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5267485 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20O%27Hagan | Martin O'Hagan | Owen Martin O'Hagan (23 June 1950 – 28 September 2001) was an Irish investigative journalist from Lurgan, Northern Ireland. After leaving the Official Irish Republican Army (Official IRA) and serving time in prison, he began a 20-year journalism career, during which he reported on paramilitary activity in Northern Irel... |
5267806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NEXUS | NEXUS | NEXUS is a joint Canada Border Services Agency and U.S. Customs and Border Protection-operated Trusted Traveler and expedited border control program designed for pre-approved, low-risk travelers. Members of the program can avoid waits at border entry points by using reserved lanes at land crossings into Canada and the ... |
5267928 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmina%20Burana%20%28Orff%29 | Carmina Burana (Orff) | is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana. Its full Latin title is ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images"). It was first performed by the Oper Frankfurt on 8 June 1937. I... |
5267945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gathering%20of%20the%20Vibes | Gathering of the Vibes | Gathering of the Vibes (often abbreviated as GOTV) was an annual four-day music, camping and arts festival that celebrated the Grateful Dead and showcased a diverse variety of music. Over the course of the event, styles would often include funk, bluegrass, rock, jam band, jazz, reggae, R&B and folk music. Beginning in ... |
5268370 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hudson%20River%20Park | Hudson River Park | Hudson River Park is a waterfront park on the North River (Hudson River) that extends from 59th Street south to Battery Park in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The park, a component of the Manhattan Waterfront Greenway, stretches and comprises , making it the second-largest park in Manhattan after the Central... |
5268385 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo%20Da%20Ponte | Lorenzo Da Ponte | Lorenzo Da Ponte (; 10 March 174917 August 1838) was a Venetian, later American, opera librettist, poet and Roman Catholic priest. He wrote the libretti for 28 operas by 11 composers, including three of Mozart's most celebrated operas: The Marriage of Figaro (1786), Don Giovanni (1787), and Così fan tutte (1790). He wa... |
5268590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20monarchy%20in%20Canada | History of monarchy in Canada | The history of monarchy in Canada stretches from pre-colonial times through to the present day. The date monarchy was established in Canada varies; some sources say it was when the French colony of New France was founded in the name of King Francis I in 1534, while others state it was in 1497, when John Cabot made land... |
5269058 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Pateras | Anthony Pateras | Anthony Peter Pateras (born 1979) is an Australian-born composer, pianist and electronic musician. He has released several solo albums and collaborated with other artists. Pateras has performed and recorded in Australia, North America and Europe. At the APRA Music Awards' Art Music Awards, he has been nominated three t... |
5269766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debate%20on%20the%20monarchy%20in%20Canada | Debate on the monarchy in Canada | Debate between monarchists and republicans in Canada has been taking place since before the country's Confederation in 1867, though it has rarely been of significance since the rebellions of 1837. Open support for republicanism only came from the Patriotes in the early 19th century, the Red River Métis in 1869, and min... |
5270268 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism%20in%20Japan | Feminism in Japan | Feminism in Japan began with women's rights movements that date back to antiquity. The movement started to gain momentum after Western thinking was brought into Japan during the Meiji Restoration in 1868. Japanese feminism differs from Western feminism in the sense that less emphasis is on individual autonomy.
