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4323079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%93gra%20Shinn%20F%C3%A9in | Ógra Shinn Féin | Ógra Shinn Féin (colloquially known as Republican Youth, , and formerly, officially known as Sinn Féin Republican Youth, , from 2012 to March 2018) is the youth wing of the Irish political party Sinn Féin. Ógra Shinn Féin is active and organised throughout the island of Ireland.
Upon its establishment in 1997 it was o... |
4323846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification%20studies%20of%20UFOs | Identification studies of UFOs | Identifying unidentified flying objects (UFOs) is a difficult task due to the normally poor quality of the evidence provided by those who report sighting the unknown object. Observations and subsequent reporting are often made by those untrained in astronomy, atmospheric phenomena, aeronautics, physics, and perception.... |
4323952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acute%20myeloid%20leukemia | Acute myeloid leukemia | Acute myeloid leukemia (AML) is a cancer of the myeloid line of blood cells, characterized by the rapid growth of abnormal cells that build up in the bone marrow and blood and interfere with normal blood cell production. Symptoms may include feeling tired, shortness of breath, easy bruising and bleeding, and increased ... |
4323992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20University%20of%20Oklahoma%20people | List of University of Oklahoma people | The list of University of Oklahoma people includes notable alumni, faculty, and former students of the University of Oklahoma.
Educators
Clinton E. Adams, former medical school dean at Western University of Health Sciences, and current president of Rocky Vista University
Yvonne Chouteau, one of the Five Moons and co-f... |
4324475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike%20Adams%20%28safety%29 | Mike Adams (safety) | Michael Carl Adams (born March 24, 1981) is an American former professional football player who was a safety in the National Football League (NFL). He is currently the assistant special teams coach for the New York Giants. Adams played college football for the Delaware Fightin' Blue Hens, and was signed by the San Fran... |
4324505 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FrontRunner | FrontRunner | FrontRunner is a commuter rail train operated by the Utah Transit Authority that operates along the Wasatch Front in north-central Utah with service from the Ogden Central Station in central Weber County through Davis County, Salt Lake City, and Salt Lake County to Provo Central station in central Utah County. In , th... |
4324783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noise%20regulation | Noise regulation | Noise regulation includes statutes or guidelines relating to sound transmission established by national, state or provincial and municipal levels of government. After the watershed passage of the United States Noise Control Act of 1972, other local and state governments passed further regulations.
A noise regulation r... |
4324868 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1930%20in%20baseball | 1930 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over St. Louis Cardinals (4–2)
Awards and honors
None
Statistical leaders
1Single season record for RBIs
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings
Negro National League fina... |
4324878 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alois%20Lexa%20von%20Aehrenthal | Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal | Alois Leopold Johann Baptist Graf Lexa von Aehrenthal (27 September 1854 – 17 February 1912) was diplomat from the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Biographer Solomon Wank says he exuded a strong monarchical-conservative outlook, loyalty to the Empire, and optimism regarding its ability to survive and flourish in the early 20t... |
4325214 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stadion%20Miejski%20im.%20Henryka%20Reymana | Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana | Stadion Miejski im. Henryka Reymana () is a football-specific stadium in Kraków, Poland. It is currently used as home ground by Wisła Kraków football team playing in the I liga matches. The address of the stadium is Kraków, ul. Reymonta 22. The stadium has a capacity of 33,326 spectators, who are all seated, and is ful... |
4325221 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutor%20Perini | Tutor Perini | Tutor Perini Corporation (formerly Perini Corporation) is one of the largest general contractors in the United States. At the end of 2013, it reported annual revenue of approximately $4.2 billion. Tutor Perini is headquartered in Sylmar, California, and works on construction projects throughout North America. Specific ... |
4325400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Noise | New York Noise | New York Noise is a one-hour indie-rock music video television program which aired from 2003–2009 on NYC Media in New York and parts of New Jersey and Connecticut. It was created, produced, and edited by Shirley Braha and funded by New York City under the Bloomberg administration. The show was "devoted to music videos,... |
4325491 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft%20Bing | Microsoft Bing | Microsoft Bing, commonly referred to as Bing, is a web search engine owned and operated by Microsoft. The service traces its roots back to Microsoft's earlier search engines, including MSN Search, Windows Live Search, and Live Search. Bing offers a broad spectrum of search services, encompassing web, video, image, and ... |
