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5501025 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diaphoneme | Diaphoneme | A diaphoneme is an abstract phonological unit that identifies a correspondence between related sounds of two or more varieties of a language or language cluster. For example, some English varieties contrast the vowel of late () with that of wait or eight (). Other English varieties contrast the vowel of late or wait ()... |
5501404 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan%E2%80%93United%20States%20relations | Afghanistan–United States relations | Relations between Afghanistan and the United States began in 1921 under the leaderships of King Amanullah Khan and President Warren G. Harding, respectively. The first contact between the two nations occurred further back in the 1830s when the first recorded person from the United States explored Afghanistan. The Unite... |
5501652 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle%20drives%20in%20the%20United%20States | Cattle drives in the United States | Cattle drives were a major economic activity in the 19th and early 20th century American West, particularly between 1850s and 1910s. In this period, 27 million cattle were driven from Texas to railheads in Kansas, for shipment to stockyards in Louisiana and points east. The long distances covered, the need for periodic... |
5501728 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Railways%20in%20Sydney | Railways in Sydney | Sydney, the largest city in Australia, has an extensive network of passenger and freight railways. The passenger system includes an extensive suburban railway network, operated by Sydney Trains, a metro network and a light rail network. A dedicated freight network also exists. Future expansion of the light rail network... |
5501897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven%20rays | Seven rays | The seven rays is a concept that has appeared in several religions and esoteric philosophies in both Western culture and in India since at least the sixth century BCE.
In occidental culture, it can be seen in early Western mystery traditions, such as Gnosticism and Mithraism, and in texts and iconic art of the Catholi... |
5501912 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1926%2024%20Hours%20of%20Le%20Mans | 1926 24 Hours of Le Mans | The 1926 24 Hours of Le Mans was the 4th Grand Prix of Endurance, and took place on 12 and 13 June 1926. It was the first Le Mans race where the winner's average speed was over , and also the first to break the 24-hour distance record set by Selwyn Edge at Brooklands in 1907.
This year saw the entry of the Peugeot wor... |
5501953 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prediction%20of%20volcanic%20activity | Prediction of volcanic activity | Prediction of volcanic activity, or volcanic eruption forecasting, is an interdisciplinary monitoring and research effort to predict the time and severity of a volcano's eruption. Of particular importance is the prediction of hazardous eruptions that could lead to catastrophic loss of life, property, and disruption of ... |
5502068 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan%20Deere | Alan Deere | Air Commodore Alan Christopher Deere, (12 December 1917 – 21 September 1995) was a New Zealand fighter ace with the Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. He was also known for several near-death experiences over the course of the war. This led to his published autobiography being titled Nine Lives.
Born ... |
5502117 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poor%20Man%27s%20Bible | Poor Man's Bible | The term Poor Man's Bible has come into use in modern times to describe works of art within churches and cathedrals which either individually or collectively have been created to illustrate the teachings of the Bible for a largely illiterate population. These artworks may take the form of carvings, paintings, mosaics o... |
5502347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anna%20Terrana | Anna Terrana | Anna Marina Terrana (born March 31, 1937) was the elected Member of Parliament (MP) for the constituency of Vancouver East in British Columbia, Canada, serving as that riding's MP from 1993 to 1997 in the Canadian House of Commons - 35th Parliament. Terrana sat as a member of the Liberal Party of Canada.
Biography
Bo... |
5502549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marco%20Rubio | Marco Rubio | Marco Antonio Rubio ( ; born May 28, 1971) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the senior United States senator from Florida, a seat he has held since 2011. A member of the Republican Party, he served as Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives from 2006 to 2008. Rubio unsuccessfully sought the Repub... |
5502592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hamilton%20Mathews | Robert Hamilton Mathews | Robert Hamilton Mathews (1841–1918) was an Australian surveyor and self-taught anthropologist who studied the Aboriginal cultures of Australia, especially those of Victoria, New South Wales and southern Queensland. He was a member of the Royal Society of New South Wales and a corresponding member of the Anthropological... |
5503095 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Argentina | Rugby union in Argentina | Rugby union in Argentina is a hugely popular team sport. The first rugby match played in the country dates back to 1873, as the game was introduced by the British. The Argentina national team, sometimes referred to as the Pumas, have competed at the Rugby World Cup, and are considered a tier one nation by the sport's g... |
5503232 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad%20Camberg | Bad Camberg | Bad Camberg () is, with 14,200 inhabitants, the second largest town in Limburg-Weilburg district in Hesse, Germany, as well as the southernmost town in the Regierungsbezirk of Gießen. It is located in the eastern Taunus in the Goldener Grund (“Golden Ground”) some 30 km north of Wiesbaden, 18 km southeast of Limburg an... |
5503241 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian%20Discourses | Christian Discourses | Christian Discourses () is a book by Søren Kierkegaard originally published in Danish in 1848.
