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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ann_Elizabeth_Fowler_Hodges | Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges | Ann Elizabeth Fowler Hodges (also known as Mrs. Hodges, Mrs. Hewlett Hodges, and Mrs. Huelitt Hodges; February 2, 1920 – September 10, 1972) was an American woman known for being the first documented individual to be struck by a meteorite and survive.
== Meteorite impact ==
At 12:46 PM (CST) on Tuesday November 30, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Thompson_(actor) | Jack Thompson (actor) | John Hadley Thompson, AM (né Pain; born 31 August 1940) is an Australian actor and a major figure of Australian cinema, particularly Australian New Wave. He is best known for his role as a lead actor in several acclaimed Australian films, including such classics as The Club (1980), Sunday Too Far Away (1975), The Man f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Fox_(actor) | Edward Fox (actor) | Edward Charles Morice Fox (born 13 April 1937) is an English actor and a member of the Fox family.
Fox starred in the film The Day of the Jackal (1973), playing the part of a professional assassin, known only as the "Jackal", who is hired to assassinate French president, Charles de Gaulle, in the summer of 1963. Fox is... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crossroads_(2002_film)#Reception | Crossroads (2002 film)#Reception | Crossroads is a 2002 American teen road comedy-drama film directed by Tamra Davis, from a screenplay by Shonda Rhimes. The film stars Britney Spears, Anson Mount, Zoe Saldaña, Taryn Manning, Kim Cattrall, and Dan Aykroyd. Set in Georgia, its plot centers on three teenage girls on a cross-country road trip, as they find... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1965_Leeds_City_Council_election | 1965 Leeds City Council election | The 1965 municipal elections for Leeds were held on Thursday 13 May 1965, with one third of the council and an extra vacancy in Allerton to be elected.
Building upon the previous year, the Conservatives fully reversed the downward trend they'd been on since 1960. With a whopping 10.2% swing their way, they defeated the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dismal_Euphony | Dismal Euphony | Dismal Euphony was a Norwegian dark metal band that mixed styles including gothic metal, black metal, death metal, melodic metal, and classical music.
== History ==
The history of Dismal Euphony began in 1992 in Stavanger, Norway by bassist Ole K. Helgesen and drummer Kristoffer Vold Austrheim under the name The Head... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honshu | Honshu | Honshu (Japanese: 本州, Hepburn: Honshū; pronounced [hoꜜɰ̃.ɕɯː] ; lit. 'main province'), historically known as Akitsushima (秋津島; lit. 'dragonfly island') or Hondo (lit. 'mainland') , is the largest of Japan's four main islands. It lies between the Pacific Ocean (east) and the Sea of Japan (west). It is the seventh-larges... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tina%27s_Wonderlands | Tiny Tina's Wonderlands | Tiny Tina's Wonderlands is a 2022 action role-playing first-person shooter video game developed by Gearbox Software and published by 2K. As a spin-off in the Borderlands series and a sequel to Tiny Tina's Assault on Dragon Keep DLC for Borderlands 2, the game is set within the world of a fantasy-themed tabletop role-pl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Entertainment_System | Nintendo Entertainment System | The Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) is a home video game console developed and marketed by Nintendo. It was released as the Family Computer (Famicom), in Japan on July 15, 1983, and as the NES in test markets in the United States on October 18, 1985, followed by a nationwide launch on September 27, 1986. The NES w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972_Winter_Olympics | 1972 Winter Olympics | The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the XI Olympic Winter Games and commonly known as Sapporo 1972, were a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Hokkaido Prefecture, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe and North America.
== Host city selection ==... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1985_UK_Athletics_Championships | 1985 UK Athletics Championships | The 1985 UK Athletics Championships sponsored by HFC Bank, was the national championship in outdoor track and field for the United Kingdom held at Antrim Stadium, Antrim. It was the second time that a national track and field championship was held in Northern Ireland, after hosting the 1981 event.
