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6222166 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/8th%20Cavalry%20Regiment | 8th Cavalry Regiment | The 8th Cavalry Regiment is a regiment of the United States Army formed in 1866 during the American Indian Wars. The 8th Cavalry continued to serve under a number of designations, fighting in every other major U.S. conflict since, except World War I, when it was not deployed to Europe because it was already engaged in ... |
6222202 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hezbollah%20armed%20strength | Hezbollah armed strength | Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, has an exceptionally strong military wing, thought to be stronger than the Lebanese Army, and equivalent to the armed strength of a medium-sized army. A hybrid force, the group maintains "robust conventional and unconventional military capabili... |
6222375 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record%20World | Record World | Record World magazine was one of the three main music industry trade magazines in the United States, along with Billboard and Cashbox. It was founded in 1946 under the name Music Vendor, but in 1964 it was changed to Record World, under the ownership of Sid Parnes and Bob Austin. It ceased publication on April 10, 1982... |
6222479 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Drifting%20Classroom | The Drifting Classroom | is a Japanese horror manga series written and illustrated by Kazuo Umezu. It was serialized in the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday from 1972 to 1974, and published as collected tankōbon volumes by Shogakukan. The series follows a school that is mysteriously transported through time to a post-apocalyptic future.
In... |
6223123 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20spiders%20of%20Texas | List of spiders of Texas | This is a list of all species that have been found in Texas, United States of America, as of July 17, 2006. It is taken from the Catalogue of Texas Spiders by D. Allen Dean, which was started in 1940. The list contains 980 species in 52 families.
Archoleptonetidae
Darkoneta garza
Atypidae
Sphodros paisano
Sphodros... |
6223534 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oromo%20Liberation%20Front | Oromo Liberation Front | The Oromo Liberation Front (, abbreviated: ABO; English abbreviation: OLF) is an Oromo nationalist political party formed in 1973 to promote self-determination for the Oromo people inhabiting today's Oromia Region and Oromia Zone in the Amhara Region of Ethiopia. The OLF has offices in Addis Ababa, Washington, D.C. and... |
6223549 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sarah%20Jane%20Adventures | The Sarah Jane Adventures | The Sarah Jane Adventures is a British science fiction television programme that was produced by BBC Cymru Wales for CBBC, created by Russell T Davies, and starring Elisabeth Sladen. The programme is a spin-off of the long-running BBC science fiction programme Doctor Who and is aimed at a younger audience than Doctor W... |
6223567 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Man%20with%20the%20Golden%20Gun%20%28film%29 | The Man with the Golden Gun (film) | The Man with the Golden Gun is a 1974 spy film and the ninth in the James Bond series produced by Eon Productions, and the second to star Roger Moore as the fictional MI6 agent James Bond. A loose adaptation of Ian Fleming's posthumously published 1965 novel of the same name, the film has Bond sent after the Solex Agi... |
6223628 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidi%20Bidi%20Bom%20Bom | Bidi Bidi Bom Bom | "Bidi Bidi Bom Bom" is a song recorded by American Tejano singer, Selena. It was released as the second single from her fourth studio album, Amor Prohibido (1994). Originally written about a cheerful fish swimming freely in the ocean, the song's title is an onomatopoeic phrase suggesting the palpitating heartbeat of a ... |
6223854 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beheading%20of%20John%20the%20Baptist | Beheading of John the Baptist | The beheading of John the Baptist, also known as the decollation of Saint John the Baptist or the beheading of the Forerunner, is a biblical event commemorated as a holy day by various Christian churches. According to the New Testament, Herod Antipas, ruler of Galilee under the Roman Empire, had imprisoned John the Bap... |
6224278 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National%20Institute%20of%20Aeronautics%20and%20Space | National Institute of Aeronautics and Space | The National Institute of Aeronautics and Space (, LAPAN) was the Indonesian government's space agency. It was established on 27 November 1963, by former Indonesian president Sukarno, after one year's existence of a previous, informal space agency organization. LAPAN is responsible for long-term civilian and military ... |
6224864 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human%20rights%20in%20Asia | Human rights in Asia | The topic of human rights in Asia is one that encompasses an immense number of states, international governmental organizations, and non-governmental organizations. All these institutions contribute a variety of services and perspectives towards human rights, covering topics including the enforcement, monitoring, and c... |
6225059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil%20Merryweather | Neil Merryweather | Neil Merryweather (born Robert Neilson Lillie, December 27, 1945 – March 28, 2021) was a Canadian rock singer, bass player and songwriter. He recorded and performed with musicians such as Steve Miller, Dave Mason, Lita Ford, Billy Joel and Rick James; and released an extensive catalogue of albums.
