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5597450 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October%201972 | October 1972 | The following events occurred in October 1972:
October 1, 1972 (Sunday)
Publication of the first reports of the production of a recombinant DNA molecule marked the birth of modern molecular biology methodology.
Singapore Airlines (SIA), with 10 aircraft, and Malaysia Airlines, were created with the breakup of Malaysia... |
5597452 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May%201971 | May 1971 | The following events occurred in May 1971:
May 1, 1971 (Saturday)
Amtrak, the U.S. National Railroad Passenger Corporation, began its inter-city rail passenger service in the United States, operating as a successor to the passenger services of private railroad companies that had operated in the U.S. for more than a ce... |
5597454 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/November%201966 | November 1966 | The following events occurred in November 1966:
November 1, 1966 (Tuesday)
Inventor Candido Jacuzzi of Lafayette, California, was granted U.S. Design Patent No. 206,143 for a large "Hydrotherapy Tub" that would bear his family's surname. Jacuzzi, who had immigrated to the United States from Italy at the age of 17, ha... |
5597465 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August%201922 | August 1922 | The following events occurred in August 1922:
August 1, 1922 (Tuesday)
Britain published the Balfour Note, which declared that Britain would give up reparations claims as well as claims on other Allies to the extent that the United States would do the same with respect to Britain's debts. The Note was met with great a... |
5597574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Varadharaja%20Perumal%20Temple%2C%20Kanchipuram | Varadharaja Perumal Temple, Kanchipuram | Varadharaja Perumal Temple, also called Hastagiri and Attiyuran, is a Hindu temple dedicated to Vishnu located in the city of Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu, India. It is one of the Divya Desams, the 108 temples of Vishnu believed to have been visited by the 12 poet saints, or the Alvars. It is located in a suburb of Kanchipu... |
5597919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science%20for%20the%20People | Science for the People | Science for the People (SftP) is an organization that emerged from the antiwar culture of the United States in the late 1960s. Since 2014 it has experienced a revival focusing primarily on the dual nature of science. The organization advocates for a scientific establishment that is not isolated from society, rather on... |
5598193 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hendrik%20Hofmeyr | Hendrik Hofmeyr | Hendrik Pienaar Hofmeyr (born 20 November 1957) is a South African composer. Born in Cape Town, he furthered his studies in Italy during 10 years of self-imposed exile as a conscientious objector. While there, he won the South African Opera Competition with The Fall of the House of Usher. He also received the annual Ne... |
5598334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fox%20Sports%201 | Fox Sports 1 | Fox Sports 1 (FS1) is an American pay television channel owned by the Fox Sports Media Group, a unit of Fox Corporation. FS1 replaced the motorsports network Speed on August 17, 2013, at the same time that its companion channel Fox Sports 2 replaced Fuel TV. Both FS1 and FS2 carried over most of the sports programming ... |
5598727 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom%20Clough | Tom Clough | Tom Clough (1881–1964), known as "The Prince of Pipers", was an English player of the Northumbrian pipes, or Northumbrian smallpipes. He was also a pipemaker, and the pipes he made with Fred Picknell include several important innovations, and have a distinctive tone. He had studied the instrument with the noted piper T... |
5599060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glen%20Donnelly | Glen Donnelly | Glen Donnelly is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Richard Huggett. The actor joined the cast shortly after leaving E Street, and he relocated from Sydney to Melbourne, where the show is filmed. He made his first appearance during the episode broadcast on 7 December 1990. Glen w... |
5599425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewerthon | Ewerthon | Ewerthon Henrique de Souza (born 10 June 1981) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward or right winger. He was best known for his pace, trickery and long shots, and played for clubs in Brazil, Germany, Spain, Russia and Qatar. He made seven appearances for the Brazil national team a... |
5600298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Swath-10 | Operation Swath-10 | Operation Swath-10 () was a military offensive undertaken by the Croatian Army (Hrvatska vojska, or HV) against the SAO Western Slavonia Territorial Defense Forces on Bilogora Mountain in western Slavonia. Occurring from 31 October to 4 November 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence, the operation was a Croatia... |
5600374 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabby%20Giffords | Gabby Giffords | Gabrielle Dee Giffords (born June 8, 1970) is an American retired politician. She served as a member of the United States House of Representatives representing from January 2007 until January 2012, when she resigned because of a severe brain injury suffered during an assassination attempt. A member of the Democratic P... |
5600435 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just%20Like%20a%20Woman | Just Like a Woman | "Just Like a Woman" is a song by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan from his seventh studio album, Blonde on Blonde (1966). The song was written by Dylan and produced by Bob Johnston. Dylan allegedly wrote it on Thanksgiving Day in 1965, though some biographers doubt this, concluding that he most likely improvised th... |
5600603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathaniel%20Batts | Nathaniel Batts | Nathaniel Batts (–1679) was a fur trader, explorer and Indian interpreter. He became the first recorded European to permanently settle in North Carolina in 1655. He often appears as Captain Nathaniel Batts in the records of Norfolk County, Virginia, where his wife owned land by her prior husband, Henry Woodhouse.