Prior t... |
5270311 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Carissa | New Carissa | MV New Carissa was a freighter that ran aground and broke apart on a beach near Coos Bay, Oregon, United States, during a storm in February 1999. An attempt to tow the bow section of the ship out to sea failed when the tow line broke, and the bow was grounded again. Eventually, the bow was successfully towed out to sea... |
5270402 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deinstitutionalisation | Deinstitutionalisation | Deinstitutionalisation (or deinstitutionalization) is the process of replacing long-stay psychiatric hospitals with less isolated community mental health services for those diagnosed with a mental disorder or developmental disability. In the late 20th century, it led to the closure of many psychiatric hospitals, as pat... |
5270636 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor%20Xiaowu%20of%20Song | Emperor Xiaowu of Song | Emperor Xiaowu of Song (宋孝武帝; 19 September 430 – 12 July 464), personal name Liu Jun (劉駿), courtesy name Xiulong (休龍), childhood name Daomin (道民), was an emperor of the Liu Song dynasty of China. He was a son of Emperor Wen. After his older brother Liu Shao assassinated their father in 453 and took the throne, he rose ... |
5270709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shopi | Shopi | Shopi or Šopi (South Slavic: Шопи) is a regional term, used by a group of people in the Balkans. The areas traditionally inhabited by the Shopi or Šopi is called Shopluk or Šopluk (Шоплук), a mesoregion. Most of the region is located in Western Bulgaria, with smaller parts in Eastern Serbia and Eastern North Macedonia,... |
5271271 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/23rd%20%28Northumbrian%29%20Division | 23rd (Northumbrian) Division | The 23rd (Northumbrian) Division was an infantry division of the British Army, which fought briefly in the Battle of France during the Second World War. In March 1939, after the re-emergence of Germany as a European power and its occupation of Czechoslovakia, the British Army increased the number of divisions within th... |
5271434 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institutio%20Oratoria | Institutio Oratoria | Institutio Oratoria (English: Institutes of Oratory) is a twelve-volume textbook on the theory and practice of rhetoric by Roman rhetorician Quintilian. It was published around year 95 AD. The work deals also with the foundational education and development of the orator himself.
Introduction
Quintilian wrote his book ... |
5271509 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Model%20Town%2C%20Lahore | Model Town, Lahore | Model Town Society (Punjabi, ) is a gated neighbourhood in Gulberg township of Lahore in Punjab, Pakistan.
History
Model Town, established in 1921, is a fruition of [Dewan Khem Chand]'s lifelong dream to see the establishment of what he called “Garden Town”. Advocate Khem Chand's unshakeable belief in the values of ... |
5272181 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS%20Asheville%20%28PG-21%29 | USS Asheville (PG-21) | USS Asheville (Gunboat No. 21/PG-21), the lead ship in her class of two United States Navy gunboats, was the first ship of the United States Navy named for the city of Asheville, North Carolina. The ship was built at the Charleston Naval Shipyard of North Charleston, South Carolina, from her keel laying in June 1918, h... |
5272335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rivalries%20in%20the%20Australian%20Football%20League | Rivalries in the Australian Football League | Rivalries in the Australian Football League exist between many teams, most of which typically draw large crowds and interest regardless of both teams' positions on the ladder. The AFL encourages the building of such rivalries, as a method of increasing publicity for the league, to the point of designating one round eac... |
5272483 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No.%2046%20Squadron%20RAF | No. 46 Squadron RAF | No. 46 Squadron of the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Air Force, formed in 1916, was disbanded and re-formed three times before its last disbandment in 1975. It served in both World War I and World War II.
World War I
No. 46 Squadron was formed at Wyton aerodrome on 19 April 1916, from a nucleus trained in No. 2 R... |
5272547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages%20of%20Brazil | Languages of Brazil | Portuguese is the official and national language of Brazil being widely spoken by most of the population. Brazil is the most populous Portuguese-speaking country in the world, with its lands comprising the majority of Portugal’s former colonial holdings in the Americas.
Aside from Portuguese, the country has also nume... |
5273203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avro%20Tudor | Avro Tudor | The Avro Type 688 Tudor was a British piston-engined airliner based on Avro's four-engine Lincoln bomber, itself a descendant of the famous Lancaster heavy bomber, and was Britain's first pressurised airliner. Customers saw the aircraft as little more than a pressurised DC-4, and few orders were forthcoming, important ... |
5274089 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison%20of%20Portuguese%20and%20Spanish | Comparison of Portuguese and Spanish | Portuguese and Spanish, although closely related Romance languages, differ in many aspects of their phonology, grammar and lexicon. Both belong to a subset of the Romance languages known as West Iberian Romance, which also includes several other languages or dialects with fewer speakers, all of which are mutually intel... |
