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Q16980838 Joseph S. Gitt (September 9, 1815 – January 22, 1901) was a self-taught civil engineer, surveyor and politician from Pennsylvania. After an unsuccessful career as a newspaper publisher, Gitt went back into railroading, estimating that in his career, he had conducted 31 different railroad surveys for a total d... |
Q16899418 Roe Street bus station was a Transperth bus station located next to Perth Station in Western Australia which operated between 12 January 2014 and 17 July 2016. |
Q15702961 Păuna Greceanu-Cantacuzino (died 1740), was a Princess consort of Wallachia by marriage to Ştefan Cantacuzino (r. 1714–1716).She is described as ambitious and dominant and actively involved in the foreign policy and actions regarding the deposition of the former prince and the installation of her spouse to th... |
Q20745125 Dmitri Ogurtsov (born June 20, 1994) is a Russian professional ice hockey defenceman. He is currently playing with HC Dynamo Moscow of the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).Ogurtsov made his Kontinental Hockey League debut playing with HC CSKA Moscow during the 2013–14 KHL season. |
Q19945249 The canton of Saint-Denis-2 is an administrative division of the Seine-Saint-Denis department, Île-de-France region, northern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Saint-Denis.It consists of the following communes:Saint-Denis (partly)St... |
Q3022841 The rough-snouted giant gecko (Rhacodactylus trachyrhynchus), also known as the greater rough-snouted gecko or tough-snouted gecko, is an endangered species of gecko found in New Caledonia. |
Q13115914 "Investigations" is the 36th episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: Voyager which aired on the UPN network. It is the 20th episode of the second season.Set in the 24th century, the series follows the adventures of the Federation starship Voyager during its journey home to Earth,... |
Q12487607 Note: the first cover is of the first CD issue of the album, released during the 1990s.Javanese Court Gamelan is a recording of the gamelan of the Paku Alaman court in Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia. It was recorded by ethnomusicologist Robert E. Brown. It was issued on compact disc on April 17, 1991 with the or... |
Q1289082 MTV Adria was a localized version of the music and entertainment channel MTV Europe, customized for the Balkan countries that used to be constituent parts of Yugoslavia. It served the following countries: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia and Slovenia. |
Q633766 Fairy Tail is a Japanese shōnen manga series written and illustrated by Hiro Mashima. The first chapter premiered in Kodansha's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 2, 2006, and is being serialized weekly. Fairy Tail follows the adventures of Natsu Dragneel, a teenage wizard (魔導士, madōshi) who is a member of the po... |
Q1907895 Comprehensive planning is a process that determines community goals and aspirations in terms of community development. The result is called a comprehensive plan and both expresses and regulates public policies on transportation, utilities, land use, recreation, and housing. Comprehensive plans typically encomp... |
Q5259854 Denys Vyvian Hill (13 April 1896 – 15 May 1971), nicknamed Hooky Hill,was an English first-class cricketer who played 42 matches in the 1920s. Most of these (28) were in county cricket for Worcestershire, but he also appeared at first-class level for the Gentlemen, Army, Free Foresters, North of England and Ma... |
Q15735 The Bayernliga (English: Bavarian league) is the highest amateur football league and the second highest football league (under the Regionalliga Bayern) in the state of Bavaria (German: Bayern) and the Bavarian football league system. It is one of fourteen Oberligas in German football, the fifth tier of the Germa... |
Q2173361 Gmina Dzikowiec is a rural gmina (administrative district) in Kolbuszowa County, Subcarpathian Voivodeship, in south-eastern Poland. Its seat is the village of Dzikowiec, which lies approximately 7 kilometres (4 mi) north-east of Kolbuszowa and 30 km (19 mi) north of the regional capital Rzeszów.The gmina cove... |