Resi... |
5600649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FS%20Class%20E.636 | FS Class E.636 | The FS E.636 is a class of Italian articulated electric locomotives. They were introduced in the course of the 1940s until the 1960s, and have been decommissioned since 2006. They have been one of the most numerous Italian locomotive groups, and have been widely employed during their long career, hauling every type of ... |
5601321 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin%20Heidegger%20and%20Nazism | Martin Heidegger and Nazism | Philosopher Martin Heidegger joined the Nazi Party (NSDAP) on May 1, 1933, ten days after being elected Rector of the University of Freiburg. A year later, in April 1934, he resigned the Rectorship and stopped taking part in Nazi Party meetings, but remained a member of the Nazi Party until its dismantling at the end o... |
5601701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%209%20in%20New%20Jersey | U.S. Route 9 in New Jersey | U.S. Route 9 (US 9) is a United States Numbered Highway in the Mid-Atlantic United States, running from Laurel, Delaware, north to Champlain, New York. In New Jersey, the route runs from the Cape May–Lewes Ferry terminal in North Cape May, Cape May County, where the ferry carries US 9 across the Delaware Bay to Lewes,... |
5601992 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vieilles%20Charrues%20Festival | Vieilles Charrues Festival | The Vieilles Charrues Festival (, ; , ; literally: Old Ploughs Festival) is held every year in mid-July in the city of Carhaix, located in western Brittany, France.
This festival is the largest music festival in France, attracting more than 280,000 festival-goers every year (346 000 in 2023). This festival was created... |
5602233 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Dutchess | The Dutchess | The Dutchess is the debut solo studio album by American singer and rapper Fergie. It was released on September 13, 2006, through A&M Records and the will.i.am Music Group as her first solo album. The album was recorded between The Black Eyed Peas' tour in 2005, and the songs were written throughout the last eight years... |
5602839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution%20of%20Hungary | Constitution of Hungary | The Fundamental Law of Hungary (), the country's constitution, was adopted by parliament on 18 April 2011, promulgated by the president a week later and entered into force on 1 January 2012. It is Hungary's first constitution adopted within a democratic framework and following free elections.
The document succeeded t... |
5602902 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catenin%20beta-1 | Catenin beta-1 | Catenin beta-1, also known as β-catenin (beta-catenin), is a protein that in humans is encoded by the CTNNB1 gene.
