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Q7524754 There have been several Sino-Burmese wars—wars between China and Burma (Myanmar)—in history:First Mongol invasion of Burma (1277–1287)Second Mongol invasion of Burma (1300–1302)Sino-Burmese War (1582–1584)Sino-Burmese War (1593)Sino-Burmese War (1661–1662)Sino-Burmese War (1765–1769) |
Q7528855 Sir Robert Thomas, 2nd Baronet (born c. 1622) was a Welsh politician who sat in the House of Commons of England from 1661 to 1681.Thomas was the son of Sir Edward Thomas, 1st Baronet of Michaelstown, Glamorgan and his wife Susan Morgan, daughter of Sir Thomas Morgan of Kiperra. He was a gentleman of the privy ... |
Q30701929 Green-winged bulbul may refer to:Cinereous bulbul (connectens), a subspecies of bird found on northern BorneoMountain bulbul, a species of bird found in Southeast AsiaSunda bulbul, a species of bird found on Sumatra and Java |
Q11849788 Gustaf Adolf Bredenberg (10 August 1865, Bromarf - 21 February 1955) was a Finnish agronomist and politician. He was a member of the Parliament of Finland from 1913 to 1916, representing the Swedish People's Party of Finland (SFP). |
Q2645475 Cihat Arslan (born 9 February 1970) is a Turkish former professional footballer and current football manager.In December 2015, he was named manager of Süper Lig side Akhisar Belediyespor in the 2015–16 season. He was fired on 1 September 2016.He was once again Akhisar manager from 2018 to 2019.In February 2019... |
Q30593536 The Omani ambassador in Washington, D. C. is the official representative of the Government in Muscat, Oman to the Government of the United States. |
Q27890781 Dzikowski (feminine: Dzikowska) is a Polish surname. Notable people with the surname include:Elżbieta Dzikowska (born 1937), Polish art historian, sinologist, explorer and writerWaldy Dzikowski (born 1959), Polish politician |
Q589481 Olympic Stadium is the name usually given to the main stadium of an Olympic Games.An Olympic stadium is the site of the opening and closing ceremonies. Many, though not all, of these venues actually contain the words Olympic Stadium as part of their names.Olympic Stadium may also be named a multi-purpose stadiu... |
Q938110 Oleg Danilovich Kalugin (Russian: Оле́г Дани́лович Калу́гин; born September 6, 1934) is a former KGB general (stripped of his rank and awards by a Russian Court decision in 2002). He was a longtime head of KGB operations in Russia and later a critic of the agency. |
Q1027716 Calvin Jerome Murphy (born May 9, 1948) is an American retired professional basketball player who played as a guard for the NBA's San Diego/Houston Rockets from 1970 to 1983, and is a current member of the Houston Rockets' AT&T Sportsnet TV broadcast team. Standing at a height of 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 m), Murp... |
Q6113880 Jack Marks (12 February 1895 – 12 March 1987) was an English performer and screenwriter.He was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire. He began his career as a comedian, dancer and singer. He appeared before King George V and Queen Mary at the inaugural Royal Command Performance in London in 1912. He later became a suc... |
Q935850 Jason Dior Maxiell (born February 18, 1983) is an American former professional basketball player best known for his tenure with the Detroit Pistons. He played college basketball for the University of Cincinnati and played professionally in the NBA, China, and Turkey before retiring on August 4, 2017. |
Q7282563 The Raffles' Landing Site is the location where tradition holds that Sir Stamford Raffles landed in on 28 January 1819. The site is located at Boat Quay within the Civic District, in the Downtown Core of the Central Area, Singapore's central business district. |
Q6241862 John Jinks (4 May 1871 – 11 September 1934) (often known simply as Alderman Jinks from his position as an Alderman on Sligo Corporation) was an Irish politician who served briefly in Dáil Éireann.He was born as John Jenk, to Patrick Jenk (also Jinks), a farmer, and Bridget Gilmartin, of Drumcliff, Co Sligo.An ... |
Q6621302 This is a list of formulas encountered in Riemannian geometry. |