5274232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Fountainhead%20%28film%29 | The Fountainhead (film) | The Fountainhead is a 1949 American black-and-white drama film produced by Henry Blanke, directed by King Vidor, and starring Gary Cooper, Patricia Neal, Raymond Massey, Robert Douglas and Kent Smith. The film is based on the bestselling 1943 novel of the same name by Ayn Rand, who also wrote the adaptation. Although R... |
5274976 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airsoft%20pellets | Airsoft pellets | Airsoft pellets (known as BBs) are spherical projectiles used by airsoft guns. Typically made of plastic, they usually measure around in diameter (though selective models use 8 mm), and weigh , with the most common weights being 0.20 g and 0.25 g, while 0.28 g, 0.30 g, 0.32g and 0.40g BBs are also commonplace. Though ... |
5275459 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Singapore | History of Singapore | The history of the modern state of Singapore dates back to its founding in the early 19th century; however, evidence suggests that a significant trading settlement existed on the island in the 14th century. The last ruler of the Kingdom of Singapura, Parameswara, was expelled by the Majapahit or the Siamese before he f... |
5275584 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio%20Valencia | Antonio Valencia | Luis Antonio Valencia Mosquera, known as Antonio Valencia (; born 4 August 1985), is an Ecuadorian former professional footballer who played primarily as a right-sided player throughout his career, initially as a right winger, before developing into a right-back. He is regarded as one of the best Ecuadorian footballers... |
5275653 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erin%20Phillips | Erin Phillips | Erin Victoria Phillips (born 19 May 1985) is an Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW) competition, a radio host, and a former professional basketball player. She played nine seasons in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) for five different teams and is... |
5275793 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepper%20Potts | Pepper Potts | Virginia "Pepper" Potts is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writers Stan Lee and Robert Bernstein, and designed by artist Don Heck, the character first appeared in Tales of Suspense #45 (September 1963). Pepper Potts is a supporting character and love interest of the ... |
5275821 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gesellschaft%20zur%20Verfolgung%20von%20Urheberrechtsverletzungen%20e.V. | Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. | The Gesellschaft zur Verfolgung von Urheberrechtsverletzungen e.V. (GVU, Society for the Prosecution of Copyright Infringement) is a registered association under German law. According to its own description it works for the video game industry and film industry and helps to protect intellectual property and to counter ... |
5275919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryan%20Gunn | Bryan Gunn | Bryan James Gunn (born 22 December 1963) is a Scottish former professional goalkeeper and football manager. After learning his trade with Aberdeen in the early 1980s, he spent most of his playing career at Norwich City, the club with which he came to be most closely associated. This was followed by a brief spell back i... |
5276377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courtaulds | Courtaulds | Courtaulds was a United Kingdom-based manufacturer of fabric, clothing, artificial fibres, and chemicals. It was established in 1794 and became the world's leading man-made fibre production company before being broken up in 1990 into Courtaulds plc and Courtaulds Textiles Ltd.
History
Foundation
The company was found... |
5276547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education%20in%20Israel | Education in Israel | The education system in Israel consists of three tiers: primary education (grades 1–6, approximately ages 6–12), middle school (grades 7–9, approximately ages 12–15) and high school (grades 10–12, approximately ages 15–19). Compulsory education takes place from kindergarten through 10th grade. The school year begins on... |
5276665 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher%20Ironside | Christopher Ironside | Christopher Ironside OBE, FRBS (11 July 1913, London – 13 July 1992, Winchester, Hampshire) was an English painter and coin designer, particularly known for the reverse sides of the new British coins issued on decimalisation in 1971.
Life and career
Ironside began his career as a painter, studying at the Central Schoo... |
5276723 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1981 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1981 in the United Kingdom.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister – Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)
Parliament – 48th
Events
January
3 January – Princess Alice, Countess of Athlone, daughter of Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, and last surviving grandchild of Queen Victoria, dies at ... |
5276814 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort%20Langley%20National%20Historic%20Site | Fort Langley National Historic Site | Fort Langley National Historic Site, commonly shortened to Fort Langley, is a former fur trading post of the Hudson's Bay Company in the community of Fort Langley of Langley, British Columbia, Canada. The national historic site sits above the banks of the Bedford Channel across McMillan Island. The national historic si... |
5276987 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Et%20Cetera%20%28manga%29 | Et Cetera (manga) | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Tow Nakazaki. It was licensed in English by Tokyopop. The first volume was released in August 2004; the final volume was published in April 2007.