It was the ninth edit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1916 | 1916 | 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar and a leap year starting on Friday of the Julian calendar, the 1916th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 916th year of the 2nd millennium, the 16th year of the 20th century, and the 7th year of the 1910s de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone_2:_Lost_in_New_York#Cast | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York#Cast | Home Alone 2: Lost in New York is a 1992 American Christmas comedy film directed by Chris Columbus and written and produced by John Hughes. The sequel to Home Alone (1990) and the second installment in the Home Alone franchise, the film stars Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard, Tim Curry, Brenda Frick... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Zimmer#Grammy_Awards | Hans Zimmer#Grammy Awards | Hans Florian Zimmer (German pronunciation: [ˈhans ˈfloːʁi̯aːn ˈtsɪmɐ] ; born 12 September 1957) is a German film composer and music producer. He has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, three Golden Globe Awards, and five Grammy Awards as well as nominations for seven Emmy Awards. Z... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2021_NBA_draft | 2021 NBA draft | The 2021 NBA draft, the 75th edition of the National Basketball Association's annual draft, was held on July 29, 2021, at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The NBA draft returned to Brooklyn after the previous year's draft was held through videoconferencing at ESPN Studios in Bristol, Connecticut due to the COVID-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Williams_sisters_rivalry | Williams sisters rivalry | The Williams sisters rivalry was a tennis rivalry between sisters Venus Williams (born June 17, 1980) and Serena Williams (born September 26, 1981). They were coached by their father, Richard Williams, whose tennis knowledge came from reading books and watching professional matches. Venus and Serena are regarded as two... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Cardin | Ben Cardin | Benjamin Louis Cardin (born October 5, 1943) is an American lawyer and former politician who served as a United States senator from Maryland from 2007 to 2025. A member of the Democratic Party, he was the U.S. representative for Maryland's 3rd congressional district from 1987 to 2007. Cardin served in the Maryland Hous... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_Most_Valuable_Player_Award | Super Bowl Most Valuable Player Award | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyme_disease | Lyme disease | Lyme disease, also known as Lyme borreliosis, is a tick-borne disease caused by species of Borrelia bacteria, transmitted by blood-feeding ticks in the genus Ixodes. It is the most common disease spread by ticks in the Northern Hemisphere. Infections are most common in the spring and early summer. Infection is treatabl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gods_Must_Be_Crazy | The Gods Must Be Crazy | The Gods Must Be Crazy is a 1980 black comedy film written, produced, edited and directed by Jamie Uys. An international co-production of South Africa and Botswana, it is the first film in The Gods Must Be Crazy series. Set in Southern Africa, the film stars South West African San farmer Nǃxau ǂToma as Xi, a hunter-gat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constantine_W._Curris | Constantine W. Curris | Constantine William "Deno" Curris (born November 13, 1940) is an American academic administrator who was president of Murray State University, the University of Northern Iowa, and Clemson University. Curris also served as president of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities, an organization of more ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_L._Jones_(botanist) | David L. Jones (botanist) | David Lloyd Jones (born 1944) is an Australian horticultural botanist and the author of many books and papers, especially on Australian orchids.
Jones was born in Victoria and in his youth was a student at Burnley Horticultural College, then the University of Melbourne, graduating with the degree of Bachelor of Science... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_Peach | Wedding Peach | Wedding Peach (Japanese: 愛天使伝説ウェディングピーチ, Hepburn: Ai Tenshi Densetsu Wedingu Pīchi; literally "Legend of the Angel of Love: Wedding Peach") is a Japanese shōjo manga written by Sukehiro Tomita and illustrated by Nao Yazawa that was originally serialized in Shogakukan's Ciao magazine. In North America, it was translated... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vangelis_Pavlidis | Vangelis Pavlidis | Vangelis Pavlidis (Greek: Βαγγέλης Παυλίδης; [vaɲˈɟelis paˈvliðis]; born 21 November 1998) is a Greek professional footballer who plays as a centre forward for Primeira Liga club Benfica and the Greece national team.
Born and raised in Thessaloniki, Greece, Pavlidis started his professional career with VfL Bochum in 20... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BomBora_(Lagoon) | BomBora (Lagoon) | BomBora is a family steel roller coaster currently operating at Lagoon in Farmington, Utah. It is located just outside Lagoon-A-Beach, Lagoon's water park. The name of the coaster comes from an indigenous Australian term for "a submerged reef" or "a turbulent area of sea over such a reef."
== History ==
Construction ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheyenne,_Wyoming | Cheyenne, Wyoming | Cheyenne ( shy-AN or shy-EN) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Wyoming. The population was 65,132 at the 2020 census, while the Cheyenne metropolitan area encompassing all of Laramie County has an estimated 102,000 residents. Cheyenne is situated on Crow Creek and Dry Creek. It is the county s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Perkins_(businessman) | Thomas Perkins (businessman) | Thomas James Perkins (January 7, 1932 – June 7, 2016) was an American businessman and venture capitalist who was one of the founders of the venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins.
