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15,451,565 | Elderly Instruments | 1,167,073,301 | American musical instrument retailer | [
"1972 establishments in Michigan",
"American companies established in 1972",
"Companies based in Lansing, Michigan",
"Musical instrument retailers of the United States",
"Privately held companies based in Michigan",
"Retail companies established in 1972"
] | Elderly Instruments is a musical instrument retailer in Lansing, Michigan, United States, with a reputation as a "megastore", a repair shop and a locus for folk music including bluegrass and "twang". Specializing in fretted instruments, including acoustic and electric guitars, banjos, mandolins, and ukuleles, Elderly m... |
9,625,474 | Grevillea juniperina | 1,170,570,262 | Plant in family Proteaceae native in Australia | [
"Endemic flora of Australia",
"Flora of New South Wales",
"Flora of Queensland",
"Garden plants of Australia",
"Grevillea",
"Plants described in 1810",
"Proteales of Australia",
"Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)"
] | Grevillea juniperina, commonly known as juniper- or juniper-leaf grevillea or prickly spider-flower, is a plant of the family Proteaceae native to eastern New South Wales and southeastern Queensland in Australia. Scottish botanist Robert Brown described the species in 1810, and seven subspecies are recognised. One subs... |
962,397 | Australasian gannet | 1,170,266,312 | Species of bird (seabird) | [
"Articles containing video clips",
"Birds described in 1843",
"Birds of Australia",
"Birds of New Zealand",
"Birds of Norfolk Island",
"Gannets",
"Taxa named by George Robert Gray"
] | The Australasian gannet (Morus serrator), also known as the Australian gannet or tākapu, is a large seabird of the booby and gannet family, Sulidae. Adults are mostly white, with black flight feathers at the wingtips and lining the trailing edge of the wing. The central tail feathers are also black. The head is tinged ... |
3,206,680 | Hurricane Juan (1985) | 1,171,664,937 | Category 1 Atlantic hurricane in 1985 | [
"1985 Atlantic hurricane season",
"1985 natural disasters in the United States",
"Category 1 Atlantic hurricanes",
"Hurricanes in Tennessee",
"Hurricanes in West Virginia",
"Tropical cyclones in 1985"
] | Hurricane Juan was a large and erratic tropical cyclone that looped twice near the Louisiana coast, causing widespread flooding. It was the tenth named storm of the 1985 Atlantic hurricane season, forming in the central Gulf of Mexico in late October. Juan moved northward after its formation, and was subtropical in nat... |
39,658,557 | An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory | 1,107,641,633 | 2010 textbook by Alasdair Cochrane | [
"2010 non-fiction books",
"Books about animal rights",
"Books by Alasdair Cochrane",
"Books in political philosophy",
"English-language books",
"Palgrave Macmillan books",
"Political textbooks"
] | An Introduction to Animals and Political Theory is a 2010 textbook by the British political theorist Alasdair Cochrane. It is the first book in the publisher Palgrave Macmillan's Animal Ethics Series, edited by Andrew Linzey and Priscilla Cohn. Cochrane's book examines five schools of political theory—utilitarianism, l... |
525,496 | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets | 1,170,631,137 | Comic album by Belgian cartoonist Hergé | [
"1930 debut novels",
"1930 graphic novels",
"Anti-communism in Belgium",
"Books about the Soviet Union",
"Comics controversies",
"Comics set in Russia",
"Comics set in the Soviet Union",
"Literature first published in serial form",
"Tintin books",
"Works originally published in Le Petit Vingtième"... | Tintin in the Land of the Soviets (French: Tintin au pays des Soviets) is the first volume of The Adventures of Tintin, the comics series by Belgian cartoonist Hergé. Commissioned by the conservative Belgian newspaper Le Vingtième Siècle as anti-communist satire for its children's supplement Le Petit Vingtième, it was ... |
49,123 | Phoenix (constellation) | 1,173,353,230 | Minor constellation in the southern sky | [
"1590s in the Dutch Republic",
"Astronomy in the Dutch Republic",
"Constellations listed by Petrus Plancius",
"Dutch celestial cartography in the Age of Discovery",
"Phoenix (constellation)",
"Phoenixes in popular culture",
"Southern constellations"
] | Phoenix is a minor constellation in the southern sky. Named after the mythical phoenix, it was first depicted on a celestial atlas by Johann Bayer in his 1603 Uranometria. The French explorer and astronomer Nicolas Louis de Lacaille charted the brighter stars and gave their Bayer designations in 1756. The constellation... |
693,018 | Æthelwold ætheling | 1,139,880,784 | Son of King of Wessex (died 902) | [
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"900s deaths",
"9th-century English monarchs",
"9th-century births",
"Anglo-Saxon monarchs",
"Anglo-Saxon warriors",
"Anglo-Saxons killed in battle",
"History of Northumberland",
"House of Wessex",
"Monarchs killed in action",
"Monarchs of Jorvik",
"Year of bir... | Æthelwold (/ˈæθəlwoʊld/) or Æthelwald (died 13 December 902) was the younger of two known sons of Æthelred I, King of Wessex from 865 to 871. Æthelwold and his brother Æthelhelm were still infants when their father the king died while fighting a Danish Viking invasion. The throne passed to the king's younger brother (Æ... |
51,121,477 | HMS Aigle (1801) | 1,158,897,726 | British Aigle-class fifth-rate frigate | [
"1801 ships",
"Aigle-class frigates",
"Fifth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy",
"Maritime incidents in 1804",
"Maritime incidents in October 1870",
"Ships built on the Beaulieu River",
"Sixth-rate frigates of the Royal Navy"
] | HMS Aigle was a 36-gun, fifth-rate frigate of the Royal Navy. Ordered on 15 September 1799 and built at Bucklers Hard shipyard, she was launched 23 September 1801. More than fifty of her crew were involved in the Easton Massacre when she visited Portland in April 1803 to press recruits. Her captain and three other offi... |
37,513,917 | Music for a Time of War | 1,161,245,110 | 2011 concert program and album by the Oregon Symphony | [
"2010s in Portland, Oregon",
"2011 classical albums",
"2011 in New York City",
"2011 in Oregon",
"2011 in music",
"Albums produced by Blanton Alspaugh",
"Albums recorded at the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall",
"Concerts in the United States",
"Oregon Symphony albums",
"PentaTone Classics albums",
... | Music for a Time of War is a 2011 concert program and subsequent album by the Oregon Symphony under the artistic direction of Carlos Kalmar. The program consists of four compositions inspired by war: Charles Ives' The Unanswered Question (1906), John Adams' The Wound-Dresser (1989), Benjamin Britten's Sinfonia da Requi... |
318,600 | Hurricane Isabel | 1,163,921,579 | Category 5 Atlantic hurricane in 2003 | [
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"2003 natural disasters in the United States",
"Cape Verde hurricanes",
"Category 5 Atlantic hurricanes",
"Hurricane Isabel",
"Hurricanes in Delaware",
"Hurricanes in Florida",
"Hurricanes in Maryland",
"Hurricanes in Michigan",
"Hurricanes in New England",
"Hur... | Hurricane Isabel was the strongest Atlantic hurricane since Mitch, and the deadliest, costliest, and most intense hurricane in the 2003 Atlantic hurricane season. Hurricane Isabel was also the strongest hurricane in the open waters of the Atlantic, both by wind speed and central pressure, before being surpassed by hurr... |
13,655,028 | Super Smash Bros. Melee | 1,169,985,653 | 2001 video game | [
"2.5D fighting games",
"2001 video games",
"Crossover fighting games",
"Crossover video games",
"Esports games",
"Fighting games",
"Fighting games used at the Evolution Championship Series tournament",
"GameCube games",
"GameCube-only games",
"HAL Laboratory games",
"Multiplayer and single-playe... | Super Smash Bros. Melee is a 2001 crossover fighting video game developed by HAL Laboratory and published by Nintendo for the GameCube. It is the second installment in the Super Smash Bros. series. It features characters from Nintendo video game franchises such as Mario, The Legend of Zelda, Star Fox and Pokémon, and D... |
62,656,235 | Australiformis | 1,168,474,775 | Genus of parasitic worms | [
"Archiacanthocephala"
] | Australiformis is a monotypic genus of acanthocephalans (thorny-headed or spiny-headed parasitic worms) that infest marsupials in Australia and New Guinea. Its body consists of a proboscis armed with hooks which it uses to pierce and hold the gut wall of its host, and a long trunk. It contains a single species, Austral... |
2,001,345 | Operation Charnwood | 1,164,972,925 | Second World War Anglo-Canadian offensive | [
"1944 in France",
"Airstrikes",
"Battle for Caen",
"Battles of World War II involving Canada",
"Conflicts in 1944",
"July 1944 events",
"Land battles of World War II involving the United Kingdom",