Story
Mingchao is an orphaned Chinese girl living in an alternate version of the American West. When her grandfather pa... |
5278580 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMCS%20Prince%20David | HMCS Prince David | HMCS Prince David was one of three Canadian National Steamships passenger liners that were converted for the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN), first to armed merchant cruisers at the beginning of Second World War, then infantry landing ships (medium) or anti-aircraft escort. For three years, they were the largest ships in the... |
5278652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penalty%20card | Penalty card | Penalty cards are used in many sports as a means of warning, reprimanding or penalising a player, coach or team official. Penalty cards are most commonly used by referees or umpires to indicate that a player has committed an offence. The official will hold the card above their head while looking or pointing toward the ... |
5278853 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia%20Mendoza | Lydia Mendoza | Lydia Mendoza (May 31, 1916December 20, 2007) was a Mexican-American guitarist and singer of Tejano and traditional Mexican-American music. Historian Michael Joseph Corcoran has stated that she was "The Mother of Tejano Music", an art form that is the uniquely Texas cultural amalgamation of traditional Mexican, Spanis... |
5278934 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hokum | Hokum | Hokum is a particular song type of American blues music—a song which uses extended analogies or euphemistic terms to make humorous, sexual innuendos. This trope goes back to early dirty blues recordings, enjoyed a huge commercial success in 1920s and 1930s, and is used from time to time in modern American blues and blu... |
5278947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fred%20Keenor | Fred Keenor | Frederick Charles Keenor (31 July 1894 – 19 October 1972) was a Welsh professional footballer. He began his career at his hometown side Cardiff City after impressing the club's coaching staff in a trial match in 1912 organised by his former schoolteacher. A hard tackling defender, he appeared sporadically for the team ... |
5279620 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Andrews%20Trophy | St Andrews Trophy | The St Andrews Trophy is a biennial men's team golf tournament contested between teams of amateur golfers representing Great Britain & Ireland and the Continent of Europe. It takes its name from St Andrews in Scotland.
It was first played in 1956 and takes place in even-numbered years; Great Britain & Ireland plays in... |
5280151 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Top%2010%20characters | List of Top 10 characters | This is a list of Top 10 characters. Top 10 is a comic book series published by Wildstorm Comics under their America's Best Comics imprint. All characters were created by Alan Moore unless otherwise stated.
The following list includes characters from the original twelve issue series that ran from 2000–2001, the five i... |
5281009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SD%20Gundam%20Force%20Emaki%20Musharetsuden | SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden | SD Gundam Force Emaki Musharetsuden Bukabuka Hen is a sequel to the SD Gundam Mushamaruden series. Like its predecessor, the manga was released alongside a promotional series of gunpla making it the first SD Gundam manga to be specifically overseen by Sunrise. The series also has a single volume prequel that was releas... |
5281789 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20F.%20Hamilton | Thomas F. Hamilton | Thomas Foster Hamilton (July 28, 1894 – August 12, 1969) was a pioneering aviator and the founder of the Hamilton Standard Company.
Since 1930, Hamilton Standard (now Hamilton Sundstrand) was involved with revolutionizing the propulsion technology of propeller-driven aircraft, prior to World War II. The introduction o... |
5281890 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape%20Fold%20Belt | Cape Fold Belt | The Cape Fold Belt is a fold and thrust belt of late Paleozoic age, which affected the sequence of sedimentary rock layers of the Cape Supergroup in the southwestern corner of South Africa. It was originally continuous with the Ventana Mountains near Bahía Blanca in Argentina, the Pensacola Mountains (East Antarctica),... |
5281955 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/45th%20Infantry%20Brigade%20Combat%20Team%20%28United%20States%29 | 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (United States) | The 45th Infantry Brigade Combat Team ("Thunderbird") is a modular infantry brigade combat team of the United States Army headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma. It is a part of the Oklahoma Army National Guard.
The 45th Infantry Brigade was formed from existing elements of the disbanded 45th Infantry Division which had se... |
5282137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I-35W%20Mississippi%20River%20bridge | I-35W Mississippi River bridge | The I-35W Mississippi River bridge (officially known as Bridge 9340) was an eight-lane, steel truss arch bridge that carried Interstate 35W across the Mississippi River one-half mile (875 m) downstream from the Saint Anthony Falls in Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The bridge opened in 1967 and was Minnesota's t... |
5282846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Becky%20Lynch | Becky Lynch | Rebecca Quin (born 30 January 1987) is an Irish professional wrestler. She is signed to WWE under the ring name Becky Lynch, where she performs on the Raw brand. Lynch is one of WWE's most recognizable and highest-paid wrestlers. Twitter named her sixth on their list of Top Female Athletes Worldwide in 2019.