Søren Kierkegaard asked how the burden can be light if the suffering is heavy in his 1847 book Edifying Discourses in Diverse Spirits. He also said the happiness of eternity still outweighs even the heaviest temporal suffer... |
5503425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joyce%20Banda | Joyce Banda | Joyce Hilda Banda (née Ntila; born 12 April 1950) is a Malawian politician, who served as President of Malawi, from 7 April 2012 to 31 May 2014. Banda took office as President following the sudden death of President Bingu wa Mutharika. She is the founder and leader of the People's Party, created in 2011. An educator an... |
5503518 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Church%20and%20ecumenism | Catholic Church and ecumenism | The Catholic Church has engaged in the modern ecumenical movement especially since the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965) and the issuing of the decree Unitatis redintegratio and the declaration Dignitatis humanae. It was at the Council that the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity was created. Those outsid... |
5504413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fodder%20Scam | Fodder Scam | The Fodder Scam was a corruption scandal that involved the embezzlement of about from the government treasury of the north Indian state of Bihar. Among those implicated in the theft and arrested were then Chief Minister of Bihar, Lalu Prasad Yadav, as well as former Chief Minister, Jagannath Mishra. The scandal led to... |
5504414 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina%20II-class%20battleship | Ekaterina II-class battleship | The Ekaterina II class were a class of four battleships built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1880s. They were the first battleships built for the Black Sea Fleet. Their design was highly unusual in having the main guns on three barbettes grouped in a triangle around a central armored redoubt, two side-by-side for... |
5504555 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certified%20engineering%20technologist | Certified engineering technologist | Certified engineering technologist (CET) is a Canadian professional certification awarded on the basis of academic qualification and work experience. Abbreviated as C.E.T., most Canadian provincial engineering and applied science technology associations offer this certification. Certification is voluntary and does not... |
5504587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mick%20O%27Dwyer | Mick O'Dwyer | Michael O'Dwyer (born 9 June 1936) is an Irish retired Gaelic football manager and former player. He most famously managed the senior Kerry county team between 1974 and 1989, during which time he became the county's longest-serving manager and most successful in terms of major titles won. O'Dwyer is regarded as the gre... |
5504756 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Deady | Matthew Deady | Matthew Paul Deady (May 12, 1824 – March 24, 1893) was a politician and jurist in the Oregon Territory and the state of Oregon of the United States. He served on the Oregon Supreme Court from 1853 to 1859, at which time he was appointed to the newly created federal court of the state. He served as a United States distr... |
5505228 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Members%20of%20the%20Red%20Army%20Faction | Members of the Red Army Faction | The Red Army Faction (RAF) existed in West Germany from 1970 to 1998, committing numerous crimes, especially in the autumn of 1977, which led to a national crisis that became known as the "German Autumn". The RAF was founded in 1970 by Andreas Baader, Gudrun Ensslin, Ulrike Meinhof, Horst Mahler, and others. The first ... |
5505231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MeSH%20codes%20%28D12.644%29 | List of MeSH codes (D12.644) | The following is a partial list of the "D" codes for Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), as defined by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
This list continues the information at List of MeSH codes (D12.125). Codes following these are found at List of MeSH codes (D12.776). For other MeSH codes, see List ... |
5505240 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20MeSH%20codes%20%28D12.776%29 | List of MeSH codes (D12.776) | The following is a partial list of the "D" codes for Medical Subject Headings (MeSH), as defined by the United States National Library of Medicine (NLM).