Q942161 The 1963 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships were held in Jajce, Yugoslavia. This event was held under the auspices of the International Canoe Federation.The men's competition consisted of four Canadian (single paddle, open boat) and nine kayak events. Three events were held for the women, all in kayak. The wo... |
Q4352484 Babiana stricta (baboon flower, blue freesia) is a species of flowering plant in the family Iridaceae, native to Cape Province, South Africa and naturalized in Australia. Growing 10–30 cm (4–12 in) tall by 5 cm (2 in) broad, it is a cormous perennial with hairy leaves 4–12 cm (2–5 in) long. The leaves show lin... |
Q10494107 Sergey Yuryevich Ageyev (Russian: Сергей Юрьевич Агеев; born 12 November 1968) is a retired Russian professional football player. He currently works as an administrator for FC Tom Tomsk. |
Q722251 Ingvar Svahn (22 May 1938, Malmö – 16 June 2008) was a Swedish footballer. |
Q5279841 Diplocheila is a genus of beetles in the family Carabidae, containing the following 28 species:Diplocheila aegyptiaca Dejean, 1831Diplocheila assimilis (Leconte, 1844) Diplocheila capensis (Peringuey, 1896) Diplocheila colossus (Bates, 1892) Diplocheila cordicollis Laferte-Senectere, 1851Diplocheila crossi Wil... |
Q16023312 Marianne Smith (1851–1938) was a notable New Zealand businesswoman, community worker and philanthropist. She was born in Portaferry, County Down, Ireland in 1851. |
Q2923354 Brachyptera putata, the northern February red, is a species of stonefly in the family Taeniopterygidae. |
Q5639728 Haitian Cubans (Spanish: Haitiano-Cubano; French: Haïtien Cubain; Haitian Creole: Ayisyen Kiben) are Cuban citizens of full or partial Haitian ancestry. |
Q16844997 Karalyn Eve Patterson, (née Friedman; born 28 October 1943) is a British psychologist in Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge and MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge. She is a specialist in cognitive neuropsychology. |
Q25218903 "No Love" is a song recorded by South Korean hip-hop group Lucky J. It was released by YMC Entertainment as a digital single on January 8, 2016 in South Korea and on January 22 internationally. The song was written by group member J'Kyun and composer Famousbro, who also produced the song alongside Paul. |
Q15115301 Ljubiša Đorđević (19 June 1906 – 2 November 1944) was a Serbian footballer. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1928 Summer Olympics. |
Q112110 An emblem is an abstract or representational pictorial image that represents a concept, like a moral truth, or an allegory, or a person, like a king or saint. |
Q996781 Tai Po Market (Chinese: 大埔墟; Cantonese Yale: Daaihbouhēui; pronounced: [tàːipōu.hɵ́y]) is a station on the East Rail Line in the New Territories, Hong Kong. Located in Tai Po near Uptown Plaza, the station has three tracks and four platforms. Platform 1 is for northbound trains to border crossing stations at Lo... |
Q3964591 "Something in Common" is a song by singers Bobby Brown and then-wife Whitney Houston that was featured on Brown's 1992 album Bobby. The single version was re-recorded in 1993 and also available on Brown's 1993 compilation album, Remixes in the Key of B. It stands as the couple's first musical collaboration and... |
Q3913178 Saint-Augustin Airport, (IATA: YIF, ICAO: CYIF), is located on the shore of the Rivière Saint-Augustin near Saint-Augustin and Pakuashipi, Quebec, Canada. |
Q7691326 Ellen G. White, one of the co-founders of the Seventh-day Adventist Church, has been extremely influential on the church, which considers her a prophet, understood today as an expression of the New Testament spiritual gift of prophecy. She was a voluminous writer and popular speaker on health and temperance. H... |
Q2750324 Candi Plaosan, also known as the 'Plaosan Complex', is one of the Buddhist temples located in Bugisan village, Prambanan district, Klaten Regency, Central Java, Indonesia, about a kilometer to the northwest of the renowned Hindu Prambanan Temple.Candi Plaosan covers an area of 2,000 square meters with an eleva... |
Q16008614 Jack Barrett (1910 – 16 February 1979) was an Irish hurler who played as a midfielder for the Cork senior team.Barrett made his first appearance for the team during the 1934 championship and was a regular member of the starting fifteen until his retirement after the 1941 championship. During that time he won ... |