== Biography ==
Perkins received a B.S. in electrical engineering from Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in 1953. He earned an MB... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Xena:_Warrior_Princess_episodes | List of Xena: Warrior Princess episodes | Xena: Warrior Princess is an American television series that was created by Robert Tapert and John Schulian. Xena is a historical fantasy set primarily in ancient Greece, although it has a flexible time setting and occasionally features Oriental, Egyptian and Medieval elements. The flexible fantasy framework of the sh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stevie_Nicks | Stevie Nicks | Stephanie Lynn Nicks (born May 26, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter, known for her work with the band Fleetwood Mac and as a solo artist.
After starting her career as a duo with her then-boyfriend Lindsey Buckingham, releasing the album Buckingham Nicks to little success, the pair joined Fleetwood Mac in 1975, he... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Harvey_(arachnologist)#Achievements,_awards_and_recognition | Mark Harvey (arachnologist)#Achievements, awards and recognition | Mark Stephen Harvey (born 17 September 1958) is a museum scientist and biologist specializing in Australian arachnids. Since 1989 he has been based at the Western Australian Museum as Curator of Arachnids and Myriapods. He has described over 1,000 species, being one of the few biologists to do so.
== Career ==
Mark H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Downton_Abbey | Downton Abbey | Downton Abbey is a British historical drama television series set in the early 20th century, created and co-written by Julian Fellowes. It first aired in the United Kingdom on ITV on 26 September 2010 and in the United States on PBS, which supported its production as part of its Masterpiece Classic anthology, on 9 Janu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Marathon#Rosie_Ruiz,_the_impostor | Boston Marathon#Rosie Ruiz, the impostor | The Boston Marathon is an annual marathon race hosted by eight cities and towns in greater Boston in eastern Massachusetts, United States. It is traditionally held on Patriots' Day, the third Monday of April. Begun in 1897, the event was inspired by the success of the first marathon competition in the 1896 Summer Olymp... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idina_Menzel | Idina Menzel | Idina Kim Menzel ( ih-DEE-nə men-ZEL; née Mentzel; born May 30, 1971) is an American actress, singer and songwriter. Regarded as the "Queen of Broadway", Menzel is known for her commanding stage presence, powerful mezzo-soprano voice, and reputation as one of the most influential stage actors of her generation. Having... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Parent_Trap_(1961_film) | The Parent Trap (1961 film) | The Parent Trap is a 1961 American romantic comedy film written and directed by David Swift. It stars Hayley Mills in a dual role as a pair of teenage twins who switch places with each other in order to reunite their divorced parents, played by Maureen O'Hara and Brian Keith. Although the plot is very close to that of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Pie_(film_series) | American Pie (film series) | American Pie is a film series consisting of four sex comedy films. American Pie, the first film in the series, was released by Universal Pictures in 1999. The film became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon and gained a cult following among young people. Following American Pie, the second and third films in the series, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelee,_Ontario | Pelee, Ontario | Pelee Island PEE-lee is an island in
the Canadian province of Ontario. It is located in the western basin of Lake Erie. At 42 km2 (16 sq mi), Pelee Island is the largest island in Lake Erie and the southernmost populated point in Canada. An Ontario Historical Plaque was erected by the province to commemorate the deve... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebua_at_State_Tower | Lebua at State Tower | lebua Bangkok is a luxury hotel located in at State Tower adjacent to the Chao Phraya River on Silom Road in the Bang Rak District of Bangkok, Thailand. The hotel is managed by lebua Hotels & Resorts, a Thai hospitality company that operates hotels, restaurants, and bars in Thailand, India, and New Zealand. The hotel i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Harrison#Discography | George Harrison#Discography | George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Known as "the quiet Beatle", Harrison played a significant role in shaping the band's musical direction and established a successful solo career, particularly through his i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wrestling_at_the_1960_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_Greco-Roman_bantamweight | Wrestling at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight | The men's Greco-Roman bantamweight competition at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome took place from 26 to 31 August at the Basilica of Maxentius. Nations were limited to one competitor. Bantamweight was the second-lightest category, including wrestlers weighing 52 to 57 kilograms (114.6 to 125.7 lb).
