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5788425 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court%20Square%E2%80%9323rd%20Street%20station | Court Square–23rd Street station | The Court Square–23rd Street station is a New York City Subway station complex on the IND Crosstown Line, the IRT Flushing Line and the IND Queens Boulevard Line. The complex is located in the vicinity of One Court Square in Hunters Point and Long Island City, Queens, and is served by the
The complex comprises three ... |
5788461 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20science%20policy | History of science policy | Through history, the systems of economic support for scientists and their work have been important determinants of the character and pace of scientific research. The ancient foundations of the sciences were driven by practical and religious concerns and or the pursuit of philosophy more generally. From the Middle Age... |
5788602 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Maid%20and%20the%20Palmer | The Maid and the Palmer | "The Maid and the Palmer" (alternate versions are known as "The Maid of Coldingham" and "The Well Below The Valley"; original title in Percy "Lillumwham") (Roud 2335, Child ballad 21) is an English language medieval murder ballad with supernatural/religious overtones. Because of its dark and sinister lyrics (implying m... |
5789090 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasocial%20interaction | Parasocial interaction | Parasocial interaction (PSI) refers to a kind of psychological relationship experienced by an audience in their mediated encounters with performers in the mass media, particularly on television and on online platforms. Viewers or listeners come to consider media personalities as friends, despite having no or limited in... |
5789170 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yitzhar | Yitzhar | Yitzhar () is an Israeli settlement located in the West Bank, south of the city of Nablus, just off Route 60, north of the Tapuach Junction. The predominantly Orthodox Jewish community falls under the jurisdiction of Shomron Regional Council. In , it had a population of .
The international community considers Israeli ... |
5789270 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vertebral%20artery%20dissection | Vertebral artery dissection | Vertebral artery dissection (VAD) is a flap-like tear of the inner lining of the vertebral artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the brain. After the tear, blood enters the arterial wall and forms a blood clot, thickening the artery wall and often impeding blood flow. The symptoms of vertebral arte... |
5789722 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation%20Harpoon%20%281942%29 | Operation Harpoon (1942) | Operation Harpoon was one of two simultaneous Allied convoys sent to supply Malta in the Axis-dominated central Mediterranean Sea in mid-June 1942, during the Second World War. Operation Vigorous was a west-bound convoy from Alexandria and Operation Harpoon was an east-bound convoy operation from Gibraltar.
Vigorous c... |
5789847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medard | Medard | Medard () is an Ortsgemeinde – a municipality belonging to a Verbandsgemeinde, a kind of collective municipality – in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. It belongs to the Verbandsgemeinde Lauterecken-Wolfstein.
Geography
Location
The municipality lies on the river Glan in the Western Palatinate at a... |
5790813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoebe%20Bright | Phoebe Bright | Phoebe Gottlieb (also Bright) is a fictional character from the Australian soap opera Neighbours, played by Simone Robertson. She made her first screen appearance as Phoebe during the episode broadcast on 23 September 1991. Phoebe is characterised as a studious individual which earns her the title of the "school swat".... |
5790966 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shipwreck%20%28G.I.%20Joe%29 | Shipwreck (G.I. Joe) | Shipwreck is a fictional character from the G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero series of toys, animated series and comics. He was originally created as a character for the Sunbow/Marvel animated series in 1984, later produced as an action figure, and finally introduced into the comic book in 1985.
Profile
His real name is... |
5791028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Eureka%20Seven%20characters | List of Eureka Seven characters | The Eureka Seven anime and manga series features an extensive cast of characters created by Bones. The central protagonist of the series is Renton Thurston, a young boy who joins the renegade group Gekkostate to fight against the U.F. Force, led by Dewey Novak.
In naming the characters, writer Dai Sato drew inspiratio... |
5791111 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoodoo%20Mountain | Hoodoo Mountain | Hoodoo Mountain, sometimes referred to as Hoodoo Volcano, is a potentially active stratovolcano in the Northern Interior of British Columbia, Canada. It is located northeast of the Alaska–British Columbia border on the north side of the Iskut River opposite of the mouth of the Craig River. With a summit elevation of ... |
5791135 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clan%20Buchanan | Clan Buchanan | Clan Buchanan ( ) is a Highlands Scottish Clan whose origins are said to lie in the 1225 grant of lands on the eastern shore of Loch Lomond to clergyman Sir Absalon of Buchanan by the Earl of Lennox.