4325584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929%20in%20baseball | 1929 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: Philadelphia Athletics over Chicago Cubs (4-1)
Awards and honors
League Award
Rogers Hornsby, Chicago Cubs, 2B
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Negro leagues final standings
Negro National League f... |
4325737 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ziauddin%20Ahmad | Ziauddin Ahmad | Sir Ziauddin Ahmad (born Ziauddin Ahmed Zuberi; 13 February 1873 – 23 December 1947) was an Indian mathematician, parliamentarian, logician, natural philosopher, politician, political theorist, educationist and a scholar. He was a member of the Aligarh Movement and was a professor, principal of MAO College, first pro ... |
4326059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Port%20Royal | Battle of Port Royal | The Battle of Port Royal was one of the earliest amphibious operations of the American Civil War, in which a United States Navy fleet and United States Army expeditionary force captured Port Royal Sound, South Carolina, between Savannah, Georgia and Charleston, South Carolina, on November 7, 1861. The sound was guarde... |
4326310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928%20in%20baseball | 1928 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: New York Yankees over St. Louis Cardinals (4–0)
Awards and honors
League Award
Mickey Cochrane, Philadelphia Athletics, C
Jim Bottomley, St. Louis Cardinals, 1B
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
American League final standings
National League final standings
Neg... |
4326466 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dalibor%20Vesely | Dalibor Vesely | Dalibor Vesely (19 June 1934 – 31 March 2015) was a Czech-born architectural historian and theorist who was influential through his teaching and writing in promoting the role of hermeneutics and phenomenology as part of the discourse of architecture and of architectural design.
Vesely was one of the most outstanding a... |
4326550 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discovery%20Expedition | Discovery Expedition | The Discovery Expedition of 1901–1904, known officially as the British National Antarctic Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since the voyage of James Clark Ross sixty years earlier (1839–1843). Organized on a large scale under a joint committee of the Royal Society and the ... |
4326569 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuru%20kulla | Kuru kulla | Kuru (after Kurukullā, a Tibetan Buddhist deity) is a genus of dromaeosaurid theropod from the Late Cretaceous Barun Goyot Formation of Mongolia. The genus contains only a single species, the type species Kuru kulla, which is known from a fragmentary skeleton including a partial skull.
Discovery and naming
The holoty... |
4326671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huabeisaurus | Huabeisaurus | Huabeisaurus (, meaning "North China lizard") was a genus of dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous (Cenomanian to Maastrichtian stages, around 99.7–70.6 million years ago). It was a sauropod which lived in what is present-day northern China. The type species, Huabeisaurus allocotus, was first described by Pang Qiqing and C... |
4327099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Blade%20Runner%20characters | List of Blade Runner characters | Blade Runner is a 1982 American neo-noir science fiction film directed by Ridley Scott, which stars Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, and Edward James Olmos. Written by Hampton Fancher and David Peoples, the film is an adaptation of the 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick.
Its 201... |
4327126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Repatriation%20%28cultural%20property%29 | Repatriation (cultural property) | Repatriation is the return of the cultural property, often referring to ancient or looted art, to their country of origin or former owners (or their heirs).
The disputed cultural property items are physical artifacts of a group or society taken by another group, usually in the act of looting, whether in the context of... |
4327267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warhawk%20%282007%20video%20game%29 | Warhawk (2007 video game) | Warhawk was a multiplayer third-person shooter video game developed by Incognito Entertainment for the PlayStation 3. It was a remake of an aerial warfare game of the same name, which was an early title on the original PlayStation. Santa Monica Studio assisted on development. It was the first PlayStation 3 game to be a... |
4327318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thistle%2C%20Utah | Thistle, Utah | Thistle is a ghost town in Spanish Fork Canyon in southeastern Utah County, Utah, United States. During the era of steam locomotives, the town's primary industry was servicing trains for the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad (often shortened to D&RG, D&RGW, or Rio Grande). The fortunes of the town were closely lin... |
4327650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20protests%20in%20Belgrade | 1991 protests in Belgrade | The 1991 protests in Belgrade happened on the streets of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia and Yugoslavia when a protest rally turned into a riot featuring vicious clashes between the protesters and police.