Biography
Merryweath... |
6225265 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20border%20incidents%20involving%20North%20and%20South%20Korea | List of border incidents involving North and South Korea | The following is a list of border incidents involving North and South Korea since the Korean Armistice Agreement of July 27, 1953, ended large scale military action of the Korean War. Most of these incidents took place near either the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) or the Northern Limit Line (NLL). This list includes ... |
6225326 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia%20Lions | Columbia Lions | The Columbia University Lions are the collective athletic teams and their members from Columbia University, an Ivy League institution in New York City, United States. The current director of athletics is Peter Pilling.
Ivy League athletics
The eight-institution athletic league to which Columbia University belongs, the... |
6225516 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wentworth%20Gaol | Wentworth Gaol | The Wentworth Gaol is a heritage-listed former gaol and school building and now museum (gaol building) and old wares shop (gaolers residence) located at 112 Beverley Street, Wentworth, in the Wentworth Shire, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by James Barnet and built from 1879 to 1881 by Whitcombe Brothers, ... |
6225559 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sauer%20%26%20Sohn | Sauer & Sohn | J. P. Sauer und Sohn GmbH (Sauer & Sohn) is a manufacturer of firearms and machinery and is the oldest firearms manufacturer still active in Germany. The products of this company are frequently referred to as Sauer.
J. P. Sauer und Sohn
History
The first Sauer company was founded in 1751 by Lorenz Sauer in Suhl in ... |
6225705 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Totally%20Spies%21%20characters | List of Totally Spies! characters | The animated television series Totally Spies! follows the adventures of three Beverly Hills teenage girls – Sam, Clover and Alex – who work as secret agents on missions to save the world while keeping their identity a secret from their peers. Supporting the girls is their employer Jerry from the World Organization of ... |
6225891 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arab%E2%80%93Khazar%20wars | Arab–Khazar wars | The Arab–Khazar wars were a series of conflicts fought between the Khazar Khaganate and successive Arab caliphates in the Caucasus region from to 799. Smaller native principalities were also involved in the conflict as vassals of the two empires. Historians usually distinguish two major periods of conflict, the First... |
6225919 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Spectacular%20Spider-Man%20%28TV%20series%29 | The Spectacular Spider-Man (TV series) | The Spectacular Spider-Man is an American superhero animated television series produced by Sony Pictures based on the Marvel Comics character Spider-Man, and developed by Greg Weisman and Victor Cook. In terms of overall tone and style, the series is based principally on the Stan Lee, Steve Ditko and John Romita Sr. er... |
6226612 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Odonata%20species%20of%20India | List of Odonata species of India | The following is a list of the dragonflies and damselflies found in India.
Aeshnidae
Aeshna
Aeshna flavifrons Lichtenstein, 1976
Aeshna juncea mongolica
Aeshna mixta mixta Latreille, 1805
Aeshna petalura petalura
Anaciaeschna
Anaciaeschna donaldi
Anaciaeschna jaspidea (Burmeister, 1839)
Anaciaeschna kashi... |
6226648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brain%20stimulation%20reward | Brain stimulation reward | Brain stimulation reward (BSR) is a pleasurable phenomenon elicited via direct stimulation of specific brain regions, originally discovered by James Olds and Peter Milner. BSR can serve as a robust operant reinforcer. Targeted stimulation activates the reward system circuitry and establishes response habits similar to... |
6227463 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hejazi%20Arabic | Hejazi Arabic | Hejazi Arabic or Hijazi Arabic (HA) (, ), also known as West Arabian Arabic, is a variety of Arabic spoken in the Hejaz region in Saudi Arabia. Strictly speaking, there are two main groups of dialects spoken in the Hejaz region, one by the urban population, originally spoken mainly in the cities of Jeddah, Mecca, Medin... |
6227599 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bengali%20novels | Bengali novels | Bengali novels occupy a major part of Bengali literature. Despite the evidence of Bengali literary traditions dating back to the 7th century, the format of novel or prose writing did not fully emerge until the early nineteenth century. The development of Bengali novel was fueled by colonial encounter, booming print cul... |
6227696 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Amory%20Wars | The Amory Wars | The Amory Wars is an ongoing series of science fiction comic books and novels created by Coheed and Cambria frontman Claudio Sanchez and Chondra Echert, published by Evil Ink Comics. The name also refers to the fictional conflict at the center of the story, which is told across the published works and is also the prima... |
6228455 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Washington%2C%20D.C. | List of people from Washington, D.C. | This is a list of prominent people who were born in, lived in, or are otherwise closely associated with Washington, D.C., and its surrounding metropolitan area, which includes portions of Maryland and Virginia.
