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5220576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei%20Pervozvanny-class%20battleship | Andrei Pervozvanny-class battleship | The Andrei Pervozvanny class were a pair of pre-dreadnought battleships built in the first decade of the twentieth century for the Baltic Fleet of the Imperial Russian Navy. They were conceived by the Naval Technical Committee in 1903 as an incremental development of the s with increased displacement and heavier secon... |
5220580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary%20Alice%20Young | Mary Alice Young | Mary Alice Young (previously Angela Forrest) is a fictional character from the ABC television series Desperate Housewives. The character was created by television producer and screenwriter Marc Cherry and is portrayed by Brenda Strong, who also serves as the narrator of the series from beyond the grave; the character's... |
5221524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20United%20States%20Air%20Force%20personnel | List of United States Air Force personnel | This is a list of notable people who served in the United States Air Force, the Air National Guard, or their antecedents in the Army. See also Graduates of the United States Air Force Academy.
A
Oscar Zeta Acosta – Attorney, Chicano Movement activist, novelist and close friend of American author Hunter S. Thompson
J... |
5221861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20Bangladesh | Cinema of Bangladesh | The Bangladeshi Cinema or, Bangla Cinema or, Bengali Cinema, better known as Dhallywood (), is the Bengali-language film industry based in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The popular term Dhallywood, is a portmanteau of "Dhaka" and "Hollywood". It has often been a significant film industry since the early 1970s. The dominant style ... |
5221945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1932 Indianapolis 500 | The 20th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Monday, May 30, 1932. Attrition was the story of the race, with 26 of the 40 cars dropping out due to crashes or mechanical failure. A record eight different drivers led laps during the race, with no driver seemingly able to... |
5221952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1931%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1931 Indianapolis 500 | The 19th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Saturday, May 30, 1931. Race winner Louis Schneider, who led the final 34 laps, was accompanied by riding mechanic Jigger Johnson.
The start of the race was delayed two hours due to rain. Defending race winner Billy Arnold ... |
5221961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1929%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1929 Indianapolis 500 | The 17th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Thursday, May 30, 1929. Ray Keech, who finished fourth a year earlier, took the lead for the final time on lap 158 and won his first Indianapolis 500. Keech won for car owner Maude A. Yagle, the first and to-date, only female win... |
5221966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1928%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1928 Indianapolis 500 | The 16th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes Race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway on Wednesday, May 30, 1928. This was the first Indianapolis 500 presided over by new Speedway president Eddie Rickenbacker. Rain threatened to wash out the day, but the showers stopped and the race started on time. One brief sh... |
5222135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croatian%20diaspora | Croatian diaspora | The Croatian diaspora ( or Hrvatsko rasuće) consists of communities of ethnic Croats and/or Croatian citizens living outside Croatia.
Estimates on its size are only approximate because of incomplete statistical records and naturalization, but (highest) estimates suggest that the Croatian diaspora numbers between a thi... |
5222155 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1981 Indianapolis 500 | The 65th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 24, 1981. The race is widely considered one of the most controversial races in Indy history. Bobby Unser took the checkered flag as the winner, with Mario Andretti finishing second. After the conclusion of the rac... |
5222212 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donghu%20people | Donghu people | Donghu (; IPA: ; ) or Hu (; IPA: ) was a tribal confederation of nomadic people that was first recorded from the 7th century BCE and was destroyed by the Xiongnu in 150 BCE. They lived in northern Hebei, southeastern Inner Mongolia and the western part of Liaoning, Jilin and Heilongjiang along the Yan Mountains and Gre... |
5222220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights%20of%20Buckinghamshire | Knights of Buckinghamshire | This article contains a list of the known knights of the shire who represented Buckinghamshire in the Parliament of England and similar bodies of lesser status between 1290 and 1660. It also includes details of Parliaments from 1265 to which elected knights of the shires were summoned.