History
Etymology
The name is said to derive from Macauselan (meaning son of Anselan). The following two names are giv... |
5791143 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever%2017%3A%20The%20Out%20of%20Infinity | Ever 17: The Out of Infinity | Ever 17: The Out of Infinity is a visual novel video game developed by KID. It is the second entry in the Infinity series; it is preceded by Never 7: The End of Infinity, and followed by Remember 11: The Age of Infinity, the spin-off 12Riven: The Psi-Climinal of Integral, and the reboot . It was originally released in ... |
5791294 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%27assedio%20di%20Calais | L'assedio di Calais | L'assedio di Calais (The siege of Calais) is an 1836 melodramma lirico, or opera, in three acts by Gaetano Donizetti, his 49th opera. Salvatore Cammarano wrote the Italian libretto, which has been described as "...a remarkable libretto, the closest Cammarano ever got to real poetry, particularly in his description of t... |
5791389 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mar%C3%ADa%20Corina%20Machado | María Corina Machado | María Corina Machado Parisca (born 7 October 1967) is a Venezuelan politician who served as an elected member of the National Assembly of Venezuela from 2011 to 2014. Machado was the founder and former leader of the Venezuelan volunteer civil organization Súmate, alongside Alejandro Plaz. In 2018, she was listed as one... |
5791422 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Meager%20massif | Mount Meager massif | The Mount Meager massif is a group of volcanic peaks in the of the Coast Mountains in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. Part of the Cascade Volcanic Arc of western North America, it is located north of Vancouver at the northern end of the Pemberton Valley and reaches a maximum elevation of . The massif is capped... |
5791492 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetable | Vegetable | Vegetables are parts of plants that are consumed by humans or other animals as food. The original meaning is still commonly used and is applied to plants collectively to refer to all edible plant matter, including the flowers, fruits, stems, leaves, roots, and seeds. An alternative definition of the term is applied so... |
5792322 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce%20Springsteen%20and%20the%20E%20Street%20Band%20Reunion%20Tour | Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour | The Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band Reunion Tour was a lengthy, top-grossing concert tour featuring Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band that took place over 1999 and 2000.
The tour was the first set of regular concerts given by Springsteen and the E Street Band in eleven years, since the 1988 Tunnel of Lov... |
5792392 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lance%20Franklin | Lance Franklin | Lance Franklin (born 30 January 1987), also known as Buddy Franklin, is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2005 to 2013 and the Sydney Swans from 2014 to 2023. Regarded as the greatest forward of his generat... |
5792486 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Get%20This | Get This | Get This was an Australian radio comedy show which aired on Triple M and was hosted by Tony Martin and Ed Kavalee, with contributions from panel operator, Richard Marsland. A different guest co-host was featured nearly every day on the show and included music played throughout.
On the 15 October 2007 episode, the Get ... |
5792539 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle%20Lowry | Kyle Lowry | Kyle Terrell Lowry (born March 25, 1986) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). A six-time All-Star, he was named to the All-NBA Third Team in 2016 and won an NBA championship with the Toronto Raptors in 2019, their first and only title in franchis... |
5792557 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Psychedelic%20music | Psychedelic music | Psychedelic music (sometimes called psychedelia) is a wide range of popular music styles and genres influenced by 1960s psychedelia, a subculture of people who used psychedelic drugs such as 5-MeO-DMT, DMT, LSD, mescaline, and psilocybin mushrooms, to experience synesthesia and altered states of consciousness. Psychede... |
5792809 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angelina%20Jolie | Angelina Jolie | Angelina Jolie (; born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards, she has been named Hollywood's highest-paid actress multiple times.
Jolie made her screen debut as a child along... |
5792894 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slot%20car%20racing | Slot car racing | Slot car racing (also called slotcar racing or slot racing) is the competitive hobby of racing with powered miniature autos (or other vehicles) which are guided by grooves or slots in the track on which they run.