This list continues the information at List of MeSH codes (D12.644). Codes following these are found at List of MeSH codes (D13). For other MeSH codes, see List of M... |
5505324 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS%20in%20Taiwan | HIV/AIDS in Taiwan | Taiwan's epidemic of HIV/AIDS began with the first case reported in December 1984. On 17 December 1990 the government promulgated the AIDS Prevention and Control Act. On 11 July 2007, the AIDS Prevention and Control Act was renamed the HIV Infection Control and Patient Rights Protection Act.
As of March 2016, there ar... |
5505410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nikolay%20Lossky | Nikolay Lossky | Nikolay Onufriyevich Lossky (; – 24 January 1965), also known as N. O. Lossky, was a Russian philosopher, representative of Russian idealism, intuitionist epistemology, personalism, libertarianism, ethics and axiology (value theory). He gave his philosophical system the name intuitive-personalism. Born in Latvia, he s... |
5505463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bimodal%20bilingualism | Bimodal bilingualism | Bimodal bilingualism is an individual or community's bilingual competency in at least one oral language and at least one sign language, which utilize two different modalities. An oral language consists of a vocal-aural modality versus a signed language which consists of a visual-spatial modality. A substantial number o... |
5506044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ%20Illusion | Christ Illusion | Christ Illusion is the tenth studio album by American thrash metal band Slayer, released on August 8, 2006 by American Recordings. It was the band's first album featuring all four original members in over sixteen years. Slayer's drummer, Dave Lombardo, performed with the band for the first time since Seasons in the Aby... |
5506629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PSFS%20Building | PSFS Building | The PSFS Building, now known as the Loews Philadelphia Hotel, is a skyscraper which is located in Center City, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A National Historic Landmark, the building was the first International style skyscraper constructed in the United States.
It was built for the Philadelphia Saving (later Savings) ... |
5506837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20EC%20numbers%20%28EC%204%29 | List of EC numbers (EC 4) | This list contains a list of EC numbers for the fourth group, EC 4, lyases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. All official information is tabulated at the website of the committee. The database is developed and maintai... |
5506847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20EC%20numbers%20%28EC%203%29 | List of EC numbers (EC 3) | This list contains a list of EC numbers for the third group, EC 3, hydrolases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. All official information is tabulated at the website of the committee. The database is developed and main... |
5506864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20EC%20numbers%20%28EC%202%29 | List of EC numbers (EC 2) | This list contains a list of EC numbers for the second group, EC 2, transferases, placed in numerical order as determined by the Nomenclature Committee of the International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. All official information is tabulated at the website of the committee. The database is developed and ... |
5506948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20video%20games%20notable%20for%20speedrunning | List of video games notable for speedrunning | Speedruns are popular for a large variety of games. Most high-level speedruns have been performed by members of online communities. The speedrunning community originated on discussion forums in the late 1990s and early 2000s, where the fastest routes through early first-person shooters were discussed. Later on, as spee... |
5507023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20first-class%20cricket%20records | List of first-class cricket records | This list of first-class cricket records itemises some record team and individual performances in first-class cricket. The list is necessarily selective, since it is in cricket's nature to generate copious records and statistics. Both instance records (such as highest team and individual scores, lowest team scores an... |
5507503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian%20battleship%20Sissoi%20Veliky | Russian battleship Sissoi Veliky | Sissoi Veliky () was a pre-dreadnought battleship built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the 1890s. The ship's construction was marred by organizational, logistical and engineering problems and dragged on for more than five years. She was commissioned in October 1896 with an appalling number of design and construction ... |
5507548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Male%20prostitution%20in%20the%20arts | Male prostitution in the arts | The male prostitute or hustler is a frequent stereotype in literature and movies in the West from the 1960s on, and especially in movies and books with a gay perspective in which he may be considered a stock character. He also appears occasionally in popular music, some contemporary fashion advertising, and the visual ... |
5508131 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hindi%20film%20music | Hindi film music | Hindi film songs, more formally known as Hindi Geet or filmi songs and informally known as Bollywood music, are songs featured in Hindi films. Derived from the song-and-dance routines common in Indian films, Bollywood songs, along with dance, are a characteristic motif of Hindi cinema which gives it enduring popular ap... |
5508148 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corpus%20separatum%20%28Jerusalem%29 | Corpus separatum (Jerusalem) | Corpus separatum (Latin for "separated body") was the internationalization proposal for Jerusalem and its surrounding area as part of the United Nations Partition Plan for Palestine. It was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly with a two-thirds majority in November 1947. According to the Partition Plan, the c... |
5508231 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archduke%20Joseph%20of%20Austria%20%28Palatine%20of%20Hungary%29 | Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary) | Archduke Joseph Anton of Austria (; ; 9 March 1776 – 13 January 1847) was the 103rd and penultimate palatine of Hungary who served for more than fifty years from 1796 to 1847, after he had been appointed governor in 1795.
