attack occur... |
384998 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savoy%20Hotel | Savoy Hotel | The Savoy Hotel is a luxury hotel located in the Strand in the City of Westminster in central London, England. Built by the impresario Richard D'Oyly Carte with profits from his Gilbert and Sullivan opera productions, it opened on 6 August 1889. It was the first in the Savoy group of hotels and restaurants owned by Car... |
385000 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas%20Ranger%20Division | Texas Ranger Division | The Texas Ranger Division, commonly called the Texas Rangers and also known as , is an investigative law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction in the U.S. state of Texas. It is based in the capital city Austin. In the time since its creation, the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to po... |
385069 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quanah%20Parker | Quanah Parker | Quanah Parker (, ; – February 23, 1911) was a war leader of the Kwahadi ("Antelope") band of the Comanche Nation. He was likely born into the Nokoni ("Wanderers") band of Tabby-nocca and grew up among the Kwahadis, the son of Kwahadi Comanche chief Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker, an Anglo-American who had been ab... |
385077 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convair%20B-36%20Peacemaker | Convair B-36 Peacemaker | The Convair B-36 "Peacemaker" is a strategic bomber that was built by Convair and operated by the United States Air Force (USAF) from 1949 to 1959. The B-36 is the largest mass-produced piston-engined aircraft ever built. It had the longest wingspan of any combat aircraft ever built, at . The B-36 was the first bomber ... |
385109 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banja%20Luka | Banja Luka | Banja Luka (, ) or Banjaluka (, ) is the second largest city in Bosnia and Herzegovina and the largest city of Republika Srpska. It is also the de facto capital of this entity. Banja Luka is the traditional centre of the densely-forested Bosanska Krajina region of northwestern Bosnia. , the city proper has a population... |
385144 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dra%C5%BEa%20Mihailovi%C4%87 | Draža Mihailović | Dragoljub "Draža" Mihailović (; 27 April 1893 – 17 July 1946) was a Yugoslav Serb general during World War II. He was the leader of the Chetnik Detachments of the Yugoslav Army (Chetniks), a royalist and nationalist movement and guerrilla force established following the German invasion of Yugoslavia in 1941.
Born in I... |
385155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italians | Italians | Italians (, ) are a nation and ethnic group native to the Italian geographical region. Italians share a common culture, history, ancestry and usage of Italian language. Their predecessors differ regionally, but generally include native populations such as the Etruscans, the Rhaetians, the Ligurians, the Adriatic Veneti... |
385156 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopard%20seal | Leopard seal | The leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx), also referred to as the sea leopard, is the second largest species of seal in the Antarctic (after the southern elephant seal). Its only natural predator is the orca. It feeds on a wide range of prey including cephalopods, other pinnipeds, krill, fish, and birds, particularly pengu... |
385256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Almer%C3%ADa | Almería | Almería (, , ) is a city and municipality of Spain, located in Andalusia. It is the capital of the province of the same name. It lies on southeastern Iberia on the Mediterranean Sea. Caliph Abd al-Rahman III founded the city in 955. The city grew wealthy during the Islamic era, becoming a world city throughout the 11th... |
385261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvary%20Chapel%20Association | Calvary Chapel Association | Calvary Chapel is an international association of evangelical churches, mostly in the Moderate Faction of the Charismatic movement but with former historical origins in Pentecostalism. It maintains a number of radio stations around the world and operates many local Calvary Chapel Bible College programs.
Beginning in 1... |
385290 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Kimmel | Jimmy Kimmel | James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, a late-night talk show which premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, at Hollywood Masonic Temple in Hollywood, California; and on April 1, 2019, at a... |
385313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Palace%20F.C. | Crystal Palace F.C. | Crystal Palace Football Club, commonly referred to as Palace, is a professional football club based in Selhurst in the Borough of Croydon, South London, England, which competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football. Although formally created as a professional outfit in 1905 at the Crystal Palace... |
385316 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladesville%20Bridge | Gladesville Bridge | Gladesville Bridge is a heritage-listed concrete arch road bridge that carries Victoria Road over the Parramatta River, linking the Sydney suburbs of Huntleys Point and Drummoyne, in the local government areas of Canada Bay and Hunter's Hill, in New South Wales, Australia. Despite its name, the bridge is not in Gladesv... |
385334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20particles | List of particles | This is a list of known and hypothesized particles.
Standard Model elementary particles
Elementary particles are particles with no measurable internal structure; that is, it is unknown whether they are composed of other particles. They are the fundamental objects of quantum field theory. Many families and sub-famili... |
385358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nakhchivan%20Autonomous%20Republic | Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic | The Nakhchivan Autonomous Republic (, ) is a landlocked exclave of the Republic of Azerbaijan. The region covers with a population of 459,600. It is bordered by Armenia to the east and north, Iran to the southwest, and Turkey to the west. It is the sole autonomous republic of Azerbaijan, governed by its own elected le... |
385434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samnites | Samnites | The Samnites () were an ancient Italic people who lived in Samnium, which is located in modern inland Abruzzo, Molise, and Campania in south-central Italy.
An Oscan-speaking people, who originated as an offshoot of the Sabines, they formed a confederation consisting of four tribes: the Hirpini, Caudini, Caraceni, and ... |
385514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet%20Cohen | Harriet Cohen | Harriet Pearl Alice Cohen CBE (2 December 189513 November 1967) was a British pianist.
Biography
Harriet Cohen was born in London. Her younger sister was the singer Myra Verney (1905-1993) and she was a distant cousin of the pianist Irene Scharrer. She studied piano at the Royal Academy of Music under Tobias Matthay, ... |
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