Quin bega... |
5283590 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20the%20Iron%20Triangle | Battle of the Iron Triangle | The Battle of the Iron Triangle took place from 16 May to 20 November 1974, when the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) 9th Division captured Rach Bap and An Dien. The Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) regained the lost towns in a series of costly counterattacks.
Background
The Iron Triangle was an important strateg... |
5284087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drug-eluting%20stent | Drug-eluting stent | Drug-eluting stents (DES) are a type of stent and a medical drug delivery device used in the treatment of various medical conditions, with its primary application being the treatment of coronary artery disease (CAD).
Such stents are inserted into narrowed coronary arteries, primarily caused by atherosclerosis.These s... |
5284746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable%20city | Sustainable city | The sustainable city, eco-city, or green city is a city designed with consideration for social, economic, environmental impact (commonly referred to as the triple bottom line), and resilient habitat for existing populations, without compromising the ability of future generations to experience the same. The UN Sustainab... |
5285068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sustainable%20landscape%20architecture | Sustainable landscape architecture | Sustainable landscape architecture is a category of sustainable design concerned with the planning and design of the built and natural environments.
The design of a sustainable landscape encompasses the three pillars of sustainable development: economic well-being, social equity and environmental protections. The Unit... |
5285400 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny%20Hollands | Danny Hollands | Daniel Timothy Hollands (born 6 November 1985) is an English professional footballer who plays for Gosport Borough.
Career
Chelsea
Born in Ashford, England, Hollands played for Hampton & Richmond at a young age before being offered a trial at Chelsea, where it was successful and subsequently signed for them. There, a... |
5285468 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mac%20Pro | Mac Pro | Mac Pro is a series of workstations and servers for professionals made by Apple Inc. since 2006. The Mac Pro, by some performance benchmarks, is the most powerful computer that Apple offers. It is one of four desktop computers in the current Mac lineup, sitting above the Mac Mini, iMac and Mac Studio.
Introduced in Au... |
5285635 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSMS%20Medan | PSMS Medan | Persatuan Sepakbola Medan dan Sekitarnya, commonly known as PSMS, is an Indonesian football club based in Medan, North Sumatra, Indonesia. It is one of Indonesia's most successful clubs. They currently compete in Liga 2, the second level in Indonesian football tier.
History
Early years (1907–1950)
PSMS history start... |
5285770 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20and%20Penelope%20Seidler%20House | Harry and Penelope Seidler House | The Harry and Penelope Seidler House is a heritage-listed modernist house located at 13 Kalang Avenue in the Sydney suburb of Killara in the Ku-ring-gai Council local government area of New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by architects Penelope and Harry Seidler and Harry Seidler & Associates, and built from 19... |
5285938 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physique%20magazine | Physique magazine | Physique magazines or beefcake magazines were magazines devoted to physique photography — that is, photographs of muscular "beefcake" men – typically young and attractive – in athletic poses, usually in revealing, minimal clothing. During their heyday in North America in the 1950s to 1960s, they were presented as magaz... |
5286332 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Astute | Operation Astute | Operation Astute was an Australian-led military deployment to East Timor to quell unrest and return stability in the 2006 East Timor crisis. It was headed by Brigadier Bill Sowry, and commenced on 25 May 2006 under the command of Brigadier Michael Slater. The operation was established at the request of East Timor's gov... |
5286566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2004%20Stanley%20Cup%20playoffs | 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs | The 2004 Stanley Cup playoffs for the National Hockey League began on April 7, 2004, following the 2003–04 regular season. The playoffs ended with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning the Stanley Cup with a seven-game series win over the Calgary Flames on June 7. It was Tampa Bay's first Stanley Cup championship. It was the... |
5286885 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keurig | Keurig | Keurig is a beverage brewing system for home and commercial use. The American company Keurig Dr Pepper manufactures the machines. The main Keurig products are K-Cup pods, which are single-serve coffee containers; other beverage pods; and the proprietary machines that use these pods to make beverages.
Keurig beverage v... |
5287207 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Binh%20Gia | Battle of Binh Gia | The Battle of Bình Giã () was conducted by the Viet Cong (VC) and People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) from December 28, 1964, to January 1, 1965, during the Vietnam War in Bình Giã, Phước Tuy province (now part of Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province), South Vietnam.
The year of 1964 marked a decisive turning point in the Vietnam War... |
5287304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regional%20Eurostar | Regional Eurostar | Regional Eurostar was a planned Eurostar train service from Paris and Brussels to locations in the United Kingdom to the north and west of London.