The latter half of his service coincided with the Hungarian Reform Era, and he mediated between F... |
5508817 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Variations%20in%20traffic%20light%20operation | Variations in traffic light operation | In traffic engineering, there are regional and national variations in traffic light operation. This may be in the standard traffic light sequence (such as the inclusion of a red-amber phase) or by the use of special signals (such as flashing amber or public transport signals).
Flashing signals
Flashing red
In the U... |
5508863 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ger%20Cunningham | Ger Cunningham | Gerard Cunningham (born 30 August 1961) is an Irish hurling manager and former player who played for Cork Senior Championship club St Finbarr's. He played for the Cork senior hurling team for 20 years, during which time he lined out as a goalkeeper. Unchallenged in the number one position for his entire career, Cunning... |
5508993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC%20VSS%20Ko%C5%A1ice | FC VSS Košice | FC VSS Košice, formerly 1. FC Košice, was a Slovak football club based in Košice which played in the Slovak 2. Liga during the 2016–17 season. The club officially ceased operations on 27 July 2017.
The club, founded in 1903, has won the Slovak League twice, the Slovak Cup five times and the Czechoslovak Cup once. The ... |
5509166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sclaveni | Sclaveni | The (in Latin) or (various forms in Greek) were early Slavic tribes that raided, invaded and settled in the Balkans in the Early Middle Ages and eventually became the progenitors of modern South Slavs. They were mentioned by early Byzantine chroniclers as barbarians having appeared at the Byzantine borders along with... |
5509426 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006%20Gaza%20beach%20explosion | 2006 Gaza beach explosion | On June 9, 2006, an explosion on the beach near the Gaza Strip municipality of Beit Lahia killed eight Palestinians. At least thirty others were injured. The aftermath of the incident was captured on video and showed a distressed eleven-year-old girl, Huda Ghaliya, reacting to the loss of family members, most of whom w... |
5509551 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Calasanz | Joseph Calasanz | Joseph Calasanz (; ), (September 11, 1557 – August 25, 1648), also known as Joseph Calasanctius and Iosephus a Matre Dei, was a Spanish Catholic priest, educator and the founder of the Pious Schools, which provided free education to poor boys. For this purpose he founded the religious order that ran them, commonly kno... |
5509566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star%20Trek%3A%20Klingon%20Academy | Star Trek: Klingon Academy | Star Trek: Klingon Academy is a space flight simulator video game developed by 14 Degrees East, an internal development house of publisher Interplay Entertainment. The game follows a young Klingon warrior named Torlek as he attends the Elite Command Academy, a war college created by General Chang to prepare warriors fo... |
5509655 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guantanamo%20Bay%20detention%20camp%20suicide%20attempts | Guantanamo Bay detention camp suicide attempts | The United States Department of Defense (DOD) had stopped reporting Guantanamo suicide attempts in 2002. In mid-2002 the DoD changed the way they classified suicide attempts, and enumerated them under other acts of "self-injurious behavior".