Q10831598 Not to be confused with The Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group, or Petro VietnamPetrolimex, or Vietnam National Petroleum Group, is an industry group in Vietnam. Besides working in petroleum and natural gas, the company has significant subsidiaries active in the fields of insurance, transport and trading. It,... |
Q6115840 Jack Wiseman was the chairman of the Birmingham City Football Club. He had been involved with the club for over 50 years, leading the organization during a time when the club's owner's bankruptcy threatened its continued existence. He died in August 2009. |
Q1875673 English language in the Netherlands refers to the use of the English language in the Netherlands. Research states that between 90% and 93% of the Dutch population claims to be able to converse in English. According to some, the main reasons for the high degree of English speakers is the country's small size, ... |
Q7856609 Turó de la Creu de Gurb is a mountain of Catalonia, Spain. It has an elevation of 841 metres above sea level. |
Q304335 Goriška Gora (pronounced [ɡɔˈɾiːʃka ˈɡɔːɾa]) is a small settlement in the Municipality of Škocjan in historical region of Lower Carniola in southeastern Slovenia. Within the municipality, it belongs to the Village Community of Zagrad. The municipality is now included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region... |
Q7308754 Reginald Arthur Hopwood (5 July 1903 – 3 June 1969) was a diplomat, film-maker and an English cricketer. Hopwood's batting style is unknown, but it is known he was a fast-medium bowler, although it is not known which arm he bowled with. He was born at Marylebone, London.Hopwood made a single first-class appear... |
Q13430920 Vanishing Point is the ninth studio album by the Seattle, Washington based band Mudhoney. It was released on April 2, 2013. This is their sixth studio album release on Sub Pop. |
Q18392634 St. Augustine Parish Church (Filipino: Simbahan at Parokya ni San Agustin) is the only Augustinian Roman Catholic church in Bay, Laguna, in the Philippines. The church was first administered by Augustinians friars and later transferred to the Franciscans. |
Q13397767 Letis hercyna is a species of moth in the Erebidae family. It was first described by Dru Drury in 1773 from Jamaica. |
Q19152931 The Château de Cornod is a Gothic Revival château in Cornod, Jura, Franche-Comté, France. |
Q12411956 The Sexenio Democrático or Sexenio Revolucionario (English: The six democratic or revolutionary years) is a period of 6 years between 1868 and 1874 in the history of Spain.The Sexenio Democrático starts on 30 September 1868 with the overthrow of Queen Isabella II of Spain after the Glorious Revolution, and en... |
Q23039776 Hannu Häkkinen (born 1962) is a Finnish physicist and professor of computational nanoscience at the University of Jyväskylä. |
Q26271407 Carel Eiting (born 11 February 1998) is a Dutch professional footballer who plays for Ajax as a midfielder. |
Q2178571 North Key Largo is a census-designated place (CDP) in Monroe County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,244 at the 2010 census. It includes two private clubs, the Ocean Reef Club and the Key Largo Anglers Club and is reached from the mainland via the Card Sound Bridge. |
Q946190 Special Forces is the fifth studio album by southern rock band 38 Special, released in 1982. The band embarked on the Special Forces Tour to support the album.Three of the four charted singles from the album were co-written with Survivor's Jim Peterik, including "Caught Up In You", the band's first Top 10 Bill... |
Q6276381 Jordan Belson (June 6, 1926 – September 6, 2011) was an American artist and abstract cinematic filmmaker who created nonobjective, often spiritually oriented, abstract films spanning six decades. |
Q409057 Aluminium fluoride refers to inorganic compounds with the formula AlF3·xH2O. They are all colorless solids. Anhydrous AlF3 is used in the production of aluminium metal. Several occur as minerals. |
Q3180904 John Allan Cameron, (16 December 1938 – 22 November 2006) was a Canadian folk singer, "The Godfather of Celtic Music" in Canada. Noted for performing traditional music on his twelve string guitar, he released his first album in 1969. He released 10 albums during his lifetime and was featured on national telev... |