β-Catenin is a dual function protein, involved in regulation and coordination of cell–cell adhesion and gene transcription. In humans, the CTNNB1 protein is encoded by the CTNNB1 gene. In Drosophila, the ... |
5603593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20battles%20of%20the%20Italian%20Wars | List of battles of the Italian Wars |
Italian War of 1494–98
5–8 September 1494: Battle of Rapallo
17 October 1494: skirmishes near Sant'Agata sul Santerno
19–21 October 1494:
26–29 October 1494: Siege of Fivizzano
8–9 November 1494: Florentine revolt against de' Medici
Mid-November – 28 November 1494: French occupation of Florence
? 1495: Fren... |
5603639 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rugby%20union%20in%20Canada | Rugby union in Canada | Rugby union () is a moderately popular sport in Canada; it is quite strong as a participation sport, particularly in several hotspots like British Columbia, Atlantic Canada (particularly in Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador), the West Island of Montreal, Quebec City and Ontario but does not attract the same lev... |
5603691 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priti%20Patel | Priti Patel | Dame Priti Sushil Patel (born 29 March 1972) is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2017. Patel has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witham since 2010. She is ideologically o... |
5604103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KK%20Crvena%20zvezda | KK Crvena zvezda | Košarkaški klub Crvena zvezda (, ), usually referred to as KK Crvena zvezda or simply Crvena zvezda, currently named Crvena zvezda Meridianbet for sponsorship reasons, is a men's professional basketball club based in Belgrade, Serbia and the major part of the Red Star multi-sports club. The club is a founding member an... |
5604331 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jessie%20Willcox%20Smith | Jessie Willcox Smith | Jessie Willcox Smith (September 6, 1863 – May 3, 1935) was an American illustrator during the Golden Age of American illustration. She was considered "one of the greatest pure illustrators". A contributor to books and magazines during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Smith illustrated stories and articles for cl... |
5604367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palaelodus | Palaelodus | Palaelodus is an extinct genus of bird of the Palaelodidae family, distantly related to flamingos. They were slender birds with long, thin legs and a long neck resembling their modern relatives, but likely lived very different livestyles. They had straight, conical beaks not suited for filter feeding and legs showing s... |
5604381 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jools%27%20Annual%20Hootenanny | Jools' Annual Hootenanny | Jools' Annual Hootenanny is a TV show presented by Jools Holland and broadcast on New Year's Eve as an end-of-year special edition of his series Later... with Jools Holland. It is generally broadcast between approximately 11pm on 31 December and between 1am and 2am the following morning in the United Kingdom on BBC Two... |
5604401 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfield%20Stags | Fairfield Stags | The Fairfield Stags are the athletic programs representing Fairfield University in Fairfield, Connecticut. Most of the programs are members of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) and classified as Division I (non-football) in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
The men's and women's golf pro... |
5605143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Balak%20%28parashah%29 | Balak (parashah) | Balak (—Hebrew for "Balak," a name, the second word, and the first distinctive word, in the parashah) is the 40th weekly Torah portion (, parashah) in the annual Jewish cycle of Torah reading and the seventh in the Book of Numbers. In the parashah, Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab, tries to hire Balaam to curse Israel... |
5605670 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissism | Narcissism | Narcissism is a selfcentered personality style characterized as having an excessive preoccupation with oneself and one's own needs, often at the expense of others.
Narcissism exists on a continuum that ranges from normal to abnormal personality expression. While many psychologists believe that a moderate degree of nar... |
5606003 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demonbane | Demonbane | is a visual novel series by Nitroplus with mecha and Cthulhu Mythos elements. Beginning as an eroge visual novel for the PC, it was ported into a PlayStation 2 non-eroge remake, and spawned a sequel visual novel, a prequel novel, an anime television adaptation and a conversion to manga. An English version of the origin... |
5606060 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto%20Contador | Alberto Contador | Alberto Contador Velasco (; born 6 December 1982) is a Spanish former professional cyclist. He is one of the most successful riders of his era, winning the Tour de France twice (2007, 2009), the Giro d'Italia twice (2008, 2015), and the Vuelta a España three times (2008, 2012, 2014). He is one of only seven riders to h... |
5606320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elgin%2C%20New%20Brunswick | Elgin, New Brunswick | Elgin, sometimes referred to as Elgin Centre, is a small unincorporated rural village located in Albert County, New Brunswick, Canada. It was first settled in 1811 by John Geldart, followed by other pioneers in subsequent years. The heart of Elgin is situated at the "Four Corners", which refers to the intersection of R... |
5606801 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Motorsports%20Group | The Motorsports Group | Key Motorsports (formerly The Motorsports Group and Circle Sport – The Motorsports Group) was an American professional stock car racing team that last competed in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series. The team was founded by Virginia businessman Curtis Key. The team is operated out of Mooresville, North Carolina. The t... |
5606945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Royal%20Australian%20Navy | History of the Royal Australian Navy | The history of the Royal Australian Navy traces the development of the Royal Australian Navy (RAN) from the colonisation of Australia by the British in 1788. Until 1859, vessels of the Royal Navy made frequent trips to the new colonies. In 1859, the Australia Squadron was formed as a separate squadron and remained in A... |
