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Q5212460 Damien Kiberd is an Irish journalist and commentator. He is one of the four founders of, and was formerly editor of, The Sunday Business Post. He is also a former business editor of The Irish Press, and of the Sunday Tribune. Kiberd has also worked more recently as a presenter of news-discussion programmes on ... |
Q1712028 Julian Marshall (24 June 1836 – 21 November 1903) was an English amateur musician, music and print collector, tennis player and writer. |
Q1536777 Alessio Campagnacci (born 11 September 1987) is an Italian footballer who plays for Serie C club Gubbio on loan from Siena. |
Q5503065 Freshman Dorm is an American drama television series which debuted in the summer of 1992 and aired 5 episodes on CBS. It is based on the young adult fiction series of the same name written by Linda Alper Cooney. |
Q16987794 The British Comic Art Convention (usually known by the moniker Comicon) was an annual British comic book convention which was held between 1968 and 1981, usually in London. The earliest British fan convention devoted entirely to comics, it was also the birthplace of the Eagle Awards.Most editions of Comicon t... |
Q15999571 Thomas William "Bill" Conoulty (1899 or 1901 – 1961) is an Australian automotive engineer, automobile manufacturer and automobile racer, who was active in the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s and who is lauded for his improved, high performance, sports designs of the, also, legendary, Austin 7. His technically remarkab... |
Q7678512 KRI Multatuli (561) is a command ship operated by the Indonesian Navy. |
Q5664950 Alejandro Enrique Delgado Oscoy (born 26 May 1971) is a Mexican politician from the National Action Party. From 2006 to 2009 he served as Deputy of the LX Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Querétaro. |
Q13579662 Eudonia ivelonensis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by Patrice J.A. Leraut in 1989. It is found in Madagascar. |
Q9158936 Archaeosynthemis leachii is a species of dragonfly of the family Synthemistidae,known as the twinspot tigertail.It is a medium-sized dragonfly with black and yellow markings. It inhabits streams, seepages and swamps in south-western Australia.Archaeosynthemis leachii has been known as Synthemis leachii. |
Q43375608 Johan Olsen was an American pioneer Lutheran minister and church leader. Olsen served as the second president of the Conference of the Norwegian-Danish Evangelical Lutheran Church of America. |
Q3101410 George Augustus Eliott, 1st Baron Heathfield, PC, KB (25 December 1717 – 6 July 1790) was a British Army officer who served in three major wars during the eighteenth century. He rose to distinction during the Seven Years' War when he fought in Germany and participated in the British attacks on Belle Île (Franc... |
Q1020943 McClure is a small lunar impact crater. It is located along the western edge of the Mare Fecunditatis, due east of the prominent crater Colombo. To the north of McClure is the similar Crozier, and to the southwest is the larger Cook. The outer rim is nearly circular and not significantly worn. The inner walls ... |
Q1019078 Mali, often known as Mali-ville to distinguish it from the country of Mali, is a town in northern Guinea on the edge of the Tamgué Massif. Population 4,798 (2008 est).It is known as a market town and for its honey. Market day is Sunday. Mali lies near Mount Loura and Mount Lansa and is the highest town in Guin... |
Q2558458 The Address Supporting Organization (ASO) is a supporting organization affiliated with ICANN. It was founded in 1999. Its members make up the Address Council. The ASO's web site states that the ASO's purpose "is to review and develop recommendations on Internet Protocol (IP) address policy and to advise the I... |
Q5344752 Edward "Eddie" Parenti (born June 26, 1971) is a Canadian former competitive swimmer who specialized in freestyle and butterfly events. Parenti represented Canada at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and finished in 26th place in the 200-metre butterfly, 27th place in the 400-metre freestyle, and ... |