"Military history of Canada during World War II",
"Military operations of World War II involving German... | Operation Charnwood was an Anglo-Canadian offensive that took place from 8 to 9 July 1944, during the Battle for Caen, part of the larger Operation Overlord (code-name for the Battle of Normandy) in the Second World War. The operation was intended to capture the German-occupied city of Caen (), which was an important o... |
18,990,526 | Science Fiction Monthly | 1,150,651,276 | British science fiction magazine | [
"1974 establishments in the United Kingdom",
"1976 disestablishments in the United Kingdom",
"Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United Kingdom",
"Magazines disestablished in 1976",
"Magazines established in 1974",
"Monthly magazines published in the United Kingdom",
"Science fiction mag... | Science Fiction Monthly was a British science fiction magazine published from 1974 to 1976 by New English Library. Launched in response to demand from readers for posters of the cover art of New English Library's science fiction paperbacks, it was initially very successful—its circulation had reached 150,000 by the thi... |
27,531,665 | Triaenops menamena | 1,147,192,245 | Bat species found in Madagascar | [
"Mammals described in 2009",
"Mammals of Madagascar",
"Triaenops"
] | Triaenops menamena is a bat in the genus Triaenops found on Madagascar, mainly in the drier regions. It was known as Triaenops rufus until 2009, when it was discovered that that name had been incorrectly applied to the species. Triaenops rufus is a synonym of Triaenops persicus, a Middle Eastern species closely related... |
1,971 | Apollo 17 | 1,172,544,151 | Sixth and latest crewed Moon landing | [
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"1972 on the Moon",
"Apollo 17",
"Apollo program missions",
"Articles containing video clips",
"Crewed missions to the Moon",
"December 1972 events",
"Extravehicular activity",
"Gene Cernan",
"Harrison Schmitt",
"Last events",
"Lunar rovers",
"Ronald Evans (astro... | Apollo 17 (December 7–19, 1972) was the eleventh and final mission of NASA's Apollo program, the sixth and most recent time humans have set foot on the Moon or traveled beyond low Earth orbit. Commander Gene Cernan and Lunar Module Pilot Harrison Schmitt walked on the Moon, while Command Module Pilot Ronald Evans orbit... |
216,717 | Ferugliotherium | 1,170,979,234 | Genus of extinct mammals from the Late Cretaceous from Argentina | [
"Campanian life",
"Cretaceous Argentina",
"Cretaceous mammals of South America",
"Fossil taxa described in 1986",
"Fossils of Argentina",
"Gondwanatheres",
"Late Cretaceous mammals",
"Late Cretaceous tetrapods of South America",
"Los Alamitos Formation",
"Maastrichtian life",
"Mammals described ... | Ferugliotherium is a genus of fossil mammals in the family Ferugliotheriidae from the Campanian and/or Maastrichtian period (Late Cretaceous; around 70 million years ago) of Argentina. It contains a single species, Ferugliotherium windhauseni, which was first described in 1986. Although originally interpreted on the ba... |
71,792 | Daniel Boone | 1,173,419,691 | American pioneer and frontiersman (1734–1820) | [
"1734 births",
"1820 deaths",
"American Freemasons",
"American explorers of North America",
"American folklore",
"American hunters",
"American people of English descent",
"American people of Welsh descent",
"American slave owners",
"American surveyors",
"Appalachian people",
"Boone County, Mis... | Daniel Boone ( – September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and frontiersman whose exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. He became famous for his exploration and settlement of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. In 1775, Boone blazed the Wilderne... |
46,913,718 | The Wrestlers (Etty) | 1,160,883,804 | c. 1840 painting of two wrestlers by William Etty | [
"1840s paintings",
"Black people in art",
"Majority–minority relations",
"Nude art",
"Paintings by William Etty",
"Paintings in York Art Gallery",
"Sports paintings",
"Wrestling culture"
] | The Wrestlers is an oil painting on millboard by English artist William Etty, painted around 1840 and currently in the York Art Gallery, in York, England. It depicts a wrestling match between a black man and a white man, both glistening with sweat and under an intense light emphasising their curves and musculature. Whi... |
15,824,196 | Imaginative Tales | 1,160,065,120 | American science fiction magazine | [
"Defunct science fiction magazines published in the United States",
"Magazines disestablished in 1958",
"Magazines established in 1954",
"Science fiction magazines established in the 1950s"
] | Imaginative Tales was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in September 1954 by William Hamling's Greenleaf Publishing Company. It was created as a sister magazine to Imagination, which Hamling had acquired from Raymond A. Palmer's Clark Publishing. Imaginative Tales began as a vehicle for novel-le... |
9,712,540 | 2001 UEFA Cup final | 1,167,246,036 | Football match between Liverpool and Alavés | [
"2000s in North Rhine-Westphalia",
"2000–01 UEFA Cup",
"2000–01 in English football",
"2000–01 in European football",
"2000–01 in Spanish football",
"21st century in Dortmund",
"Deportivo Alavés matches",
"International club association football competitions hosted by Germany",
"Liverpool F.C. match... | The 2001 UEFA Cup final was a football match between Liverpool of England and Alavés of Spain on 16 May 2001 at the Westfalenstadion in Dortmund, Germany. The showpiece event was the final match of the 2000–01 edition of Europe's secondary cup competition, the UEFA Cup. Liverpool were appearing in their third UEFA Cup ... |
5,653,238 | PowerBook 100 | 1,169,843,232 | Laptop by Apple | [
"68k Macintosh computers",
"Computer-related introductions in 1991",
"PowerBook"
] | The PowerBook 100 is a portable subnotebook personal computer designed and manufactured by Sony for Apple Computer and introduced on October 21, 1991, at the COMDEX computer expo in Las Vegas, Nevada. Priced at US\$2,500 with external floppy drive, the PowerBook 100 was the low-end model of the first three simultaneous... |
1,615,890 | Battle of Byram's Ford | 1,162,553,958 | Battle of the American Civil War | [
"1864 in Missouri",
"1864 in the American Civil War",
"Battles of the American Civil War in Missouri",
"Battles of the Trans-Mississippi Theater of the American Civil War",
"Conflicts in 1864",
"Jackson County, Missouri",
"October 1864 events",
"Price's Missouri Expedition",
"Union victories of the ... | The Battle of Byram's Ford (also known as the Battle of Big Blue River and the Battle of the Blue) was fought on October 22 and 23, 1864, in Missouri during Price's Raid, a campaign of the American Civil War. With the Confederate States of America collapsing, Major General Sterling Price of the Confederate States Army ... |
875,984 | Morningside Park (Manhattan) | 1,171,895,179 | Public park in Manhattan, New York | [
"Calvert Vaux designs",
"Harlem",
"Morningside Heights, Manhattan",
"New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan",
"New York City scenic landmarks",
"Parks in Manhattan",
"Urban public parks"
] | Morningside Park is a 30-acre (12-hectare) public park in Upper Manhattan, New York City. The park is bounded by 110th Street to the south, 123rd Street to the north, Morningside Avenue to the east, and Morningside Drive to the west. A cliff made of Manhattan schist runs through the park and separates Morningside Heigh... |
40,911,743 | Capture of Wakefield | 1,159,055,565 | 1643 engagement of the First English Civil War | [
"1643 in England",
"17th century in Yorkshire",
"Battles of the English Civil Wars",
"Conflicts in 1643",
"History of Wakefield",
"Military history of Yorkshire"
] | The capture of Wakefield occurred during the First English Civil War when a Parliamentarian force attacked the Royalist garrison of Wakefield, Yorkshire. The Parliamentarians were outnumbered, having around 1,500 men under the command of Sir Thomas Fairfax, compared to the 3,000 led by George Goring in Wakefield. Despi... |
3,623,170 | Kaiser-class battleship | 1,173,766,588 | Battleship class of the German Imperial Navy | [
"Battleship classes",
"Kaiser-class battleships",
"World War I battleships of Germany"
] | The Kaiser class was a class of five dreadnought battleships that were built in Germany prior to World War I and served in the Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) during the war. They were the third class of German dreadnoughts, and the first to feature turbine engines and superfiring turrets. The five ships were Kaiser... |
11,486,170 | Roy Dowling | 1,135,142,062 | Royal Australian Navy chief | [
"1901 births",
"1969 deaths",
"Australian Companions of the Distinguished Service Order",
"Australian Companions of the Order of the Bath",
"Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire",