Q4783996 Arambakkam is a village in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in the NH 16 ,Gummidipoondi taluk. It is the first Vilage under first tamilnadu constituency Gumidipoondi, Thiruvallur district, Mangoes are very famous here,it's very tastier,they are cultivating more and exporting to many ... |
Q1515818 The Gertrudiskerk is a church approachable from the large market in the center of Bergen op Zoom, Netherlands. The towers of the church are called "pepper plant towers". An old legend says Saint Gertrude of Nivelles, abbess of the abbey in Nivelles, founded the church in 654. The older part of the church consi... |
Q3343757 Kaseküla is a village in Lääneranna Parish, Pärnu County, in western Estonia. |
Q6987106 Negaprion eurybathrodon is an extinct species of lemon shark, which existed globally from the Late Eocene to the Pliocene. It was described by Blake in 1862. |
Q4906968 Bigland is a surname, and may refer to:Alfred Bigland (1855–1936), English industrialist and politician, MP from 1910 to 1922Edward Bigland (c. 1620 – 1704), English lawyer and politicianJohn Bigland (1750–1832), English schoolmaster and later an historianRalph Bigland (1712–1784), English officer of arms, ant... |
Q15998035 Henry Wood (7 April 1872 – 1 December 1950) played first-class cricket for Somerset in 1904. He was born and he also died at Bath, Somerset.Wood played for Somerset in a single first-class match against Gloucestershire at Bath, batting at No 10 and scoring four in the first innings and 12 in the second, both ... |
Q7185172 Philippine Navy Football Club is an association football club based in the Philippines under the administration of the Philippine Navy.The club reached the quarter-finals of the 2010 UFL Cup where it was defeated by eventual Cup runner-up Philippine Air Force F.C.Its official colors are blue and white. |
Q17509344 This article contains a list of fossil-bearing stratigraphic units in the state of Oregon, U.S. |
Q19852251 Daminglu station (Chinese: 大明路站), is a station on Line 3 of the Nanjing Metro. It started operating on 1 April 2015. |
Q20679210 Emrich Nicholson (1913–2001) was an American art director. |
Q41062508 Fabio Cesari (born 27 May 1977) is a former Italian male long-distance runner who competed at one edition of the IAAF World Cross Country Championships at senior level (2006). He won one national championships at senior level (cross country running: 2006). |
Q43374771 Willy Johan Fredriksen (27 February 1930 – 11 November 2017) was a Norwegian diplomat.He was born in Narvik and took the cand.mag. degree. He started working for the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1959, and after a period as regional adviser on Asian and Oceanian affairs he served as Norway's ambass... |
Q2452755 Marshal of the Royal Air Force (MRAF) is the highest rank in the British Royal Air Force (RAF). In peacetime it was granted to RAF officers in the appointment of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS), and to retired Chiefs of the Air Staff (CAS), who were promoted to it on their last day of service. While surviving... |
Q1507478 George Higgins Moses (February 9, 1869 – December 20, 1944) was a U.S. diplomat and political figure. He served as a United States Senator from New Hampshire and was chosen as the Senate's President pro tempore. |
Q407885 Air Vallée S.p.A. was an Italian charter and regional airline based in Rimini. In June 2016 it ceased all operations. |
Q395664 Agostino Gemelli, O.F.M., (18 January 1878 – 15 July 1959) was an Italian Franciscan friar, physician and psychologist, who was also the founder and first Rector of Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore of Milan (Catholic University of the Sacred Heart).Gemelli's Institute of Psychology was the most prominent in... |
Q7889563 The United States Attorney for the Southern District of California is the United States Attorney responsible for representing the federal government in the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. The current Acting United States Attorney is Alana Robinson.The main office is in San... |
Q3066274 This is a list of notable political philosophers, including some who may be better known for their work in other areas of philosophy. The entries are in order by year of birth to show rough direction of influences and of development of political thought. |