On January 24, 2005 the U.S. military revealed that in 2003, there were 350 i... |
5509703 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Species%20distribution | Species distribution | Species distribution, or species dispersion, is the manner in which a biological taxon is spatially arranged. The geographic limits of a particular taxon's distribution is its range, often represented as shaded areas on a map. Patterns of distribution change depending on the scale at which they are viewed, from the arr... |
5510267 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20PlayStation%20games%20incompatible%20with%20PlayStation%202 | List of PlayStation games incompatible with PlayStation 2 | The PlayStation 2 was designed to be backward compatible with PlayStation games. However, not all PlayStation games work on the PlayStation 2. In addition, later models of the PlayStation 2 console could not play all of the games that were released for prior versions of the PlayStation 2. This article provides a list o... |
5510679 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chukat | Chukat | Chukat, HuQath , Hukath, or Chukkas (—Hebrew for "decree," the ninth word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 39th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the sixth in the Book of Numbers. The parashah sets out the laws of corpse contamination (tumat hamet)... |
5510861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Las%20de%20la%20Intuici%C3%B3n | Las de la Intuición | "Las de la Intuición" (English: "The Ones with the Intuition") is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira from her sixth studio album Fijación Oral Vol. 1 (2005). It was written and produced by the singer as well as co-composed by Luis Fernando Ochoa, with additional production by Lester Mendez. It was sent to Sp... |
5511269 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada%20men%27s%20national%20basketball%20team | Canada men's national basketball team | The Canada men's national basketball team () represents Canada in international basketball competitions since 1923. They are overseen by Canada Basketball, the governing body for basketball in Canada.
In nine Olympic appearances, Canada has won one medal in basketball – a silver at the 1936 Games in Berlin. The team f... |
5511624 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Torquay | History of Torquay | The History of Torquay, a town in Torbay, on the south coast of the county of Devon, England, starts some 450,000 years ago with early human artefacts found in Kents Cavern. There is little evidence of any permanent occupation at Torquay until the eleventh century records in the Domesday Book, though it is known that v... |
5511819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese%20aircraft%20carrier%20Zuih%C5%8D | Japanese aircraft carrier Zuihō | was the name ship of her class of two light aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy. Originally laid down as the submarine tender Takasaki, she was renamed and converted while under construction into an aircraft carrier. The ship was completed during the first year of World War II and played a minor role... |
5512063 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NCAA%20Division%20I%20baseball%20tournament | NCAA Division I baseball tournament | The NCAA Division I Baseball Championship is held each year from May through June and features 64 college baseball teams in the United States, culminating in the eight-team Men's College World Series (MCWS) at Charles Schwab Field Omaha in Omaha, Nebraska.
The tournament is unique in that it features four tiers of com... |
5512099 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20The%20Venture%20Bros.%20characters | List of The Venture Bros. characters | This is a list of main and recurring fictional characters from The Venture Bros., a comic science fiction television series broadcast on Adult Swim.
Overview
Team Venture
Team Venture comprises the central characters in the show; they formerly lived in a fortified compound in Colorado Springs that doubled as the head... |
5512514 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMD%20conjecture%20in%20the%20aftermath%20of%20the%202003%20invasion%20of%20Iraq | WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq | WMD conjecture in the aftermath of the 2003 invasion of Iraq concerns the immediate reactions and consequences to the failure by the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC) and the U.S.-led Iraq Survey Group (ISG) to find the alleged stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq ... |
5512609 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rescue%20swimmer | Rescue swimmer | Rescue swimmer is a designation given to rescue specialists, most commonly in the service of the military. Rescue swimmers usually are charged with the rescue, assessment, and rendering of medical aid to persons in distress in the sea, on the land, or in the air. This highly specialized position is extremely challengin... |
5512691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nantes%20tramway | Nantes tramway | The Nantes tramway () is a tramway system operating in the city of Nantes in Pays de la Loire, France. The first tramway in Nantes opened in 1879 and closed in 1958 due to bombing damage during World War II, while the present tramway was re-introduced to the city in 1985.