5607044 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Three%20Little%20Birds | The Three Little Birds | "The Three Little Birds" (German: De drei Vügelkens) is a German fairy tale collected by the Brothers Grimm, tale number 96. The story is originally written in Low German. It is Aarne-Thompson type 707, the dancing water, the singing apple, and the speaking bird. The story resembles Ancilotto, King of Provino, by Giova... |
5607447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space%20medicine | Space medicine | Space medicine is a specialized field, which developed from Aerospace medicine, that focuses on the acute medical care of astronauts and spaceflight participants. The spaceflight environment poses many unique stressors to the human body, including G forces, microgravity, unusual atmospheres such as low pressure or high... |
5607520 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/9K720%20Iskander | 9K720 Iskander | The 9K720 Iskander (; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. They travel at a terminal hypersonic speed of 2100–2600 m/s (Mach 6–7) and can reach an altitude of 50 km as they range up to 500 km. The missile systems () were intend... |
5607575 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2050%20in%20Nevada | U.S. Route 50 in Nevada | U.S. Route 50 (US 50) is a transcontinental highway in the United States, stretching from West Sacramento, California, in the west to Ocean City, Maryland, on the east coast. The Nevada portion crosses the center of the state and was named "The Loneliest Road in America" by Life magazine in July 1986. The name was inte... |
5608184 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norm%20Gardner | Norm Gardner | Norman "Norm" Gardner (born February 13, 1938) is a politician and administrator in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is a former North York and Toronto City Councillor, serving most recently as chair of the Toronto Police Services Board (1998–2003). He was subsequently chair of the board of the Mackenzie Institute for sev... |
5608413 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sociology%20of%20terrorism | Sociology of terrorism | Sociology of terrorism is a field of sociology that seeks to understand terrorism as a social phenomenon. The field defines terrorism, studies why it occurs and evaluates its impacts on society. The sociology of terrorism draws from the fields of political science, history, economics and psychology. The sociology of te... |
5608488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Curry | Stephen Curry | Wardell Stephen Curry II ( ; born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as the greatest shooter and one of the greatest players of all time, Curry is credited with revolutionizing the sport by inspiring t... |
5608504 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henry%20de%20Beaumont | Henry de Beaumont | Henry de Beaumont (before 1280 – 10 March 1340), jure uxoris 4th Earl of Buchan and suo jure 1st Baron Beaumont, was a key figure in the Anglo-Scots wars of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries, known as the Wars of Scottish Independence.
Henry de Beaumont was a veteran campaigner who participated in every major en... |
5608721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Community%20of%20Christ | History of the Community of Christ | The history of Community of Christ, formerly known as the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, covers a period of approximately 200 years. The church's early history traces to the "grove experience" of Joseph Smith, who prayed in the woods near his home in Palmyra, New York, in the early-19th centur... |
5609113 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theatre%20of%20India | Theatre of India | Theatre of India is one of the most ancient forms of theatre and it features a detailed textual, sculptural, and dramatic effects which emerged in mid first millennium BC. Like in the areas of music and dance, the Indian theatre is also defined by the dramatic performance based on the concept of Nritya, which is a Sans... |
5609464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotye | Gotye | Wouter André "Wally" De Backer (born 21 May 1980), known professionally as Gotye ( ), is an Australian singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. The name "Gotye" is a pronunciation respelling of "Gauthier", the French cognate of his Dutch given name "Wouter".
Gotye has released three studio albums independently and... |
5609786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Diocese%20of%20Verona | Roman Catholic Diocese of Verona | The Diocese of Verona () is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in northern Italy. The diocese belongs to the Ecclesiastical Province of Venice. The bishop of Verona has his seat in Verona, Veneto. The episcopal throne is in the cathedral, which had originally been dedicated to S. Maria Matricolare and S. George.
... |
5609847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20Special%20Operations%20Squadron | 7th Special Operations Squadron | The 7th Special Operations Squadron is an active flying unit of the United States Air Force. It is a component of the 752d Special Operations Group (752 SOG), United States Special Operations Command, and is currently based at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall in Suffolk, UK. From their base at RAF Mildenhall, the 7th... |
5609950 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam%20Murray | Adam Murray | Adam David Murray (born 30 September 1981) is an English football manager and former professional footballer who is now the assistant manager at club Cheltenham Town. A creative midfielder, he made over 500 appearances in a 17-year playing career in the Premier League, Football League and Football Conference.
An Engl... |
5610029 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/21st%20Special%20Operations%20Squadron | 21st Special Operations Squadron | The 21st Special Operations Squadron is a unit within the 353rd Special Operations Wing, United States Air Force based at Yokota Air Base, Japan. The unit has been activated and inactivated a number of times in its history. Prior to October 2007 it was with the 352nd Special Operations Group, United States Air Force, U... |
5610327 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glenn%20Murray | Glenn Murray | Glenn Murray (born 25 September 1983) is an English former professional footballer and football pundit who played as a striker. His career spanned 19 years from 2002 until 2021.