"Australian Knights Commander of the Royal Victorian Order",
"Chairmen, Chiefs of Staff Committee... | Vice Admiral Sir Roy Russell Dowling, KCVO, KBE, CB, DSO (28 May 1901 – 15 April 1969) was a senior commander in the Royal Australian Navy (RAN). He served as Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), the RAN's highest-ranking position, from 1955 until 1959, and as Chairman of the Chiefs of Staff Committee (COSC), forerunner of the ... |
498,075 | Ode on Indolence | 1,105,736,755 | 1819 poem by John Keats | [
"1819 poems",
"British poems",
"Poetry by John Keats"
] | The "Ode on Indolence" is one of five odes composed by English poet John Keats in the spring of 1819. The others were "Ode on a Grecian Urn", "Ode on Melancholy", "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to Psyche". The poem describes the state of indolence, a word which is synonymous with "avoidance" or "laziness". The work wa... |
13,711,492 | Hellingly Hospital Railway | 1,143,928,763 | Light railway owned and operated by East Sussex County Council | [
"Closed railway lines in South East England",
"Electric railways in the United Kingdom",
"History of mental health in the United Kingdom",
"Hospital railways in the United Kingdom",
"Rail trails in England",
"Rail transport in East Sussex",
"Railway lines closed in 1959",
"Railway lines opened in 1903... | The Hellingly Hospital Railway was a light railway owned and operated by East Sussex County Council, used for transporting coal and passengers to Hellingly Hospital, a psychiatric hospital near Hailsham, from the London, Brighton and South Coast Railway's Cuckoo Line at Hellingly railway station.
The railway was const... |
12,024,784 | Barbara L | 1,078,436,848 | Quarter Horse race mare | [
"1947 racehorse births",
"1977 racehorse deaths",
"AQHA Hall of Fame (horses)",
"American Quarter Horse broodmares",
"American Quarter Horse racehorses",
"Individual mares",
"Racehorses bred in the United States",
"Racehorses trained in the United States"
] | Barbara L (1947–1977) was an American Quarter Horse that raced during the early 1950s and often defeated some of the best racehorses of the time. She earned \$32,836 () on the race track in 81 starts and 21 wins, including six wins in stakes races. She set two track records during her racing career. After retiring from... |
10,137,443 | Rock martin | 1,126,265,781 | Small passerine bird in the swallow family in central and southern Africa | [
"Birds described in 1842",
"Birds of Sub-Saharan Africa",
"Ptyonoprogne",
"Taxa named by Hinrich Lichtenstein"
] | The rock martin (Ptyonoprogne fuligula) is a small passerine bird in the swallow family that is resident in central and southern Africa. It breeds mainly in the mountains, but also at lower altitudes, especially in rocky areas and around towns, and, unlike most swallows, it is often found far from water. It is 12–15 cm... |
409,190 | Stella Gibbons | 1,155,900,676 | 20th-century British writer | [
"1902 births",
"1989 deaths",
"20th-century English novelists",
"20th-century English poets",
"20th-century English women writers",
"Alumni of University College London",
"British parodists",
"Burials at Highgate Cemetery",
"English satirists",
"English women novelists",
"English women poets",
... | Stella Dorothea Gibbons (5 January 1902 – 19 December 1989) was an English author, journalist, and poet. She established her reputation with her first novel, Cold Comfort Farm (1932) which has been reprinted many times. Although she was active as a writer for half a century, none of her later 22 novels or other literar... |
89,260 | Boeing 777 | 1,173,765,033 | Wide-body, long-range, twin-engine jet airliner family | [
"1990s United States airliners",
"Aircraft first flown in 1994",
"Boeing 777"
] | The Boeing 777, commonly referred to as the Triple Seven, is an American long range wide-body airliner developed and manufactured by Boeing Commercial Airplanes. The 777 is the world's largest twinjet and the most built wide body airliner.
The jetliner was designed to bridge the gap between Boeing's other wide body ai... |
1,136,575 | Hurricane John (1994) | 1,171,929,242 | Category 5 Pacific hurricane and typhoon in 1994 | [
"1994 Pacific hurricane season",
"1994 Pacific typhoon season",
"1994 in Alaska",
"1994 in Hawaii",
"August 1994 events in the United States",
"Category 5 Pacific hurricanes",
"Hurricanes in Hawaii",
"September 1994 events in the United States",
"Tropical cyclones in Alaska",
"Typhoons"
] | Hurricane John, also known as Typhoon John, was the farthest-traveling tropical cyclone ever observed worldwide. It was also the longest-lasting tropical cyclone on record globally at the time, until it was surpassed by Cyclone Freddy in 2023. John formed during the 1994 Pacific hurricane season, which had above-averag... |
3,635,561 | Maxinquaye | 1,141,679,710 | null | [
"1995 debut albums",
"4th & B'way Records albums",
"Albums produced by Howie B",
"Albums produced by Mark Saunders (record producer)",
"Experimental music albums by English artists",
"Tricky (musician) albums"
] | Maxinquaye is the debut album by English rapper and producer Tricky, released on 20 February 1995 by 4th & B'way Records, a subsidiary of Island Records. In the years leading up to the album, Tricky had grown frustrated with his limited role in the musical group Massive Attack and wanted to pursue an independent projec... |
28,876 | Surtsey | 1,169,020,261 | Volcanic island off the coast of Iceland | [
"1963 in Iceland",
"1963 natural disasters",
"20th-century volcanic events",
"Active volcanoes",
"Islands of Iceland",
"Uninhabited islands of Iceland",
"Vestmannaeyjar",
"Volcanic eruptions in Iceland",
"Volcanoes of Iceland",
"World Heritage Sites in Iceland"
] | Surtsey ("Surtr's island" in Icelandic, ) is a volcanic island located in the Vestmannaeyjar archipelago off the southern coast of Iceland. At Surtsey is the southernmost point of Iceland. It was formed in a volcanic eruption which began 130 metres (430 feet) below sea level, and reached the surface on 14 November 1963... |
21,703,763 | Portrait of Monsieur Bertin | 1,156,759,985 | Famous portrait of 1832 by Ingres in the Louvre | [
"1832 paintings",
"19th-century portraits",
"Paintings in the Louvre by French artists",
"Portrait paintings in the Louvre",
"Portraits by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres"
] | Portrait of Monsieur Bertin is an 1832 oil on canvas painting by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres. It depicts Louis-François Bertin (1766–1841), the French writer, art collector and director of the pro-royalist Journal des débats. Ingres completed the portrait during his first period of success; having achieved acclaim as... |
6,814,366 | Black Moshannon State Park | 1,168,696,963 | State park in Pennsylvania, United States | [
"1937 establishments in Pennsylvania",
"Allegheny Plateau",
"Campgrounds in Pennsylvania",
"Civilian Conservation Corps in Pennsylvania",
"Important Bird Areas of Pennsylvania",
"National Register of Historic Places in Centre County, Pennsylvania",
"Parks in Centre County, Pennsylvania",
"Protected ar... | Black Moshannon State Park is a 3,480-acre (1,410 ha) Pennsylvania state park in Rush Township, Centre County, Pennsylvania, United States. It surrounds Black Moshannon Lake, formed by a dam on Black Moshannon Creek, which has given its name to the lake and park. The park is just west of the Allegheny Front, 9 miles (1... |
340,167 | Giant anteater | 1,172,034,334 | A large insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America | [
"Anteaters",
"Extant Zanclean first appearances",
"Fauna of the Amazon",
"Fauna of the Caatinga",
"Fauna of the Cerrado",
"Fauna of the Pantanal",
"Mammals described in 1758",
"Mammals of Central America",
"Mammals of South America",
"Pleistocene mammals of South America",
"Pliocene mammals of S... | The giant anteater (Myrmecophaga tridactyla) is an insectivorous mammal native to Central and South America. It is one of four living species of anteaters, of which it is the largest member. The only extant member of the genus Myrmecophaga, it is classified with sloths in the order Pilosa. This species is mostly terres... |
211,869 | 1956 Winter Olympics | 1,167,755,523 | Multi-sport event in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy | [
"1956 Winter Olympics",
"1956 in Italian sport",
"1956 in multi-sport events",
"Cortina d'Ampezzo",
"February 1956 sports events in Europe",
"January 1956 sports events in Europe",
"Olympic Games in Italy",
"Sport in Cortina d'Ampezzo",
"Winter Olympics by year",
"Winter sports competitions in Ita... | The 1956 Winter Olympics, officially known as the VII Olympic Winter Games (Italian: VII Giochi Olimpici invernali) and commonly known as Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956 (Ladin: Anpezo 1956 or Ampëz 1956), was a multi-sport event held in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, from 26 January to 5 February 1956.