== Competition fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_New_York | Escape from New York | Escape from New York is a 1981 American independent science fiction action film co-written, co-scored, and directed by John Carpenter. It stars Kurt Russell, Lee Van Cleef, Ernest Borgnine, Donald Pleasence, Isaac Hayes, Harry Dean Stanton, and Adrienne Barbeau.
The film is set in 1997 and concerns a crime-ridden dysto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bartlett_Independent_School_District | Bartlett Independent School District | Bartlett Independent School District is a public school district based in Bartlett, Texas. Predominantly located in Bell County, portions of the district extend into Williamson and Milam counties.
== Finances ==
As of the 2010–2011 school year, the appraised valuation of property in the district was $86,161,000. The ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press | Associated Press | The Associated Press (AP) is an American not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.
Founded in 1846, it operates as a cooperative, unincorporated association, and produces news reports that are distributed to its members, major U.S. daily newspapers and radio and television broadcasters. Since the Pulit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube | YouTube | YouTube is an American online video sharing platform owned by Google. YouTube was founded on February 14, 2005, by Chad Hurley, Jawed Karim, and Steve Chen, who were former employees of PayPal. Headquartered in San Bruno, California, it is the second-most-visited website in the world, after Google itself. In January 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southampton_F.C. | Southampton F.C. | Southampton Football Club is a professional football club based in Southampton, Hampshire, England. The club competes in the Championship, the second tier of English football. Their home ground since 2001 has been St Mary's Stadium, before which it was based at The Dell. The team play in red and white shirts. Their nic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Miami_Dolphins_season | 2008 Miami Dolphins season | The 2008 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 39th season in the National Football League (NFL), the 43rd overall and the first under new head coach Tony Sparano. During the regular season the Dolphins completed the greatest single-season turnaround in NFL history, going from a 1–15 regular season record in 2007 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Talbot,_6th_Earl_of_Shrewsbury | George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury | George Talbot, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, 6th Earl of Waterford, 12th Baron Talbot, KG, Earl Marshal
(c. 1522/1528 – 18 November 1590) was an English magnate and military commander. He also held the subsidiary titles of 15th Baron Strange of Blackmere and 11th Baron Furnivall. He was best known for his tenure as keeper o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larry_David | Larry David | Lawrence Gene David (born July 2, 1947) is an American comedian, writer, actor, and television producer. He is known for his dry wit, portrayals of awkward social situations, and brutally honest takes on everyday life. He has received two Primetime Emmy Awards as well as nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_Roman_Empire | Western Roman Empire | In modern historiography, the Western Roman Empire was the Roman Empire's western provinces collectively during any period in which they were administered separately from the eastern provinces by a separate, independent imperial court. Particularly during the period from AD 395 to 476, there were separate, coequal cour... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis | Tennis | Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket strung with a cord to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over or around a net and into the opponent's court. The object is to ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomorrow_X_Together | Tomorrow X Together | Tomorrow X Together (Korean: 투모로우바이투게더; Tomorrow by Together, stylized in all caps), commonly abbreviated as TXT, is a South Korean boy band formed by Big Hit Entertainment. The group consists of five members: Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun, and Hueningkai.
They debuted on March 4, 2019, with the extended play (EP) ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harder_Than_You_Think | Harder Than You Think | "Harder Than You Think" is the first single from American hip-hop group Public Enemy's 20th-anniversary album How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul?, released in 2007. It was produced by Gary G-Wiz.