Best known for his two spells with Brighton & Hove Albion, Murray also played for Workington Reds, Wilmington Hammerheads, Barrow, Carlisle U... |
5610629 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romani%20people%20in%20Bulgaria | Romani people in Bulgaria | Romani people in Bulgaria (; ) constitute Europe's densest gypsy minority. The Romani people in Bulgaria may speak Bulgarian, Turkish or Romani, depending on the region.
According to the latest census in 2011, the number of the Romani is 325,343, constituting 4.4% of the total population, in which only one ethnic grou... |
5610830 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De%20La%20Salle%20Green%20Archers | De La Salle Green Archers | The De La Salle Green Archers (also known simply as the Green Archers) are the men's varsity teams representing De La Salle University in the Philippines. The women's varsity teams are generally referred to as the De La Salle Lady Archers. The school's varsity teams participate in the University Athletic Association of... |
5610904 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NU%20Bulldogs | NU Bulldogs | The National University Bulldogs are the collegiate men's varsity teams of National University in the University Athletic Association of the Philippines. The collegiate women's varsity teams are called the Lady Bulldogs while the high school varsity teams are called the Bullpups. The National University Athletic Direct... |
5610924 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Hood | The Hood | The Hood (Parker Robbins) is a supervillain appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer Brian K. Vaughan, and artists Kyle Hotz and Eric Powell, the character was introduced in his own self-titled limited series, which started with Hood #1 (July 2002). Robbins was originally a petty ... |
5610927 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Kateb%20v%20Godwin | Al-Kateb v Godwin | Al-Kateb v Godwin, was a decision of the High Court of Australia, which ruled on 6 August 2004 that the indefinite detention of a stateless person was lawful. The case concerned Ahmed Al-Kateb, a Palestinian man born in Kuwait, who moved to Australia in 2000 and applied for a temporary protection visa. The Commonwealth... |
5610936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20sculpture%20parks | List of sculpture parks | This is a list of sculpture parks by country.
Africa
Morocco
Anima Garden, from Marrakech just off the Ourika road
South Africa
Sculpture Garden of the Kirstenbosch National Botanical Garden, Cape Town
Zimbabwe
Chapungu Sculpture Park, Harare
Asia
China
Changchun World Sculpture Park, Changchun City, Jilin Prov... |
5611334 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertsolaritza | Bertsolaritza | Bertsolaritza or bertsolarism is the art of singing extemporaneously composed songs in Basque according to various melodies and rhyming patterns. Bertsos can be composed at a variety of occasions but are performed generally by one or various bertsolaris onstage in an event arranged for the purpose or as a sideshow, in... |
5611579 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pramana | Pramana | Pramana (Sanskrit: प्रमाण, ) literally means "proof" and "means of knowledge". In Indian philosophies, pramana are the means which can lead to knowledge, and serve as one of the core concepts in Indian epistemology. It has been one of the key, much debated fields of study in Hinduism, Buddhism and Jainism since ancient... |
5611647 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20weevil%20%28Curculionoidea%29%20species%20recorded%20in%20Britain | List of weevil (Curculionoidea) species recorded in Britain | The following is a list of the weevils recorded in Great Britain. For other beetles, see List of beetle species recorded in Britain.