The initial mass rally that took place on 9 March 1991 was organized by Vuk Drašković's Serbian Renewal Movement (... |
4327886 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbonate%20platform | Carbonate platform | A carbonate platform is a sedimentary body which possesses topographic relief, and is composed of autochthonic calcareous deposits. Platform growth is mediated by sessile organisms whose skeletons build up the reef or by organisms (usually microbes) which induce carbonate precipitation through their metabolism. Therefo... |
4328029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kekeya%20Kingdom | Kekeya Kingdom | Kekeya Kingdom (also known as Kekaya, Kaikaya, Kaikeya etc.) was a kingdom mentioned in the ancient Indian epic Mahabharata among the western kingdoms of then India. The epic Ramayana mentions one of the wives of Dasharatha, the king of Kosala and father of Rama, was from Kekeya kingdom and was known as Kaikeyi. Her so... |
4328489 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport%20in%20Greater%20Tokyo | Transport in Greater Tokyo | The transport network in Greater Tokyo includes public and private rail and highway networks; airports for international, domestic, and general aviation; buses; motorcycle delivery services, walking, bicycling, and commercial shipping. While the nexus is in the central part of Tokyo, every part of the Greater Tokyo Are... |
4328716 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perlecan | Perlecan | Perlecan (PLC) also known as basement membrane-specific heparan sulfate proteoglycan core protein (HSPG) or heparan sulfate proteoglycan 2 (HSPG2), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HSPG2 gene. The HSPG2 gene codes for a 4,391 amino acid protein with a molecular weight of 468,829. It is one of the largest k... |
4328804 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacramento%20Northern%20Railway | Sacramento Northern Railway | The Sacramento Northern Railway (reporting mark SN) was a electric interurban railway that connected Chico in northern California with Oakland via the California capital, Sacramento. In its operation it ran directly on the streets of Oakland, Sacramento, Yuba City, Chico, and Woodland and ran interurban passenger serv... |
4329299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra%20Navnirman%20Sena | Maharashtra Navnirman Sena | The Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (translation: Maharashtra Reformation Army; MNS) is a Regionalist far-right Indian political party based in the state of Maharashtra and operates on the ideology of Hindutva and Marathi Manus. It was founded on 9 March 2006 in Mumbai by Raj Thackeray after he left the Shiv Sena party due... |
4329310 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polish%20resistance%20movement%20in%20World%20War%20II | Polish resistance movement in World War II | In Poland, the resistance movement during World War II was led by the Home Army. The Polish resistance is notable among others for disrupting German supply lines to the Eastern Front (damaging or destroying 1/8 of all rail transports), and providing intelligence reports to the British intelligence agencies (providing 4... |
4329781 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki%20GSX-R750 | Suzuki GSX-R750 | The Suzuki GSX-R750 is a sports motorcycle made by Suzuki since 1984. It was introduced at the Cologne Motorcycle Show in October 1984 as a motorcycle of the GSX-R series for the 1985 model year.
Air and oil cooled
The air and oil-cooled models can be divided into the first-generation and the second-generation colloq... |
4329900 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Matrix%20series%20characters | List of Matrix series characters | This is a list of characters from The Matrix franchise universe. Many of the characters listed here have names reflecting certain aspects of them, such as their status, personality, or role.
Introduced in The Matrix
Apoc
Apoc (played by Julian Arahanga) is a crew member of the Nebuchadnezzar in The Matrix. He is murd... |
4329918 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeonju%20International%20Film%20Festival | Jeonju International Film Festival | Jeonju International Film Festival (JIFF, Korean: 전주국제영화제, Hanja: 全州國際映畵祭) is an Asian film festival. It was launched in 2000 as a non-competitive film festival with partial competition. It introduces independent and experimental films to focus on the alternative course of contemporary film art.
In the first edition o... |
4329984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sobieski%20Stuarts | Sobieski Stuarts | In the 1820s, two English brothers, John Carter Allen (1795–1872) and Charles Manning Allen (1802–1880) adopted the names John Sobieski Stuart and Charles Edward Stuart, moved to Scotland, became Roman Catholics, and about 1839 began to claim that their father, Thomas Allen (1767–1852), a former Lieutenant in the Royal... |
4330437 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20manga | History of manga | Manga, in the sense of narrative multi-panel cartoons made in Japan, originated from Euro-American-style cartoons featured in late 19th-century Japanese publications. The form of manga as speech-balloon-based comics more specifically originated from translations of American comic strips in the 1920s, with several early... |
4330579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friendship%20Games | Friendship Games | The Friendship Games (, Druzhba), was an international multi-sport event held annually among so called "socialist" counties.
