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Q41993 Shelekhov (Russian: Шелехов, IPA: [ˈʂelʲɪxəf]) is a town and the administrative center of Shelekhovsky District in Irkutsk Oblast, Russia, located 20 kilometers (12 mi) southwest of Irkutsk, the administrative center of the oblast. It is located on the plains between the rivers Irkut and Olha. The official day o... |
Q837590 Prince Takechi (高市皇子, Takechi no miko, Takechi no ōji, c. 654 – 13 August 696) was a member of the royal family in Japan during the Asuka period. He was the eldest son of Emperor Tenmu. He fought on the side of his father in the Jinshin War (672), a battle of succession, which resulted in his father becoming Em... |
Q5995560 Isaac B. "Ike" Benners (June 7, 1856 – April 18, 1932) was an American Major League Baseball player who played mainly left field for two teams during his lone Major League season, the Brooklyn Atlantics of the American Association and Wilmington Quicksteps of the Union Association. Benners died at the age of ... |
Q7462438 The Shaikh are a Muslim community found in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. They are part of the larger Shaikh community of South Asia. Quite a few Shaikh have immigrated to Pakistan, where they form an important element in the Urdu speaking community while some of them moved to Uttar Pradesh and Bihar fro... |
Q4769120 Annette Te Imaima Sykes (born c.1961) is a Rotorua activist and lawyer who fights for the rights of Māori tribes to be self-governing. She was ranked third on the joint Internet Mana list for the 2014 New Zealand general election. |
Q1535154 Belonesox belizanus, the top minnow or pike topminnow, is a species of poeciliid found from Mexico to Costa Rica. It has also been introduced to Florida, USA. The female of the species grows to a length of 20 centimetres (7.9 in) TL, with males growing to a length of 10 centimetres (3.9 in) TL. It is the on... |
Q3973675 Wojtek Fibak and Tom Okker were the defending champions, but lost in the final this year.Peter Fleming and John McEnroe won the title, defeating Fibak and Okker 6–4, 6–4 in the final. |
Q15637756 Burevestnik (Russian: Буревестник) was a Russian language anarchist periodical issued from Odessa, Ukraine in 1920. |
Q16214601 Stuart Ryder (born 6 November 1973) is an English former professional footballer who played for Walsall, Mansfield Town and Nuneaton Borough.Stuart was considered to have excellent potential, being selected for England U21s in the Toulon tournament but suffered a serious knee injury and was eventually forced ... |
Q18128187 Moose: Chapters From My Life is the 459-page autobiography by the Academy Award-winning songwriter, Robert B. Sherman. "Moose is a collection of fifty-four autobiographical short stories, arranged in such a way as to express a larger narrative." The book was edited by Sherman's younger son, Robert J. Sherma... |
Q15901798 Su Dongpo is a 2012 Chinese historical TV series produced by China Central Television. It was first shown in 2012, although it was filmed in 2007.The biopic stars Lu Yi as Su Shi, also known as Su Dongpo. |
Q14726752 Ropica fuscobiplagiatipennis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Breuning in 1964. |
Q21188029 Westview Cemetery is a historic cemetery in Wadesboro, North Carolina. Located on the west side of the town, south of Henry Street and west of Madison Avenue, it is a 5-acre (2.0 ha) parcel, which has historically been used as the burying ground for the community's African-American population. The central p... |
Q25230937 Animal welfare and rights in Japan is about the laws concerning the treatment of animals in Japan. Japan has had a national animal welfare law since 1973, but its protections for animals are weak by international standards. Animal activism in Japan is focused on the welfare of companion animals. |
Q40914834 Henry Browning (died c. 1411), of Hythe, Kent, was an English politician. |
Q12729742 The first cabinet of Titu Maiorescu was the government of Romania from 14 October 1912 to 31 December 1913. |