The first tramway in Nantes was notable for it... |
5512743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical%20apocrypha | Biblical apocrypha | The biblical apocrypha () denotes the collection of apocryphal ancient books thought to have been written some time between 200 BC and AD 400. The Catholic, Eastern Orthodox and Oriental Orthodox churches include some or all of the same texts within the body of their version of the Old Testament, with Catholics terming... |
5512849 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellyanne%20Conway | Kellyanne Conway | Kellyanne Elizabeth Conway (née Fitzpatrick; born January 20, 1967) is an American political consultant and pollster, who served as Senior Counselor to the President in the administration of Donald Trump from 2017 to 2020. She was previously Trump's campaign manager, having been appointed in August 2016; Conway is the ... |
5512957 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000%20in%20poetry | 2000 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
Griffin Poetry Prize is established, with one award given each year for the best work by a Canadian poet and one award given for best work in the English language internationally.
February... |
5512966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999%20in%20poetry | 1999 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
1 May 1999 — Andrew Motion becomes Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom for 10 years
1 July 1999 — Scotland's Parliament opens with the singing of Robert Burns' "A Man's a Man For A'That", ... |
5512977 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998%20in%20poetry | 1998 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
May 12 — John Montague is named as first holder of The Ireland Chair of Poetry.
August — English poet and playwright Tony Harrison's film-poem Prometheus is first shown.
Fall — Skanky Pos... |
5512994 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1997%20in%20poetry | 1997 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January 20 — Miller Williams of Arkansas reads his poem, "Of History and Hope," at President Clinton's inauguration.
Regeneration (titled Behind the Lines in the United States), a film abou... |
5513001 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%20in%20poetry | 1996 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
April – National Poetry Month established by the Academy of American Poets as a way to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry in the United States.
Summer/Autumn – Ledbury Poetry F... |
5513019 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994%20in%20poetry | 1994 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
May 23 — C. P. Cavafy's poem "Ithaka" is read at the funeral of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis by her longtime companion, Maurice Tempelsman.
October 6 — First annual National Poetry Day in th... |
5513119 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Texas%20A%26M%20University | History of Texas A&M University | The history of Texas A&M University, the first public institution of higher education in Texas, began in 1871, when the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Texas was established as a land-grant college by the Reconstruction-era Texas Legislature. Classes began on October 4, 1876. Although Texas A&M was originally sc... |
5513153 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1993%20in%20poetry | 1993 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
January 20 — Maya Angelou reads "On the Pulse of Morning" at the inauguration of President Bill Clinton.
March 31–April 3 — Writing from the New Coast: First Festival of Poetry held at the... |
5513439 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981%20in%20poetry | 1981 in poetry | Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
Events
American poet Jane Greer launches Plains Poetry Journal, an advance guard of the New Formalism movement.
Final issue of L=A=N=G=U=A=G=E magazine published in the United States.
First issu... |
5513589 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20aircraft%20manufacturers%20by%20ICAO%20name | List of aircraft manufacturers by ICAO name | This article lists aircraft manufacturers by ICAO name. The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) uses a naming convention for aircraft manufacturers in order to be specific when mentioning an aircraft manufacturer's name. This article lists aircraft manufacturers by the name that ICAO recognises them by. Th... |
5513997 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio%20Caroline | Radio Caroline | Radio Caroline is a British radio station founded in 1964 by Ronan O'Rahilly and Alan Crawford initially to circumvent the record companies' control of popular music broadcasting in the United Kingdom and the BBC's radio broadcasting monopoly. Unlicensed by any government for most of its early life, it was a pirate rad... |
5514753 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines%20women%27s%20national%20football%20team | Philippines women's national football team | The Philippines women's national football team represents the Philippines in international women's football. It is managed by the Philippine Football Federation (PFF), the governing body of football in the country.