Orthoceri Schönherr, 1823
Family Nemonychidae Bedel, 1882
Cimberis attelaboides (Fabricius, 1787)
Family Anthribidae Billberg, 1820
Anthribus fasciatus (Forster, 1771)
Anthribus nebulos... |
5611860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary%20Gensler | Gary Gensler | Gary Gensler (born October 18, 1957) is an American government official and former Goldman Sachs investment banker serving as the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). Gensler previously led the Biden–Harris transition's Federal Reserve, Banking, and Securities Regulators agency review team. Prior... |
5611943 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panagiotis%20Kondylis | Panagiotis Kondylis | Panagiotis Kondylis (; ; 17 August 1943 – 11 July 1998) was a Greek philosopher, intellectual historian, translator and publications manager who principally wrote in German, in addition to translating most of his work into Greek. He can be placed in a tradition of thought best exemplified by Thucydides, Niccolò Machiav... |
5611947 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20People%27s%20Army%20Air%20and%20Anti-Air%20Force | Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force | The Korean People's Army Air and Anti-Air Force (KPAAF; ; Hanja: 朝鮮人民軍 航空 및 反航空軍 ) is the unified military aviation force of North Korea. It is the second largest branch of the Korean People's Army comprising an estimated 110,000 members. As of 2021, its estimated to possess 900 combat aircraft, 300 transports, and 300... |
5612265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukraine%E2%80%93European%20Union%20relations | Ukraine–European Union relations | International relations between the European Union (EU) and Ukraine are shaped through the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and the Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Area (DCFTA). Ukraine is a priority partner within the Eastern Partnership and the European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP). The EU and Ukraine hav... |
5612336 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blanchard%27s%20transsexualism%20typology | Blanchard's transsexualism typology | American-Canadian sexologist Ray Blanchard proposed a psychological typology of gender dysphoria, transsexualism, and fetishistic transvestism in a series of academic papers through the 1980s and 1990s. Building on the work of earlier researchers, including his colleague Kurt Freund, Blanchard categorized trans women i... |
5612337 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regine%20Velasquez | Regine Velasquez | Regina Encarnacion Ansong Velasquez ( ; born April 22, 1970) is a Filipino singer and actress. She is considered one of the most influential figures in Philippine popular culture and is known for her vocal range and belting technique. She had unorthodox voice training during her childhood, where she was immersed neck-d... |
5612449 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OC%20Oerlikon | OC Oerlikon | OC Oerlikon is a listed technology group headquartered in Pfäffikon (Schwyz), Switzerland. The name "Oerlikon" (or "œrlikon", as the company styles itself according to its corporate identity) comes from the Oerlikon district in Zurich where the group has its origins.
The roots of today's OC Oerlikon are to be found in... |
5612659 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20coups%20and%20coup%20attempts | List of coups and coup attempts | A coup d'état, often abbreviated to coup, is the overthrow of a lawful government through illegal means. If force or violence are not involved, such an event is sometimes called a soft or bloodless coup. In another variation, a ruler who came to power through legal means may try to stay in power through illegal means, ... |
5612881 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20revolutions%20and%20rebellions | List of revolutions and rebellions | This is a list of revolutions, rebellions, insurrections, and uprisings.
BC
1–999 AD
1000–1499
1500–1699
1700–1799
1800–1849
1848: Matale Rebellion A rebellion in Ceylon against British colonial rule.
1848-1849: Beach Rebellion (Revolução Praieira) in Pernambuco, Brazil.
1850–1899
1851–64: The Taiping Reb... |
5612891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20coffee | History of coffee | The history of coffee dates back to centuries of old oral tradition in modern-day Ethiopia and Yemen. It was already known in Mecca in the 15th century. Also, in the 15th century, Sufi monasteries in Yemen employed coffee as an aid to concentration during prayers. Coffee later spread to the Levant in the early 16th cen... |
5613194 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corey%20Graves | Corey Graves | Matthew Polinsky (born February 24, 1984) is an American wrestling color commentator and professional wrestler currently signed to WWE as a commentator and analyst for SmackDown under the ring name Corey Graves. He is a former NXT Tag Team Champion with Adrian Neville and a former WWE 24/7 Champion. Polinsky is also kn... |
5613277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess%20Theodora%20of%20Greece%20and%20Denmark%20%281906%E2%80%931969%29 | Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (1906–1969) | Princess Theodora of Greece and Denmark (; 30 May 1906 – 16 October 1969) was by birth a Greek and Danish princess as well as Margravine of Baden through her marriage to Berthold, pretender to the throne of the Grand Duchy of Baden.