Cortina, which had originall... |
149,875 | John Barbirolli | 1,167,560,753 | British conductor and cellist (1899–1970) | [
"1899 births",
"1970 deaths",
"20th-century British conductors (music)",
"20th-century British male musicians",
"Academics of the Royal Academy of Music",
"Alumni of Trinity College of Music",
"Alumni of the Royal Academy of Music",
"British Army personnel of World War I",
"British male conductors (... | Sir John Barbirolli ( Giovanni Battista Barbirolli; 2 December 1899 – 29 July 1970) was a British conductor and cellist. He is remembered above all as conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester, which he helped save from dissolution in 1943 and conducted for the rest of his life. Earlier in his career he was Arturo... |
5,727,275 | Banksia blechnifolia | 1,101,590,657 | Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae from Western Australia | [
"Banksia taxa by scientific name",
"Endemic flora of Western Australia",
"Eudicots of Western Australia",
"Plants described in 1864",
"Taxa named by Ferdinand von Mueller"
] | Banksia blechnifolia is a species of flowering plant in the genus Banksia found in Western Australia. It was first described by Victorian state botanist Ferdinand von Mueller in 1864, and no subspecies are recognised. It gained its specific name as its leaves are reminiscent of a fern (Blechnum). B. blechnifolia is one... |
327,575 | David Scott | 1,170,378,766 | American astronaut and lunar explorer (born 1932) | [
"1932 births",
"1966 in spaceflight",
"1969 in spaceflight",
"1971 in spaceflight",
"20th-century American businesspeople",
"20th-century American engineers",
"21st-century American businesspeople",
"21st-century American engineers",
"Apollo 15",
"Apollo 9",
"Apollo program astronauts",
"Artic... | David Randolph Scott (born June 6, 1932) is an American retired test pilot and NASA astronaut who was the seventh person to walk on the Moon. Selected as part of the third group of astronauts in 1963, Scott flew to space three times and commanded Apollo 15, the fourth lunar landing; he is one of four surviving Moon wal... |
475,191 | Mark Satin | 1,173,793,560 | American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher | [
"1946 births",
"American alternative journalists",
"American anti–Vietnam War activists",
"American emigrants to Canada",
"American legal writers",
"American male journalists",
"American memoirists",
"American political philosophers",
"American political writers",
"California Greens",
"Living pe... | Mark Ivor Satin (born November 16, 1946) is an American political theorist, author, and newsletter publisher. He is best known for contributing to the development and dissemination of three political perspectives – neopacifism in the 1960s, New Age politics in the 1970s and 1980s, and radical centrism in the 1990s and ... |
345,426 | Flag of Singapore | 1,172,719,987 | National flag | [
"1959 establishments in Singapore",
"Flags introduced in 1959",
"Flags of Singapore",
"Flags with star and crescent",
"National flags",
"National symbols of Singapore",
"Red and white flags"
] | The Flag of Singapore was adopted in 1959, the year Singapore became self-governing within the British Empire. It remained the national flag upon the country's independence from Malaysia on 9 August 1965. The design is a horizontal bicolour of red above white, overlaid in the canton (upper-left quadrant) by a white cre... |
1,849,799 | 0.999... | 1,173,073,967 | Alternative decimal expansion of 1 | [
"1 (number)",
"Articles containing proofs",
"Mathematical paradoxes",
"Real numbers"
] | In mathematics, 0.999... (also written as 0. or 0.) denotes the repeating decimal consisting of an unending sequence of 9s after the decimal point. This repeating decimal represents the smallest number no less than every decimal number in the sequence (0.9, 0.99, 0.999, ...); that is, the supremum of this sequence. Thi... |
4,421,383 | Banksia brownii | 1,164,578,788 | Species of shrub in the family Proteaceae found in Australia | [
"Banksia taxa by scientific name",
"Endangered flora of Australia",
"Endemic flora of Southwest Australia",
"Eudicots of Western Australia",
"Nature conservation in Western Australia",
"Plants described in 1830",
"Taxa named by Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)"
] | Banksia brownii, commonly known as feather-leaved banksia or Brown's banksia, is a species of shrub that grows in southwest Western Australia. A plant with fine feathery leaves and large red-brown flower spikes, it usually grows as an upright bush around two metres (6.6 ft) high, but can also occur as a small tree or a... |
9,494,388 | H-58 (Michigan county highway) | 1,138,073,924 | County highway in Alger and Luce counties in Michigan, United States | [
"County-designated highways in Michigan",
"Transportation in Alger County, Michigan",
"Transportation in Luce County, Michigan"
] | H-58 is a county-designated highway in the US state of Michigan that runs east–west for approximately 69 miles (111 km) between the communities of Munising and Deer Park in the Upper Peninsula. The western section is routed through Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, along the southern shore of Lake Superior, and the ad... |
10,945,027 | Siberian accentor | 1,170,120,768 | Small passerine bird that breeds in northern Russia | [
"Birds described in 1776",
"Birds of North Asia",
"Prunellidae",
"Taxa named by Peter Simon Pallas"
] | The Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella) is a small passerine bird that breeds in northern Russia from the Ural Mountains eastwards across Siberia. It is migratory, wintering in Korea and eastern China, with rare occurrences in western Europe and northwestern North America. Its typical breeding habitat is subarctic ... |
873,218 | Marcus Trescothick | 1,173,158,573 | English cricketer | [
"1975 births",
"Cricketers at the 2003 Cricket World Cup",
"Cricketers from Somerset",
"England One Day International cricketers",
"England Test cricket captains",
"England Test cricketers",
"England Twenty20 International cricketers",
"English cricketers",
"English cricketers of the 21st century",
... | Marcus Edward Trescothick MBE (born 25 December 1975) is an English former cricketer who played first-class cricket for Somerset County Cricket Club, and represented England in 76 Test matches and 123 One Day Internationals. He was Somerset captain from 2010 to 2016 and temporary England captain for several Tests and O... |
87,610 | USS Missouri (BB-63) | 1,173,905,356 | Iowa-class battleship of the U.S. Navy | [
"1944 ships",
"Battleship museums in the United States",
"Cold War battleships of the United States",
"Existing battleships",
"Gulf War ships of the United States",
"Historic American Engineering Record in Hawaii",
"Iowa-class battleships",
"Korean War battleships of the United States",
"Maritime in... | USS Missouri (BB-63) is an Iowa-class battleship built for the United States Navy (USN) in the 1940s and is currently a museum ship. Completed in 1944, she is the last battleship commissioned by the United States. The ship was assigned to the Pacific Theater during World War II, where she participated in the Battles of... |
1,614,016 | Second Battle of Cape Finisterre | 1,167,107,926 | Naval battle in the War of the Austrian Succession | [
"1747 in Europe",
"Conflicts in 1747",
"Military history of the Atlantic Ocean",
"Naval battles involving France",
"Naval battles involving Great Britain",
"Naval battles of the War of the Austrian Succession"