While the Channel Tunnel was being planned and constructed in the 1980s, the operation of Eurostar services across Britain was included in the plans. To this end, roughly £... |
5287573 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religious%20views%20of%20Adolf%20Hitler | Religious views of Adolf Hitler | The religious beliefs of Adolf Hitler, dictator of Nazi Germany from 1933 to 1945, have been a matter of debate. His opinions regarding religious matters changed considerably over time. During the beginning of his political life, Hitler publicly expressed favorable opinions towards Christianity. Most historians describ... |
5287708 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backstage%20%28magazine%29 | Backstage (magazine) | Backstage, also previously written as Back Stage, is an American entertainment industry trade publication. Founded by Allen Zwerdling and Ira Eaker in 1960, it covers the film and performing arts industry from the perspective of performers, unions, and casting, with an emphasis on topics such as job opportunities and c... |
5287742 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Shefflin | Henry Shefflin | Henry Shefflin (born 11 January 1979) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who is the current manager of the Galway senior hurling team. In his playing career he was nicknamed "King Henry" because of his directive style, dominance, competitive spirit, and leadership on the field. He is the only player to win ... |
5288609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Mexico%20Lobos%20football | New Mexico Lobos football | The New Mexico Lobos football team is the intercollegiate football team at the University of New Mexico. The Lobos compete as a member of the Mountain West Conference. Their official colors are cherry and silver. The Lobos play their home games at University Stadium.
History
Early history (1892–1959)
The first New Me... |
5289167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation%20of%20Arnhem | Liberation of Arnhem | Operation Anger (sometimes known as Operation Quick Anger) was a military operation to seize the city of Arnhem in April 1945, during the closing stages of the Second World War. It is also known as the Second Battle of Arnhem or the Liberation of Arnhem. The operation was part of the Canadian First Army's liberation of... |
5289516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghazanchetsots%20Cathedral | Ghazanchetsots Cathedral | Holy Savior Cathedral (, Surb Amenap′rkich mayr tachar), commonly referred to as Ghazanchetsots (), is an Armenian Apostolic cathedral in Shusha (also known as Shushi) in Azerbaijan, in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh. It is the cathedra of the Diocese of Artsakh of the Armenian Apostolic Church. Standing high... |
5289796 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haka%20in%20sports | Haka in sports | Haka, traditional dances of the Māori people, have been used in sports in New Zealand and overseas. Haka are performed to challenge opponents before matches. The dance form has been adopted by the New Zealand national rugby union team, the "All Blacks", the Māori All Blacks, New Zealand women's national rugby union tea... |
5290939 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohamed%20Jawad | Mohamed Jawad | Mohamed Jawad (born 1985 in Miranshah, Pakistan), was accused of attempted murder before a Guantanamo military commission on charges that he threw a grenade at a passing American convoy on December 17, 2002. Jawad's family says that he was 12 years old at the time of his detention in 2002. The United States Department ... |
5291073 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levi%20Bellfield | Levi Bellfield | Levi Bellfield (born Levi Rabbetts; 17 May 1968) is an English serial killer, sex offender, rapist, kidnapper, and burglar. He was found guilty on 25 February 2008 of the murders of Marsha McDonnell and Amélie Delagrange and the attempted murder of Kate Sheedy, and sentenced to life imprisonment. On 23 June 2011, Bellf... |
5291203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Digne | Roman Catholic Diocese of Digne | The Diocese of Digne (Latin: Dioecesis Diniensis; French: Diocèse de Digne) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in France. Erected in the 4th century as the Diocese of Digne, the diocese has been known as the Diocese of Digne–Riez–Sisteron since 1922. The diocese comprises the ... |
5291351 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartholom%C3%A4us%20Ziegenbalg | Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg | Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg (10 July 1682 – 23 February 1719) was a member of the Lutheran clergy and the first Pietist missionary to India.