Actors
Gbenga Akinnagbe (born 1978), actor; born in D.C.
Jonathan Banks (born 1947), actor; born in D.C.
D... |
6228675 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Good%20News%20Club%20v.%20Milford%20Central%20School | Good News Club v. Milford Central School | Good News Club v. Milford Central School, 533 U.S. 98 (2001), was a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court that held that, when a government operates a "limited public forum", it may not discriminate against speech that takes place within that forum on the basis of the viewpoint which it expresses—in this case, against rel... |
6228847 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Goon%20Show%20running%20jokes | The Goon Show running jokes | This is a list of running jokes and catchphrases in the 1950s British radio programme The Goon Show.
Catchphrases
Bluebottle's catchphrases
Bluebottle reads his own stage directions out loud (though he might argue that they would otherwise be lost in a radio programme format). ("Enter Bluebottle wearing doublet made o... |
6230126 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore%20County%20Public%20Library | Baltimore County Public Library | Baltimore County Public Library (BCPL), established in 1948, is a public library system located in central Maryland and headquartered in Towson, Maryland BCPL serves Baltimore County, Maryland, which surrounds but does not include the city of Baltimore. Still, occasionally the two library systems share resources and ex... |
6230765 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castellgal%C3%AD | Castellgalí | Castellgalí is a municipality in the south of the region of Bages, Catalonia, where the Cardener and Llobregat rivers meet, and contains the (Cultural Asset of National Interest) Boades archaeological site and the Torre del Breny, one of the most outstanding ancient Greek sites in Catalonia.
History
Iberian period
... |
6231066 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1977%20anti-Tamil%20pogrom | 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom | The 1977 anti-Tamil pogrom in Sri Lanka followed the 1977 general elections in Sri Lanka where the Sri Lankan Tamil nationalistic Tamil United Liberation Front won a plurality of minority Sri Lankan Tamil votes in which it stood for secession. An official government estimate put the death toll at 125, whereas other sou... |
6231495 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport%20in%20Israel | Sport in Israel | Sport in Israel plays an important role in Israeli culture and is supported by the Ministry of Culture and Sport. The most popular sports in Israel have traditionally been Association football (mainly) and basketball (secondly) – with the first being considered the national sport – in both of which Israeli professional... |
6231684 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6th%20Cavalry%20Regiment | 6th Cavalry Regiment | The 6th Cavalry ("Fighting Sixth'") is a regiment of the United States Army that began as a regiment of cavalry in the American Civil War. It currently is organized into aviation squadrons that are assigned to several different combat aviation brigades.
History
Civil War
The 3rd US Cavalry Regiment was organized on 3... |
6232087 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EngenderHealth | EngenderHealth | EngenderHealth is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization based in Washington, D.C. with a focus in sexual and reproductive health (SRH). The organization operates in nearly 20 countries throughout Africa, Asia, and North and South America.
The organization was established in 1943, providing access to voluntary surgical co... |
6232500 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Oz%20%28TV%20series%29%20characters | List of Oz (TV series) characters | The characters of Oz, fictional characters on the television series about prison life, are a diverse mixture of inmates from various gangs and prison staff.
Main inmates
Key
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6233277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liam%20Trotter | Liam Trotter | Liam Antony Trotter (born 24 August 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Ipswich Town, Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United, Millwall, Bolton Wanderers, Nottingham Forest, AFC Wimbledon, Orange County SC, Bromley and Chelmsford City.