Q5057103 Cedric Bradford Glover (born August 9, 1965) is a Democratic Party politician who is a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing District 4. He was earlier the two-term mayor of Shreveport, Louisiana, the first African-American to hold that position.Outgoing Mayor Keith Hightower was term... |
Q691138 In enzymology, a long-chain-fatty-acyl-CoA reductase (EC 1.2.1.50) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactiona long-chain aldehyde + CoA + NADP+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } a long-chain acyl-CoA + NADPH + H+The 3 substrates of this enzyme are long-chain aldehy... |
Q5229110 Dave Kirwan is an Australian television and radio host who works as a presenter on The Weather Channel.. He was also formerly the only Australian radio announcer in New York City, the number one media market in the United States, being a DJ on CBS owned FM radio station 923-KROCKHis twelve-year media career ha... |
Q6722666 Macarthur Job (10 April 1926 in Taree, New South Wales – 6 August 2014 in Melbourne) was an Australian aviation writer and air safety consultant. He published nine books on aviation safety. He was formerly a Flying Doctor pilot, and held a pilot licence until his death.Job was a Senior Inspector with the Air S... |
Q6147285 Jamie Nagle (born 19 December 1986) is an Irish hurler who plays as a midfielder for the Waterford senior team.Nagle joined the team during the 2007 National League and became a regular member of the starting fifteen over subsequent seasons. Since then he has won one Munster medal and one National Hurling Leag... |
Q6300678 Juan Pablo Ledezma (a.k.a. José Luis Fratello) is the current leader of the Mexican gang called La Línea, which is the armed wing of the drug trafficking organization known as the Juárez Cartel and is said to be the current leader of the organization.The Mexican government is currently offering a $2 million US... |
Q4117701 Ibb District is a district of the Ibb Governorate, Yemen. As of 2003, the district had a population of 143,641 inhabitants. |
Q867274 The following are Interstates in New Jersey. |
Q5126234 Clare Pollard (born 1978, England) is a poet and playwright. |
Q7962719 Wallace-Baily Tavern is a historic home that also served as an inn and tavern located at Redstone Township, Fayette County, Pennsylvania. It was built about 1840, and is a 2 1/2-story, 3-bay, stone building. It has a frame kitchen ell an features a double stacked portico with Greek Revival design influences. ... |
Q1034145 Paul Matthes (6 March 1879 – 1948) was a German international footballer. |
Q20716267 This is a list of chapters of the historical manga by Kaoru Mori, named A Bride's Story. |
Q19308614 Joachim Kupke (born 21 May 1947, in Sindelfingen) is a German painter and graphic artist. Since the 1970s, he has also worked as a musician, and singer/ songwriter in the band, "If you wanted to". |
Q11601374 The 52nd Division (第52師団, Dai-gojūni Shidan) was an infantry division of the Imperial Japanese Army. Its call sign was the Oak Division (柏兵団, Kashiwa Heidan).It was formed on 10 July 1940 at Kanazawa, simultaneously with 51st, 54th, 55th, 56th, and 57th divisions. The formation nucleus was the headquarters of... |
Q508288 Laurens County is a county located in the U.S. state of South Carolina. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66,537. Its county seat is Laurens.Laurens County is included in the Greenville-Anderson-Mauldin, SC Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
Q271142 Anne LaBarr Duke (née Lederer; September 13, 1965) is an American professional poker player and author. She holds a World Series of Poker (WSOP) gold bracelet from 2004 and used to be the leading money winner among women in WSOP history (a title now held by Vanessa Selbst). Duke won the 2004 World Series of Pok... |
Q6239447 Dr. John Milton Hoberman is a Professor of Germanic languages within the Department of Germanic Studies at the University of Texas at Austin. He is the author of numerous books and articles on sports, specifically on their cultural impact, their relationship with race, and the issue of doping.He is a European ... |