Preliminary notes
The parliament... |
5222242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1982%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1982 Indianapolis 500 | The 66th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1982. Gordon Johncock, who had previously won the rain-shortened 1973 race, was the winner. Polesitter Rick Mears finished second by a margin of 0.16 seconds, the closest finish in Indy 500 history to that poin... |
5222249 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2005 Indianapolis 500 | The 89th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 2005. It was the premier event of the 2005 IndyCar Series season and the tenth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Dan Wheldon won the race, his first of two Indy victories (2005 and 2011). Wheldon b... |
5222259 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2004 Indianapolis 500 | The 88th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 2004. It was part of the 2004 IndyCar Series season and the ninth Indy 500 sanctioned by the Indy Racing League. Buddy Rice won the pole position, the pit stop contest, led the most laps, and won the race for t... |
5222265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2003 Indianapolis 500 | The 87th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 25, 2003. Two-time defending champion Hélio Castroneves won the pole position and was trying to become the first driver in Indy history to win three in a row. With 31 laps to go, however, Castroneves was passed by ... |
5222270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2002%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2002 Indianapolis 500 | The 86th Indianapolis race was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 2002. It was the seventh Indianapolis 500 held as part of the Indy Racing League IndyCar Series schedule, and was part of the 2002 Indy Racing League season.
Rookie Tomas Scheckter led 85 laps, and appeared ... |
5222281 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20Indianapolis%20500 | 2000 Indianapolis 500 | The 84th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 28, 2000. The race was sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was part of the 2000 Indy Racing Northern Lights Series season. After four years of an ongoing organizational dispute and "split" in Indy car racing,... |
5222286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1999 Indianapolis 500 | The 83rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 30, 1999. The race was sanctioned by the Indy Racing League, and was part of the 1999 Pep Boys Indy Racing League season. Defending IRL champion Kenny Bräck started 8th and became the first Swedish driver to win t... |
5222407 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1998 Indianapolis 500 | The 82nd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 24, 1998. This was the first Indianapolis 500 fully sanctioned by the Indy Racing League after the IRL relied on USAC to sanction the 1996–1997 races. The race was part of the 1998 Pep Boys Indy Racing League seas... |
5222415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1997 Indianapolis 500 | The 81st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana over three days, May 25–27, 1997. It was originally scheduled for Sunday May 25, however, rain washed out all activities for the day. The race was started on Monday May 26, but rain halted the race after only 15 laps had been com... |
5222419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1996 Indianapolis 500 | The 80th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1996. This was the first Indy 500 contested as part of the new Indy Racing League, under the overall sanctioning umbrella of USAC. It was the third and final race of the 1996 IRL season. Veteran driver and form... |
5222425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1995%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1995 Indianapolis 500 | The 79th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 28, 1995. Sanctioned by USAC, it was part of the 1995 CART PPG Indy Car World Series season. Jacques Villeneuve won in his second start. After dominating the 1994 race and the 1994 IndyCar season, Marlboro Team Pen... |
5222433 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1994 Indianapolis 500 | The 78th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 29, 1994. The race was sanctioned by United States Auto Club (USAC), and was included as race number 4 of 16 of the 1994 PPG IndyCar World Series. For the second year in a row, weather was nary a factor during the ... |
5222439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1993 Indianapolis 500 | The 77th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 30, 1993. Emerson Fittipaldi took the lead with 16 laps to go, and won his second career Indy 500 victory. The race was sanctioned by USAC and was part of the 1993 PPG Indy Car World Series. Several sidebar stories... |
5222443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1992 Indianapolis 500 | The 76th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 24, 1992. The race is famous for the fierce battle in the closing laps, as race winner Al Unser Jr. held off second place Scott Goodyear for the victory by 0.043 seconds, the closest finish in Indy history. Unser ... |
5222447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1991%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1991 Indianapolis 500 | The 75th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 26, 1991. Rick Mears won from the pole position, becoming the third four-time winner of the Indy 500, joining A. J. Foyt and Al Unser. During time trials, Mears also established an Indy record by winning his sixth... |