In politics and popular media the event became better known due to political conflict between the Soviet Union and the United States relating to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and by its 198... |
4330810 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worms%20Cathedral | Worms Cathedral | St Peter's Cathedral (German: Wormser Dom) is a Roman Catholic church and former cathedral in Worms, southern Germany.
The cathedral is located on the highest point of the inner city of Worms and is the most important building of the Romanesque style in Worms. It is closely associated with Bishop Burchard and the high... |
4331072 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal%20Lake%20Recreation%20Area | Crystal Lake Recreation Area | The Crystal Lake Recreation Area is located in the San Gabriel Mountains of Southern California, administered by the San Gabriel Mountains National Monument (formally the San Gabriel River Ranger District) of the United States Forest Service. The Recreation Area consists of a small lake, an open-air amphitheater, a lar... |
4331224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20Red%20Bulls | New York Red Bulls | The New York Red Bulls are an American professional soccer club based in the New York metropolitan area. The Red Bulls compete in Major League Soccer (MLS) as a member of the Eastern Conference. The club was established in October 1994 and began play in the league's inaugural season in 1996 as the New York/New Jersey M... |
4331268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palletized%20Load%20System | Palletized Load System | The Palletized Load System (PLS) is a truck-based logistics system that entered service in the United States Army in 1993. It performs long and short distance freight transport, unit resupply, and other missions in the tactical environment to support modernized and highly mobile combat units. It provides rapid movement... |
4331381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam%20in%20Spain | Islam in Spain | Spain is a Christian majority country, with Islam being a minority religion, practised mostly by immigrants from Muslim majority countries, and their descendants. As of 2019, 4.45% of the Spanish population are Muslims.
Islam was a major religion on the Iberian Peninsula, beginning with the Umayyad conquest of Hispani... |
4331467 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Los%20Angeles%20Chinese%20massacre%20of%201871 | Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 | The Los Angeles Chinese massacre of 1871 was a racial massacre targeting Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles, California, United States that occurred on October 24, 1871. Approximately 500 white and Latino Americans attacked, harassed, robbed, and murdered the ethnic Chinese residents in what is today referred to as the ... |
4331913 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Gujarat | History of Gujarat | The history of Gujarat began with Stone Age settlements followed by Chalcolithic and Bronze Age settlements like Indus Valley civilisation. Gujarat's coastal cities, chiefly Bharuch, served as ports and trading centers in the Nanda, Maurya, Satavahana and Gupta empires as well as during the Western Kshatrapas period. A... |
4332104 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia%20campaign | Philadelphia campaign | The Philadelphia campaign (1777–1778) was a British effort in the American Revolutionary War to gain control of Philadelphia, the Revolutionary-era capital where the Second Continental Congress convened and signed the Declaration of Independence, which formalized and escalated the war.
As part of the Philadelphia cam... |
4332186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martine%20Rothblatt | Martine Rothblatt | Martine Aliana Rothblatt is an American lawyer, author, entrepreneur, and transgender rights advocate. Rothblatt graduated from University of California, Los Angeles with J.D. and M.B.A. degrees in 1981, then began to work in Washington, D.C., first in the field of communications satellite law, and eventually in life s... |
4332319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get%20Together%20%28Madonna%20song%29 | Get Together (Madonna song) | "Get Together" is a song by American singer Madonna from her tenth studio album, Confessions on a Dance Floor (2005). The song was written and produced by both Madonna and Stuart Price, with additional writing by Anders Bagge and Peer Åström. It was released in the United States as the third single from the album on Ma... |
4332628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby%20hatch | Baby hatch | A baby hatch or baby box is a place where people (typically mothers) can bring babies, usually newborn, and abandon them anonymously in a safe place to be found and cared for. This kind of arrangement was common in the Middle Ages and in the 18th and 19th centuries, when the device was known as a foundling wheel. Found... |
4333171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archaeological%20looting%20in%20Iraq | Archaeological looting in Iraq | Archaeological looting in Iraq took place since at least the late 19th century. The chaos following war provided the opportunity to pillage everything that was not nailed down. There were also attempts to protect the sites such as the period between April 8, 2003, when the staff vacated the Iraq Museum and April 16, 20... |
4333229 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H.%20P.%20Lovecraft%20%28band%29 | H. P. Lovecraft (band) | H. P. Lovecraft was an American psychedelic rock band, formed in Chicago, Illinois, in 1967 and named after the horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Much of the band's music was possessed of a haunting, eerie ambience, and consisted of material that was inspired by the macabre writings of the author whose name they had adopt... |
4333243 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabrielle%20Solis | Gabrielle Solis | Gabrielle "Gaby" Solis () is a fictional character portrayed by Eva Longoria on the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. Longoria was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Television Series Musical or Comedy for her performance.