Q7871908 USS Monaghan may refer to:USS Monaghan (DD-32), was a modified Paulding-class destroyer launched in 1911 and served in World War I then served in the US Coast Guard from 1924 to 1930USS Monaghan (DD-354), was a Farragut-class destroyer launched in 1935 and sunk during a typhoon in December 1944 |
Q6277953 Jorge Luis Espat (born 1959) is a Belizean academic and politician. Espat is a former member People's United Party area representative in the Belize House of Representatives. He served on the faculty of St. John's College in Belize City as an instructor and later as president. |
Q7960079 Waima is an Auckland suburb.It is under the local governance of the Auckland City Council, and together with Woodlands Park had a population of 2,433 in the 2013 New Zealand census, an increase of 69 since 2006.The majority of this modest population is clustered around the comparatively prominent Waima superet... |
Q3304531 Changpuek [English: White Elephant] Kiatsongrit (Thai: ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์, born October 13, 1966) is a retired Thai Muay Thai fighter. He is credited as being one of the first Muay Thai fighters to go abroad and fight other fighters of other martial arts styles, often stronger and heavier than himself,... |
Q1132294 Cordillera de Apaneca is a volcanic mountain range in western El Salvador. It consists mainly of volcanoes. Ilamatepec volcano, one of the most active in the region, is a part of this range.The volcanoes in the range Santa Ana Volcano, Izalco Volcano, and Cerro Verde were the inspiration for the two active and... |
Q4294 The Facit catalog is a specialized postage stamp catalog for the countries of Scandinavia. First published in 1947, it is the most detailed and complete catalog available for philatelists interested in the stamps of Denmark, Faroes, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Greenland, Åland, and the Danish West Indies. A... |
Q7594685 St Matthew's, or St Matthew-in-the-City, is a historic Anglican church located in the Central Business District of Auckland, renowned for its neo-Gothic style since its completion in 1905. |
Q573067 The Gaslight Anthem is an American rock band from New Brunswick, New Jersey, formed in 2006. The band consists of Brian Fallon (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Alex Rosamilia (lead guitar, backing vocals), Alex Levine (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Benny Horowitz (drums, percussion).The Gaslight Anthem release... |
Q7308577 Reginald James Hugh Arbuthnot (2 June 1853 – 19 September 1917) was an English businessman and amateur cricketer who played two first-class cricket matches for Kent County Cricket Club.He was the son of William Urquhart Arbuthnot, an Indian merchant who lived at Bexley in Kent. He was the grandson of Sir Willi... |
Q5557138 Ghost Rider is a US short film on bus safety, shown primarily in American schools in the 1980s. After its re-discovery on the internet in the 21st century, it has become a cult film, thanks to its unusual plotline. |
Q2615231 Simona Halep was the defending champion, but did not compete this year.Kristina Mladenovic won the tournament, defeating Daria Gavrilova in the final 6–3, 6–2. |
Q5888553 Home Movies: The Great Canadian Film Caper was a Canadian television documentary miniseries which aired on CBC Television in 1966. |
Q7104677 Orthogonius mniszechi is a species of ground beetle in the subfamily Orthogoniinae. It was described by Chaudoir in 1871. |
Q3533788 The 2012 Ladies Tour of Qatar was the third edition of the Ladies Tour of Qatar cycling stage race. It was rated by the UCI as category 2.1, and was held between 3 and 5 February 2012, in Qatar. |
Q3702463 Daqdaqabad (Persian: داق داق اباد, also Romanized as Dāqdāqābād) is a village in Hajjilu Rural District, in the Central District of Kabudarahang County, Hamadan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 4,879, in 1,174 families. |
Q15966522 This is a list of United States bomber aircraft |
Q20088124 Villa Alari, also known as the Villa Visconti di Saliceto, is a Rococo style rural palace in Cernusco sul Naviglio, in the Province of Milan, in the Region of Lombardy, Italy. It is used as a hospital. |