Early life
Ziegenbalg was born in Pulsnitz, Saxony, on 10 July 1682 in a devout Christian family. His father Bartholomäus Ziegenbalg Sr. (1640–1694), was a grain merchant, and his m... |
5291431 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Aix | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Aix | The Archdiocese of Aix-en-Provence and Arles (Latin: Archidioecesis Aquensis in Gallia et Arelatensis; French: Archidiocèse d'Aix-en-Provence et Arles; Occitan Provençal: Archidiocèsi de Ais de Provença e Arle or Archidioucèsi de z'Ais e Arle) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Ch... |
5291541 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince%20Consort-class%20ironclad | Prince Consort-class ironclad | The Prince Consort class of ironclad battleship were four Royal Navy wooden-hulled broadside ironclads: HMS Royal Oak, HMS Prince Consort, HMS Ocean, and HMS Caledonia. They were originally laid down as , but were converted to ironclads. Royal Oak was Britain's fifth ironclad battleship completed.
Prince Consort, Oc... |
5291911 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goose%20step | Goose step | The goose step is a special marching step which is performed during formal military parades and other ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, troops swing their legs in unison off the ground while keeping each leg rigidly straight.
The step originated in Prussian military drill in the mid-18th century and was ... |
5292126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnificat%20%28Bach%29 | Magnificat (Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach's Magnificat, BWV 243, is a musical setting of the biblical canticle Magnificat. It is scored for five vocal parts (two sopranos, alto, tenor and bass), and a Baroque orchestra including trumpets and timpani. It is the first major liturgical composition on a Latin text by Bach.
In 1723, after tak... |
5292154 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellboy%20II%3A%20The%20Golden%20Army | Hellboy II: The Golden Army | Hellboy II: The Golden Army is a 2008 American superhero film based on the Dark Horse Comics character of the same name, created by Mike Mignola. Produced by Lawrence Gordon and Lloyd Levin in association with Dark Horse Entertainment, and distributed by Universal Pictures, it is a sequel to Hellboy (2004) and is the ... |
5292162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barberini%20ivory | Barberini ivory | The Barberini ivory is a Byzantine ivory leaf from an imperial diptych dating from Late Antiquity, now in the Louvre in Paris. It represents the emperor as triumphant victor. It is generally dated from the first half of the 6th century and is attributed to an imperial workshop in Constantinople, while the emperor is u... |
5292174 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congregation%20Beth%20Elohim | Congregation Beth Elohim | Congregation Beth Elohim (, 'House of God'), also known as the Garfield Temple and the Eighth Avenue Temple, is a Reform Jewish congregation located at 274 Garfield Place and Eighth Avenue, in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn in New York City, United States.
Founded in 1861 as a more liberal breakaway from Cong... |
5292203 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%20dissidents | Soviet dissidents | Soviet dissidents were people who disagreed with certain features of Soviet ideology or with its entirety and who were willing to speak out against them. The term dissident was used in the Soviet Union (USSR) in the period from the mid-1960s until the Fall of Communism. It was used to refer to small groups of marginali... |
5292469 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harry%20Haywood | Harry Haywood | Harry Haywood (February 4, 1898 – January 4, 1985) was an American political activist who was a leading figure in both the Communist Party of the United States (CPUSA) and the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU). His goal was to connect the political philosophy of the Communist Party with the issues of race.
In... |
5292585 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crowdsourcing | Crowdsourcing | Crowdsourcing involves a large group of dispersed participants contributing or producing goods or services—including ideas, votes, micro-tasks, and finances—for payment or as volunteers. Contemporary crowdsourcing often involves digital platforms to attract and divide work between participants to achieve a cumulative r... |
5292602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Duncan%20%28artist%29 | John Duncan (artist) | John Duncan is an American multi-platform artist whose body of work includes performance art, installations, contemporary music, video art and experimental film, often involving the extensive use of recorded sound. His music is composed mainly of recordings from shortwave radio, field recordings and voice. His events a... |
5292823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coming%20Home%20%28New%20Found%20Glory%20album%29 | Coming Home (New Found Glory album) | Coming Home is the fifth studio album by American rock band New Found Glory. It was produced by the band along with Thom Panunzio and released on September 19, 2006 through Geffen Records. Written and demoed at the Morning View Mansion in Malibu, California during 2005, Coming Home is lyrically themed around being away... |
5293165 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courland%20Pocket | Courland Pocket | The Courland Pocket was an area of the Courland Peninsula where Army Group North of Nazi Germany and the Reichskommissariat Ostland were cut off and surrounded by the Red Army for almost a year, lasting from July 1944 until 10 May 1945.