The song gained popularity during late summer 2007, and became Public Enemy's highest-charting singl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramesses_II | Ramesses II | Ramesses II (; Ancient Egyptian: rꜥ-ms-sw, Rīꜥa-masē-sə, Ancient Egyptian pronunciation: [ɾiːʕamaˈseːsə]; c. 1303 BC – 1213 BC), commonly known as Ramesses the Great, was the third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt. Ramesses II is regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the New ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fall_of_the_Berlin_Wall#:~:text=The%20fall%20of%20the%20Berlin,restrictions%20were%20overwhelmed%20and%20discarded. | Fall of the Berlin Wall#:~:text=The fall of the Berlin,restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. | The Berlin Wall fell on 9 November 1989 during the Peaceful Revolution, marking the beginning of the destruction of the figurative Iron Curtain, as East Berlin transit restrictions were overwhelmed and discarded. Sections of the wall were breached, and planned deconstruction began the following June. It was one of the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Linnaeus | Carl Linnaeus | Carl Linnaeus (23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778), also known after ennoblement in 1761 as Carl von Linné, was a Swedish biologist and physician who formalised binomial nomenclature, the modern system of naming organisms. He is known as the "father of modern taxonomy". Many of his writings were in Latin; his name is rende... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubik%27s_Cube | Rubik's Cube | The Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Town... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_England | New England | New England is a region consisting of six states in the Northeastern United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont. It is bordered by the state of New York to the west and by the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick to the northeast and Quebec to the north. The Gulf of Maine ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Canadian_federal_general_elections | List of Canadian federal general elections | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Westfield,_Alabama | Westfield, Alabama | Westfield is an unincorporated community and former coal mining town in Jefferson County, Alabama. It was a coal mining camp for Tennessee Coal & Iron Co. that was purchased by U.S. Steel and developed as a planned steel worker community that was predominantly African American. It was home to Westfield High School. In ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twist_(song) | The Twist (song) | "The Twist" is an American song written and originally released in 1958 by Hank Ballard and the Midnighters as a B-side to "Teardrops on Your Letter". It was inspired by the twist dance craze. Ballard's version was a moderate hit, peaking at number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1960. On the US Billboard Hot R&B Sid... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bessemer,_Alabama | Bessemer, Alabama | Bessemer is a city in Jefferson County, Alabama, United States and a southwestern suburb of Birmingham. The population was 26,019 at the 2020 census, and was estimated to be 25,079 in 2024. It is within the Birmingham–Hoover, AL Metropolitan statistical area, of which Jefferson County is the center. It developed rapidl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Truman | Margaret Truman | Mary Margaret Truman Daniel (February 17, 1924 – January 29, 2008) was an American classical soprano, actress, journalist, radio and television personality, writer, and New York socialite. She was the only child of President Harry S. Truman and First Lady Bess Truman. While her father was president during the years 194... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bronco&redirect=no | https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Bronco&redirect=no | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inspectah_Deck | Inspectah Deck | Jason S. Hunter (born July 6, 1970), better known by his stage name Inspectah Deck, is an American rapper and hip hop producer. He is a member of the groups Wu-Tang Clan and Czarface.
He has acquired critical praise for his intricate lyricism, and for his verses on many of the group's most revered songs. He has grown t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Benoit#Death | Chris Benoit#Death | Christopher Michael Benoit ( bə-NWAH; May 21, 1967 – June 24, 2007) was a Canadian professional wrestler who worked for various promotions during his 22-year career. Despite his accomplishments, he is more generally known for murdering his wife and youngest son before committing suicide.
Bearing the nicknames The (Cana... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theoren_Fleury | Theoren Fleury | Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury (born 29 June 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, author and motivational speaker. Fleury played for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), Tappara of Finland's SM-liiga, and the Belfast G... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._T._Snow | J. T. Snow | Jack Thomas Snow Jr. (born February 26, 1968) is an American former professional baseball player, television sports color commentator, former bench coach for the Oakland Ballers and current manager for the Modesto Roadsters (aka Modesto Glow Riders). He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball from 1992 to 20... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Champions_League | UEFA Champions League | The UEFA Champions League (UCL or UEFA CL), commonly known as the Champions League, is an annual club association football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by top-division European clubs. The competition begins with a round robin league phase to qualify for t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memory_of_Mankind | Memory of Mankind | Memory of Mankind (MOM) is a preservation project founded by Martin Kunze in Hallstatt, Austria, in 2012. Its main goal is to preserve knowledge about present human civilization from oblivion and collective amnesia. Information is printed on ceramic tablets and stored in the local salt mine. The project aims to create ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/28th_Tony_Awards | 28th Tony Awards | The 28th Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on April 21, 1974, at the Shubert Theatre in New York City, and broadcast by ABC television. Hosts were Peter Falk, Florence Henderson, Robert Preston and Cicely Tyson. The theme was "Homecoming", where stars from TV and film returned to Broadway to help present the awards ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murray_State_University#Former_Presidents_of_the_University | Murray State University#Former Presidents of the University | Murray State University (MSU) is a public university in Murray, Kentucky, United States. In addition to the main campus in Calloway County in southwestern Kentucky, Murray State operates extended campuses offering upper-level and graduate courses in Paducah, Hopkinsville, Madisonville, and Henderson.