Club career
Ipswich Town
Trotter started out... |
6233638 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A%20Simple%20Plan%20%28film%29 | A Simple Plan (film) | A Simple Plan is a 1998 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Sam Raimi and written by Scott B. Smith, based on Smith's 1993 novel of the same name. The film stars Bill Paxton, Billy Bob Thornton, and Bridget Fonda. Set in rural Minnesota, the story follows brothers Hank (Paxton) and Jacob Mitchell (Thornto... |
6234666 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20giant%20squid%20specimens%20and%20sightings | List of giant squid specimens and sightings | This list of giant squid specimens and sightings is a comprehensive timeline of recorded human encounters with members of the genus Architeuthis, popularly known as giant squid. It includes animals that were caught by fishermen, found washed ashore, recovered (in whole or in part) from sperm whales and other predatory ... |
6234941 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fibula%20%28brooch%29 | Fibula (brooch) | A fibula (/ˈfɪbjʊlə/, : fibulae /ˈfɪbjʊli/) is a brooch or pin for fastening garments, typically at the right shoulder. The fibula developed in a variety of shapes, but all were based on the safety-pin principle. Unlike most modern brooches, fibulae were not only decorative; they originally served a practical function:... |
6234964 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George%20Dudley | George Dudley | George Samuel Dudley (April 19, 1894 – May 8, 1960) was a Canadian ice hockey administrator. He joined the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) executive in 1928, served as its president from 1934 to 1936, and as its treasurer from 1936 to 1960. He was elected to Canadian Amateur Hockey Association (CAHA) executive in 193... |
6235033 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007%20IndyCar%20Series | 2007 IndyCar Series | The 2007 IRL IndyCar Series began with a night race on Saturday March 24 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. The season's premiere event, the 91st Indianapolis 500 was held on May 27. The season finale was held at Chicagoland Speedway on September 9. Dario Franchitti won four races during the season, including the Indy 500, c... |
6236239 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/64%20de%20Hakken%21%21%20Tamagotchi%3A%20Minna%20de%20Tamagotchi%20World | 64 de Hakken!! Tamagotchi: Minna de Tamagotchi World | 64 de Hakken!! Tamagotchi: Minna de Tamagotchi World (Japanese: 64で発見!!たまごっち みんなでたまごっちワールド) is a party video game developed by Bandai and Hudson Soft for the Nintendo 64. It released only in Japan on December 19, 1997. It is a virtual board game based on the Tamagotchi toy. This was the first game by Bandai on the Nint... |
6236472 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sports%20in%20Philadelphia | Sports in Philadelphia | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania has a long and rich tradition in professional, semi-professional, amateur, college, and high-school sports.
Sports play a very significant role in the culture of the city and the Greater Philadelphia area. Philadelphia sports fans are considered to be some of the most knowledgeable fans in ... |
6236988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion%20of%20Tulagi%20%28May%201942%29 | Invasion of Tulagi (May 1942) | The invasion of Tulagi, on 3–4 May 1942, was part of Operation Mo, the Empire of Japan's strategy in the South Pacific and South West Pacific Area in 1942. The plan called for Imperial Japanese Navy troops to capture Tulagi and nearby islands in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate. The occupation of Tulagi by the ... |
6237101 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan%20Leslie | Ryan Leslie | Anthony Ryan Leslie (born September 25, 1978) is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and entrepreneur. He has careers in recording, production, and songwriting for a number of prominent artists in a variety of genres, ranging from R&B, hip hop, pop and gospel. Leslie has worked on records for Britney Spear... |
6237280 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Index%20of%20Chad-related%20articles | Index of Chad-related articles |
Chad articles
Chad-related people
Ibrahim Abatcha
Abdullah I (Kanem-Bornu king)
Abdelwahit About
Ahmad (Kanem-Bornu king)
Ahmat Acyl
Mahamat Ali Adoum
Aissa Kili N'guirmamaramama
Ali Gazi
Ali II of Bornu
Ahmad Allam-Mi
Michel Arnaud
Hissein Atie
Mohamed Baghlani
Antoine Bangui
Jean Alingué Bawoyeu
Misdongard Betoli... |
6237447 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Punjabi%20culture | Punjabi culture | Punjabi culture grew out of the settlements along the five rivers (the name Punjab, is derived from two Persian words, Panj meaning "Five" and Âb meaning "Water") which served as an important route to the Near East as early as the ancient Indus Valley civilization, dating back to 3000 BCE. Agriculture has been the majo... |
6237735 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Greencards | The Greencards | The Greencards are an American progressive bluegrass band that formed in 2003 in Austin, Texas, and relocated in 2005 to Nashville, Tennessee. The band was founded by Englishman Eamon McLoughlin and Australians Kym Warner and Carol Young. The musicians originally performed in local Austin bars, and soon found increasin... |
6237755 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicente%20Lim | Vicente Lim | Vicente Lim y Podico (February 24, 1888 – December 31, 1944) was a Filipino brigadier general and World War II hero. Lim was the first Filipino graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point (Class of 1914). Prior to the establishment of the Philippine Army, he served as an officer in the Philippine Scout... |
6237813 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20C.%20H.%20Lee | John C. H. Lee | John Clifford Hodges Lee (1 August 1887 – 30 August 1958) was a career US Army engineer, who rose to the rank of lieutenant general and commanded the Communications Zone (ComZ) in the European Theater of Operations during World War II.
A graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York, with the ... |
6238059 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fauna%20of%20New%20Guinea | Fauna of New Guinea | The fauna of New Guinea comprises a large number of species of mammals, reptiles, birds, fish, invertebrates and amphibians.
As the world's largest and highest tropical island, New Guinea occupies less than 0.5% of world's land surface, yet supports a high percentage of global biodiversity. Approximately 4,624 vertebr... |
6238227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Shadow%20Raiders%20characters | List of Shadow Raiders characters | The following is a list of characters from the animated television series, Shadow Raiders.
Planet Rock
Planet Rock is a planet made up mostly rocks. That contain many types of minerals. The appearance of people of planet, look mostly like humans made of stone, with patterns on their bodies and their hair that look lik... |
6238304 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Envision%20EMI | Envision EMI | Envision EMI, LLC (Envision Experience) is a privately held, for-profit, tuition-based education company that creates, markets, and runs career exploration and leadership development programs for students in elementary school through college. The company manages twenty unique summer educational programs, including prog... |
6239587 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S.%20Route%201%20in%20Georgia | U.S. Route 1 in Georgia | U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) in the U.S. state of Georgia, which is concurrent for almost its entire length with State Route 4 (SR 4), is a highway traversing south–north through portions of Charlton, Ware, Bacon, Appling, Toombs, Emanuel, Jefferson, and Richmond counties in the southeastern and east-central parts of the stat... |
6239837 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korean%20axe%20murder%20incident | Korean axe murder incident | The Korean axe murder incident (, ) was the killing of two US Army officers, Captain Arthur Bonifas and First Lieutenant Mark Barrett, by North Korean soldiers on August 18, 1976, in the Joint Security Area (JSA) in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ). The US Army officers had been part of a work party cutting down a p... |
6240358 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dual%20process%20theory | Dual process theory | In psychology, a dual process theory provides an account of how thought can arise in two different ways, or as a result of two different processes. Often, the two processes consist of an implicit (automatic), unconscious process and an explicit (controlled), conscious process. Verbalized explicit processes or attitudes... |
6240669 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Esma%20Red%C5%BEepova | Esma Redžepova | Esma Redžepova-Teodosievska (, ; 8 August 1943 – 11 December 2016) was a Macedonian Romani vocalist, songwriter and humanitarian. She was nicknamed "the Queen of the Gypsies" per her contribution to Romani culture and music.
She started to sing while she was a teenager in the 1950s, and her career spans over five deca... |
6241750 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerak%20Khas%20%28Malaysian%20Army%20unit%29 | Gerak Khas (Malaysian Army unit) | Gerak Khas (, Jawi: ڬرق خاص), or Grup Gerak Khas, also spelled Gerakhas, is a Malaysian Army special forces unit that performs special operations missions such as direct action, unconventional warfare, sabotage, counter-terrorism, and intelligence gathering. Gerak Khas was founded in 1965 during the Indonesia-Malaysia ... |
6241951 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peacebuilding | Peacebuilding | Peacebuilding is an activity that aims to resolve injustice in nonviolent ways and to transform the cultural and structural conditions that generate deadly or destructive conflict. It revolves around developing constructive personal, group, and political relationships across ethnic, religious, class, national, and raci... |
6242275 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal%20Indian%20Navy%20mutiny | Royal Indian Navy mutiny | The Royal Indian Navy mutiny or revolt, also called the 1946 Naval Uprising, was a failed insurrection of Indian naval ratings, soldiers, police personnel and civilians against the British government in India. From the initial flashpoint in Bombay (now Mumbai), the revolt spread and found support throughout British Ind... |
6243024 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic%20Herald | Catholic Herald | The Catholic Herald is a London-based Roman Catholic monthly magazine, founded in 1888 and a sister organisation to the non-profit Catholic Herald Institute, based in New York. After 126 years as a weekly newspaper, it became a magazine in 2014. In early 2023, a 50.1% controlling stake was purchased by New York based a... |
6243045 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%2024 | Georgia State Route 24 | State Route 24 (SR 24) is a state highway that travels south-to-north in an S-shaped curve through portions of Bulloch, Screven, Burke, Jefferson, Washington, Baldwin, Putnam, Morgan, and Oconee counties in the east-central part of the U.S. state of Georgia. The highway connects Statesboro with the Watkinsville area, ... |