Q6879899 Missouri rattlesnake may refer to:Crotalus oreganus, a.k.a. the western rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species found in North America in the western United States, parts of British Columbia and northwestern MexicoCrotalus viridis, a.k.a. the prairie rattlesnake, a venomous pitviper species native to the west... |
Q5725160 Henry Luke Bolley (February 1, 1865 – November 9, 1956) was an American botanist and plant pathologist known for his work that led to the control or eradication of several major crop diseases. He was also a pioneering college football player and coach. |
Q4905799 Tommy Joe Crutcher (born August 10, 1941 in McKinney, Texas – d. February 16, 2002 in Port Isabel, Texas) was an American football player who played for the Green Bay Packers, New York Giants, and the Los Angeles Rams of the National Football League. He played college football at Texas Christian University.To... |
Q626434 Park Jang-Soon (Hangul: 박장순, Hanja: 朴章洵; born April 10, 1968 in Boryeong, Chungcheongnam-do) is a retired South Korean freestyle wrestler, world champion and Olympic champion. |
Q23901838 Aleksei Yuryevich Bychkov (Russian: Алексей Юрьевич Бычков; born 8 November 1972) is a former Russian professional footballer. |
Q14948527 Whirlwind (Russian: Смерч, romanized: Smerch) is a 1988 Soviet action film directed by Bako Sadykov. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1989 Cannes Film Festival. |
Q418995 Ponikve is a village in the municipality of Čajniče, Bosnia and Herzegovina. |
Q7857598 Twelve Foot Ninja is a heavy metal band from Melbourne, Australia that released its debut album Silent Machine in 2012. The band consists of Kin (vocals), Russ (drums), Stevic (lead guitar), and Rohan (rhythm guitar). They won Best New Talent at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (America's only hard rock mu... |
Q248964 The 2014 FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup was the fourth edition of the youth association football tournament for women under the age of 17. The final tournament was hosted in Costa Rica.The competition was played from 15 March to 4 April 2014. Japan beat Spain in the final 2–0, the same score the same match ended ... |
Q2184220 Copelatus sulcipennis is a species of diving beetle. It is part of the Copelatinae subfamily and the Dytiscidae family. It was described by Laporte in 1835. |
Q6745461 Mamatid District is one of the five districts of Cabuyao, in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is geographically located at the eastern most portion of the municipality bordering south of Laguna de Bay and west of Calamba City. It is composed of three (3) urban barangays of Cabuyao and one (1) sitio loca... |
Q5529319 Gbegbe is a village in the Ga South Municipal district, a district in the Greater Accra Region of Ghana. |
Q14525880 Zeiraphera thymelopa is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It is found in China (Fujian, Tibet, Shaanxi, Gansu, Yunnan). |
Q34831122 War Eagle Creek is a stream in Benton, Washington and Madison counties of northwest Arkansas, United States, that is a tributary of the White River. |
Q5635387 The Norwegian warship HNoMS Rap was a torpedo boat built in 1873. She was one of the first torpedo boats to carry the self-propelled Whitehead torpedo after being converted to use them in 1879, the same year the Royal Navy's HMS Lightning entered service. The name Rap (Rapp in the modern spelling) translates a... |
Q473267 Cvetkovci (pronounced [tsʋɛˈtkoːu̯tsi]) is a village in the Municipality of Ormož northeastern Slovenia. The area traditionally belonged to the Styria region and is now included in the Drava Statistical Region. The area is also known as Prlekija. The earliest mention of the village is in written documents datin... |
Q908730 Gamma1 Caeli, Latinized from γ1 Caeli, is a double star in the constellation Caelum. It is approximately 185 light years from Earth. The brighter component is an orange K-type giant with an apparent magnitude of +4.55. The companion is an eighth magnitude star located 3.1 arcseconds away. |
Q1162145 Daniel Haymond Polsley (November 28, 1803 – October 14, 1877) was a nineteenth-century politician, lawyer, judge and editor from West Virginia. |