The pocket was created during the Red Army's Baltic Offensive, when forces of the ... |
5293178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/5-inch/38-caliber%20gun | 5-inch/38-caliber gun | The Mark 12 5"/38 caliber gun was a United States dual-purpose naval gun, but also installed in single-purpose mounts on a handful of ships. The 38 caliber barrel was a mid-length compromise between the previous United States standard 5"/51 low-angle gun and 5"/25 anti-aircraft gun. United States naval gun terminology ... |
5293799 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian%20Schatz | Brian Schatz | Brian Emanuel Schatz ( ; born October 20, 1972) is an American educator and politician serving as the senior United States senator from Hawaii, a seat he has held since 2012. A member of the Democratic Party, Schatz served in the Hawaii House of Representatives from 1998 to 2006, representing the 25th legislative distr... |
5294446 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Odysseas%20Androutsos | Odysseas Androutsos | Odysseas Androutsos (; 1788-1790 – 1825; born Odysseas Verousis ) was an Arvanite armatolos in eastern continental Greece and a prominent figure of the Greek War of Independence.
Born in Ithaca, the son of an Arvanite klepht and privateer from Roumeli and a mother from a family of notables from Preveza in the Ionian i... |
5294599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich%20B%C3%B6ll%20Foundation | Heinrich Böll Foundation | The Heinrich Böll Foundation (, HBS) is a German, legally independent political foundation. Affiliated with Alliance 90/The Greens, it was founded in 1997 when three predecessors merged. The foundation was named after German writer Heinrich Böll (1917–1985).
Mission statement and structure
The Heinrich Böll Foundati... |
5295016 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman%20Imperial%20Harem | Ottoman Imperial Harem | The Imperial Harem (, ) of the Ottoman Empire was the Ottoman sultan's harem – composed of the wives, servants (both female slaves and eunuchs), female relatives and the sultan's concubines – occupying a secluded portion (seraglio) of the Ottoman imperial household. This institution played an important social function ... |
5295343 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pre-exposure%20prophylaxis | Pre-exposure prophylaxis | Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is the use of medications to prevent the spread of disease in people who have not yet been exposed to a disease-causing agent, usually a virus. The term typically refers to the use of antiviral drugs as a strategy for the prevention of HIV/AIDS. PrEP is one of a number of HIV prevention ... |
5296769 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Boniface%27s%20Catholic%20College | St Boniface's Catholic College | St Boniface's Catholic College is a secondary school for boys, under the direction and trustees of the Roman Catholic Community in the Plymouth area in the South West of England. Founded in 1856 as an independent boarding and day school for "young Catholic gentlemen" in the West Country, it is now a comprehensive schoo... |
5297162 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C2%A1Alfaro%20Vive%2C%20Carajo%21 | ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! | ¡Alfaro Vive, Carajo! (AVC) (), another name for the Fuerzas Armadas Populares Eloy Alfaro (), was a clandestine left-wing group in Ecuador, founded in 1982 and named after popular government leader and general Eloy Alfaro.
The group was labeled as a terrorist organization for the Ecuadorian state during the period of... |
5297519 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah%20Utes | Utah Utes | The Utah Utes are the intercollegiate athletics teams that represent the University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City. The athletic department is named after the Ute tribe of Native Americans. The men's basketball team is known as the Runnin' Utes; the women's gymnastics team is known as the Red Rocks
Currently Utah ... |
5297823 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cinema%20of%20the%20Middle%20East | Cinema of the Middle East | Middle Eastern cinema collectively refers to the film industries of West Asia and part of North Africa. By definition, it encompasses the film industries of Egypt, Iran, Bahrain, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Palestine, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Syria, United Arab Emirates, and Yemen. As such, the film indust... |
5297893 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Hobart | History of Hobart | The modern history of the Australian city of Hobart (formerly 'Hobart Town', or 'Hobarton') in Tasmania dates to its foundation as a British colony in 1804. Prior to British settlement, the area had been occupied for at least 8,000 years, but possibly for as long as 35,000 years, by the semi-nomadic Mouheneener tribe, ... |
5298454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungarian%20People%27s%20Republic | Hungarian People's Republic | The Hungarian People's Republic () was a one-party socialist state from 20 August 1949 to 23 October 1989. It was governed by the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party, which was under the influence of the Soviet Union. Pursuant to the 1944 Moscow Conference, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin had agreed that after the w... |
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