6243219 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern%20Michigan%20Eagles%20football | Eastern Michigan Eagles football | The Eastern Michigan Eagles are a college football program at Eastern Michigan University. They compete in Division I Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Mid-American Conference. Past names include "Michigan State Normal College Normalites" (1899 to 1928), "Michigan State Normal College Hurons" (1929 to 1955), and ... |
6243642 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity%20in%20Africa | Christianity in Africa | Christianity in Africa first arrived in Egypt in approximately 50 AD. By the end of the 2nd century it had reached the region around Carthage. In the 4th century, the Aksumite empire in modern-day Ethiopia and Eritrea became one of the first regions in the world to adopt Christianity as its official religion. The Nubia... |
6243993 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LU%20decomposition | LU decomposition | In numerical analysis and linear algebra, lower–upper (LU) decomposition or factorization factors a matrix as the product of a lower triangular matrix and an upper triangular matrix (see matrix decomposition). The product sometimes includes a permutation matrix as well. LU decomposition can be viewed as the matrix form... |
6243996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fasih%20Bokhari | Fasih Bokhari | Admiral Fasih Bokhari (; 8 March 1942 – 24 November 2020) was a Pakistani admiral who served as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1997 to 1999. He was a well-known pacifist and a prominent political figure as the Chief of Naval Staff from 1997 until his voluntary resignation in 1999, which stemmed from his staunch opposit... |
6244625 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20San%20Francisco | List of people from San Francisco | This is a list of notable people from San Francisco, California. It includes people who were born or raised in, lived in, or spent significant portions of their lives in San Francisco, or for whom San Francisco is a significant part of their identity, as well as music groups founded in San Francisco. This list is in or... |
6244745 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anarchism%20in%20Greece | Anarchism in Greece | Anarchism in Greece traces its roots to ancient Greece but was formed as a political movement during the 19th century. It was in the ancient era that the first libertarian thoughts appeared when philosophers based on rationality questioned the fundamentals of tradition. Modern anarchism in Greece emerged in the 19th ce... |
6244915 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ekaterina%20Maximova | Ekaterina Maximova | Ekaterina Sergeyevna Maximova (; 1 February 1939 – 28 April 2009) was a Soviet and Russian ballerina of the second part of the 20th century who was internationally recognised. She was a prima ballerina of the Bolshoi Theatre for 30 years, a ballet pedagogue, winner of international ballet competitions, Laureate of many... |
6245234 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Abandonment%20of%20the%20Jews | The Abandonment of the Jews | The Abandonment of the Jews: America and the Holocaust 1941–1945 is a 1984 nonfiction book by David S. Wyman, former Josiah DuBois professor of history at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Wyman was the chairman of the David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies. The Abandonment of the Jews has been well rece... |
6245236 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen%20Hawking%20in%20popular%20culture | Stephen Hawking in popular culture | Stephen Hawking (1942–2018), a theoretical physicist, has appeared in many works of popular culture.
Television and film
Appeared as himself
Comedy and drama
The Culture Show. (Simpsons special)
Alien Planet. (Discovery Channel special)
I Love the World. (Discovery Channel commercial)
Late Night with Conan O'B... |
6245301 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedict%20Arnold%20%28governor%29 | Benedict Arnold (governor) | Benedict Arnold (December 21, 1615 – June 19, 1678) was president and then governor of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, serving for a total of 11 years in these roles. He was born and raised in the town of Ilchester, Somerset, England, likely attending school in Limington nearby. In 1635 at age 1... |
6245344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Grove%20Plantation | The Grove Plantation | The Grove, known officially as the Call/Collins House at The Grove, is an antebellum plantation house located in Tallahassee, Leon County, Florida. Territorial Governor Richard Keith Call constructed The Grove circa 1840. By 1851, Call deeded the property to his daughter, Ellen Call Long, who owned it until 1903. Long'... |
6245419 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western%20Michigan%20Broncos%20football | Western Michigan Broncos football | The Western Michigan Broncos football program represents Western Michigan University in the Football Bowl Subdivision of Division I and the Mid-American Conference (MAC). Western Michigan has competed in football since 1906, when they played three games in their inaugural season. In 1927, WMU joined four other schools ... |
6245494 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien%20%28franchise%29 | Alien (franchise) | {{Infobox media franchise
| title = Alien
| image = Alien (franchise) logo.png
| image_size = 220px
| caption = Official franchise logo
| creator = Dan O'Bannon Ronald Shusett
| origin = Alien (1979)
| owner = 20th Century Studios
| years = 1979–present
| video_games = List of vide... |