Q17576 Port Macquarie Airport (IATA: PQQ, ICAO: YPMQ) is an airport in Port Macquarie, New South Wales, Australia. The airport is 2.25 nautical miles (4.17 km; 2.59 mi) west of the city centre and is owned and managed by the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council (ABN 11 236 901 601) on behalf of its owners - the constituents... |
Q7166070 The Peoples Party of Sierra Leone was a political party formed by Lamina Sankoh in 1948. The party sought to unite the British Crown Colony of Freetown with the protectorate of Sierra Leone, which were governed separately until independence in 1961. The party merged with 2 other organizations (The Protectorate... |
Q1669970 The Pipkins were a short-lived novelty duo, best known for their hit single "Gimme Dat Ding" (written by Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood), which reached No. 6 in the UK Singles Charts, No. 7 in Canada (RPM Top Singles), and No. 9 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. They were Roger Greenaway, best know... |
Q5248032 Debden Park High School is a mixed academy school situated in Loughton. The current headteacher, Christian Cavanagh, was appointed in April 2007, succeeding Michael Moore.On average, there are 1050 students on roll. |
Q6255151 John Robert Woodyard (1904–1981) was an American physicist who made important contributions to the technology of microwave electronics and invented "doping" to improve the performance of semiconductors. |
Q5014641 CTV Sports was the division of the CTV Television Network responsible for sports broadcasting. The division existed in its own right from 1961 to 2001; between 1998 and 2001, CTV Sports also operated a cable sports network, CTV Sportsnet, now owned by Rogers Media and known simply as Sportsnet.Since CTV's purc... |
Q2970463 The Château de Rustéphan is a small, ruined 15th–16th century manor-house in the Finistère département of France. It is located in the small rural town of Nizon, near Pont-Aven. It was erected by Jean Du Faou, chamberlain of France and grand seneschal of Brittany, who built the domaine in 1420. |
Q6076250 Isaac Duncan MacDougall (10 July 1897 – 4 April 1969) was a National Government, Conservative and Progressive party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Strathlorne, Nova Scotia and became an auditor, barrister, journalist and student.MacDougall studied at St. Francis Xavier University, ear... |
Q835291 The official German airplay chart is an airplay chart compiled by MusicTrace on behalf of Bundesverband Musikindustrie (Federal Association of Phonographic Industry; BVMI). The chart was introduced in 1977 and was first compiled by Nielsen Music Control and since September 2015 by MusicTrance. |
Q15222600 Halebank railway station was a railway station between Liverpool and Widnes, England. |
Q862773 Oğuzhan Türk (born 17 May 1986) is a Dutch footballer of Turkish origin who plays as a midfielder for TFF First League club Şanlıurfaspor |
Q17068528 The Labour Relations Agency (LRA) is a Non-Departmental Public Body in Northern Ireland responsible for promoting the improvement of industrial relations. Founded in 1976, the Agency is independent of Government and funded by a grant from the Department for the Economy.The LRA provides impartial and confident... |
Q1573369 The A290, before 2018 also known as M25, is a federal road in Russia that runs east-west along the northeast shore of the Black Sea from Novorossiysk to Port Kavkaz, and, via the Crimean Bridge, to Kerch in Republic of Crimea. |
Q493549 Andrea Büttner (born 1972) is a German artist. She works in a variety of media including woodcuts, reverse glass paintings, sculpture, video, and performance. She creates connections between art history and social or ethical issues, with a particular interest in notions of poverty, shame, vulnerability and dign... |
Q25203161 Stockton is a historic plantation house located near Woodville, Perquimans County, North Carolina. It was built in 1840, by Josiah T. Granbery and consists of a two-story, three bay, temple form central section flanked by one-story wings. The Greek Revival style frame house has gable roofs on each section ... |