Storylines
Backstory
Gabrielle Márquez was born in Las Colinas, Te... |
4333462 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Provisional%20Irish%20Republican%20Army%20campaign | Provisional Irish Republican Army campaign | From 1969 until 1997, the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) conducted an armed paramilitary campaign primarily in Northern Ireland and England, aimed at ending British rule in Northern Ireland in order to create a united Ireland.
The Provisional IRA emerged from a split in the Irish Republican Army in 1969, part... |
4333532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Che%20Guevara%20in%20popular%20culture | Che Guevara in popular culture | Appearances of Argentine Marxist revolutionary Che Guevara (1928–1967) in popular culture are common throughout the world. Although during his lifetime he was a highly politicized and controversial figure, in death his stylized image has been transformed into a worldwide emblem for an array of causes, representing a co... |
4333783 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20Thailand | Cinema of Thailand | The cinema of Thailand dates back to the early days of filmmaking, when King Chulalongkorn's 1897 visit to Bern, Switzerland was recorded by François-Henri Lavancy-Clarke. The film was then brought to Bangkok, where it was exhibited. This sparked more interest in film by the Thai Royal Family and local businessmen, wh... |
4333796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%E2%80%9307%20in%20Scottish%20football | 2006–07 in Scottish football | The 2006–07 season was the 110th season of competitive football in Scotland.
Notable events
2006
9 July: Rangers defender Fernando Ricksen is banned for the club's pre-season trip to South Africa, following an incident on the outbound flight. Manager Paul Le Guen cited "wholly inappropriate and unacceptable" behaviou... |
4333827 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liturgical%20books%20of%20the%20Presbyterian%20Church%20%28USA%29 | Liturgical books of the Presbyterian Church (USA) | There have been several liturgical books used in the Presbyterian Church (USA). Presently, the primary liturgical book of the Presbyterian Church (USA) is The Book of Common Worship of 1993, published in cooperation with the Cumberland Presbyterian Church.
These books are not commonly used in the pews, but are resourc... |
4334292 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beavis%20and%20Butt-Head%3A%20The%20Mike%20Judge%20Collection | Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection | Beavis and Butt-Head: The Mike Judge Collection is a series of three DVD box sets from MTV and Paramount Home Entertainment, each containing 40 Beavis and Butt-Head episodes chosen by series creator Mike Judge and special features such as interviews and music videos. The first entry in the series was released on Novemb... |
4334380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinal%20de%20Amoles | Pinal de Amoles | Pinal de Amoles is a town located in Pinal de Amoles Municipality in the state of Querétaro in central Mexico. It is part of the Sierra Gorda region which stretches over northern Querétaro into Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí, with 88% of the municipality's land comprising the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve. T... |
4334404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arroyo%20Seco%2C%20Quer%C3%A9taro | Arroyo Seco, Querétaro | Arroyo Seco is a town in Arroyo Seco Municipality located in the far north of the Mexican state of Querétaro. Its territory is part of the Sierra Gorda Biosphere Reserve of Querétaro. The municipality is centered on the small town of Arroyo Seco, which was established as a military outpost then given town status in 183... |
4334441 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe%20Lewis%20%28martial%20artist%29 | Joe Lewis (martial artist) | Joseph Henry Lewis (March 7, 1944 – August 31, 2012) was an American martial artist, professional kickboxer and actor. Originally a practitioner of Shōrin-ryū karate and champion in point sparring competitions, he became one of the fathers of full contact karate and kickboxing in the United States, and is credited with... |
4334585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water%20polo%20at%20the%20Summer%20Olympics | Water polo at the Summer Olympics | Water polo has been part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary has been the most successful country in men's tournament, while the United States is the only team to win multiple times at the women's tournament... |
4334604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund%20Blampied | Edmund Blampied | Edmund Blampied (30 March 1886 – 26 August 1966) was one of the most eminent artists to come from the Channel Islands, yet he received no formal training in art until he was 15 years old. He was noted mostly for his etchings and drypoints published at the height of the print boom in the 1920s during the etching revival... |