Q24053744 Vita Zubchenko (born 4 March 1989) is a Ukrainian group rhythmic gymnast. She represents her nation at international competitions. She participated at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. She also competed at world championships, including at the 2005, 2007 and 2009 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships. |
Q12408159 Gerald Blidstein (born in 1938) is Professor Emeritus at Israel's Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. He is the Israel Prize laureate in Law (2006) and has been a member of the Israel Academy of Sciences since 2007. He received his B.A. in 1960 from Yeshiva University; his M.A. in 1961 from Columbia Universit... |
Q28943048 Elections to Brisbane City Council were held on Saturday, 15 March 2008 to elect a councillor to each of the local government area's 26 wards and the direct election of the Lord Mayor of Brisbane.The election resulted in the re-election of Campbell Newman of the Liberal Party as Lord Mayor, defeating Labor's ... |
Q5715 Memphis (Arabic: مَنْف Manf pronounced [mænf]; Bohairic Coptic: ⲙⲉⲙϥⲓ; Greek: Μέμφις) was the ancient capital of Inebu-hedj, the first nome of Lower Egypt. Its ruins are located near the town of Mit Rahina, 20 km (12 mi) south of Giza.According to legend, as related by Manetho, the city was founded by the phara... |
Q924714 Herman Max Gluckman (; 26 January 1911 – 13 April 1975) was a South African and British social anthropologist. He is best known as the founder of the Manchester School of anthropology. |
Q1522957 João I of Kongo (died 1509), alias Nzinga a Nkuwu or Nkuwu Nzinga, was ruler of the Kingdom of Kongo between 1470 and 1509. He was baptized as João on 3 May 1491 by Portuguese missionaries. Due to his interest in Portugal and its culture, he initiated a major cultural initiative in 1485 upon the arrival of Dio... |
Q6419185 Kizhakeyil Lukose Sebastian (K. L. Sebastian) is a professor of chemistry at the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry of Indian Institute of Technology, Palakkad, India. Prior to becoming a professor at IIT Palakkad, he was a professor of chemistry at the department of Inorganic and Physical Chemist... |
Q3445979 The Silver Burn or Silverburn River (Manx: Awin Rosien) is a small river, about 5 miles long, on the Isle of Man which rises near the South Barrule and flows south. It passes St Mark's and in its lower reaches it flows under the Monks' Bridge at Ballasalla, and reaches the sea at Castletown harbour. Just above... |
Q7672388 TV Patrol Negros is the local news program of the ABS-CBN Regional Network Group in the (now defunct) Negros Island Region. The newscast is a tabloid-style format. The program delivers news headlines in the Hiligaynon language about the current events in Bacolod City and Negros Occidental, as it was removed fr... |
Q3168334 Jean-Paul Anciaux (born 17 July 1946 in Le Creusot, Saône-et-Loire) is a member of the National Assembly of France. He represents the Saône-et-Loire department, and is a member of the Union for a Popular Movement. |
Q7518673 Simon Dyson (born 14 February 1948) was an English cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman and leg-break bowler who played for Cheshire. He was born in Guildford, Surrey.Dyson, who played for Cheshire in the Minor Counties Championship and Holt Cup between 1988 and 1989, made a single List A appearance for th... |
Q767807 Bierzwienna Długa-Kolonia [bjɛʐˈvjɛnna ˈdwuɡa kɔˈlɔɲa] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kłodawa, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland.The village has a population of 400. |
Q6743814 Maliq & D'Essentials is a jazz and soul music based band located in Jakarta, Indonesia. Since their appearance in the Jakarta International Java Jazz Festival in 2005, Maliq & D'Essentials popularity has increased, especially among young people in Jakarta.The combination of Indonesian and English in their song... |
Q4883434 Bellaire Boulevard, also known as Holcombe, is an arterial road in western Houston, Texas, United States. The street also goes through unincorporated areas in Harris County and the cities of Bellaire, Southside Place, and West University Place.Bellaire Boulevard goes through or next to the Houston communities ... |