Q4634191 "3-Tage-Bart" [Designer stubble; lit: 3-days-beard] is a punk song by Die Ärzte. It's the fourth track and the first single from their 1996 album Le Frisur. The song is about a man, who has everything he may want and need, but he's missing one thing - the stubble. |
Q7900768 Urn is a gothic / folk metal band based out of the Orlando area. |
Q7655235 Sweet Blossom Dearie is a 1967 live album by Blossom Dearie.It is the second album Dearie recorded at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club, and is subsequently her second live album to be released. |
Q4925576 Blaydon RFC is an English semi-professional rugby union team. The first team currently play in the fifth tier of the English rugby union system (North Premier), having been relegated from National League 2 North at the end of the 2017-18 season. Their home ground is at Crow Trees, Swalwell, Tyne and Wear. |
Q4883251 Bell Salem is the second EP by the band 12012, released on October 10, 2004, being the first release of a three-month release campaign. |
Q14714025 Guyandotte is a historic neighborhood in the city of Huntington, West Virginia, that previously existed as a separate town before annexation was completed by the latter. The neighborhood is home to many historic properties, and was first settled by natives of France at the end of the eighteenth century. Guya... |
Q3849251 Mario Zafred (2 March 1922 Trieste – 22 May 1987 Rome) was an Italian composer, music critic, and opera director. He also served as the president of various Italian music conservatories including the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia. |
Q2190198 The Independents (French: Indépendants) and later Republican Independents (French: Indépendants républicains, IR) was a right-wing parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies during the French Third Republic between 1928 and 1940.The IR was usually considered the parliamentary group on the furthest-right of... |
Q4954212 Brad Ring (born April 7, 1987) is a former American soccer player who previously played for Indy Eleven in the United Soccer League. |
Q2908290 Hellenurme (German: Hellenorm) is a village in Valga County in southeastern Estonia. It is located about 10 km (6 mi) south of the town of Elva and about 11 km (7 mi) northwest of the town of Otepää. Hellenurme was the administrative centre of Palupera Parish. The village has a population of 170 (as of 1 Janua... |
Q16233872 Issoufou Dayo (born 6 August 1991) is a Burkina Faso professional footballer, who plays as a defender for Nahdat Berkane and the Burkina Faso national football team. |
Q15876410 Holly Clyburn (born 7 February 1991) is an English professional golfer who currently plays on the Ladies European Tour. She was a member of the victorious 2012 Great Britain and Ireland Curtis Cup team and won her first professional tournament at the Deloitte Ladies Open in 2013, her rookie year on tour. |
Q5783925 The National Council to Prevent Discrimination (Spanish: Consejo Nacional para Prevenir La Discriminación; CONAPRED) is a Mexican government agency created by the Federal Law to Prevent and Eliminate Discrimination in 2003 to promote policies and measures to contribute to the cultural and social development an... |
Q43083104 The 1924 West Virginia Mountaineers football team represented West Virginia University as an independent during the 1924 college football season. In their fourth and final season under head coach Clarence Spears, the Mountaineers compiled an 8–1 record and outscored opponents by a combined total of 282 to 47.... |
Q2456110 The Battle of Larga was fought between 65,000 Crimean Tatars cavalry and 15,000 Ottoman infantry under Kaplan Girey against 38,000 Russians under Field-Marshal Rumyantsev on the banks of the Larga River, a tributary of the Prut River, in Moldavia (now in Moldova), for eight hours on 7 July 1770. It was fought ... |
Q4732946 Allium validum, known by several common names including swamp onion, wild onion, Pacific onion, and Pacific mountain onion, is native to the Cascade Range, to the Sierra Nevada, the Rocky Mountains, and other high-elevation regions in California, Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho and British Columbia. |
Q5378206 English China Clays PLC, or ECC, was a mining company involved in the extraction of china clay, based in St Austell, Cornwall. It was once a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index but in 1999 was acquired by Imetal. |