Slot cars are usually models of actual automobiles, though some have bodies purpose-designed for miniature... |
5793078 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20NBA%20draft | 2007 NBA draft | The 2007 NBA draft was held on June 28, 2007 at the WaMu Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. It was broadcast on television in 115 countries. In this draft, National Basketball Association (NBA) teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including inte... |
5793438 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Full%20Moon%20Features | Full Moon Features | Full Moon Features is an American motion picture production and distribution company headed by B-movie veteran Charles Band. It is known for the direct-to-video series Puppet Master, Trancers, and Subspecies, as well as the film Castle Freak and the VideoZone featurette through 1989 to 2013.
History
Full Moon Product... |
5794645 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ichalkaranji | Ichalkaranji | {{Infobox settlement
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| settlement_type = City
| nickname = Manchester City of Maharashtra
| image_skyline = Rajwada.jpg
| image_alt = Ichalkaranji
| image_caption = Palace of Ichalkaranji
| pushpin_map = India Maharashtra... |
5794648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angels%20%26%20Demons%20%28film%29 | Angels & Demons (film) | Angels & Demons is a 2009 American action mystery thriller film directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman and David Koepp, based on Dan Brown's 2000 novel of the same title. It is the sequel to the 2006 film The Da Vinci Code, also directed by Howard, and the second installment in the Robert Langdon film ser... |
5794671 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tavar%20Zawacki | Tavar Zawacki | Tavar Zawacki formerly known as 'ABOVE' (born 1981) is an American abstract artist living and working in Lisbon, Portugal. For twenty years (1996–2016) Tavar Zawacki created and signed all of his artworks with his street artist pseudonym, 'ABOVE'. Tavar was born and raised in California until the age of 19, at which ti... |
5795114 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davy%20Fitzgerald | Davy Fitzgerald | David Carler Fitzgerald (born 2 August 1971) is an Irish hurling manager and former player. He has been manager of the Waterford county team since 2022, having previously managed the team between 2008 and 2011. As a player, he is widely considered to be one of the greatest goalkeepers of his generation.
Fitzgerald beg... |
5795145 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas%20Gordon%20%28Royal%20Scots%20Navy%20officer%29 | Thomas Gordon (Royal Scots Navy officer) | Admiral Thomas Gordon (c. 1658–1741) was a commodore of the Royal Scots Navy and Admiral of the Imperial Russian Navy.
Background
Gordon is believed to have been the son of Doctor Thomas Gordon and Jean Hay of Aberdeen, but his origins are uncertain. His date of birth may have been 1658, and he is believed to have own... |
5795298 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Molecular%20mimicry | Molecular mimicry | Molecular mimicry is the theoretical possibility that sequence similarities between foreign and self-peptides are enough to result in the cross-activation of autoreactive T or B cells by pathogen-derived peptides. Despite the prevalence of several peptide sequences which can be both foreign and self in nature, just a f... |
5795377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Like%20a%20Version | Like a Version | Like a Version is a weekly segment on Australian youth radio station triple j. It involves Australian and international artists playing two songs live in the triple j studio, one of their own songs (an "original") and then a cover version, hence the name of the segment. The title is wordplay on the Madonna song "Like a... |
5795971 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Everton%20F.C. | History of Everton F.C. | Everton Football Club have a long and complex history. The club's roots loosely lie with a Methodist New Connexion congregation who had a chapel on the corner of Breckfield Road North and St. Domingo Vale in Everton, Liverpool. Initially formed as St. Domingo FC, named after the chapel, the football team was renamed Ev... |
5796612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project%20Runway%20%28season%203%29 | Project Runway (season 3) | Project Runway Season 3 was the third season of Project Runway, Bravo's successful reality competition for fashion designers. The third season of the show, with Heidi Klum returning as the host and Tim Gunn as the designers' guide, began airing on July 12, 2006. This broke tradition from the previous two seasons, whi... |
5796937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9%20Vilatte | René Vilatte | Joseph René Vilatte (January 24, 1854 – July 8, 1929), also known religiously as Mar Timotheus I, was a French–American Christian leader active in France and the United States. He was associated with several Christian denominations before his ordination as a priest by a Christian Catholic Church of Switzerland (CKS) bi... |
5796960 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony%20Daly%20%28hurler%29 | Anthony Daly (hurler) | Anthony Daly (born 22 October 1969) is an Irish former hurler who played as a left wing-back for the Clare senior hurling team.