] | The second battle of Cape Finisterre was a naval encounter fought during the War of the Austrian Succession on 25 October 1747 (N.S.). A British fleet of fourteen ships of the line commanded by Rear-Admiral Edward Hawke intercepted a French convoy of 250 merchant ships, sailing from the Basque Roads in western France t... |
99,613 | Frederick the Great | 1,173,646,585 | King of Prussia from 1740 to 1786 | [
"1712 births",
"1786 deaths",
"18th-century German composers",
"18th-century art collectors",
"18th-century classical composers",
"18th-century kings of Prussia",
"18th-century male musicians",
"Age of Enlightenment",
"Children of Frederick William I of Prussia",
"Crown Princes of Prussia",
"Fre... | Frederick II (German: Friedrich II.; 24 January 1712 – 17 August 1786) was King in Prussia from 1740 until 1772, and King of Prussia from 1772 until his death in 1786. His most significant accomplishments include his military successes in the Silesian wars, his reorganisation of the Prussian Army, the First Partition o... |
166,964 | George Lansbury | 1,164,688,269 | British politician and reformer (1859–1940) | [
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"1940 deaths",
"Anglican pacifists",
"Anglican socialists",
"Chairs of the Labour Party (UK)",
"Councillors in Greater London",
"Deaths from cancer in England",
"Deaths from stomach cancer",
"English Christian pacifists",
"English Christian socialists",
"English feminists",
"Eng... | George Lansbury (22 February 1859 – 7 May 1940) was a British politician and social reformer who led the Labour Party from 1932 to 1935. Apart from a brief period of ministerial office during the Labour government of 1929–31, he spent his political life campaigning against established authority and vested interests, hi... |
977,607 | Cut the Crap | 1,167,831,059 | null | [
"1985 albums",
"Albums produced by Bernard Rhodes",
"CBS Records albums",
"Epic Records albums",
"The Clash albums"
] | Cut the Crap is the sixth and final studio album by the English punk band the Clash, released on 4 November 1985 by CBS Records. It was recorded in early 1985 at Weryton Studios, Munich, following a turbulent period: co-founder, lead guitarist and co-principal songwriter Mick Jones and drummer Topper Headon had been di... |
42,542,965 | Union Films | 1,095,065,727 | Defunct Indonesian film company | [
"1940 establishments in the Dutch East Indies",
"1942 disestablishments in the Dutch East Indies",
"Defunct companies of the Dutch East Indies",
"Film production companies of the Dutch East Indies",
"Mass media companies disestablished in 1942",
"Mass media companies established in 1940"
] | Union Films was a film production company located in Batavia, Dutch East Indies (now Jakarta, Indonesia). Established by ethnic Chinese businessmen Ang Hock Liem and Tjoa Ma Tjoen in 1940, it produced seven black-and-white films before it was dissolved in 1942; all are thought to be lost. The company's films were direc... |
69,110,286 | Marmaduke–Walker duel | 1,173,892,177 | Duel between Confederate generals, 1863 | [
"1863 crimes in the United States",
"1863 in Arkansas",
"Arkansas in the American Civil War",
"Crimes in Arkansas",
"Deaths by firearm in Arkansas",
"Dueling",
"September 1863 events"
] | The Marmaduke–Walker duel was fought between John S. Marmaduke and Lucius M. Walker, two generals in the Confederate States Army, on September 6, 1863, near Little Rock, Arkansas. Tensions had risen between the two officers during the Battle of Helena on July 4, 1863, when Marmaduke accused Walker of not supporting his... |
1,143,433 | O-Bahn Busway | 1,171,421,348 | Guided busway in Adelaide, South Australia | [
"1986 establishments in Australia",
"Adelaide O-Bahn",
"Bus rapid transit in Australia",
"Busways",
"Transport infrastructure completed in 1986"
] | The O-Bahn Busway is a guided busway that is part of the bus rapid transit system servicing the northeastern suburbs of Adelaide, South Australia. The O-Bahn system was conceived by Daimler-Benz to enable buses to avoid traffic congestion by sharing tram tunnels in the German city of Essen.
Adelaide's O-Bahn was intro... |
503,189 | War of the Bavarian Succession | 1,171,637,940 | 18th-century war between the Austrian Habsburgs and a Prussian/Saxon alliance | [
"1770s in the Holy Roman Empire",
"1778 in the Habsburg monarchy",
"1779 in the Habsburg monarchy",
"18th century in Bavaria",
"Conflicts in 1778",
"Conflicts in 1779",
"Frederick the Great",
"History of the potato",
"House of Wittelsbach",
"Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor",
"Rebellions against th... | The War of the Bavarian Succession (German: Bayerischer Erbfolgekrieg; 3 July 1778 – 13 May 1779) was a dispute between the Austrian Habsburg monarchy and an alliance of Saxony and Prussia over succession to the Electorate of Bavaria after the extinction of the Bavarian branch of the House of Wittelsbach. The Habsburgs... |
1,273,596 | House (TV series) | 1,173,758,900 | American television medical drama | [
"2000s American medical television series",
"2000s American mystery television series",
"2000s American workplace drama television series",
"2004 American television series debuts",
"2010s American medical television series",
"2010s American mystery television series",
"2010s American workplace drama te... | House (also called House, M.D.) is an American medical drama television series that originally ran on the Fox network for eight seasons, from November 16, 2004, to May 21, 2012. The series' main character is Dr. Gregory House (Hugh Laurie), an unconventional, misanthropic medical genius who, despite his dependence on p... |
46,389 | George II of Great Britain | 1,173,664,584 | King of Great Britain and Ireland from 1727 to 1760 | [
"1683 births",
"1760 deaths",
"17th-century German people",
"18th-century British people",
"18th-century German people",
"18th-century Irish monarchs",
"British princes",
"Burials at Westminster Abbey",
"Chancellors of the University of Dublin",
"Children of George I of Great Britain",
"Deaths f... | George II (George Augustus; German: Georg August; 30 October / 9 November 1683 – 25 October 1760) was King of Great Britain and Ireland, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (Hanover) and a prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire from 11 June 1727 (O.S.) until his death in 1760.
Born and brought up in northern Germany, George i... |
9,041,235 | Hamlet chicken processing plant fire | 1,169,988,402 | 1991 industrial fire in Hamlet, North Carolina, US | [
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"1991 in North Carolina",
"1991 industrial disasters",
"Accidental deaths in North Carolina",
"Fire disasters involving barricaded escape routes",
"Fires in North Carolina",
"Food processing disasters",
"Industrial accident deaths",
"Industrial fires and explosions... | On September 3, 1991, an industrial fire caused by a failed improvised repair to a hydraulic line destroyed the Imperial Food Products chicken processing plant in Hamlet, North Carolina. Despite three previous fires in 11 years of operation, the plant had never received a safety inspection. The fire killed 25 people an... |
1,211,983 | Donald Forrester Brown | 1,097,036,111 | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | [
"1890 births",
"1916 deaths",
"Battle of the Somme recipients of the Victoria Cross",
"Burials at Warlencourt British Cemetery",
"Military personnel from Dunedin",
"New Zealand Army personnel",
"New Zealand World War I recipients of the Victoria Cross",
"New Zealand military personnel killed in World ... | Donald Forrester Brown, VC (23 February 1890 – 1 October 1916) was a New Zealand recipient of the Victoria Cross (VC), the highest award for valour "in the face of the enemy" that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.