The second of five children of Prince Andrew of Greece and Denmark and Princess Alice ... |
5613476 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amphicyon | Amphicyon | Amphicyon is an extinct genus of large carnivorans belonging to the family Amphicyonidae (known colloquially as "bear-dogs"), subfamily Amphicyoninae, from the Miocene epoch. Members of this family received their vernacular name for possessing bear-like and dog-like features. They ranged over North America, Europe, Asi... |
5613537 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squares%20of%20Savannah%2C%20Georgia | Squares of Savannah, Georgia | The city of Savannah, Province of Georgia, was laid out in 1733, in what was colonial America, around four open squares, each surrounded by four residential ("tything") blocks and four civic ("trust") blocks. The layout of a square and eight surrounding blocks was known as a "ward." The original plan (now known as the... |
5613564 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W.%20Garfield%20Weston | W. Garfield Weston | Willard Garfield Weston (26 February 189822 October 1978) was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist who was a member of the prominent Weston family. He led George Weston Limited and its various subsidiaries and associated companies, including Associated British Foods, for half a century and established one of the ... |
5613577 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic%20Revolutionary%20Guard%20Corps%20Aerospace%20Force | Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force | The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Aerospace Force or Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Air and Space Force (IRGCASF; , officially acronymed NEHSA) is the strategic missile, air, and space force within the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) of Iran. It was renamed from the IRGC Air Force into the IRGC Aerospac... |
5614164 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phonofilm | Phonofilm | Phonofilm is an optical sound-on-film system developed by inventors Lee de Forest and Theodore Case in the early 1920s.
In 1919 and 1920, de Forest, inventor of the audion tube, filed his first patents on a sound-on-film process, DeForest Phonofilm, which recorded sound directly onto film as parallel lines. These para... |
5614186 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald%20Fried | Gerald Fried | Gerald Fried (February 13, 1928 – February 17, 2023) was an American composer, conductor, and oboist known for his film and television scores. He composed music for well-known television series of the 1960s and 1970s, including Mission: Impossible, Gilligan's Island, The Man from U.N.C.L.E., Shotgun Slade, Roots, and S... |
5614253 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mighty%20Max%20%28toyline%29 | Mighty Max (toyline) | Mighty Max was a series of toys that were manufactured by Bluebird Toys PLC in the UK in 1992. The toys were similar to the earlier Polly Pocket toyline, but these toys were marketed primarily towards young boys. In Canada and the United States, they were distributed by Irwin Toy Limited and Mattel Inc. respectively. T... |
5614453 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunninghamhead%2C%20Perceton%20and%20Annick%20Lodge | Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge | Cunninghamhead is a hamlet in North Ayrshire, Scotland. It was the centre of the lands of Cunninghamhead, Perceton and Annick Lodge in Cunninghame. This mainly rural area is noted for its milk and cheese production and the Ayrshire, Cunninghame or Dunlop breed of cattle.
Bourtreehill Estate
The estate was within the d... |
5614482 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossrail%202 | Crossrail 2 | Crossrail 2 is a proposed hybrid commuter rail and rapid transit route in South East England, running from nine stations in Surrey to three in Hertfordshire, providing a new North–South rail link across Greater London. It would connect the South West Main Line to the West Anglia Main Line, via Victoria and . It is inte... |
5614574 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilmichael%20ambush | Kilmichael ambush | The Kilmichael Ambush () was an ambush near the village of Kilmichael in County Cork on 28 November 1920 carried out by the Irish Republican Army (IRA) during the Irish War of Independence. Thirty-six local IRA volunteers commanded by Tom Barry killed sixteen members of the Royal Irish Constabulary's Auxiliary Division... |
5614949 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20almshouses%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | List of almshouses in the United Kingdom | The following is a list of British almshouses:
England
Bedfordshire
Bedford Almshouses, Bedford
Berkshire
Andrew's Almshouses, also known as the Widow's House, Speenhamland
Westende Almshouses, Wokingham
Dixon's Almshouses, Aldermaston
Donnington Hospital, Bucklebury & Iffley, Oxon
Horsemoor Green almshouses... |
5615149 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Gest%20of%20Robyn%20Hode | A Gest of Robyn Hode | A Gest of Robyn Hode (also known as A Lyttell Geste of Robyn Hode) is one of the earliest surviving texts of the Robin Hood tales. Written in late Middle English poetic verse, it is an early example of an English language ballad, in which the verses are grouped in quatrains with an ABCB rhyme scheme, also known as bal... |
5615288 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neuroendocrine%20tumor | Neuroendocrine tumor | Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are neoplasms that arise from cells of the endocrine (hormonal) and nervous systems. They most commonly occur in the intestine, where they are often called carcinoid tumors, but they are also found in the pancreas, lung, and the rest of the body.