Born in Clarecastle, County Clare, Daly first played competitive hurling during his schooling at St. Flannan's College. He arrived on the inter-county scene when he first linked up with the C... |
5797061 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hupda%20people | Hupda people | The Hupda (also known as Hup, Hupd'äh, or Húpd’əh) are an Amazonian indigenous people who live in Brazil and Colombia. They speak the Hup language.
Residence and neighbors
The Hupd'äh people live in the region bordered by the rivers Tiquié and Papuri, tributaries that join the left hand bank of the river Vaupés in the... |
5797851 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vin%20Santo | Vin Santo | Vin Santo ("holy wine") is a style of Italian dessert wine. Traditional in Tuscany, these wines are often made from white grape varieties such as Trebbiano and Malvasia, though Sangiovese may be used to produce a rosé style known as "Occhio di Pernice" or eye of the partridge. The wines may also be described as straw ... |
5797961 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cumbrian%20toponymy | Cumbrian toponymy | Cumbrian toponymy refers to the study of place names in Cumbria, a county in North West England, and as a result of the spread of the ancient Cumbric language, further parts of northern England and the Southern Uplands of Scotland.
The history of Cumbria is marked by a long and complex history of human settlement. Geo... |
5798230 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2005%20FA%20Cup%20final | 2005 FA Cup final | The 2005 FA Cup final was a football match played between Arsenal and Manchester United on 21 May 2005 at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. It was the final match of the 2004–05 FA Cup, the 124th season of English football's primary cup competition, the FA Cup. Arsenal became the first team to win the FA Cup via a penal... |
5798464 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20DuckTales%20characters | List of DuckTales characters | This article includes a list of characters from the Disney DuckTales animated franchise, including the original 1987 series and the 2017 reboot series, as well as one theatrical movie and a variety of additional spin-off media merchandise, including video games (most notably DuckTales and its updated remake DuckTales: ... |
5798661 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kuchaman%20City | Kuchaman City | Kuchaman is a Municipal council and District headquarters of Kuchaman District located in Urban Area of central-west Rajasthan, India. It is the largest city of newly Kuchaman district (Separated from Nagaur District on 4th August 2023 as the 38th District of state of Rajasthan as Didwana-Kuchaman District and Propose... |
5799079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20members%20of%20the%20Real%20Academia%20Espa%C3%B1ola | List of members of the Real Academia Española | This article provides a list of all full members (académicos de número), past and present, of the Real Academia Española, the Spanish language regulator institution, as of July 1, 2006. Each member is elected for life by the rest of the academicians from among prestigious Spanish-language authors. Each academician has ... |
5799766 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magistrates%20Court%20of%20South%20Australia | Magistrates Court of South Australia | The Magistrates Court of South Australia is the lowest level court in the state of South Australia. The Magistrates Court, then known as the Court of Petty Sessions, was established in 1837, by the Court of Sessions Act 1837. It has both original and appellate jurisdiction and hears matters specified in the Magistrates... |
5800319 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20tribe | Roman tribe | A tribus, or tribe, was a division of the Roman people for military, censorial, and voting purposes. When constituted in the comitia tributa, the tribes were the voting units of a legislative assembly of the Roman Republic.
According to tradition, the first three tribes were established by Romulus; each was divided in... |
5800622 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Bear%20%281988%20film%29 | The Bear (1988 film) | The Bear is a 1988 French adventure family film directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud and released by TriStar Pictures. Adapted from the novel The Grizzly King (1916) by American author James Oliver Curwood, the screenplay was written by Gérard Brach. Set in British Columbia, Canada, the film tells the story of an orphaned g... |
5800632 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aichtal | Aichtal | Aichtal (; Swabian: Oechtal) is a town in the district of Esslingen in Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. It is located 18 km south of Stuttgart.It belongs to the Stuttgart Region (until 1992 Region Mittlerer Neckar) and the European Metropolitan Region Stuttgart. The municipality, which was created in 1975 as part... |
5800738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20Session%20of%20the%20Central%20Committee%20of%20the%20League%20of%20Communists%20of%20Serbia | 8th Session of the Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia | The Central Committee of the League of Communists of Serbia (SKS) held its 8th Session in Belgrade on 23–24 September 1987. This session proved to be a turning point in the history of Serbia and Yugoslavia, as it marked the rise of Slobodan Milošević as the key force in Serbian politics.