Q1737543 Kazuhiko Aoki (青木 一彦, Aoki Kazuhiko, born 25 March 1961) is a Japanese politician. After an earlier career working for a television broadcasting company, he entered the field of politics, serving as secretary to his politician father Mikio Aoki since 1999. In 2010 he succeeded his father as a member in the Hou... |
Q5450281 Fingerprint Records is an independent record label formed in 1990 by Mark Heard, Dan Russell, and Chuck Long. The label released Heard's albums and albums by The Call, Vigilantes of Love, Ramona Silver, bob., and two tribute albums to Heard after his death in 1992. Heard also owned a studio, which he called Fi... |
Q1287735 John Adams (August 26, 1778 Oak Hill, New York – September 25, 1854 Catskill, New York) was a United States Congressman from New York. |
Q6607797 This is a list of the bird species recorded in South Korea. The avifauna of South Korea include a total of 492 species, of which two have been introduced by humans and 170 are rare or accidental. One species listed is extirpated in South Korea and is not included in the species count. Thirty-one species are gl... |
Q4919567 Bjarne Undheim (12 January 1905 – 28 May 1988) was a Norwegian educator and politician for the Centre Party.He was born in Time. He obtained a cand.real. degree from the University of Oslo in 1930 and worked as a teacher and later principal at high schools in Rogaland.He was elected to the Norwegian Parliame... |
Q382170 The Santa Barbara oil spill occurred in January and February 1969 in the Santa Barbara Channel, near the city of Santa Barbara in Southern California. It was the largest oil spill in United States waters by that time, and now ranks third after the 2010 Deepwater Horizon and 1989 Exxon Valdez spills. It remain... |
Q11739076 Kierz [kʲɛʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Skępe, within Lipno County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. |
Q6961791 The Namibian Newspaper Cup is an under-20 football (soccer) tournament for the top men's U-20 players in Namibia. It also promotes women's football in Namibia by holding a match between top Namibian women's squad prior to the final. it is sponsored by the newspaper The Namibian. The Namibia Football Associatio... |
Q8061286 Yuni Station (由仁駅, Yuni-eki) is a train station in Yuni, Yūbari District, Hokkaidō, Japan. |
Q1138086 The Church of Christ, informally referred to as the Fettingites, is a denomination within the Latter Day Saint movement which split from the Church of Christ—informally known as "Hedrickites"— in late 1929. The faction was formally established on April 8, 1930, and an Associated Press report published in The N... |
Q5221849 Dar-i Noor may refer to:Darai Nur District of Nangarhar Province, AfghanistanDarai Nur, a town in Darai Nur District, Afghanistan, capital of the districtDaria-i-Noor, a diamond |
Q7084083 The Old Georgetown City Hall, also known as Georgetown Police Station, is a two-story brick construction building designed by Victor W. Voorhees in the Georgetown neighborhood of Seattle, Washington that was built in 1909.It was designed to include a police court, a jail, fire department, council chambers, and... |
Q7617402 Stinear Island is one of the Flat Islands, lying 0.37 kilometres (0.2 nmi) north of Béchervaise Island in Holme Bay, Mac. Robertson Land. It is one of several islands plotted as a part of "Flatoy" (flat island) by Norwegian cartographers from air photos taken by the Lars Christensen Expedition, 1936-37. Found ... |
Q6832511 Michael Gerard Maranta (born 20 March 1961) is a former Australian cricketer. Maranta was a right-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium pace. He was born in Brisbane, Queensland.Maranta made his debut in English county cricket for Suffolk in the 1980 Minor Counties Championship against Hertfordshire. He... |
Q5439639 Featherston House is located in Ivanhoe, Victoria. It was designed by leading Australian architect Robin Boyd of Romberg & Boyd in 1967. The house was completed in 1969. |
Q13577725 Eoophyla citrialis is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by David John Lawrence Agassiz in 2012. It is found in Tanzania, where it has been recorded from the Eastern Arc Mountains.The wingspan is 14–16 mm. The forewings are white with an indistinct yellowish median fascia and a yellow terminal a... |