== History ==
Mu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_LeBlanc | Matt LeBlanc | Matthew Steven LeBlanc ( lə-BLAHNK; born July 25, 1967) is an American actor. He gained global recognition with his portrayal of Joey Tribbiani in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004), and in its spin-off series Joey (2004–2006). For his work on Friends, LeBlanc received three nominations at the Primetime Emmy Awards. He... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Beautiful_Day_in_the_Neighborhood | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood | A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood is a 2019 American biographical drama film on the TV host Fred Rogers, directed by Marielle Heller and written by Micah Fitzerman-Blue and Noah Harpster, inspired by the 1998 article "Can You Say ... Hero?" by Tom Junod, published in Esquire. It stars Tom Hanks, Matthew Rhys, Susan K... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Economist_Democracy_Index | The Economist Democracy Index | The Democracy Index published by the British media company the Economist Group is an index measuring the quality of democracy across the world. This quantitative and comparative assessment is centrally concerned with democratic rights and democratic institutions. The methodology for assessing democracy used in this dem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates_in_Literature#1960 | List of Nobel laureates in Literature#1960 | The Nobel Prize in Literature (Swedish: Nobelpriset i litteratur) is awarded annually by the Swedish Academy to authors for outstanding contributions in the field of literature. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, which are awarded for outstanding contributions in chemistry,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Baldwin | Stephen Baldwin | Stephen Andrew Baldwin (born May 12, 1966) is an American actor. He has appeared in the films Born on the Fourth of July (1989), Posse (1993), 8 Seconds (1994), Threesome (1994), The Usual Suspects (1995), Bio-Dome (1996) and The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas (2000). Baldwin also starred in the television series The Y... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Dark_of_the_Moon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain_%26_Gain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Age_of_Extinction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13_Hours:_The_Secret_Soldiers_of_Benghazi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_The_Last_Knight, https://en.wikip... | Transformers: Dark of the Moon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pain & Gain, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers: Age of Extinction, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers: The Last Knight, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/6 Underground (fil... | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas | Christmas | Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world. A liturgical feast central to Christianity, Christmas preparation begins on the First Sunday of Advent. Advent is followed by Chri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lynch_filmography | David Lynch filmography | David Lynch (January 20, 1946 – January 16, 2025) was an American filmmaker, visual artist, musician and actor. Known for his surrealist films, he developed his own cinematic style which has been dubbed "Lynchian" and is characterized by its dream imagery and meticulous sound design. The surreal and, in many cases, vi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scream_(1996_film) | Scream (1996 film) | Scream is a 1996 American slasher film directed by Wes Craven and written by Kevin Williamson. It stars David Arquette, Neve Campbell, Courteney Cox, Matthew Lillard, Rose McGowan, Skeet Ulrich, and Drew Barrymore. Set in the fictional town of Woodsboro, California, the plot follows high school student Sidney Prescott ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marshall_McLuhan | Marshall McLuhan | Herbert Marshall McLuhan (, mə-KLOO-ən; July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian philosopher whose work is among the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Raised in Winnipeg, McLuhan studied at the University of Manitoba and the University of Cambridge. He began his teaching career as a professor of Engl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greererpeton | Greererpeton | Greererpeton burkemorani ("crawler from Greer, West Virginia") is an extinct genus of colosteid stem-tetrapods from the Early Carboniferous period (late Viséan) of North America. Greererpeton was first described by famed vertebrate paleontologist Alfred S. Romer in 1969, based on a skull and partial skeleton from the B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood_County,_Wisconsin | Wood County, Wisconsin | Wood County is a county located in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 74,207. Its county seat is Wisconsin Rapids. The county is named after Joseph Wood, a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. Wood County comprises the Wisconsin Rapids-Marshfield, WI Micropolitan Statistical Area ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orangutan | Orangutan | Orangutans are great apes native to the rainforests of Indonesia and Malaysia. They are now found only in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, but during the Pleistocene they ranged throughout Southeast Asia and South China. Classified in the genus Pongo, orangutans were originally considered to be one species. In 1996, they w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thrash_metal | Thrash metal | Thrash metal (or simply thrash) is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music characterized by its overall aggression and fast tempo. The songs usually use fast percussive beats and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead guitar work.