5222453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1990 Indianapolis 500 | The 74th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 27, 1990. Dutchman Arie Luyendyk took the lead with 32 laps to go, and earned his first-ever victory in championship-level competition. It was the second consecutive year the Indy 500 was won by a foreign-born comp... |
5222458 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1989%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1989 Indianapolis 500 | The 73rd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 28, 1989. The race was won by two-time Formula One World Drivers' Champion Emerson Fittipaldi. Fittipaldi's victory made him the first Indianapolis 500 winner from Brazil, the first foreign-born winner of the race ... |
5222461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1988%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1988 Indianapolis 500 | The 72nd Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday May 29, 1988. Team Penske dominated the month, sweeping the top three starting positions with Rick Mears winning the pole position, Danny Sullivan at the center of the front row, and Al Unser, Sr. on the outside. Mears... |
5222472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1987%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1987 Indianapolis 500 | The 71st Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday May 24, 1987. After dominating practice, qualifying, and most of the race, leader Mario Andretti slowed with mechanical problems with only 23 laps to go. Five laps later, Al Unser Sr. assumed the lead, and won his reco... |
5222474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1986%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1986 Indianapolis 500 | The 70th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Saturday, May 31, 1986. After being rained out on May 25–26, the race was rescheduled for the following weekend. Bobby Rahal was the winner, becoming the first driver in Indy history to complete the in less than three hours. ... |
5222477 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985%20Indianapolis%20500 | 1985 Indianapolis 500 | The 69th Indianapolis 500 was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, on Sunday, May 26, 1985. The race was sanctioned by USAC, and was included as part of the 1985 CART PPG Indy Car World Series. The Speedway also celebrated 40 years of ownership by the Hulman/George family.
In one of the most d... |
5222479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20basketball%20leagues | List of basketball leagues | This is a list of current and defunct basketball leagues around the world.
Men
Intercontinental
FIBA Intercontinental Cup
Arab Club Basketball Championship
Africa
International leagues
BAL – Basketball Africa League
National leagues
ABC Super Division – Algerian Basketball Championship Super Division
ABL... |
5222720 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Privacy%20law | Privacy law | Privacy law is the body of law that deals with the regulating, storing, and using of personally identifiable information, personal healthcare information, and financial information of individuals, which can be collected by governments, public or private organisations, or other individuals. It also applies in the commer... |
5223262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Mesopotamia | History of Mesopotamia | The history of Mesopotamia ranges from the earliest human occupation in the Paleolithic period up to Late antiquity. This history is pieced together from evidence retrieved from archaeological excavations and, after the introduction of writing in the late 4th millennium BC, an increasing amount of historical sources. W... |
5223563 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Grabban | Lewis Grabban | Lewis James Grabban (born 12 January 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker.
He was called up to the Jamaica squad in 2015 but remains uncapped.
Early and personal life
Grabban's maternal grandparents were Windrush migrants from Jamaica. He converted to Islam at the age of 18.
Club career... |
5223996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1948%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1948 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1948 in the United Kingdom. The Olympics are held in London and some of the government's key social legislation takes effect.
Incumbents
Monarch – George VI
Prime Minister – Clement Attlee (Labour)
Parliament – 38th
Events
1 January
British Railways created when the government nationalizes t... |
5225722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kambalda%20type%20komatiitic%20nickel%20ore%20deposits | Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits | Kambalda type komatiitic nickel ore deposits are a class of magmatic iron-nickel-copper-platinum-group element ore deposit in which the physical processes of komatiite volcanology serve to deposit, concentrate and enrich a Fe-Ni-Cu-(PGE) sulfide melt within the lava flow environment of an erupting komatiite volcano.
D... |
5225767 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Death%20of%20Koschei%20the%20Deathless | The Death of Koschei the Deathless | The Death of Koschei the Deathless or Marya Morevna () is a Russian fairy tale collected by Alexander Afanasyev in Narodnye russkie skazki and included by Andrew Lang in The Red Fairy Book. The character Koschei is an evil immortal man who menaces young women with his magic.