Following the death of Josip B... |
5801754 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim%20O%27Leary | Tim O'Leary | Timothy "Tinhead" O'Leary is a fictional character from the British Channel 4 soap opera Brookside, played by Philip Olivier. The character debuted on-screen during the episode broadcast on 22 May 1996. Tim remained on-screen until the final episode of the series in 2003. Tim subsequently appeared in a video spin-off, ... |
5802085 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Lutheranism | History of Lutheranism | Lutheranism as a religious movement originated in the early 16th century Holy Roman Empire as an attempt to reform the Roman Catholic Church. The movement originated with the call for a public debate regarding several issues within the Catholic Church by Martin Luther, then a professor of Bible at the young University ... |
5802087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eunuchus | Eunuchus | Eunuchus (The Eunuch) is a comedy written by the 2nd century BC Roman playwright Terence featuring a complex plot of rape and reconciliation. It was Terence's most successful play during his lifetime. Suetonius notes how the play was staged twice in a single day and won Terence 8,000 sesterces. The play is a loose tran... |
5802146 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiat%20500%20%282007%29 | Fiat 500 (2007) | The Fiat 500 is an A-segment city car manufactured and marketed by the Fiat subdivision of Stellantis since 2007. It is available in hatchback coupé and fixed-profile convertible body styles, over a single generation — with an intermediate facelift in Europe with model year 2016. The 500 is internally designated as the... |
5802280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheranism%20by%20region | Lutheranism by region | Lutheranism is present on all inhabited continents, with an estimated 81 million adherents. A major movement that originated in the Reformation, it constitutes one of the largest Protestant branches, claiming about 80 million of 920 million Protestants. The Lutheran World Federation brings together the vast majority of... |
5802344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baseball%20in%20Cuba | Baseball in Cuba | Baseball was popularized in Cuba by Nemesio Guillot, who founded the first major baseball club in the country. It became the most played sport in the country in the 1870s, before the period of American intervention.
Despite its American origin, baseball is strongly associated with Cuban nationalism, as it effectively ... |
5802474 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swoon%20%28artist%29 | Swoon (artist) | Caledonia Curry (born 1977), whose work appears under the name Swoon, is an American contemporary artist who works with printmaking, sculpture, and stop-motion animation to create immersive installations, community-based projects and public artworks. She is best known as one of the first women Street Artists to gain in... |
5802634 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sri%20Muktsar%20Sahib | Sri Muktsar Sahib | Sri Muktsar Sahib (/ʃriː ˈmʊktsər saːhɪb/) (often referred to as Muktsar (/ˈmʊktsər/)) is a historical city and district headquarters in Punjab, India. The 2011 Census of India put the total population of Sri Muktsar Sahib municipality at 117,085, making it the 14th largest city of Punjab, in terms of population. The s... |
5802649 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taxis%20by%20country | Taxis by country | Taxicabs within a country often share common properties, but there is a wide variation from country to country in the vehicles used, the circumstances under which they may be hired and the regulatory regime to which these are subject.
Africa
Egypt
Taxicabs are common in Egypt, particularly in the larger cities. The ... |
5803040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurocopter%20EC145 | Eurocopter EC145 | The Airbus Helicopters H145 (formerly Eurocopter EC145) is a twin-engine light utility helicopter developed and manufactured by Airbus Helicopters. Originally designated as the BK 117, the H145 is based upon the MBB/Kawasaki BK 117 C1, which became a part of the combined Eurocopter line-up in 1992 with the merger of Me... |
5803484 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical%20%28Olivia%20Newton-John%20album%29 | Physical (Olivia Newton-John album) | Physical is the eleventh studio album by British-Australian singer Olivia Newton-John, released through MCA Records on 13 October 1981. The album was produced and partly written by her long-time record producer John Farrar. Recorded and mixed at Ocean Way and David J. Holman's studio in Los Angeles, Physical became one... |
5804367 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20Zealand%20Institute%20of%20Chartered%20Accountants | New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants | The New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountants (NZICA) was the operating name for the Institute of Chartered Accountants of New Zealand. The Institute represented over 33,000 members in New Zealand and overseas. Most accountants in New Zealand belonged to the institute.