Born in Dunedin, Brown was a farmer when the First World War began. In late 1915, he vol... |
4,976,955 | Sam & Max: Freelance Police | 1,136,640,711 | Unreleased 2004 video game | [
"Adventure games",
"Cancelled Windows games",
"LucasArts games",
"Point-and-click adventure games",
"Single-player video games",
"Video games about dogs",
"Video games about rabbits and hares",
"Video games based on Sam & Max",
"Video games developed in the United States"
] | Sam & Max: Freelance Police was a graphic adventure video game developed by LucasArts from 2002 until its cancellation in 2004, and the final game in the company's adventure game era. Freelance Police was originally intended for release for Windows in early 2004 as a sequel to the 1993 title Sam & Max Hit the Road. The... |
37,782,942 | Spanish conquest of Petén | 1,171,392,146 | Final stage of the conquest of Guatemala | [
"17th century in Central America",
"17th century in Guatemala",
"17th century in Mexico",
"17th century in New Spain",
"17th century in the Maya civilization",
"17th-century conflicts",
"Colonial Guatemala",
"Colonial Mexico",
"Guatemala–Spain relations",
"History of Mesoamerica",
"History of Pe... | The Spanish conquest of Petén was the last stage of the conquest of Guatemala, a prolonged conflict during the Spanish colonisation of the Americas. A wide lowland plain covered with dense rainforest, Petén contains a central drainage basin with a series of lakes and areas of savannah. It is crossed by several ranges o... |
1,952,607 | Supernature (Goldfrapp album) | 1,170,855,291 | 2005 studio album by Goldfrapp | [
"2005 albums",
"Electroclash albums",
"Glam rock albums by English artists",
"Goldfrapp albums",
"Mute Records albums"
] | Supernature is the third studio album by English electronic music duo Goldfrapp, released on 17 August 2005 by Mute Records. The album received generally favourable reviews, with most critics complimenting its blend of pop and electronic music. It debuted at number two on the UK Albums Chart with first-week sales of 52... |
15,124,855 | Samuel Adams | 1,166,625,028 | Founding Father of the United States (1722–1803) | [
"1722 births",
"1803 deaths",
"18th-century American politicians",
"Adams political family",
"American Congregationalists",
"American civil rights activists",
"American people of English descent",
"American political philosophers",
"Boston Latin School alumni",
"Burials at Granary Burying Ground",... | Samuel Adams ( – October 2, 1803) was an American statesman, political philosopher, and a Founding Father of the United States. He was a politician in colonial Massachusetts, a leader of the movement that became the American Revolution, and one of the architects of the principles of American republicanism that shaped t... |
377,142 | Corinna | 1,170,204,515 | Ancient Greek poet | [
"1st-millennium BC births",
"1st-millennium BC deaths",
"Ancient Boeotian poets",
"Ancient Greek lyric poets",
"Ancient Greek women poets",
"Year of birth unknown",
"Year of death unknown"
] | Corinna or Korinna (Ancient Greek: Κόριννα, romanized: Korinna) was an ancient Greek lyric poet from Tanagra in Boeotia. Although ancient sources portray her as a contemporary of Pindar (born c. 518 BC), not all modern scholars accept the accuracy of this tradition. When she lived has been the subject of much debate si... |
1,488,279 | Shojo Beat | 1,107,342,464 | Shōjo manga magazine (2005–2009) | [
"Anime and manga magazines",
"Defunct magazines published in the United States",
"Magazines disestablished in 2009",
"Magazines established in 2005",
"Magazines published in San Francisco",
"Monthly magazines published in the United States",
"Shōjo manga",
"Viz Media"
] | Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine formerly published in North America by Viz Media. Launched in June 2005 as a sister magazine for Shonen Jump, it featured serialized chapters from six manga series, as well as articles on Japanese culture, manga, anime, fashion and beauty. After its initial launch, Shojo Beat underw... |
2,072,335 | Lambeosaurus | 1,169,162,415 | Hadrosaurid dinosaur genus from Late Cretaceous US and Canada | [
"Campanian genera",
"Dinosaur Park fauna",
"Fossil taxa described in 1923",
"Lambeosaurines",
"Late Cretaceous dinosaurs of North America",
"Ornithischian genera",
"Ornithopods of North America",
"Paleontology in Alberta",
"Taxa named by William Parks"
] | Lambeosaurus (/ˌlæmbiəˈsɔːrəs/ LAM-bee-ə-SOR-əs, meaning "Lambe's lizard") is a genus of hadrosaurid dinosaur that lived about 75 million years ago, in the Late Cretaceous period (Campanian stage) of North America. This bipedal/quadrupedal, herbivorous dinosaur is known for its distinctive hollow cranial crest, which i... |
63,192,453 | Partisan Congress riots | 1,102,510,500 | Anti-Jewish riots in Slovakia in 1946 | [
"1946 in Slovakia",
"1946 riots",
"Anti-Jewish pogroms",
"Anti-Jewish violence in Central and Eastern Europe, 1944–1946",
"Antisemitism in Slovakia",
"August 1946 events in Europe",
"Crime in Bratislava",
"History of Bratislava",
"Jewish Slovak history",
"Jews and Judaism in Bratislava",
"Riots ... | The Partisan Congress riots were attacks on Jews in Bratislava and other cities and towns in the autonomous Slovak region of Czechoslovakia between 1 and 6 August 1946. Nineteen people were injured, four seriously, in Bratislava alone.
After World War II in Europe ended in May 1945, former Slovak partisans were often ... |
23,876,381 | Francis Marrash | 1,171,813,652 | Syrian writer and poet | [
"1830s births",
"1870s deaths",
"19th-century male writers",
"19th-century physicians from the Ottoman Empire",
"19th-century scholars",
"Nahda",
"Syrian Melkite Greek Catholics",
"Syrian physicians",
"Syrian poets",
"Syrian scholars",
"Writers from Aleppo"
] | Francis bin Fathallah bin Nasrallah Marrash (Arabic: فرنسيس بن فتح الله بن نصر الله مرّاش, ; 1835, 1836, or 1837 – 1873 or 1874), also known as Francis al-Marrash or Francis Marrash al-Halabi, was a Syrian scholar, publicist, writer and poet of the Nahda or the Arab Renaissance, and a physician. Most of his works revol... |
8,804,408 | L'Arianna | 1,169,791,010 | Opera by Claudio Monteverdi | [
"1608 operas",
"Ariadne",
"Italian-language operas",
"Lost operas",
"Operas",
"Operas based on classical mythology",
"Operas based on works by Ovid",
"Operas by Claudio Monteverdi"
] | L'Arianna (SV 291, Ariadne) is the lost second opera by Italian composer Claudio Monteverdi. One of the earliest operas in general, it was composed in 1607–1608 and first performed on 28 May 1608, as part of the musical festivities for a royal wedding at the court of Duke Vincenzo Gonzaga in Mantua. All the music is lo... |
6,527,850 | Blindfold Me | 1,148,413,755 | 2006 single by Kelis featuring Nas | [
"2006 singles",
"2006 songs",
"Jive Records singles",
"Kelis songs",
"LaFace Records singles",
"Music videos directed by Marc Klasfeld",
"Nas songs",
"Song recordings produced by Polow da Don",
"Songs about BDSM",
"Songs written by Nas",
"Songs written by Polow da Don",
"Songs written by Sean ... | "Blindfold Me" is a hip hop song by American singer Kelis from her fourth studio album, Kelis Was Here (2006). It was written and produced by Sean Garrett and Polow da Don. A remix, featuring American rapper Nas, was released as the album's second single in the United States on October 3, 2006. Although the Neptunes we... |
42,083,642 | Israel the Grammarian | 1,165,611,483 | European scholar of the mid-tenth century | [
"10th-century Latin writers",
"10th-century deaths",
"Christian theologians",
"Grammarians of Latin",
"Medieval linguists",
"Year of birth unknown",
"Year of death unknown"
] | Israel the Grammarian (c. 895 – c. 965) was one of the leading European scholars of the mid-tenth century. In the 930s, he was at the court of King Æthelstan of England (r. 924–39). After Æthelstan's death, Israel successfully sought the patronage of Archbishop Rotbert of Trier and became tutor to Bruno, later the Arch... |
2,144 | Aaliyah | 1,173,881,327 | American singer (1979–2001) | [
"1979 births",
"2001 deaths",
"20th-century African-American women singers",
"20th-century American actresses",
"21st-century African-American women singers",
"21st-century American actresses",
"Aaliyah",
"Actresses from Detroit",
"African-American Catholics",
"African-American actresses",
"Afri... | Aaliyah Dana Haughton (/ɑːˈliːə/ ah-LEE-ə; January 16, 1979 – August 25, 2001) was an American singer and actress. She has been credited for helping to redefine contemporary R&B, pop and hip hop, earning her the nicknames the "Princess of R&B" and "Queen of Urban Pop".