Q7135637 Paraperonia gondwanae is a species of air-breathing sea slug, a shell-less marine pulmonate gastropod mollusk in the family Onchidiidae. |
Q305309 Vaspör is a village in Zala County, Hungary. Its Birch House Tour includes one hectare garden. |
Q7799747 Thyroid disease in pregnancy can affect the health of the mother as well as the child before and after delivery. Thyroid disorders are prevalent in women of child-bearing age and for this reason commonly present as an intercurrent disease in pregnancy and the puerperium. Uncorrected thyroid dysfunction in preg... |
Q6295306 The Journal of Human Values is a Peer reviewed academic journal published by SAGE publications. The journal publishes articles exploring the relevance of human values, human values at the organizational level, and the culture-specificity of human values. In addition to articles, the Journal of Human Values pub... |
Q7491756 Shchigry (Russian: Щигры) is the name of several inhabited localities in Russia.Urban localitiesShchigry, Kursk Oblast, a town in Kursk Oblast incorporated as a town of oblast significance of the same nameRural localitiesShchigry, Kaluga Oblast, a selo in Zhizdrinsky District of Kaluga OblastShchigry, Kurgan O... |
Q5344444 Edward Mhinga (5 December 1927 – 2 September 2017) was the second Chief Minister of Gazankulu, a former bantustan in apartheid-era South Africa.Edward Mhinga is a direct descendant of a Tsonga king by the name of Gunyule who gave rise to many tribes within the Vatsonga group such as the Maluleke, Bila, Matola,... |
Q15485061 The 2009–10 IWBL League was the ninth season of the WABA League. The study included ten teams from five states, and the winner has become the team Gospić Croatia Osiguranje. In this season participating clubs from Serbia, Montenegro, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and from Slovenia.IWBL League for the season... |
Q13256849 Hyaleucerea uniformis is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Rothschild in 1912. |
Q17626465 Andrea D'Antoni (1811 in Palermo, Sicily – 1868) was an Italian painter of the Neoclassical period.He studied under Giuseppe Patania. One of his pupils was Pietro Volpes. Some of his works are displayed in the Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Sant'Anna in Palermo. |
Q961737 Rossmere is a provincial electoral division in the Canadian province of Manitoba. It was created by redistribution in 1968, and has formally existed since the provincial election of 1969. The riding is located in the northeastern section of the City of Winnipeg.Rossmere is bordered on the east by Radisson, to t... |
Q7100220 Orchards is a suburb of Pretoria in Gauteng, South Africa. It is located north west of the Pretoria CBD, and central to the mainplace Akasia. It has a population of 7,778 (2011) with a population Density of 2,100/km² (1.43 sq mi). |
Q4906870 Biggar Museum Trust (BMT) is an independent charity based in and around the town of Biggar in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. The late Brian Lambie began a remarkable collection of artefacts from the area over some 40 years, and with a number of others created BMT which became responsible for a number of museums.... |
Q6382952 Keep Fit is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Anthony Kimmins and starring George Formby, Kay Walsh and Guy Middleton. Formby was at his British top box-office peak when this comedy was made. |
Q7490322 Sharp Humor (April 21, 2003 – March 31, 2015) was a Thoroughbred race horse . |
Q955084 Marcus Cornelius Cethegus (c. 248 BC-196 BC) was a Roman Republican consul and censor during the Second Punic War, best known as a political ally of his kinsman Scipio Africanus. |
Q6823417 MeteorCity Records is an American record label. MeteorCity was founded in 1997 by Jadd Shickler and Aaron Emmel in Albuquerque, New Mexico. With the release of its compilation album Welcome to MeteorCity showcasing young unsigned Kyuss-like bands, MeteorCity helped launch the stoner rock genre and many of the ... |
Q5545443 George Van Horn (February 5, 1850 – May 3, 1904) was a U.S. Representative from New York.Born in Otsego, New York, Van Horn attended the common schools, the Cooperstown Seminary, and the New Berlin Academy.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in February 1871 and practiced in Cooperstown, New York.Van Hor... |