Q864767 Gia Long Palace (Vietnamese: Dinh Gia Long), now officially the Hồ Chí Minh City Museum (Vietnamese language: Bảo tàng Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh) is a historical site and museum in Hồ Chí Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam. The museum is situated at the corner of Lý Tự Trọng and Nam Kỳ Khởi Nghĩa streets, located on 2 hec... |
Q7560085 Something Cool is a studio album recorded by June Christy in 1953, 1954, and 1955, and featuring Christy singing 11 (in the original release, seven) jazz songs backed by the orchestra of Pete Rugolo, her saxophonist husband. First issued in 1954 as a 10" mono LP, an expanded 12" mono LP was released the follow... |
Q7658459 Swindon is a unitary authority in Wiltshire, England. Until 1 April 1998 its area was a non-metropolitan district called Thamesdown Borough Council, with Wiltshire County Council providing the county-level services. In 1998 all such powers were transferred to the new Borough of Swindon. |
Q6254176 John Jules Ramsey (July 26, 1927 – January 25, 1990) was a public address announcer best known as the original PA voice for the California Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Raiders. He was also the PA voice for the Los Angeles Rams and USC Trojans football and ... |
Q7382686 Rusununguko Secondary School is situated under Munyanyi village in ward 10 under Chief Ndanga in Shurugwi District. The school was established in 1981 after the end of the liberation struggle and the gain of independence of Zimbabwe. It attained its name 'Rusununguko' which is a Shona word to mean freedom whic... |
Q7411180 Samuel Crawley (16 December 1790 – 21 December 1852) was an English Whig and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1818 and 1841.Crawley was the son of Samuel Crawley, of Keysoe, and his wife Eliza Rankin. He was educated at Eton College from 1805 to 1808 and then at Christ Churc... |
Q5357137 This is a list of electoral results for the electoral district of Wentworthville in New South Wales state elections from its creation in 1962 until its abolition in 1991, and then from its recreation in 1999 until its abolition in 2007. |
Q3667030 Mahabad Dam is an embankment dam on the Mahabad River near the city of Mahabad, West Azerbaijan province, Iran. It was built before Islamic revolution by Yugoslavian engineers and is one of the ten largest dams in Iran. On average, the total volume of annual water input is equal to 339.304 million cubic meter... |
Q3775322 Gary Muller and Danie Visser were the defending champions, but lost in the quarterfinals this year.Jakob Hlasek and Yevgeny Kafelnikov won the title, defeating Martin Damm and Patrick Rafter 6–7, 7–6, 7–6 in the final. |
Q13563010 Elisabeth Hirsch, pen name E. C. Stilson (born February 2, 1983) is an American publisher and editor, and was one of the founders of Wayman Publishing. Stilson is also known for her memoirs, musical talents, and personal appearances speaking across the United States. |
Q6099442 Ivor Lloyd Tuckett (1 February 1873 – 28 November 1942) was a British professor of physiology, physician, and skeptic. |
Q15060368 Ctenucha laura is a moth of the family Erebidae. It was described by George Hampson in 1898. It is found in Bolivia. |
Q15741928 Teenage Time Killers is a rock supergroup formed in February 2014 by My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy and Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin. Guests include Dave Grohl (former drummer of Nirvana and current lead singer of the Foo Fighters), Stephen O'Malley (of Sunn O))) and Burning Witch), Corey Taylor... |
Q10649813 Raska på, Alfons Åberg is a 1975 children's book by Gunilla Bergström. As an episode of the animated TV series it originally aired over SVT on 31 December 1979. |
Q19667607 Amos Chafee Barstow (April 30, 1813 – September 5, 1894) Mayor of Providence, Rhode Island for one term, 1852–1853. |
Q28433223 John "Jack" Livesey (born 15 May 1954) is a British military imposter who posed as a decorated war hero; in actuality he served in the army as a cook for three years. His fabricated military record included twenty years in the Parachute Regiment, fighting with the 2nd Battalion in the Falklands War, serving f... |