Plot
Ivan Tsarevitch had three sisters, ... |
5225952 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1934 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 12th Grand Prix of Endurance. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 16 and 17 June 1934. Four privateer Alfa Romeo entries were expected to fight for outright honours, with an outside chance for the four Bugattis ranged against them. British cars dominated the smaller classes... |
5226194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raggedy%20Ann%20%26%20Andy%3A%20A%20Musical%20Adventure | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure | Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 live-action/animated musical fantasy film loosely adapted from the 1924 novel Raggedy Ann and Andy and the Camel with the Wrinkled Knees. It was directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, and released theatrically by 20th Century-Fox. A 1941 sh... |
5226220 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Warner | Chris Warner | Christopher Alexander Warner is a fictional character on the New Zealand soap opera Shortland Street who has been portrayed by Michael Galvin since the show's first episode, making him the longest running original character. Galvin quit the show in 1996, but returned to the show four years later when the show underwent... |
5226267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dashain | Dashain | Dashain or Bada'dashain, also referred as Vijaya Dashami in Sanskrit, is a major Hindu religious festival in Nepal and the Indian states of Sikkim and West Bengal. It is also celebrated by Hindus of Nepal and elsewhere in the world, including among the Lhotshampa of Bhutan and the Burmese Gurkhas of Myanmar. The festiv... |
5226306 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Scotch-Irish%20Americans | List of Scotch-Irish Americans | This is a list of notable Scotch-Irish Americans, including both original immigrants who obtained American citizenship and their American descendants. The Scotch-Irish trace their ancestry to Lowland Scottish and Northern English people, but through having stayed a few generations in Ulster. This list is ordered by sur... |
5226320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20W.%20Corbett | Henry W. Corbett | Henry Winslow Corbett (February 18, 1827March 31, 1903) was an American businessman, politician, civic benefactor, and philanthropist in the state of Oregon. A native of Massachusetts, he spent his early life in the East and New York before moving to the Oregon Territory. He was a prominent figure in the early developm... |
5227045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20A.%20Hewitt | W. A. Hewitt | William Abraham Hewitt (May 15, 1875September 8, 1966) was a Canadian sports executive and journalist, also widely known as Billy Hewitt. He was secretary of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) from 1903 to 1966, and sports editor of the Toronto Daily Star from 1900 to 1931. He promoted the establishment of the Canadi... |
5227184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shortbus | Shortbus | Shortbus is a 2006 American erotic comedy-drama film written and directed by John Cameron Mitchell. The plot revolves around a sexually diverse ensemble of colorful characters trying desperately to connect in an early 2000s New York City. The characters converge in a weekly Brooklyn artistic/sexual salon loosely inspir... |
5227218 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude%20C.%20Robinson | Claude C. Robinson | Claude Copeland Robinson (December 17, 1881June 27, 1976) was a Canadian ice hockey and sports executive. After winning an intermediate-level championship as captain of the Winnipeg Victorias in 1905, he served as secretary-treasurer and as vice-president of the Victorias. He coached the Victorias to a Manitoba Hockey ... |
5227384 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan%20Wallach%20Scott | Joan Wallach Scott | Joan Wallach Scott (born December 18, 1941) is an American historian of France with contributions in gender history. She is a professor emerita in the School of Social Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. Scott is known for her work in feminist history and gender theory, engaging post-... |
5227594 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guest%20worker%20program | Guest worker program | A guest worker program allows foreign workers to temporarily reside and work in a host country until a next round of workers is readily available to switch. Guest workers typically perform low or semi-skilled agricultural, industrial, or domestic labor in countries with workforce shortages, and they return home once ... |
5227710 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chilean%20Army | Chilean Army | The Chilean Army () is the land arm of the Chilean Armed Forces. This 80,000-person army (9,200 of which are conscripts) is organized into six divisions, a special operations brigade and an air brigade.