Q7957580 WVOC (560 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Columbia, South Carolina, and serving the Columbia metropolitan area. The station is owned by iHeartMedia, Inc. and airs a talk radio format. Its studios and offices are on Greystone Boulevard; Its transmitter is located off Radio Lane in Columbia.WV... |
Q5184926 Crichton Park is a mostly residential neighbourhood in the Dartmouth area of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. It is located in the north end of Dartmouth close to the Macdonald and MacKay bridges, Brightwood Golf and Country Club, Mic Mac Mall and Lake Banook. Crichton Park is home to Crichton P... |
Q7269779 The Quebec Juvenile Football League operated from 1959 to 1979 as a stepping stone between midget and junior football, and was later merged with the Quebec Junior Football League. The age group consisted primarily of 17- to 19-year-olds, although there were players as young as 15, (e.g. Don Dixon, Lachine Lake... |
Q990753 Chanteheux is a commune in the Meurthe-et-Moselle department in north-eastern France. |
Q1256509 The 56th parallel north is a circle of latitude that is 56 degrees north of the Earth's equatorial plane. It crosses Europe, Asia, the Pacific Ocean, North America, and the Atlantic Ocean.At this latitude the sun is visible for 17 hours, 37 minutes during the summer solstice and 6 hours, 57 minutes during the ... |
Q1564904 Stjepan Horvat (November 29, 1895 – March 12, 1985) was a Croatian geodesist and professor, dean of the Technical Faculty in Zagreb, head of the University of Zagreb, editor of the journals Geodetski list and Hrvatska državna izmjera, manager of the Department for State Survey in the Croatian Headquarters for ... |
Q5194924 Currachjaghju is an archaeological site in Corsica. It is located in the commune of Levie. |
Q4855622 The Bangsar-Petaling Jaya Bypass or Lebuhraya Pintasan Bangsar-Petaling Jaya is a major highway in Kuala Lumpur city, Malaysia. The highway passing Mid Valley City from Bangsar to Federal Highway. This highway is maintained by the Kuala Lumpur City Hall or Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL). |
Q28444472 The 1954 William & Mary Indians football team represented William & Mary during the 1954 college football season. |
Q4941295 Fred G. Bond Metropolitan park is the largest municipal park in Cary, North Carolina. It is also one of the largest municipal parks in Wake County. It has 310 acres (1.3 km2) of recreational space, 4.2 miles (6.8 km) of trails, and a variety of athletic fields, all in a natural setting. Bond Park is home to Bo... |
Q1804868 Moeda is a municipality in the state of Minas Gerais in the Southeast region of Brazil. |
Q10542756 Ziyad Tariq Aziz Brisam is a former Iraqi footballer who played as a defender for Al-Quwa Al-Jawiya, Al-Karkh, Al-Shorta and Al-Zawra'a. He also played for the Iraq national team.Ziyad played in Al-Zawraa's 2000 Asian Cup Winners' Cup trail, and also came to the attention to a number of top Asian clubs in Al... |
Q5590277 Chigozie Eze "Gozie" Ugwu (born 22 April 1993) is an English footballer who plays as a forward for Ebbsfleet United. He made his debut in the Football League in 2012, and his debut in the Scottish Professional Football League in 2014. |
Q5827734 Eslamabad-e Ghurak (Persian: اسلام ابادغورك, also Romanized as Eslāmābād-e Ghūrak; also known as Eslāmābād) is a village in Babuyi Rural District, Basht District, Basht County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 109, in 21 families. |
Q16066303 Mary Amelia Warner, née Huddart (1804–1854) was an English actress and theatre manager. |
Q2955854 Megachile kobensis is a species of bee in the family Megachilidae. It was described by Theodore Dru Alison Cockerell in 1918. |
Q41533527 Mehmet Aksoy (24 February 1985 – 26 September 2017), also known as Fîraz Dağ, was a British-Kurdish filmmaker and activist. Aksoy was killed while covering the battle to retake Raqqa in Northern Syria from ISIS. He was embedded with the People's Protection Units when ISIS fighters overran a base where he was ... |
Q1760696 The Mono–Inyo Craters are a volcanic chain of craters, domes and lava flows in Mono County, Eastern California. The chain stretches 25 miles (40 km) from the northwest shore of Mono Lake to the south of Mammoth Mountain. The Mono Lake Volcanic Field forms the northernmost part of the chain and consists of two ... |