Born in Brooklyn but raised in Detroit, she first... |
24,613,618 | Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg | 1,147,731,191 | Habsburg military commander (1760–1799) | [
"1760 births",
"1799 deaths",
"Austrian Empire military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars",
"Field marshals of Austria",
"Fürstenberg (princely family)",
"Generals of the Holy Roman Empire",
"Military leaders of the French Revolutionary Wars killed in battle",
"Military personnel from Prague",
... | Karl Aloys zu Fürstenberg (26 June 1760 – 25 March 1799) was an Austrian military commander. He achieved the rank of Field Marshal and died at the Battle of Stockach.
The third son of a cadet branch of the House of Fürstenberg, at his birth his chances of inheriting the family title of Fürst zu Fürstenberg were slight... |
1,754,250 | Hastings line | 1,170,924,304 | Railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England | [
"1845 establishments in England",
"Rail transport in East Sussex",
"Rail transport in Kent",
"Railway lines in South East England",
"Railway lines opened in 1845",
"Railway lines opened in 1846",
"Railway lines opened in 1851",
"Railway lines opened in 1852",
"Standard gauge railways in England",
... | The Hastings line is a secondary railway line in Kent and East Sussex, England, linking Hastings with the main town of Tunbridge Wells, and London via Tonbridge and Sevenoaks. Although primarily carrying passengers, the railway also serves a gypsum mine which is a source of freight traffic. Southeastern Trains operates... |
12,927,876 | A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding | 1,138,400,288 | null | [
"2007 American television episodes",
"Television episodes about weddings",
"Ugly Betty (season 2) episodes"
] | "A Nice Day for a Posh Wedding" is the seventh episode of the second season of the American television dramedy Ugly Betty and the series's 30th episode overall. It was written by Silvio Horta and Marco Pennette, and directed by James Hayman. The episode was originally broadcast on ABC in the United States on November 8... |
3,562,929 | Pennsylvania State Capitol | 1,169,291,237 | State capitol building of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania | [
"1906 establishments in Pennsylvania",
"Beaux-Arts architecture in Pennsylvania",
"Buildings and structures in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania",
"Government buildings completed in 1906",
"Government buildings in Pennsylvania",
"Government buildings with domes",
"Government of Pennsylvania",
"History museums ... | The Pennsylvania State Capitol is the seat of government for the U.S. state of Pennsylvania located in downtown Harrisburg which was designed by architect Joseph Miller Huston in 1902 and completed in 1906 in a Beaux-Arts style with decorative Renaissance themes throughout. The capitol houses the legislative chambers f... |
30,319,330 | Allied naval bombardments of Japan during World War II | 1,156,138,209 | Naval attacks on Japan by the Allies during World War II | [
"1945 in Japan",
"August 1945 events in Asia",
"Conflicts in 1945",
"Japan campaign",
"July 1945 events in Asia",
"Naval battles and operations of World War II",
"Naval battles and operations of World War II involving the United Kingdom",
"Naval battles of World War II involving Japan",
"Naval battl... | During the last weeks of World War II, warships of the United States Navy, the Royal Navy and the Royal New Zealand Navy bombarded industrial and military facilities in Japan. Most of these bombardments were conducted by battleships and cruisers, and caused heavy damage to several of the targeted factories, as well as ... |
1,267,838 | Fightin' Texas Aggie Band | 1,173,514,484 | Official marching band of Texas A&M University | [
"1894 establishments in Texas",
"American military bands",
"Musical groups established in 1894",
"Musical groups from Texas",
"Southeastern Conference marching bands",
"Texas A&M University student organizations",
"Texas A&M University traditions"
] | The Fightin' Texas Aggie Band (also known as the Noble Men of Kyle or just the Aggie Band) is the official marching band of Texas A&M University. Composed of over 400 men and women from the school's Corps of Cadets, it is the largest military marching band in the world. The band's complex straight-line marching maneuve... |
156,756 | Planescape: Torment | 1,169,636,527 | 1999 video game | [
"1999 video games",
"Android (operating system) games",
"Black Isle Studios games",
"Dark fantasy video games",
"Dungeons & Dragons video games",
"Existentialist video games",
"IOS games",
"Infinity Engine games",
"Interplay Entertainment games",
"Linux games",
"MacOS games",
"Nintendo Switch ... | Planescape: Torment is a 1999 role-playing video game developed by Black Isle Studios and published by Interplay Entertainment for Windows on December 12. The game takes place in locations from the multiverse of Planescape, a Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) fantasy campaign setting. The game's engine is a modified version of ... |
262,120 | Operation Uranus | 1,159,639,239 | 1942 Soviet strategic operation in World War II | [
"1942 in the Soviet Union",
"Battle of Stalingrad",
"Battles and operations of the Soviet–German War",
"Conflicts in 1942",
"Encirclements in World War II",
"Military operations of World War II involving Germany",
"November 1942 events"
] | Operation Uranus (Russian: Опера́ция «Ура́н», romanized: Operatsiya "Uran") was the codename of the Soviet Red Army's 19–23 November 1942 strategic operation on the Eastern Front of World War II which led to the encirclement of Axis forces in the vicinity of Stalingrad: the German Sixth Army, the Third and Fourth Roman... |
12,748,526 | Double Seven Day scuffle | 1,172,109,118 | 1963 altercation in Saigon, South Vietnam | [
"1963 in South Vietnam",
"1963 in international relations",
"20th century in Ho Chi Minh City",
"Buddhist crisis",
"Conflicts in 1963",
"Persecution of Buddhists",
"South Vietnam–United States relations"
] | The Double Seven Day Scuffle was a physical altercation on July 7, 1963, in Saigon, South Vietnam. The secret police of Ngô Đình Nhu—the brother of President Ngô Đình Diệm—attacked a group of US journalists who were covering protests held by Buddhists on the ninth anniversary of Diệm's rise to power. Peter Arnett of th... |
5,595,163 | Ceres (dwarf planet) | 1,173,772,934 | Dwarf planet in the asteroid belt | [
"Active asteroids",
"Articles containing video clips",
"Astronomical objects discovered in 1801",
"Background asteroids",
"C-type asteroids (SMASS)",
"Ceres (dwarf planet)",
"Discoveries by Giuseppe Piazzi",
"Dwarf planets",
"G-type asteroids (Tholen)",
"Minor planets visited by spacecraft",
"Na... | Ceres (pronounced /ˈsɪəriːz/ SEER-eez), minor-planet designation 1 Ceres, is a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter. It was the first asteroid discovered, on 1 January 1801, by Giuseppe Piazzi at Palermo Astronomical Observatory in Sicily and announced as a new planet. Ceres was late... |
304,197 | Midshipman | 1,169,622,322 | Officer cadet | [
"Former military ranks of Canada",
"Marine occupations",
"Military ranks",
"Military ranks of Australia",
"Military ranks of the Commonwealth",
"Military ranks of the Royal Navy",
"Military ranks of the United States Navy",
"Naval ranks"
] | A midshipman is an officer of the lowest rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies. Commonwealth countries which use the rank include Canada (Naval Cadet), Australia, Bangladesh, Namibia, New Zealand, South Africa, India, Pakistan, Singapore, Sri Lanka, and Kenya.