6245560 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William%20Arnold%20%28settler%29 | William Arnold (settler) | William Arnold (24 June 1587 – c. 1676) was one of the founding settlers of the Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and he and his sons were among the wealthiest people in the colony. He was raised and educated in England where he was the warden of St. Mary's, the parish church of Ilchester in southeaste... |
6246743 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/10th%20Cavalry%20Regiment%20%28United%20States%29 | 10th Cavalry Regiment (United States) | The 10th Cavalry Regiment is a unit of the United States Army. Formed as a segregated African-American unit, the 10th Cavalry was one of the original "Buffalo Soldier" regiments in the post–Civil War Regular Army. It served in combat during the Indian Wars in the western United States, the Spanish–American War in Cuba,... |
6246985 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyrical%20abstraction | Lyrical abstraction | Lyrical abstraction is either of two related but distinct trends in Post-war Modernist painting:
European Abstraction Lyrique born in Paris, the French art critic Jean José Marchand being credited with coining its name in 1947, considered as a component of Tachisme when the name of this movement was coined in 1951 by ... |
6247318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night%20Head%20Genesis | Night Head Genesis | Night Head Genesis is a Japanese anime television series adapted from the 1992 TV drama Night Head. It began airing on the anime television network Animax on July 27, 2006.
The series was licensed for a North American release on February 14, 2008 by Media Blasters, and premiered in January 2016 on Toku in the United S... |
6247803 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20international%20submarine%20communications%20cables | List of international submarine communications cables | This is a list of international submarine communications cables. It does not include domestic cable systems, such as those on the coastlines of Japan, Italy, and Brazil. All the cable systems listed below have landing points in two or more countries. Several older cables, although no longer used for international te... |
6247825 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Brooklyn | List of people from Brooklyn | This is a list of people who were either born or have lived in Brooklyn, a borough of New York City at some time in their lives.
A
Aaliyah (1979–2001) – actress, dancer and singer
Cal Abrams (1924–1997) – Major League Baseball player (Madison)
Monica Aksamit (born 1990), saber fencer; won a bronze medal at the 201... |
6248047 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Louis%20Petit | John Louis Petit | John Louis Petit (also known as The Reverend John Louis Petit; 31 May 1801 – 1 December 1868) was an artist and architectural historian whose paintings of buildings and landscapes, almost exclusively in watercolour, complemented his activities as one of the mid-19th century's leading writers and speakers on ecclesiasti... |
6248102 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1976%20in%20the%20United%20Kingdom | 1976 in the United Kingdom | Events from the year 1976 in the United Kingdom. This year is notable for the prolonged drought and subsequent heat wave.
Incumbents
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Prime Minister - Harold Wilson (Labour) (until 5 April), James Callaghan (Labour) (starting 5 April)
Parliament – 47th
Events
January
January – UK market launch... |
6248709 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitium | Comitium | The Comitium () was the original open-air public meeting space of Ancient Rome, and had major religious and prophetic significance. The name comes from the Latin word for "assembly". The Comitium location at the northwest corner of the Roman Forum was later lost in the city's growth and development, but was rediscovere... |
6248828 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg%20Tansey | Greg Tansey | Gregory James Tansey (born 21 November 1988) is an English former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
Tansey started his career at Stockport County, progressing through the youth system before making his first-team debut in 2006. He was loaned out to Conference National side Altrincham towards the latt... |
6248846 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andover%20workhouse%20scandal | Andover workhouse scandal | The Andover workhouse scandal of the mid-1840s exposed serious defects in the administration of the English 'New Poor Law' (the Poor Law Amendment Act). It led to significant changes in its central supervision and to increased parliamentary scrutiny. The scandal began with the revelation in August 1845 that inmates of... |
6249860 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posthumous%20fame%20of%20Vincent%20van%20Gogh | Posthumous fame of Vincent van Gogh | The fame of Vincent van Gogh began to spread in France and Belgium during the last year of his life, and in the years after his death in the Netherlands and Germany. His friendship with his younger brother Theo was documented in numerous letters they exchanged from August 1872 onwards. The letters were published in thr... |
6250430 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Hogan%20%28psychologist%29 | Robert Hogan (psychologist) | Robert Hogan (born September 4, 1937) is an American personality psychologist and organizational psychologist known for developing socioanalytic theory, which fuses psychoanalytic theory, role theory, and evolutionary theory. Hogan is the president of Hogan Assessment Systems, which he cofounded with the late Joyce Hog... |