New Zealand Institute of Chartered Accountan... |
5804544 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail%20II | Ismail II | Ismail II (; Born Ismail Mirza; 31 May 1537 – 24 November 1577) was the third Shah of Safavid Iran from 1576 to 1577. He was the second son of Tahmasp I with his principal consort, Sultanum Begum. By the orders of Tahmasp, Ismail spent twenty years imprisoned in Qahqaheh Castle; whether for his recurrent conflicts with... |
5804650 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia%20%281851%E2%80%931900%29 | History of Australia (1851–1900) | The History of Australia (1851–1900) refers to the history of the indigenous and colonial peoples of the Australian continent during the 50-year period which preceded the foundation of the Commonwealth of Australia in 1901.
Gold rushes
The discovery of gold, beginning in 1851 first at Bathurst in New South Wales and ... |
5804962 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia%20%281901%E2%80%931945%29 | History of Australia (1901–1945) | The history of Australia from 1901 to 1945 begins with the federation of the six colonies to create the Commonwealth of Australia. The young nation joined Britain in the First World War, suffered through the Great Depression in Australia as part of the global Great Depression and again joined Britain in the Second Worl... |
5804970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Australia%20%281945%E2%80%93present%29 | History of Australia (1945–present) | The history of Australia since 1945 has seen long periods of economic prosperity and the introduction of an expanded and multi-ethnic immigration program, which has coincided with moves away from Britain in political, social and cultural terms and towards increasing engagement with the United States and Asia.
End of ... |
5805115 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Neptunes%20production%20discography | The Neptunes production discography | The following is a discography of production by the Neptunes, a production duo consisting of Pharrell Williams and Chad Hugo.
Singles produced
1996–2003
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5805360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbia%20men%27s%20national%20basketball%20team | Serbia men's national basketball team | The Serbia men's national basketball team () represents Serbia in international basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked fifth in the FIBA World Ranking.
From 1992 to 2003, the national team played under the name of FR Yugoslavia and from 2003 to 2006... |
5805488 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian%20Arab%20Federation | Canadian Arab Federation | The Canadian Arab Federation (CAF) was formed in 1967 to represent the interests of Arab Canadians with respect to the formulation of public policy in Canada. It presently consists of over 40 member organizations.
CAF's stated objectives include protecting civil liberties and human rights as well as combating racism a... |
5805813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cable%20television%20in%20the%20United%20States | Cable television in the United States | Cable television first became available in the United States in 1948. By 1989, 53 million U.S. households received cable television subscriptions, with 60 percent of all U.S. households doing so in 1992. Most cable viewers in the U.S. reside in the suburbs and tend to be middle class; cable television is less common in... |
5806021 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pattamundai | Pattamundai | Pattamundai is a town and a municipality in Kendrapara district in the Indian state of Odisha, located on the centre of SH-9A from Cuttack to Chandbali along the south end of Brahmani River. It is also the headquarter of Pattamundai Block.
Etymology
Pattamundai derives its name from being the last town(head=munda) on... |
5806040 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrithik%20Roshan | Hrithik Roshan | Hrithik Roshan (; born 10 January 1974) is an Indian actor who works in Hindi cinema. He has portrayed a variety of characters and is known for his dancing skills. One of the highest-paid actors in India, he has won many awards, including six Filmfare Awards, of which four were for Best Actor. Starting from 2012, he ha... |
5806291 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousin%20marriage | Cousin marriage | A cousin marriage is a marriage where the spouses are cousins (i.e. people with common grandparents or people who share other fairly recent ancestors). The practice was common in earlier times and continues to be common in some societies today, though in some jurisdictions such marriages are prohibited. Worldwide, more... |
5806614 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marc%20Scarpa | Marc Scarpa | Marc Scarpa (born September 25, 1969, in New York City) is an American entrepreneur, producer and director specializing in live participatory media. He is the executive board member and the founding New York Chair of the Producers Guild of America New Media Council and a recipient of the Marc A. Levey distinguished ser... |
5806746 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tri-Ergon | Tri-Ergon | The Tri-Ergon sound-on-film system was developed from around 1919 by three German inventors, Josef Engl (1893–1942), Joseph Massolle (1889–1957), and Hans Vogt (1890–1979).