The genre emerged in the early 1980s as musicians began fusing t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_London | City of London | The City of London (often known as the City or the Square Mile) is a city, ceremonial county and local government district in England. Established by the Romans around 47 AD as Londinium, it forms the historic centre of the wider London metropolis. Surrounded by the modern ceremonial county of Greater London, from whic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Atlantic | The Atlantic | The Atlantic is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher based in Washington, D.C. It features articles on politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science.
It was founded in 1857 in Boston as The Atlantic Monthly, a literary and cultural magazine that publishe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabella_Rossellini | Isabella Rossellini | Isabella Fiorella Elettra Giovanna Rossellini (Italian: [izaˈbɛlla rosselˈliːni]; born 18 June 1952) is an Italian-American actress and model. The daughter of Swedish actress Ingrid Bergman and Italian film director Roberto Rossellini, she is noted for her successful tenure as a Lancôme model and an established career ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldest_football_clubs | Oldest football clubs | The oldest football clubs trace their origins to the mid-19th century, a period when football evolved from being a casual pastime to an organised mainstream sport.
The identity of the oldest football clubs in the world, or even in a particular country, is often disputed or claimed by several clubs, across several codes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_Building | Justice Building | The Justice Building is an office hill on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The building was designed by Thomas W. Fuller and is called the 'Justice Building' because it was previously home to the Department of Justice.
Originally called Block D, it was built from 1935 to 1938 for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP). It ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Supporting_Actor | Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor | The Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 9th Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a supporting role in a film released that year. The award is traditionally p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mulona_lapidaria | Mulona lapidaria | Mulona lapidaria is a moth of the subfamily Arctiinae. It was described by Francis Walker in 1866. It is found on Haiti. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_Toriyama | Akira Toriyama | Akira Toriyama (Japanese: 鳥山明, Hepburn: Toriyama Akira; April 5, 1955 – March 1, 2024) was a Japanese manga artist and character designer. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential authors in the history of manga and created numerous highly influential and popular series, with his most famous be... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee_Centennial_and_International_Exposition | Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition | The Tennessee Centennial and International Exposition was an exposition held in Nashville from May 1 – October 31, 1897 in what is now Centennial Park. A year late, it celebrated the 100th anniversary of Tennessee's entry into the union in 1796. President William McKinley officially opened the event from the White Hou... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minardi_M194 | Minardi M194 | The Minardi M194 was a Formula One car designed by Aldo Costa and Gustav Brunner and built by Minardi for the 1994 season. It was introduced at that year's Canadian Grand Prix to replace the Minardi M193B. The car was again powered by the Ford HBD V8 engine.
Minardi team drivers during 1994 were Pierluigi Martini and f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wonderful_Story_of_Henry_Sugar_(film) | The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar (film) | Roald Dahl's The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, or simply The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, is a 2023 American fantasy short film written, co-produced, and directed by Wes Anderson, based on the 1977 short story "The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar" by Roald Dahl. It is the second film adaptation of a Dahl work direc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tranmere_Rovers_F.C. | Tranmere Rovers F.C. | Tranmere Rovers Football Club are a professional association football club based in Birkenhead, Merseyside, England. The team competes in EFL League Two, the fourth level of the English football league system.
Founded in 1884 as Belmont Football Club, they adopted their current name in 1885. Tranmere's regular kit is a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disneynature#Filmography | Disneynature#Filmography | Disneynature is an American independent film studio that specializes in the production of nature documentary films for Walt Disney Studios, a division of Disney Entertainment, which is owned by The Walt Disney Company. Disneynature was founded on April 21, 2008, and is headquartered in Burbank, California.
The company'... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lottie_Alter | Lottie Alter | Charlotte Alice Alter (January 16, 1871 – December 25, 1924) was an American actress on stage and in silent films.
== Early life ==
Alter was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin on January 16, 1871, the daughter of Frederick Pernal Alter and Ida Alter (née Soplitt).
== Career ==
Alter began acting in the American midwest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Redfield | Chris Redfield | Chris Redfield is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror series created by the Japanese company Capcom. He was introduced as one of the two playable characters of the original Resident Evil (1996), alongside his partner Jill Valentine, as a member of the Raccoon Police Department's Special... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_Summer_Olympics | 1936 Summer Olympics | The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: Olympische Sommerspiele 1936), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: Spiele der XI. Olympiade) and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, the capital of Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games... |
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