In recent years, and after several major re-equipment programs, the Chilean Army has become the most technologically... |
5227949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M5%20Motorway%20%28Sydney%29 | M5 Motorway (Sydney) | The M5 Motorway is a motorway located in Sydney, New South Wales that is part of the Sydney Orbital Network.
The M5 route number comprises two connected parts:
The South-West Motorway is a toll road operated by Interlink Roads. Its southwestern terminus is south of the Roden Cutler Interchange in Prestons where the ... |
5227982 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1933%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1933 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 11th Grand Prix of Endurance. It took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 17 and 18 June 1933. Up against five strong privateer entries from Alfa Romeo, the opposition looked fairly weak, mostly being of 1920s vintage. There was a strong British contingent in the smaller classes. T... |
5228263 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argonautica | Argonautica | The Argonautica () is a Greek epic poem written by Apollonius Rhodius in the 3rd century BC. The only surviving Hellenistic epic, the Argonautica tells the myth of the voyage of Jason and the Argonauts to retrieve the Golden Fleece from remote Colchis. Their heroic adventures and Jason's relationship with the dangerous... |
5228297 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D-STAR | D-STAR | D-STAR (Digital Smart Technologies for Amateur Radio) is a digital voice and data protocol specification for amateur radio. The system was developed in the late 1990s by the Japan Amateur Radio League and uses minimum-shift keying in its packet-based standard. There are other digital modes that have been adapted for us... |
5228470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1932 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 10th Grand Prix of Endurance that took place at the Circuit de la Sarthe on 18 and 19 June 1932. A significant year for the Automobile Club de l'Ouest (ACO) with the biggest changes to the circuit in the race's history. A new section bypassing Pontlieue suburb was built starting wit... |
5228761 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh%20Police | Pittsburgh Police | The Pittsburgh Police (PBP), officially the Pittsburgh Bureau of Police, is the largest law enforcement agency in Western Pennsylvania and the third largest in Pennsylvania. The modern force of salaried and professional officers was founded in 1857 but dates back to the night watchmen beginning in 1794, and the subseq... |
5229038 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan%20and%20weapons%20of%20mass%20destruction | Japan and weapons of mass destruction | Beginning in the mid-1930s, Japan conducted numerous attempts to acquire and develop weapons of mass destruction. The 1943 Battle of Changde saw Japanese use of both bioweapons and chemical weapons, and the Japanese conducted a serious, though futile, nuclear weapon program.
Since World War II, the United States milit... |
5229415 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20La%20Salle%20University%20%E2%80%93%20Dasmari%C3%B1as | De La Salle University – Dasmariñas | De La Salle University–Dasmariñas (), also referred to by its acronym DLSU-D or La Salle–Dasma, is a private Roman Catholic, Lasallian co-educational secondary and higher education institution run by the De La Salle Brothers of the Philippine District of the Christian Brothers in Dasmariñas, Philippines. It is a member... |
5229567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MY%20Ady%20Gil | MY Ady Gil | MY Ady Gil (formerly Earthrace) was a , wave-piercing trimaran originally created as part of a project to break the world record for circumnavigating the globe in a powerboat. Powered by biodiesel fuel, the vessel was also capable of running on regular diesel fuel. It used other eco-friendly materials such as vegetable... |
5230191 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al%20Sadd%20SC | Al Sadd SC | Al Sadd Sports Club () is a Qatari sports club based in the Al Sadd district of the city of Doha. It is best known for its association football team, which competes in the top level of Qatari football, the Qatar Stars League. Locally, it is known primarily by the nickname "Al Zaeem", which translates to "The Boss". It ... |
5230286 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20concentration%20and%20internment%20camps | List of concentration and internment camps | This is a list of internment and concentration camps, organized by country. In general, a camp or group of camps is designated to the country whose government was responsible for the establishment and/or operation of the camp regardless of the camp's location, but this principle can be, or it can appear to be, departed... |
5230443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banksia%20ericifolia | Banksia ericifolia | Banksia ericifolia, the heath-leaved banksia, or lantern banksia, is a species of woody shrub of the family Proteaceae native to Australia. It grows in two separate regions of Central and Northern New South Wales east of the Great Dividing Range. Well known for its orange or red autumn inflorescences, which contrast wi... |
5230509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mintaro%2C%20South%20Australia | Mintaro, South Australia | Mintaro is a historic town in the eastern Clare Valley, east of the Horrocks Highway, about north of Adelaide, South Australia. The town lies at the south-eastern corner of the Hundred of Clare, within the Clare Valley wine region. Established in 1849, Mintaro is situated on land which was bought originally by Joseph ... |
5230611 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20and%20technology%20in%20the%20Ottoman%20Empire | Science and technology in the Ottoman Empire | During its 600-year existence, the Ottoman Empire made significant advances in science and technology, in a wide range of fields including mathematics, astronomy and medicine.