In the 17th century, a... |
13,083,295 | Sinestro Corps War | 1,144,397,393 | DC Comics crossover event | [
"2007 comics debuts",
"2007 comics endings",
"Alien invasions in comics",
"Comics by Dave Gibbons",
"Comics by Geoff Johns",
"Comics set on fictional planets",
"Crossover comics",
"Green Lantern storylines"
] | "Sinestro Corps War" is an American comic book crossover event published by DC Comics in its Green Lantern and Green Lantern Corps titles. Written by Geoff Johns and Dave Gibbons and drawn by Ivan Reis, Patrick Gleason, and Ethan Van Sciver, the 11-part saga was originally published between June and December 2007. In a... |
1,911,723 | Telopea speciosissima | 1,144,742,073 | Large shrub in the plant family Proteaceae endemic to New South Wales in Australia | [
"Flora of New South Wales",
"Plants described in 1793",
"Proteales of Australia",
"Telopea (plant)"
] | Telopea speciosissima, commonly known as the New South Wales waratah or simply waratah, is a large shrub in the plant family Proteaceae. It is endemic to New South Wales in Australia and is the floral emblem of that state. No subspecies are recognised, but the closely related Telopea aspera was only recently classified... |
23,883,287 | Nelson's Pillar | 1,157,822,728 | Former column and statue in Dublin, Ireland | [
"1809 establishments in Ireland",
"1966 disestablishments in Ireland",
"Buildings and structures completed in 1809",
"Buildings and structures demolished in 1966",
"Columns related to the Napoleonic Wars",
"Demolished buildings and structures in Dublin",
"Destroyed sculptures",
"History of Dublin (cit... | Nelson's Pillar (also known as the Nelson Pillar or simply the Pillar) was a large granite column capped by a statue of Horatio Nelson, built in the centre of what was then Sackville Street (later renamed O'Connell Street) in Dublin, Ireland. Completed in 1809 when Ireland was part of the United Kingdom, it survived un... |
63,153,672 | New York Stock Exchange Building | 1,166,593,026 | Building in Manhattan, New York | [
"1903 establishments in New York City",
"Buildings and structures completed in 1903",
"Buildings and structures on the National Register of Historic Places in Manhattan",
"George B. Post buildings",
"Historic district contributing properties in Manhattan",
"Individually listed contributing properties to h... | The New York Stock Exchange Building (also the NYSE Building), in the Financial District of Lower Manhattan in New York City, is the headquarters of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It is composed of two connected structures occupying part of the city block bounded by Wall Street, Broad Street, New Street, and Excha... |
58,255,510 | History of the Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army | 1,116,348,455 | History of the internal investigative branch of the U.S. Army | [
"Inspectors General of the United States Army",
"Lists of American military personnel",
"United States Army generals",
"United States Army lists",
"United States Inspectors General"
] | The Office of the Inspector General of the United States Army (OTIG) is the agency tasked with investigating the United States Army. Its stated mission is to "provide impartial, objective and unbiased advice and oversight to the army through relevant, timely and thorough inspection, assistance, investigations, and trai... |
564,099 | Philip Seymour Hoffman | 1,173,793,722 | American actor (1967–2014) | [
"1967 births",
"2014 deaths",
"20th-century American male actors",
"21st-century American male actors",
"American film producers",
"American male film actors",
"American male stage actors",
"American male television actors",
"American male voice actors",
"American people of German descent",
"Ame... | Philip Seymour Hoffman (July 23, 1967 – February 2, 2014) was an American actor. Known for his distinctive supporting and character roles— eccentrics, lowlifes, underdogs, and misfits—he acted in many films and theatrical productions, including leading roles, from the early 1990s until his death in 2014. He was voted o... |
23,505,559 | July 2009 Ürümqi riots | 1,164,636,246 | Protest events in Xinjiang, China | [
"2009 in China",
"2009 riots",
"Anti-Chinese sentiment in Asia",
"Articles containing video clips",
"Ethnic riots",
"History of Ürümqi",
"Indigenous rights protests",
"July 2009 events in China",
"Persecution of Uyghurs",
"Protests in China",
"Riots and civil disorder in China",
"Xinjiang conf... | A series of violent riots over several days broke out on 5 July 2009 in Ürümqi, the capital city of the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR), in northwestern China. The first day's rioting, which involved at least 1,000 Uyghurs, began as a protest, but escalated into violent attacks that mainly targeted Han people.... |
50,236 | Battle of Towton | 1,170,876,502 | 1461 battle in the Wars of the Roses | [
"1461 in England",
"Battles involving Yorkshire",
"Battles of the Wars of the Roses",
"Civil parishes in North Yorkshire",
"Conflicts in 1461",
"Edward IV of England",
"Registered historic battlefields in England",
"Selby District"
] | The Battle of Towton took place on 29 March 1461 during the Wars of the Roses, near Towton in North Yorkshire, and "has the dubious distinction of being probably the largest and bloodiest battle on English soil". Fought for ten hours between an estimated 50,000 soldiers in a snowstorm on Palm Sunday, the Yorkist army a... |
5,058,323 | Kevin O'Halloran | 1,165,783,215 | Australian freestyle swimmer | [
"1937 births",
"1976 deaths",
"20th-century Australian people",
"Accidental deaths in Western Australia",
"Australian male freestyle swimmers",
"Deaths by firearm in Western Australia",
"Firearm accident victims",
"Medalists at the 1956 Summer Olympics",
"Olympic gold medalists for Australia",
"Ol... | Kevin O'Halloran (3 March 1937 – 5 July 1976) was an Australian freestyle swimmer of the 1950s who won a gold medal in the 4×200-metre freestyle relay at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne.
The first Western Australian to win Olympic gold, O'Halloran learnt to swim in his hometown of Katanning. He moved to Perth to... |
762,860 | Operation Mincemeat | 1,168,811,374 | British Second World War deception operation | [
"1943 in the United Kingdom",
"Allied invasion of Sicily",
"Classified documents",
"Code names",
"Ian Fleming",
"Mediterranean theatre of World War II",
"Operation Mincemeat",
"United Kingdom intelligence operations",
"World War II deception operations"
] | Operation Mincemeat was a successful British deception operation of the Second World War to disguise the 1943 Allied invasion of Sicily. Two members of British intelligence obtained the body of Glyndwr Michael, a tramp who died from eating rat poison, dressed him as an officer of the Royal Marines and placed personal i... |
1,554,274 | Golden jackal | 1,171,678,211 | Species of mammal | [
"Carnivorans of Asia",
"Carnivorans of Europe",
"Extant Late Pleistocene first appearances",
"Golden jackal",
"Jackals",
"Least concern biota of Asia",
"Least concern biota of Europe",
"Mammals described in 1758",
"Mammals of Central Asia",
"Mammals of South Asia",
"Mammals of Southeast Asia",
... | The golden jackal (Canis aureus), also called common jackal, is a wolf-like canid that is native to Southeast Europe, Central Asia, Western Asia, South Asia, and regions of Southeast Asia. The golden jackal's coat varies in color from a pale creamy yellow in summer to a dark tawny beige in winter. It is smaller and has... |
16,304,850 | U.S. Route 2 in Michigan | 1,145,204,014 | U.S. Highway in Michigan | [
"Lake Michigan Circle Tour",
"Lake Superior Circle Tour",
"Transportation in Delta County, Michigan",
"Transportation in Dickinson County, Michigan",
"Transportation in Gogebic County, Michigan",
"Transportation in Iron County, Michigan",
"Transportation in Mackinac County, Michigan",
"Transportation ... | US Highway 2 (US 2) is a component of the United States Numbered Highway System that connects Everett, Washington, to the Upper Peninsula (UP) of the US state of Michigan, with a separate segment that runs from Rouses Point, New York, to Houlton, Maine. In Michigan, the highway runs through the UP in two segments as a ... |
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