Q7373740 The Royal Australian Army Pay Corps (RAAPC) is a Corps of the Australian Army. Its role is to provide financial advice and assistance to the Australian Army. |
Q4718154 The Șerpoaica River is a tributary of the Valea Stânei River in Romania. |
Q4909077 William John "Bill" Gallagher was a Major League Baseball outfielder and pitcher. He played in the American Association for the 1883 Baltimore Orioles, in the National League for the 1883 Philadelphia Quakers and in the Union Association for the 1884 Philadelphia Keystones. |
Q16878437 Yurka may refer to:Yurka, Iran, a village8781 Yurka, an asteroidBlanche Yurka, an American actress |
Q3608483 Alberto Nicola Gualano was born in San Vincenzo al Volturno (now Castel San Vincenzo), Italy, 1868, to a prominent family of the region. After a primary education at Convitto Nazionale Victor Emanuel II in Naples, he emigrated to America in 1890 and was soon followed by many relatives, including his five child... |
Q5120936 Cingulina rhyllensis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. |
Q17032183 "Vuélveme a Querer" (English: "Love Me Again") is a song written and produced by Jorge Avendaño Lührs and performed by Mexican recording artist Cristian Castro for the compilation album Boleros: Por Amor y Desamor (1995). The song speaks of a protagonist who yearns for his lover to return. In the United State... |
Q16466735 Douglas St. Clive Budd Jansze was the 31st Attorney General of Ceylon. He was appointed on 1 April 1957, succeeding Edward Fredrick Noel Gratiaen, and held the office until 1966. He was succeeded by Abdul Caffoor Mohamad Ameer. |
Q18345427 The following is a list of events affecting Philippine television in 2004. Events listed include television show debuts, finales, cancellations, and channel launches, closures and rebrandings, as well as information about controversies and carriage disputes. |
Q23016744 The Daily News, later titled The San Francisco News, was a newspaper published in San Francisco, California. It was founded in 1903 by E. W. Scripps as a four-page penny paper. In its early years, it was the smallest of the several newspapers in San Francisco. It advertised itself as the "friend of the workin... |
Q1870057 Eburneana wandae is a jumping spider species in the genus Eburneana that mimicks ants. It lives in the Cameroon. |
Q4279586 Ilybius vancouverensis is a species of predaceous diving beetle in the family Dytiscidae. It is found in North America. |
Q5054770 The Cavalier Marching Band (CMB) is the marching band at the University of Virginia. The band's director, William Pease, is the first full-time marching band director in University of Virginia history. The Cavalier Marching Band made its debut on September 11, 2004, after a considerable donation was made by ... |
Q437973 Vigdís Grímsdóttir (born 15 August 1953) is an Icelandic writer. |
Q5311296 Duchess Park Secondary School is a public high school in Prince George, British Columbia, part of School District 57 Prince George. |
Q7065260 Now is the third studio album by hardcore band Mucky Pup. It was released in 1990. |
Q6729765 Magazine Street is a major thoroughfare in New Orleans, Louisiana. Like Tchoupitoulas Street, St. Charles Avenue, and Claiborne Avenue, it follows the curving course of the Mississippi River. The street took its name from an ammunition magazine located in this vicinity during the 18th-century colonial period. |
Q6134541 James Gayle was the sixth head football coach at Tuskegee University in Tuskegee, Alabama and he held that position for five seasons, from 1917 to 1921. His coaching record at Tuskegee was 22–6–2. |
Q5552311 Germán Elberto Martínez Díaz (born June 5, 1979) is a backstroke swimmer from Colombia who competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia for his native country. There he ended up in 50th place in the Men's 100m Backstroke, clocking 59.94 in the preliminary heats. |
Q7978748 The Weber County Sheriff's Office is a law enforcement agency in Weber County, Utah. |