Q6552754 Lindsay McAllister M "The Doctor" McDougall (born 3 March 1978) is an Australian rock guitarist and radio presenter. Since 1996, he has been the lead guitarist in punk rock band, Frenzal Rhomb alongside lead singer Jay Whalley. He has co-written songs with fellow band members including their highest charting s... |
Q966149 McLeod syndrome (pronounced ) is an X-linked recessive genetic disorder that may affect the blood, brain, peripheral nerves, muscle, and heart. It is caused by a variety of recessively inherited mutations in the XK gene on the X chromosome. The gene is responsible for producing the Kx protein, a secondary suppo... |
Q7559447 "Some Like It Hot" is a song recorded by The Power Station. It was the first single released from the group's 1985 eponymous debut album. Released by Parlophone Records in 1985, the song features heavy drum beats from Tony Thompson and vocals from Robert Palmer. It was the band's biggest hit, peaking at number... |
Q7233301 Destination Cleveland (formerly the Convention and Visitors Bureau of Greater Cleveland, Inc., Positively Cleveland and originally the Convention Board of the Cleveland Chamber of Commerce) is the convention and visitor bureau for the Greater Cleveland area. It was incorporated as an independent organization i... |
Q5362986 Elizabeth Holland (died 1547/8), commonly known as Bess Holland, was the mistress of Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk and maid-of-honour to his niece, Anne Boleyn, the second wife of Henry VIII of England. The daughter of the Duke's secretary, she worked for eight years as a laundress in the household of ... |
Q4279881 Elshan Mamedov (Azerbaijani: Elşən Məmmədov; born 4 May 1980 in Baku) is an Azerbaijani football player who currently plays for Sharurspor PFK as a forward. |
Q4713391 Alcurve is an unincorporated community in central Alberta, Canada within the County of Vermilion River. It is located 4 km (2.5 mi) west of the Alberta–Saskatchewan border on Highway 45, approximately 26 km (16 mi) north of Lloydminster. |
Q3235483 Helminthostachys zeylanica is a terrestrial, herbaceous, fern-like plant of southeastern Asia and Australia, commonly known as kamraj and tunjuk-langit. The species is like the other members of its family, it has clusters of sporangia on stems of fertile, spike-like fronds.The rhizome of this annual plant is s... |
Q5459990 Flogstallen (72°36′S 2°59′W) is a flat, icecapped mountain with steep rock sides just northeast of Jokulskarvet Ridge, in the Borg Massif of Queen Maud Land, Antarctica. It was mapped by Norwegian cartographers from surveys, original research and air photos by the Norwegian–British–Swedish Antarctic Expedition... |
Q4803618 Asarta aethiopella is a species of snout moth in the genus Asarta. It was described by Philogène Auguste Joseph Duponchel in 1837. It is found in France, Spain, Switzerland, Italy, Germany, Austria, Slovakia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Albania, the Republic of Macedonia, Bulgaria, Romania, Ukraine and Russia.The ... |
Q4584090 This is a list of events in Scottish television from 1987. |
Q5596118 Grant Boyce (born 1956) is an Australian field hockey player. He competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, where the Australian team placed fourth. |
Q4392206 Liangxiang (Chinese: 良乡地区; pinyin: Liángxiāng Dìqū) is a township of Beijing, Fangshan District, located 25km southwest of the city center. It has 80,000 registered inhabitants with local hukou and a total population of 112,000. Covering approximately 69.2 square kilometres, Liangxiang is one of the largest su... |
Q17183029 James Harrell Herring, Sr., known as Jim Herring (born November 13, 1938), is a lawyer in private practice from his native Canton in Madison County in central Mississippi, outside the capital city of Jackson. From 1997 to 1999, he was a judge of the Mississippi Court of Appeals and from 2001 to 2008 the stat... |
Q18356735 Maryia Papova (born 13 July 1994) is a Belarusian basketball player for Galatasaray and the Belarusian national team, where she participated at the 2014 FIBA World Championship. |
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