Although there are many kinds of NETs, they... |
5615980 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree%20of%20knowledge%20system | Tree of knowledge system | The tree of knowledge (ToK) system is a new map of Big History that traces cosmic evolution across four different planes of existence, identified as Matter, Life, Mind and Culture that are mapped respectively by the physical, biological, psychological and social domains of science. The Tree of Knowledge (ToK) System wa... |
5616697 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan%20Toews | Jonathan Toews | Jonathan Bryan Toews ( born April 29, 1988) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who is an unrestricted free agent. Toews most recently played for the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), where he served as the team's captain between 2008 and 2023. Nicknamed "Captain Serious", Toews was sel... |
5616996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%2011%20in%20New%20York | U.S. Route 11 in New York | U.S. Route 11 (US 11) is a part of the United States Numbered Highway System that runs from New Orleans, Louisiana, to the Canada–United States border at Rouses Point, New York. In the state of New York, US 11 extends for from the Pennsylvania state line south of the Southern Tier city of Binghamton to the Canada–Unit... |
5617171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expansion%20plans%20for%20Milton%20Keynes | Expansion plans for Milton Keynes | In January 2004, Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott announced the United Kingdom government's Expansion plans for Milton Keynes. However, the change of government in 2010 and the abolition of the Regional Spatial Strategy (SE Plan) in 2012/13 saw these plans revoked and a planned expansion of up to 44,000 dwellings re... |
5617236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actions%20of%20the%20Hohenzollern%20Redoubt | Actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt | The actions of the Hohenzollern Redoubt took place on the Western Front in World War I from 13 to 19 October 1915, at the Hohenzollern Redoubt () near Auchy-les-Mines in France. In the aftermath of the Battle of Loos (25 September – 8 October 1915), the 9th (Scottish) Division captured the strongpoint and then lost it ... |
5617527 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briscoe%20Brothers | Briscoe Brothers | The Briscoe Brothers or the Briscoes were a professional wrestling tag team consisting of American brothers Jay Briscoe (Jamin "Jay" Pugh, 1984–2023) and Mark Briscoe (Mark Pugh, born 1985). They were known for their 20-year tenure with the American professional wrestling promotion Ring of Honor (ROH), where they were ... |
5617534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian%20Revolution%20of%201930 | Brazilian Revolution of 1930 | The Revolution of 1930 () was an armed insurrection across Brazil that ended the Old Republic. The revolution replaced incumbent President Washington Luís with defeated presidential candidate and revolutionary leader Getúlio Vargas, concluding the political hegemony of a four-decade-old oligarchy and beginning the Varg... |
5617860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardes%20%28exegesis%29 | Pardes (exegesis) | Pardes (פרד"ס) is a Kabbalistic theory of Biblical exegesis first advanced by Moses de León. The term, sometimes also rendered PaRDeS, means "orchard" when taken literally, but is used in this context as a Hebrew acronym formed from the initials of the following four approaches:
Peshat () – "surface" ("straight") or th... |
5618378 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hela%20%28character%29 | Hela (character) | Hela () is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. She is based on the goddess Hel from Norse mythology, and was first adapted by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby in Journey into Mystery #102. Hela is the Asgardian Goddess of Death who serves as the ruler of Hel and Niflheim. The char... |
5618603 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Madrid | History of Madrid | The documented history of Madrid dates to the 9th century, even though the area has been inhabited since the Stone Age. The primitive nucleus of Madrid, a walled military outpost in the left bank of the Manzanares, dates back to the second half of the 9th century, during the rule of the Emirate of Córdoba. Conquered by... |
5618813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boom%21%20Studios | Boom! Studios | Boom! Studios (styled BOOM! Studios) is an American comic book and graphic novel publisher, headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States.
History
2000s
In the early 2000s, Ross Richie and Andrew Cosby had been working in Hollywood, helping to option comic book projects as producers and working to develop t... |
5618839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dokka%20Umarov | Dokka Umarov | Doku Khamatovich Umarov (, ; ; 13 April 1964 – 7 September 2013), also known as Dokka Umarov as well as by his Arabized name of Dokka Abu Umar, was a Chechen mujahid in North Caucasus. Umarov was a major military figure in both wars in Chechnya during the 1990s and 2000s, before becoming the leader of the greater insur... |
5618840 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frisch%27s | Frisch's | Frisch's Big Boy is a regional Big Boy restaurant chain with headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio. For many years a Big Boy franchisee, in 2001, Frisch's became the exclusive owner of the Big Boy trademark in Indiana, Kentucky, and most of Ohio and Tennessee, and is no longer affiliated with Big Boy Restaurant Group. In Ju... |
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