The Islamic Golden Age was traditionally believed to have ended in the thirteenth century, but has been extended to the fifteenth and sixteenth... |
5230661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mullion%20Cove | Mullion Cove | Mullion Cove, or Porth Mellin, is a small community on the West Coast of the Lizard Peninsula in Cornwall, England, and on the eastern side of Mount's Bay. The Cove forms part of the parish of Mullion, and is accessible by road from Mullion village, to the northeast, and also by the South West coast path. It lies with... |
5230721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Mawes%20Castle | St Mawes Castle | St Mawes Castle () is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII near Falmouth, Cornwall, between 1540 and 1542. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the Carrick Roads waterway at the mouth of the River Fal. The castle was built u... |
5230872 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movie%20and%20Television%20Review%20and%20Classification%20Board | Movie and Television Review and Classification Board | The Movie and Television Review and Classification Board (; abbreviated as MTRCB) is a Philippine government agency under the Office of the President of the Philippines that is responsible for the classification and review of television programs, motion pictures and home videos.
Unlike other organizations worldwide (... |
5231068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan%20Klein | Jan Klein | Jan Klein (January 18, 1936 – May 7, 2023) was a Czech–American immunologist.
Professional life
Jan Klein was a Czech-American immunologist, best known for his work on the major histocompatibility complex (MHC). He was born in 1936 in Stemplovec, Opava, Czech Republic. He graduated from the Charles University at Prag... |
5231073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuba%E2%80%93United%20States%20relations | Cuba–United States relations | Cuba and the United States restored diplomatic relations on July 20, 2015, after relations had been severed in 1961 during the Cold War. U.S. diplomatic representation in Cuba is handled by the United States Embassy in Havana, and there is a similar Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. The United States, however, continue... |
5231097 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mimi%20Smith | Mimi Smith | Mary Elizabeth "Mimi" Smith (née Stanley; 24 April 1906 – 6 December 1991) was a maternal aunt and the parental guardian of the English musician John Lennon. Mimi Stanley was born in Toxteth, Liverpool, England, the oldest of five daughters. She became a resident trainee nurse at the Woolton Convalescent Hospital and l... |
5231371 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1936 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1936 in the United Kingdom.
This year is notable for the death of George V early in the year, the accession of his son Edward VIII to the throne and his subsequent abdication, resulting in the accession to the throne of his younger brother George VI (previously Albert, Duke of York).
Incumbents
... |
5231544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nursing%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Nursing in the United Kingdom | Nursing in the United Kingdom has a long history. The current form of nursing is often considered as beginning with Florence Nightingale who pioneered modern nursing. Nightingale initiated formal schools of nursing in the United Kingdom in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The role and perception of nursing has ... |
5231726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1940%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1940 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1940 in the United Kingdom. The year was dominated by Britain's involvement in the Second World War, which commenced in September the previous year, as well as the numerous enemy air raids on Britain and thousands of subsequent casualties. Although the war continued, Britain did triumph in the Batt... |
5231738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakob%20Poulsen | Jakob Poulsen | Jakob Bendix Uhd Poulsen (born 7 July 1983) is a Danish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder and current assistant coach of Viborg FF.