The women's national football team of the Philippines was formalized in the 1980s. The Philippines has ... |
5515121 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saw%20%28franchise%29 | Saw (franchise) | {{Infobox media franchise
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| owner = Lionsgate
| years = 2004–present
| origin = Saw (2004)
| comics = Saw: Rebirth
| films = Full list
| shorts = Saw 0.5 (2003)Full Disclosure Report (2005) The Scott Tibbs Documentary (2006)
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5515130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Strawberry%20Panic%21%20characters | List of Strawberry Panic! characters | This page lists the characters from the manga, light novel and anime series Strawberry Panic!. The characters are divided depending on which of the three schools they attend. Originally, when the series was first created in the short stories stage, there were twelve characters—four from each school. From Miator: Nagisa... |
5515510 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kantian%20ethics | Kantian ethics | Kantian ethics refers to a deontological ethical theory developed by German philosopher Immanuel Kant that is based on the notion that: "It is impossible to think of anything at all in the world, or indeed even beyond it, that could be considered good without limitation except a good will." The theory was developed in ... |
5516403 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Arctic%20Monkeys%20concert%20tours | List of Arctic Monkeys concert tours | Arctic Monkeys are a four-piece indie rock band from Sheffield, England. Since signing for Domino Records in 2005, the band have gained popularity in many parts of the world, and have gradually progressed to playing larger venues. Following the release of "I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" in October 2005, the ba... |
5516566 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokmak | Tokmak | Tokmak (, ) is a small city in Polohy Raion, Zaporizhzhia Oblast, in south-central Ukraine. It stands on the Tokmak River, a tributary of the Molochna. It is the administrative centre of the Tokmak urban hromada, and was the centre of the Tokmak Raion until that was disestablished in 2020. Its population is approximate... |
5516824 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/20%2C000%20Leagues%20Under%20the%20Sea%20%281954%20film%29 | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (1954 film) | 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea is a 1954 American science fiction adventure film directed by Richard Fleischer, from a screenplay by Earl Felton. Adapted from Jules Verne's 1870 novel of the same name, the film was personally produced by Walt Disney through Walt Disney Productions. It stars Kirk Douglas, James Mason, Pau... |
5517130 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick%20Burns%20%28businessman%29 | Patrick Burns (businessman) | Patrick Burns (July 6, 1856 – February 24, 1937) was a Canadian rancher, meat packer, businessperson, senator, and philanthropist. A self-made man of wealth, he built one of the world's largest integrated meat-packing empires, P. Burns & Co., becoming one of the wealthiest Canadians of his time. He is honoured as one o... |
5517167 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pirated%20movie%20release%20types | Pirated movie release types | Pirated movie release types are the different types of pirated movies and television series that end up on the Internet. They vary wildly in rarity and quality due to the different sources and methods used for acquiring the video content, in addition to encoding formats. Pirated movie releases may be derived from cams,... |
5517205 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret%20of%20Valois | Margaret of Valois | Margaret of Valois (, 14 May 1553 – 27 March 1615), popularly known as , was a French princess of the Valois dynasty who became Queen of Navarre by marriage to Henry III of Navarre and then also Queen of France at her husband's 1589 accession to the latter throne as Henry IV.
Margaret was the daughter of King Henry II... |
5517250 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lampropholis%20delicata | Lampropholis delicata | Lampropholis delicata, the delicate skink, dark-flecked garden sun skink, garden skink, delicate garden skink, rainbow skink or plague skink, or the metallic skink is native to Australia and invasive in New Zealand and Hawaii where it is commonly found in gardens. The species is known for their color dimorphism betwee... |
5517256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Felice%20Beato | Felice Beato | Felice Beato (1832 – 29 January 1909), also known as Felix Beato, was an Italian–British photographer. He was one of the first people to take photographs in East Asia and one of the first war photographers. He is noted for his genre works, portraits, and views and panoramas of the architecture and landscapes of Asia an... |
5517261 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew%20Brettingham | Matthew Brettingham | Matthew Brettingham (1699 – 19 August 1769), sometimes called Matthew Brettingham the Elder, was an 18th-century Englishman who rose from humble origins to supervise the construction of Holkham Hall, and become one of the country's best-known architects of his generation. Much of his principal work has since been demol... |
5517266 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhist%20art | Buddhist art | Buddhist art is visual art produced in the context of Buddhism. It includes depictions of Gautama Buddha and other Buddhas and bodhisattvas, notable Buddhist figures both historical and mythical, narrative scenes from their lives, mandalas, and physical objects associated with Buddhist practice, such as vajras, bells, ... |
5517284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El%20Lissitzky | El Lissitzky | Lazar Markovich Lissitzky (, ; – 30 December 1941), better known as El Lissitzky (; ), was a Russian artist, designer, photographer, typographer, polemicist and architect. He was an important figure of the Russian avant-garde, helping develop suprematism with his mentor, Kazimir Malevich, and designing numerous exhibi... |
5517287 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deconstructivism | Deconstructivism | Deconstructivism is a postmodern architectural movement which appeared in the 1980s. It gives the impression of the fragmentation of the constructed building, commonly characterised by an absence of obvious harmony, continuity, or symmetry. Its name is a portmanteau of Constructivism and "Deconstruction", a form of se... |
5517291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holkham%20Hall | Holkham Hall | Holkham Hall ( or ) is an 18th-century country house near the village of Holkham, Norfolk, England, constructed in the Neo-Palladian style for the 1st Earl of Leicester (of the fifth creation of the title) by the architect William Kent, aided by Lord Burlington.