Q116305 Mac OS Central European is a character encoding used on Apple Macintosh computers to represent texts in Central European and Southeastern European languages that use the Latin script. This encoding is also known as Code Page 10029. This codepage contains diacritical letters that ISO 8859-2 does not have, and vi... |
Q234704 Vitré (Breton: Gwitreg) is a commune in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany in northwestern France.Vitré, a sub-prefecture until 1926, is the seat of a canton of 17,798 inhabitants (2015). It lies on the edge of Brittany, near Normandy, Maine, and Anjou. The town has been designated a ville d'art et d'hi... |
Q2432268 Tierney Sutton (born June 28, 1963) is an American jazz singer who has received 8 Grammy Award nominations. |
Q2916673 Ram-On (Hebrew: רָם אוֹן) is a moshav ovdim in northern Israel. Located in the Ta'anakh region, south of the Jezreel Valley, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gilboa Regional Council. In 2017 it had a population of 981. |
Q458091 Knots Landing is an American prime time television soap opera that aired from December 27, 1979 to May 13, 1993. The show centered on the personal and professional lives of the residents of Seaview Circle, a cul-de-sac in the suburb of Knots Landing, California. Over the 14 seasons, 344 episodes aired, which we... |
Q7786949 Thomas Adams (c. 1633 – 11 December 1670) was an English academic and theological writer. He was the brother of Richard Adams. |
Q601707 Antonio Corradini (19 October 1688, Venice – 12 August 1752, Naples) was an Italian Rococo sculptor. Corradini was born in Venice and worked mainly in the Veneto, but also completed commissions for work outside Venice, including work for patrons through Eastern Europe, in Vienna where he was court sculptor for ... |
Q7510354 The Siege of Rouen occurred on September 28 to October 26, 1562 during the French Wars of Religion and was a decisive victory for the Catholics, who managed to capture Rouen, over the Huguenots. |
Q4941728 Bonepony is an American rock band, formed in the late 1980s by singer/songwriter Scott Johnson and guitarist Bryan Ward in the Baltimore, Maryland area. By all accounts, Bonepony began as a hard rock band, similar in style to Aerosmith. The band recorded a demo and toured sporadically. |
Q3090676 Fujiwara no Tamemitsu (藤原 為光) (942–992) was a Japanese statesman, courtier and politician during the Heian period. |
Q4806219 Ashworth Moor Reservoir is an upland water supply reservoir amongst the Pennines in Greater Manchester, England close to the A680 road between Rochdale and Edenfield. It is south of Scout Moor Wind Farm. |
Q4026285 An annular solar eclipse will occur on Thursday, June 11, 2048 with a magnitude of 0.9441. A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partly obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is ... |
Q11322047 The list of Turkmenistan-related articles is below |
Q4146751 The Moscow Chamber Orchestra (MCO) is a chamber orchestra run under the auspices of the Moscow Philharmonia, a state-run enterprise, formerly under the patronage of the Ministry of Culture (Soviet Union) and now, Ministry of Culture of Russian Federation. |
Q3257910 The Loggia del Pesce is a historical building in Florence, Italy. It is formed by nine wide arcades, supported by piers or columns. On each side are eight medallions depicting fishing activities and the sea. At the corners are four coats of arms.It was commissioned by Duke Cosimo I de' Medici to Giorgio Vasar... |
Q3983484 Mark Keil and Dave Randall were the defending champions.Keil and Randall successfully defended their title, defeating Luke Jensen and Sandon Stolle 7–5, 6–4 in the final. |
Q17150974 Crime on Our Hands was a British crime drama television series which aired in 1954 on the BBC. Cast included Geraldine McEwan and Jack Watling. It aired for six half-hour episodes. The series is missing, believed lost. |
Q10428289 "Bereden väg för Herran" or "Bered en väg för Herran" ("Prepare the Royal Highway") is a Christian hymn with lyrics by Frans Michael Franzén in 1812. Britt G. Hallqvist later rewrote the final verse lyrics. Describing Jesus coming into Jerusalem, it is a popular Advent song. |