Poulsen started his senior career with Esbjerg fB, before moving to Dutch side SC Heerenveen in 2006. He joined AGF Aarhus in the summer of 2008. His last club was... |
5231751 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Ukraine | Education in Ukraine | Starting in September 2018, 12-year secondary education will replace 11-year which was mandatory before that. As a rule, schooling begins at the age of 6, unless your birthday is on or after 1 September. In 2016/17, the number of students in primary and secondary school reached 3,846,000, in vocational school 285,800,... |
5231755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niki%20Zimling | Niki Zimling | Niki Dige Zimling (born 19 April 1985) is a Danish former professional footballer and current U19 manager of AGF.
He was named 2006 Danish under-21 Talent of the Year, and has played 24 games for the Denmark national team.
Career
Brøndby IF
Born in Tårnby, Denmark, Zimling started his football career at AB 70 when h... |
5231846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon%20Poulsen | Simon Poulsen | Simon Busk Poulsen (born 7 October 1984) is a Danish retired professional footballer who played as a left-back.
He has played 31 games for the Denmark national team. Following his retirement from professional football, Poulsen moved to coaching and is currently the assistant coach of SønderjyskE.
Club career
Sønderj... |
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5231899 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allan%20McGregor | Allan McGregor | Allan James McGregor (born 31 January 1982) is a Scottish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper. McGregor has previously played for Rangers, St Johnstone, Dunfermline Athletic, Turkish team Beşiktaş, English club Hull City and Welsh side Cardiff City, and made 42 international appearances for Scotland.
A p... |
5231989 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dudley%20Canal | Dudley Canal | The Dudley Canal is a canal passing through Dudley in the West Midlands of England. The canal is part of the English and Welsh network of connected navigable inland waterways and forms part of the popular Stourport Ring narrowboat cruising route.
The first short section, which connected to the Stourbridge Canal, opene... |
5232021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie%20Adam | Charlie Adam | Charles Graham Adam (born 10 December 1985) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He is currently the loan manager of Burnley.
Adam started his senior career with Rangers. He spent much of his early senior career on loan to Ross County and St Mirren. While on loan to St Mirren during... |
5232460 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20San%20Diego | List of people from San Diego | This is a list of notable people who were born, spent a majority of their life, or currently live in San Diego, California.
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Anderson Lee Aldrich, convicted gunman of the 2022 Colorado Springs nightclub shooting
Greg Allen, professional baseball player
Marcus Allen, professional player and analyst, college and Pro... |
5232745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brother%20Martin%20High%20School | Brother Martin High School | Brother Martin High School is a private, Catholic, all-boys college preparatory school run by the United States Province of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was established by the brothers in 1869 as St. Aloysius College. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans.
Sch... |
5233799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finnish%20nobility | Finnish nobility | The Finnish nobility (; ) was historically a privileged class in Finland, deriving from its period as part of Sweden and the Russian Empire. Noble families and their descendants are still a part of Finnish republican society, but except for the titles themselves, no longer retain any specific or granted privileges. A m... |
5234157 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny%20Gantz | Benny Gantz | Benjamin Gantz (; born 9 June 1959) is an Israeli politician and retired army general who has served as Minister without portfolio since 2023. Gantz also served as the Minister of Defense, between 2020 and 2022 and as deputy prime minister of Israel between 2021 and 2022. From 2020 to 2021, he was the alternate prime m... |
5234576 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Environmental%20radioactivity | Environmental radioactivity | Environmental radioactivity is produced by radioactive materials in the human environment. While some radioisotopes, such as strontium-90 (90Sr) and technetium-99 (99Tc), are only found on Earth as a result of human activity, and some, like potassium-40 (40K), are only present due to natural processes, a few isotopes,... |
5234818 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairyfly | Fairyfly | The Mymaridae, commonly known as fairyflies or fairy wasps, are a family of chalcidoid wasps found in temperate and tropical regions throughout the world. The family contains around 100 genera with 1,400 species.