The system used a photoelectric recording method and a non-standard film size (42mm) which incorporated the sound track with stock 35mm film. With... |
5806794 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount%20Price%20%28British%20Columbia%29 | Mount Price (British Columbia) | Mount Price is a small stratovolcano in the Garibaldi Ranges of the Pacific Ranges in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of and rises above the surrounding landscape on the western side of Garibaldi Lake in New Westminster Land District. The mountain contains a number of subfeatures, including ... |
5806837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald%20Owens | Donald Owens | Donald Dean Owens (born September 12, 1926) is an American general superintendent emeritus in the Church of the Nazarene, and also a retired ordained minister, missionary, professor, and seminary and college president. Owens is the founding president of the forerunner of Korea Nazarene University (then in Seoul, Korea)... |
5806870 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincent%20Illuzzi | Vincent Illuzzi | Vincent Illuzzi, Jr. (born September 17, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician from Derby, Vermont who formerly served as a Republican member of the Vermont State Senate representing the Essex-Orleans senate district.
Illuzzi was first elected to the Vermont Senate in 1980. From 1976 to 1979, he was a correspon... |
5806984 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voyage%20to%20the%20Bottom%20of%20the%20Sea%20%28TV%20series%29 | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (TV series) | Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea is a 1964–1968 American science fiction television series based on the 1961 film of the same name. Both were created by Irwin Allen, which enabled the film's sets, costumes, props, special effects models, and sometimes footage, to be used in the production of the television series. Voyag... |
5807082 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Rocketeer%20%28film%29 | The Rocketeer (film) | The Rocketeer (released internationally as The Adventures of the Rocketeer) is a 1991 American period superhero film from Walt Disney Pictures and Touchstone Pictures. It was produced by Charles Gordon, Lawrence Gordon, and Lloyd Levin, directed by Joe Johnston, and stars Billy Campbell, Jennifer Connelly, Alan Arkin, ... |
5807102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Philippines%20%281898%E2%80%931946%29 | History of the Philippines (1898–1946) | The history of the Philippines from 1898 to 1946 began with the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in April 1898, when the Philippines was still a colony of the Spanish East Indies, and concluded when the United States formally recognized the independence of the Republic of the Philippines on July 4, 1946.
With the ... |
5807137 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Philippines%20%281986%E2%80%93present%29 | History of the Philippines (1986–present) | This article covers the history of the current Philippine republican state following the 1986 People Power Revolution, known as the Fifth Philippine Republic.
The return of democracy and government reforms beginning in 1986 were hampered by national debt, government corruption, coup attempts, disasters, a persistent c... |
5807380 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cripple%20Creek%20miners%27%20strike%20of%201894 | Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 | The Cripple Creek miners' strike of 1894 was a five-month strike by the Western Federation of Miners (WFM) in Cripple Creek, Colorado, United States. It resulted in a victory for the union and was followed in 1903 by the Colorado Labor Wars. It is notable for being the only time in United States history when a state mi... |
5807387 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Jesuits | List of Jesuits | This is an alphabetical list of historically notable members of the Society of Jesus.
A
Piotr Abramowicz (1619-1697), Polish missionary
José de Acosta, Spanish historian; author of The Natural and Moral History of the Indies
Rodolfo Acquaviva, Italian Jesuit missionary and priest in India
François d'Aguilon, Belgian... |
5807548 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramgarh%20Cantonment | Ramgarh Cantonment | Ramgarh Cantonment, usually referred to as Ramgarh Cantt or just Ramgarh is a cantonment town, belonging to the Ramgarh district of the Indian state of Jharkhand. Historically, a subdivision of the larger Hazaribag district, Ramgarh was finally elevated to a district status on 12 September 2007 largely to ease administ... |
5807701 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture%20in%20the%20Indian%20subcontinent | Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent | Sculpture in the Indian subcontinent, partly because of the climate of the Indian subcontinent makes the long-term survival of organic materials difficult, essentially consists of sculpture of stone, metal or terracotta. It is clear there was a great deal of painting, and sculpture in wood and ivory, during these perio... |
5808067 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudrapur%2C%20Uttarakhand | Rudrapur, Uttarakhand | Rudrapur is a city that serves as the headquarters of the Udham Singh Nagar district in the Indian state of Uttarakhand. Located at a distance of about northeast of New Delhi and south of Dehradun, Rudrapur is located in the fertile Terai plains in the southern part of Kumaon division over an area of 27.65 km2. With ... |
5808107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination%20of%20Sheikh%20Mujibur%20Rahman | Assassination of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman | The first president of Bangladesh, Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, and most of his family were killed during the early hours of 15 August 1975 by a group of young Bangladesh Army personnel who invaded his Dhanmondi 32 residence as part of a coup d'état. Minister of Commerce Khondaker Mostaq Ahmad immediately took control of the... |
5808424 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ang%20Pamantasan | Ang Pamantasan | The Ang Pamantasan (abbreviation: AP) is an independent student organization and the official student publication of the Pamantasan ng Lungsod ng Maynila, one of the Philippines' most prestigious universities.