Q21229257 Francis Joseph Lapp (born 1958) is an Alsatian French electrical engineer and entrepreneur active in France, Luxembourg and Poland. Originally French, he obtained Polish citizenship in 2014. He is the owner and chief executive officer of Sunreef Yachts, a luxury catamaran shipyard located in the former Gdańsk... |
Q22079883 ICFR, Ltd. is a company registered in the United Kingdom. The company was founded on February 27, 2014. Although it is officially classified as a “private company limited by guarantee without share capital,” it is intended to act as an advocacy organization focusing on human rights. Its purpose is to “documen... |
Q28449280 The 1972–73 season was Clydebank's seventh season in the Scottish Football League. They competed in the Scottish League Division Two where they finished 17th in the table, Scottish League Cup and Scottish Cup. |
Q28924268 Charles Carteret Corfe (8 June 1847 – 26 June 1935) was a cricketer in New Zealand and a school headmaster in New Zealand and Australia. |
Q41961381 Junoflo (Hangul: 주노플로, born September 25, 1992 as Sam Juno Park, in English), is a Korean American rapper. He was a contestant on Show Me the Money 6. He released his first EP, Progression, on November 1, 2015. |
Q204472 Šabac (Serbian Cyrillic: Шабац, pronounced [ʃâbat͡s]) is a city and the administrative centre of the Mačva district in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river Sava. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has population of 53,919... |
Q2991780 Penetanguishene (listen), sometimes shortened to Penetang, is a town in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the southeasterly tip of Georgian Bay. Incorporated on February 22, 1882, this bilingual (French and English) community has a population of 8,962 in the Canada 2016 Census.The name Penetang... |
Q2670536 Niels (Nicolas) Treschow (5 September 1751 – 22 September 1833) was a Norwegian philosopher, educator and politician. |
Q58850 Southern Thule is a collection of the three southernmost islands in the South Sandwich Islands: Bellingshausen, Cook, and Thule (Morrell). The Southern Thule territory has been administered by the United Kingdom since 1908 and also claimed by Argentina since 1938. The island group is barren, windswept, bitterly ... |
Q2128599 Raised Fist is a Swedish hardcore punk band formed in 1993 in Luleå. It currently consists of guitarists Jimmy Tikkanen and Daniel Holmgren, bassist Andreas Johansson, vocalist Alexander Hagman and drummer Matte Modin (formerly of Dark Funeral). |
Q7125891 Pakistan has a wide variety of folklore, mostly circulated regionally. However, certain tales have related variants in other regions of the country or in neighbouring countries. Pakistani mythology here means the myths and sacred narratives of the culturally and linguistically related groups of ancient peoples... |
Q630177 Baabe is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. |
Q3572419 Santiago Lanzuela Marina (Teruel, Spain, 27 September 1948) is a Spanish politician who belongs to the People's Party (PP) and who previously served as President of the Government of Aragon, one of the Spanish regional administrations.An economist by profession, Lanzuela is married with two children. In 1974 h... |
Q3614169 Monica Seles was the defending champion but did not compete that year.Natasha Zvereva won in the final 6–3, 7–5 against Chanda Rubin. |
Q7615238 Steven Sapp (born and raised in the South Bronx, New York) co-founded The POINT Community Development Corporation (Hunts Point) in 1993 and Universes (poetic theatre ensemble) in 1995, both in collaboration with Mildred Ruiz-Sapp. |
Q613282 Bokermannohyla diamantina is a species of frogs in the family Hylidae. It is endemic to Brazil. |
Q5091668 Cheongwansan (천관산) is a mountain in Jeollanam-do, western South Korea. It has an elevation of 723 metres (2,372 ft). |
Q5918994 Howard Elmer Armstrong (December 2, 1889 – March 8, 1926) was an American Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Philadelphia Athletics during the 1911 seasonArmstrong married Lucy Irene Douglas (October 15, 1889-1989) of Clarion, Ohio, who met Armstrong while he was boarding with Lucy's mother, Mae ... |
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