Fairyflies are very tiny insects, like most chalcidoid wasps, mostly ranging from long. They include the ... |
5235349 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flann%20Sinna | Flann Sinna | Flann mac Máel Sechnaill (84725 May 916), better known as Flann Sinna (; ), was the son of Máel Sechnaill mac Máele Ruanaid of Clann Cholmáin, the leading branch of the Southern Uí Néill. He was King of Mide from 877 onwards and a High King of Ireland. His mother Land ingen Dúngaile was a sister of Cerball mac Dúnlaing... |
5235481 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phantom%20%281996%20film%29 | The Phantom (1996 film) | The Phantom is a 1996 superhero film directed by Simon Wincer. Based on Lee Falk's comic strip The Phantom by King Features, the film stars Billy Zane as a seemingly immortal crimefighter and his battle against all forms of evil. The Phantom also stars Treat Williams, Kristy Swanson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, James Remar a... |
5235815 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medieval%20parish%20churches%20of%20York | Medieval parish churches of York | York had around 45 parish churches in 1300. Twenty survive, in whole or in part, a number surpassed in England only by Norwich, and 12 are used for worship. This article consists of a list of medieval churches which still exist in whole or in part, and a list of medieval churches which are known to have existed in the ... |
5236640 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imsai%20Arasan%2023rd%20Pulikecei | Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikecei | Imsai Arasan 23rd Pulikesi () is a 2006 Indian Tamil-language historical-comedy film written and directed by Chimbu Deven. The film stars Vadivelu in his debut as a solo lead actor. Monica and Tejashree play the female leads, while Manorama, Nassar, Ilavarasu, Sreeman and Nagesh play supporting roles. Sabesh–Murali co... |
5236930 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuin | Yuin | The Yuin nation, also spelt Djuwin, is a group of Australian Aboriginal peoples from the South Coast of New South Wales. All Yuin people share ancestors who spoke, as their first language, one or more of the Yuin language dialects. Sub-groupings of the Yuin people are made on the basis of language and other cultural fe... |
5237926 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20opera | Russian opera | Russian opera (Russian: Ру́сская о́пера Rússkaya ópera) is the art of opera in Russia. Operas by composers of Russian origin, written or staged outside of Russia, also belong to this category, as well as the operas of foreign composers written or intended for the Russian scene. These are not only Russian-language opera... |
5238791 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob%20Corker | Bob Corker | Robert Phillips Corker Jr. (born August 24, 1952) is an American businessman and politician who served as a United States Senator from Tennessee from 2007 to 2019. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee from 2015 to 2019.
In 1978, Corker founded a construction co... |
5238896 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog%20Problems | Dog Problems | Dog Problems is the second studio album to be recorded by American rock band The Format; the album was released on July 11, 2006, through the band's label The Vanity Label. Following the release of their debut studio album Interventions + Lullabies (2003), The Format were moved from Elektra Records to Atlantic Records,... |
5238941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mocedades | Mocedades | Mocedades () is a Spanish singing group from the Basque Country, who represented Spain in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1973 with the hit song "Eres tú". Since June 2014, Mocedades has been the name of two bands: one with Izaskun Uranga as its leader and the other with Javier Garay. A third group, El Consorcio, is com... |
5239446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blowout%20preventer | Blowout preventer | A blowout preventer (BOP) (pronounced B-O-P) is a specialized valve or similar mechanical device, used to seal, control and monitor oil and gas wells to prevent blowouts, the uncontrolled release of crude oil or natural gas from a well. They are usually installed in stacks of other valves.
Blowout preventers were dev... |
5240186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie%20Trainer | Marie Trainer | Marie Trainer, born circa 1946 , is the former mayor of Haldimand County, Ontario, Canada after having been defeated on October, 25th 2010 by Mayor Elect Ken Hewitt. Hewitt finished with 6,984 votes, Trainer 5,748 and third-place finisher Buck Sloat with 2,929 in unofficial final results. She took office after defeatin... |
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