Q27805692 Mary Reynolds Babcock (August 8, 1908 – July 17, 1953) was a philanthropist. Mary Reynolds Babcock was the daughter of R.J Reynolds and Katharine Smith Reynolds and therefore inherited considerable wealth from her father's foundation of the R. J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. She was a founder for both Zachary Sm... |
Q20742488 Edith Soppe (10 August 1961 – 22 November 2005) was an Argentine chess player who held the FIDE title of Woman International Master (1978). She is a three-times winner the Argentine Women's Chess Championship (1979, 1980, 1981). |
Q4808217 Asprokampos (Greek: Ασπρόκαμπος) is a village in the municipality of Sikyona, Corinthia, Greece. It is 8 km northeast of Lake Stymphalia, 11 km northwest of Nemea and 22 km southwest of Kiato. The village has about 210 inhabitants and is located at an altitude of 750 meters. |
Q1004471 Kumluca is a town and district of Antalya Province on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, part of the Turkish Riviera. Kumluca is located 90 km (56 mi) west of the city of Antalya, on the Teke Peninsula, (between the bays of Antalya and Fethiye). Its neighbour towns are Korkuteli, Elmalı, Finike, Kemer and Anta... |
Q3866763 "Mr. Big Stuff" is a song by American singer Jean Knight. The song was recorded in 1970 at Malaco Studio in Jackson, Mississippi at the same session as "Groove Me" by King Floyd. Knight's single was released by Stax Records because of the persistence of Stax publisher Tim Whitsett, and "Groove Me" by King Floy... |
Q5370246 The primitive ventricle or embryonic ventricle of the developing heart, together with the bulbus cordis that lies in front of it, gives rise to the left and right ventricles. The primitive ventricle provides the trabeculated parts of the walls, and the bulbus cordis the smooth parts.The primitive ventricle be... |
Q1608322 Clifford Glen Rozier (October 31, 1972 - July 6, 2018) was an American professional basketball player.Rozier was named Florida Mr. Basketball. He played college basketball at the University of North Carolina and the University of Louisville. As a senior at Louisville, Rozier averaged 18.1 points and 11.1 rebou... |
Q4825192 Australian rules football has been played in Pakistan since 2014, starting with the creation of the Australian Rules of Pakistan Football League. |
Q1359226 Qinyang (simplified Chinese: 沁阳; traditional Chinese: 沁陽; pinyin: Qìnyáng) is a county-level city in Henan province, People's Republic of China, bordering Shanxi province to the north. It is administered by the prefecture-level city Jiaozuo. The current population of Qinyang is estimated at 470,000. In 1999, t... |
Q5583757 The Goodyear Silents were a semi-professional football team based in Akron, Ohio, composed of deaf players. Most, if not all, of the team worked for the Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company.During World Wars I and II, many industrial companies hired deaf people, including Goodyear and Firestone in Akron. In existenc... |
Q5736611 Krasne [ˈkrasnɛ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Supraśl, within Białystok County, Podlaskie Voivodeship, in north-eastern Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Supraśl and 13 km (8 mi) north-east of the regional capital Białystok.The village has a population of 2... |
Q9360282 Toshihiro Kaneishi (金石 年弘, Kaneishi Toshihiro, born December 19, 1978 in Osaka Prefecture, Japan) is a Japanese racing driver. He has competed in such series as Formula Nippon and Super GT. |
Q6848707 Mike Scalzi is an American musician and a philosophy professor in Diablo Valley College. |
Q7553381 Sodium tetrathionate is a salt of sodium and tetrathionate with the formula Na2S4O6.xH2O. The salt normally is obtained as the dihydrate (x = 2). It is a colorless, water-soluble solid. It is one member of the polythionates, which have the formula [Sn(SO3)2]2-. Other members include trithionite (n = 1), pen... |
Q16883207 Shir Mohammad Bazar or Shirmohammad Bazar (Persian: شيرمحمدبازار) may refer to:Shir Mohammad Bazar, ChabaharShir Mohammad Bazar, Qasr-e Qand |
Q18167823 St. Patrick's, an independent co-educational Catholic elementary school of approximately 315 Grade K-7 students in Greater Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. |