This student organization is currently registered in the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) as a non-st... |
5808578 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigative%20judgment | Investigative judgment | The investigative judgment, or pre-Advent Judgment (or, more accurately the pre-Second Advent Judgment), is a unique Seventh-day Adventist doctrine, which asserts that the divine judgment of professed Christians has been in progress since 1844. It is intimately related to the history of the Seventh-day Adventist Church... |
5809410 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belle%20Dingle | Belle Dingle | Belle Dingle is a fictional character from the British soap opera Emmerdale, played by Eden Taylor-Draper. Belle made her first screen appearance during the episode broadcast on 25 December 1998, originally played by twins Emily and James Mather. James stopped appearing in the role in 2000 and Emily in 2005, at which p... |
5809592 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sihor | Sihor | Sihor (Gujarati: સિહોર ) is a town, a municipality in Bhavnagar district in the Indian state of Gujarat. Placed along the river Gautami, this erstwhile capital of the Gohil Rajputs, surrounded by hills is situated about 20 km from Bhavnagar. It becomes Sihor by corrupting its name from Saraswatpur, Sinhalpur, Sinhpur, ... |
5809797 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siolim | Siolim | Siolim () is a village in Bardez taluka, and a census town on the central west coast of India, in the North Goa district of Goa. The 2001 population was 10,311, and 10,936 in 2011. Siolim is also the name of a constituency in the Goa assembly, which includes Assagao, Anjuna and Oxel, in addition to Siolim. A person fro... |
5809819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard%20Sims | Howard Sims | Howard "Sandman" Sims (January 24, 1917 – May 20, 2003) was an African-American tap dancer who began his career in vaudeville. He was skilled in a style of dancing that he performed in a wooden sandbox of his own construction, and acquired his nickname from the sand he sprinkled to alter and amplify the sound of his da... |
5809887 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2nd%20Battalion%2C%209th%20Marines | 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines | 2nd Battalion, 9th Marines (2/9) was an infantry battalion of the United States Marine Corps. Formed during World War I, the unit played an instrumental role in the defeat of the Japanese forces in the Battles of Guam and Iwo Jima during World War II. The battalion distinguished itself in the defense of Khe Sanh duri... |
5810008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cusack | Cusack | Cusack is an Irish family name of Norman origin Cussacq, originally from Cussac in Guienne (Aquitaine), France. The surname has diminished in common use in England, but is still common in Ireland, where it was introduced during the Norman invasion of Ireland in the 12th century.
While Cusack is not a particularly comm... |
5810035 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jenny%20Schecter | Jenny Schecter | Jennifer "Jenny" Diane Schecter is a fictional character from the American Showtime television drama series The L Word, played by Mia Kirshner. Jenny debuted on-screen during the pilot episode and remained until the series' final episode. Jenny became well documented in the media for her outlandish plots. Jenny was cre... |
5810100 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bette%20Porter | Bette Porter | Bette Porter is a fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word and its sequel The L Word: Generation Q, played by Jennifer Beals.
Fictional character biography
Before The L Word
Bette is introduced as an affluent, Ivy League-educated lesbian of African-American and Caucasian heritage. She... |
5810127 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina%20Kennard | Tina Kennard | Tina Kennard is a fictional character on the Showtime television network series The L Word and The L Word: Generation Q, shown nationally in the United States. She is played by American actress Laurel Holloman. Tina lives in Los Angeles, California, and mostly hangs out in West Hollywood. She is the mother of Angelica ... |
5810224 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Srivilliputhur | Srivilliputhur | Srivilliputhur is a Municipality in Virudhunagar district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 75,396. The most important landmark of Thiruvilliputhur is 11-tiered tower structure dedicated to the Vatapatrasayee (Vishnu), the presiding deity of the Srivilliputhur Divya Desam. The... |
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