Holkham Hall is one of England's finest examples of the ... |
5517299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul%20Kane | Paul Kane | Paul Kane (September 3, 1810 – February 20, 1871) was an Irish-born Canadian painter, famous for his paintings of First Nations peoples in the Canadian West and other Native Americans in the Columbia District.
A largely self-educated artist, Paul Kane grew up in York, Upper Canada (now Toronto) and trained himself by ... |
5517309 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st%20Reconnaissance%20Squadron | 1st Reconnaissance Squadron | The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is a United States Air Force squadron, assigned to the 9th Operations Group, Beale Air Force Base, California.
The 1st Reconnaissance Squadron is the United States military's oldest flying unit, first established on 5 March 1913. The squadron has maintained an unbroken heritage of over ... |
5517313 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin%20Mountfort | Benjamin Mountfort | Benjamin Woolfield Mountfort (13 March 1825 – 15 March 1898) was an English emigrant to New Zealand, where he became one of the country's most prominent 19th-century architects. He was instrumental in shaping the city of Christchurch's unique architectural identity and culture, and was appointed the first official Prov... |
5517326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Lawson%20%28architect%29 | Robert Lawson (architect) | Robert Arthur Lawson (1 January 1833 – 3 December 1902) was one of New Zealand's pre-eminent 19th century architects. It has been said he did more than any other designer to shape the face of the Victorian era architecture of the city of Dunedin. He is the architect of over forty churches, including Dunedin's First Chu... |
5517329 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20Moore | Henry Moore | Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist. He is best known for his semi-abstract monumental bronze sculptures which are located around the world as public works of art. Moore also produced many drawings, including a series depicting Londoners sheltering from the Blitz during the Second... |
5517335 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvanus%20Morley | Sylvanus Morley | Sylvanus Griswold Morley (June 7, 1883September 2, 1948) was an American archaeologist and epigrapher who studied the pre-Columbian Maya civilization in the early 20th century. Morley led extensive excavations of the Maya site of Chichen Itza on behalf of the Carnegie Institution and published several large compilation... |
5517734 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawn%20Richard | Dawn Richard | Dawn Angeliqué Richard (born August 5, 1983) is an American singer-songwriter. She started her career after auditioning for Making the Band 3 in 2004. During this time, Richard became a member of girl band Danity Kane, from 2005 to 2009, and reformed the group with 3 of the original 5 members in late 2013. In 2009, Ric... |
5517979 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ares%20I | Ares I | Ares I was the crew launch vehicle that was being developed by NASA as part of the Constellation program. The name "Ares" refers to the Greek deity Ares, who is identified with the Roman god Mars. Ares I was originally known as the "Crew Launch Vehicle" (CLV).
NASA planned to use Ares I to launch Orion, the spacecraft... |
5518247 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Munster%20Senior%20Football%20Championship | Munster Senior Football Championship | The Munster Senior Football Championship, known simply as the Munster Championship and shortened to Munster SFC, is an annual inter-county Gaelic football competition organised by the Munster Council of the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA). It is the highest inter-county Gaelic football competition in the province of ... |
5518280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel%20Skehan | Noel Skehan | Richard Noel Skehan (born 6 December 1944) is an Irish former hurler who played as a goalkeeper at senior level for the Kilkenny county team.
Born in Bennettsbridge, County Kilkenny, Skehan first arrived on the inter-county scene at the age of sixteen when he first linked up with the Kilkenny minor team before later ... |
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