Q21664738 James McInerney (15 December 1844 – 8 July 1912) was an Australian politician.He was born at Portland Head, near Windsor, to James McInerney and Honora Ryan. He grew up in Campbelltown and in the 1860s went to Narrandera and then Gundagai, working as a carrier. He eventually acquired property around Gundagai ... |
Q22907822 Dimlit Hate Cellar is an EP by Gnaw Their Tongues, independently released on January 4, 2010. The album compiles some of Gnaw Their Tongues' earliest recordings. |
Q23887953 Dawn M. Liberi (born 1954) is a diplomat, international development expert and former United States Ambassador to Burundi. She was nominated by President Barack Obama on July 10, 2012 and confirmed by the Senate October 19, 2012. |
Q25997905 Madan Singh (born December 4, 1964) is an Indian former long-distance runner who competed up to the marathon distance. He is currently serving in Border Security Force (B.S.F). From the state of Rajasthan, he represented India at 1991 South Asian Games in Colombo and won a silver medal in the 5000 metres.In t... |
Q1536918 Khlong Phadung Krung Kasem (Thai: คลองผดุงกรุงเกษม, pronounced [kʰlɔ̄ːŋ pʰā.dūŋ krūŋ kā.sěːm]) is a canal (khlong) in Bangkok. It was dug in 1851 in order to serve as a new outer moat for the expanding city, extending its boundaries from the Rattanakosin Island to the north and east. |
Q28056478 Abi Mohamed Al Morjani Mosque (Arabic: جامع أبي محمد المرجاني) is a small mosque in the Halfaouine hood, in the north of the Medina of Tunis. |
Q622819 Portalegre (Portuguese pronunciation: [puɾtɐˈlɛɣɾ(ɨ)] (listen)) is a municipality in Portugal. The population as of 2011 was 24,930, in an area of 447.14 square kilometres (172.64 sq mi). The municipality is located by the Serra de São Mamede in the Portalegre District.The current Mayor is Adelaide Teixeira, el... |
Q1528503 The Kidman Way is a state rural road in the western Riverina and western region of New South Wales, Australia. The 644-kilometre (400 mi) highway services the Murrumbidgee Irrigation Area and outback communities and links the Newell Highway with the Sturt, Mid-Western, Barrier, Mitchell and Kamilaroi highways.... |
Q5685053 The village of Hawkesville in Ontario, Canada is a small community in the township of Wellesley in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. Several Mennonite families are located nearby. Hawkesville is noted for its custom-built furniture industry. |
Q206197 Pieszyce [pʲɛˈʂɨt͡sɛ] (German: Peterswaldau) is a town in Dzierżoniów County, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in south-western Poland. Prior to 1945 it was in Germany. |
Q14756257 These page shows the results of the inaugural Women's Beach Volleyball Tournament at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, held from July 23 to July 27, 1996. There were a total number of eighteen participating couples. |
Q1193372 Kanna Arihara (有原 栞菜, Arihara Kanna, born June 15, 1993 in Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan), known professionally as Kanna (栞菜), is a Japanese talent, actress, and a former singer.Arihara began her career as a trainee of the umbrella idol group Hello! Project and later debuted as a member of Cute in 2006. After depa... |
Q672091 Baromesnil is a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region in northern France. |
Q7702803 Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles – Original Television Soundtrack is the first soundtrack album release from the science fiction television series of the same name based on the Terminator franchise. The score is licensed for release by Warner Bros. Entertainment to La-La Land Records who issued the soun... |
Q1094410 The Sicilian regional election of 1981 took place on 21 June 1981.Christian Democracy was by far the largest party, largely ahead of the Italian Communist Party. During the legislature the Christian Democrats governed the Region in coalition with the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party, the I... |
Q5281162 Disa cernua is a species of orchid found in South Africa (SW. and S. Cape Province). |
Q6375312 Katchukattu is a village in the Kumbakonam taluk of Thanjavur district, Tamil Nadu, India. |
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