4334618 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%AA%20Th%C3%A1nh%20T%C3%B4ng | Lê Thánh Tông | Lê Thánh Tông (黎聖宗; 25 August 1442 – 3 March 1497), personal name Lê Hạo, temple name Thánh Tông, courtesy name Tư Thành, was an emperor of Đại Việt, reigning from 1460 to 1497, the fifth and the longest-reigning emperor of the Later Lê dynasty, and is widely praised as one of the greatest emperors in Vietnamese histor... |
4334877 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amiga%20software | Amiga software | Amiga software is computer software engineered to run on the Amiga personal computer. Amiga software covers many applications, including productivity, digital art, games, commercial, freeware and hobbyist products. The market was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s but then dwindled. Most Amiga products were origi... |
4335043 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Tractable | Operation Tractable | Operation Tractable was the final attack conducted by Canadian and Polish troops, supported by a British tank brigade, during the Battle of Normandy during World War II. The operation was to capture the tactically important French town of Falaise and then the smaller towns of Trun and Chambois. This operation was under... |
4335184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San%20Vito%20dei%20Normanni | San Vito dei Normanni | San Vito dei Normanni (Sanvitese: ) is an Italian town of 19,947 inhabitants of the province of Brindisi in Apulia. The inhabitants are called Sanvitesi (or Santuvitisi in dialect) and the town is sometimes referred to as San Vito.
Physical geography
The town is located in the northeast of the Salento plains, not far... |
4335254 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudspeaker%20enclosure | Loudspeaker enclosure | A loudspeaker enclosure or loudspeaker cabinet is an enclosure (often rectangular box-shaped) in which speaker drivers (e.g., loudspeakers and tweeters) and associated electronic hardware, such as crossover circuits and, in some cases, power amplifiers, are mounted. Enclosures may range in design from simple, homemade ... |
4335769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926%20in%20baseball | 1926 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: St. Louis Cardinals over New York Yankees (4-3)
Negro World Series: Chicago American Giants over Bacharach Giants (5-4-2)
Awards and honors
League Award
George Burns, Cleveland Indians, 1B
Bob O'Farrell, St. Louis Cardinals, C
Statistical leaders
Major league baseball final standings
Ameri... |
4335840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bh%C5%ABmi%20%28Buddhism%29 | Bhūmi (Buddhism) | In Buddhism, Bhūmi (Sanskrit: भूमि 'foundation', Chinese: 地 'ground' ) is the 32nd and 33rd place (10th and 11th in simple count) on the outgoing's process of Mahayana awakening. Each stage represents a level of attainment in that case, and serves as a basis for the next one. Each level marks a definite advancement in ... |
4335941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan%20Missions%20in%20the%20Sierra%20Gorda%20of%20Quer%C3%A9taro | Franciscan Missions in the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro | The Franciscan missions of the Sierra Gorda of Querétaro in Mexico, are five missions built between 1750 and 1760, the foundation of the missions is attributed to Junípero Serra, who also founded the most important missions in California. They were declared a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2003.
They are an example ... |
4336092 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sierra%20Gorda | Sierra Gorda | The Sierra Gorda () is an ecological region centered on the northern third of the Mexican state of Querétaro and extending into the neighboring states of Guanajuato, Hidalgo and San Luis Potosí. Within Querétaro, the ecosystem extends from the center of the state starting in parts of San Joaquín and Cadereyta de Montes... |
4336376 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Drowsy%20Chaperone | The Drowsy Chaperone | The Drowsy Chaperone is a Canadian musical with music and lyrics by Lisa Lambert and Greg Morrison, and a book by Bob Martin and Don McKellar.
The story concerns a middle-aged, asocial musical theater fan who, feeling "blue", decides to play for the audience an LP of his favorite musical, the fictional 1928 show The D... |
4336650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1925%20in%20baseball | 1925 in baseball |
Champions
World Series: Pittsburgh Pirates over Washington Senators (4-3)
Negro World Series: Hilldale Daisies over Kansas City Monarchs (5-1)
Awards and honors
League Award
Roger Peckinpaugh, Washington Senators, SS
Rogers Hornsby, St. Louis Cardinals, 2B
MLB statistical leaders
Major league baseball final stan... |
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1923–1929, when development policy emphasised private accumulation;
1929–1945, when development policy emphasised state accumulation in a period of global crises;
1950–1980, a p... |
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