Q15410859 Caffeyl alcohol is the organic compound with the formula (HO)2C6H3-4-CHCHCH2OH. This colourless solid is related to catechol by attachment to allyl alcohol. It is the precursor to one of the three principal lignols. |
Q5935389 Ryōzō Kanehira (金平 亮三, Kanehira Ryōzō, January 1, 1882 – November 27, 1948) was a Japanese botanist. Kanehira undertook botanical expeditions into Peru, the Philippines, and Papua New Guinea as well as describing the flora of Japan. |
Q2706612 Take One is the non-official debut studio album by American singer and American Idol season eight runner-up Adam Lambert, consisting of pre-Idol recordings Lambert made while working as a session musician, but released post-Idol. It was released on November 17, 2009. The album had sold 48,000 copies in the Uni... |
Q5071585 Chang Almas District (Persian: بخش چنگ الماس) is a district (bakhsh) in Bijar County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 14,357, in 3,121 families. The District has two cities: Babarashani & Pir Taj. The District has three rural districts (dehestan): Babarashani Rural District, ... |
Q16985787 The Imperial Valley lettuce strike of 1930 was a strike of worker against lettuce growers of California's Imperial ValleyBeginning on January 1, 1930 Mexican and Filipino workers walked off their jobs at lettuce farms throughout the valley. Complaining of low wages and abysmal working conditions, they vowed t... |
Q5825830 Kuh Zin (Persian: كوه زين, also Romanized as Kūh Zīn; also known as Gazīn, Gozīn, Kezan, and Kizin) is a village in Sain Qaleh Rural District, in the Central District of Abhar County, Zanjan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 402, in 99 families. |
Q14952456 Eugene Porfirovych Archipenko (Ukrainian: Євген Порфирович Архипенко) (1884–1959) was a Ukrainian politician, agronomist, and beekeeper.Archipenko was born in Kaharlyk in the Russian Empire to Porfiry Antonowych Archipenko and Poroskowia Vassylivna Machowa. He was the older brother to sculptor Alexander Archi... |
Q20675813 Noel Acciari (born December 1, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey forward who is currently playing for the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League (NHL). |
Q13432246 Autosticha affixella is a moth in the Autostichidae family. It was described by Francis Walker in 1864. It is found in Sri Lanka.Adults are fawn colour, paler beneath. The forewings are acute with the exterior border straight, hardly oblique and the hindwings are hardly paler than the forewings. |
Q22162551 Jessore-1 is a constituency represented in the Jatiya Sangsad (National Parliament) of Bangladesh since 2008 by Sheikh Afil Uddin of the Awami League. |
Q4150230 Ulyana Matveevna Gromova (Russian: Ульяна Матвеевна Громова; January 3, 1924 – January 16, 1943) was a Ukrainian Soviet member of the Soviet underground resistance in World War II (called, in the Soviet Union, the Great Patriotic War), executed by the Nazis. She is a posthumous Hero of the Soviet Union. |
Q14711288 Stesilea gracilis is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938. |
Q2112986 Route 15 is a state highway in the U.S. state of Connecticut that runs 83.53 miles (134.43 km) from a connection with New York's Hutchinson River Parkway in Greenwich, Connecticut to its northern terminus intersecting with Interstate 84 in East Hartford, Connecticut. Route 15 consists of four distinct sections... |
Q2633575 Bloemhof is an agricultural town of about 2,000 inhabitants situated on the banks of the Vaal River in North West Province of South Africa. |
Q2843299 Hwin is a fictional character from C. S. Lewis's fantasy series The Chronicles of Narnia. She is prominent in the book The Horse and His Boy.Hwin, a mare, was born as a free talking beast in the Land of Narnia, but was captured as a foal by the Calormenes, and has lived her life as the property of humans, hidi... |
Q902367 The La Flèche, French: Poule de La Flèche, is a rare French breed of dual-purpose domestic chicken. It originates from the Sarthe département, in the Pays de la Loire region, and is named for the town and commune of La Flèche in that area, not far from the capital of the Sarthe, Le Mans. The breed was once famo... |
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