6251416 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics%20of%20Brooklyn | Demographics of Brooklyn | The demographics of Brooklyn reveal a very diverse borough of New York City and a melting pot for many cultures, like the city itself. Since 2010, the population of Brooklyn was estimated by the Census Bureau to have increased 3.5% to 2,592,149 as of 2013, representing 30.8% of New York City's population, 33.5% of Long... |
6251540 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fun%20Home | Fun Home | Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic is a 2006 graphic memoir by the American cartoonist Alison Bechdel, author of the comic strip Dykes to Watch Out For. It chronicles the author's childhood and youth in rural Pennsylvania, United States, focusing on her complex relationship with her father. The book addresses themes of sexu... |
6252360 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20Tech%20Yellow%20Jackets | Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets | The Georgia Tech Yellow Jackets is the name used for all of the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent the Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech), located in Atlanta, Georgia. The teams have also been nicknamed the Ramblin' Wreck, Engineers, Blacksmiths, and Golden Tornado. There are eight men's and seve... |
6253470 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia%20State%20Route%204 | Georgia State Route 4 | State Route 4 (SR 4) is a state highway in the eastern part of the U.S. state of Georgia. Except for its northernmost portion, it is completely concurrent for its entire length with U.S. Route 1 (US 1). It traverses south-to-north through portions of Charlton, Ware, Bacon, Appling, Toombs, Emanuel, Jefferson, and Richm... |
6253522 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey%20Epstein | Jeffrey Epstein | Jeffrey Edward Epstein ( ; January 20, 1953August 10, 2019) was an American sex offender and financier. Born and raised in New York City, Epstein began his professional life by teaching at the Dalton School despite lacking a college degree. After his dismissal from the school, he entered the banking and finance sector,... |
6253621 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20Green%20Party%20of%20the%20United%20States | History of the Green Party of the United States | The Green Party of the United States originated in 1984 when 62 people from the U.S. gathered in St. Paul, Minnesota and founded the first national Green organization - the Committees of Correspondence. The Green Party of the U.S. has gone through several evolutions, from debating theory and praxis in the 1980s, to sta... |
6254028 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Urraca%20of%20Castile%2C%20Queen%20of%20Portugal | Urraca of Castile, Queen of Portugal | Urraca of Castile (1186/28 May 1187 – 3 November 1220) was a daughter of Alfonso VIII of Castile and Eleanor of England. Her maternal grandparents were Henry II of England and Eleanor of Aquitaine.
Early life
Family and upbringing
Urraca, born in 1187, was the second-born daughter of King Alfonso VIII of Castile (115... |
6254598 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booloominbah | Booloominbah | Booloominbah is a heritage-listed mansion at 60 Madgwick Drive, Armidale, Armidale Regional Council, New South Wales, Australia. It was designed by John Horbury Hunt in the Federation Arts and Crafts style and built from 1884 to 1888 by William Seabrook and John Thomas Brown. Originally a private house for the pastoral... |
6254858 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What%3F%20Where%3F%20When%3F | What? Where? When? | What? Where? When? (, translit. Chto? Gde? Kogda?; ChGK) is an intellectual game show well known in Russian-language media and other CIS states since the mid-1970s. Today it is produced for television by TV Igra on the Russian Channel One and also exists as a competitive game played in clubs organized by the World Asso... |
6255487 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemian%20style | Bohemian style | The Bohemian style, often termed 'Boho chic', is a fashion and lifestyle choice characterized by its unconventional and free-spirited essence. While its precise origins are debated, Bohemian style is believed to have been influenced by the nomadic lifestyle of the Romani people during the late 19th century to the early... |
6256394 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viborg%20HK | Viborg HK | Viborg HK (Viborg Håndbold Klub) is a Danish professional handball club from Viborg. The club has many teams for both women and men, but especially the professional women's team is one of the most successful in Danish and European handball since the beginning of the 1990s. This team currently competes in the women's Da... |
6257037 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20multilingual%20bands%20and%20artists | List of multilingual bands and artists | This is a list of multilingual bands and artists. The band's or artist's native language is listed first. The list itself may also contain some singers from all over the world whose first language is English and ability to sing in different languages.
Individual artists
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A
Saara Aalto (Finnish, English, French,... |
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