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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dime_(United_States_coin) | Dime (United States coin) | The dime, in United States usage, is a ten-cent coin, one tenth of a United States dollar, labeled formally as "one dime". The denomination was first authorized by the Coinage Act of 1792.
The dime is the smallest in diameter and is the thinnest of all U.S. coins currently minted for circulation, being 0.705 inches (17... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Sebastian | Guy Sebastian | Guy Theodore Sebastian (born 26 October 1981) is an Australian singer, songwriter and record producer who rose to fame after winning the first season of Australian Idol, in 2003. Born in Malaysia and raised in Adelaide, Australia, Sebastian has since released eleven top ten albums, including three number ones. Eight h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hannah_Montana | Hannah Montana | Hannah Montana is an American teen sitcom created by Michael Poryes, Rich Correll, and Barry O'Brien that aired on Disney Channel for four seasons between March 2006 and January 2011. The series centers on Miley Stewart (played by Miley Cyrus), a teenage girl living a double life as famous pop singer Hannah Montana, an... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_dress_of_Meghan_Markle | Wedding dress of Meghan Markle | The wedding dress worn by Meghan Markle at her wedding to Prince Harry on 19 May 2018 was designed by the British fashion designer Clare Waight Keller, artistic director of the fashion house Givenchy. The bride's veil was embroidered with flowers representing the countries of the Commonwealth; the California poppy, in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fulton_surface-to-air_recovery_system | Fulton surface-to-air recovery system | The Fulton surface-to-air recovery system (STARS), also known as Skyhook, is a system used by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), United States Air Force, and United States Navy for retrieving individuals on the ground using aircraft such as the MC-130E Combat Talon I and B-17 Flying Fortress. It involves using an o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spyro_2:_Ripto%27s_Rage! | Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage! | Spyro 2: Ripto's Rage!, known as Spyro 2: Gateway to Glimmer in PAL regions, is a 1999 platform game developed by Insomniac Games and published by Sony Computer Entertainment for the PlayStation. It is the second installment in the Spyro series and a sequel to Spyro the Dragon (1998).
The game begins with Spyro plannin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_Book_Awards | Irish Book Awards | The Irish Book Awards are Irish literary awards given annually to books and authors in various categories. It is the only literary award supported by all-Irish bookstores. The primary sponsor is An Post, the state owned postal service in Ireland.
== History ==
First awarded in 2006, the Irish Book Awards grew out of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who_series_1 | Doctor Who series 1 | The first series of the 2005 revival of the British science fiction programme Doctor Who, and the twenty-seventh season overall, began on 26 March 2005 with the episode "Rose". This marked the end of the programme's 16 year absence from episodic television following its cancellation in 1989, and the first new televis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_and_ethnicity_in_the_NBA | Race and ethnicity in the NBA | The composition of race and ethnicity in the National Basketball Association (NBA) has changed throughout the league's history. The first non-white player to play in the league was an Asian American, Wat Misaka, in 1947. African Americans entered the league beginning in 1950. According to racial equality activist Richa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moxostoma | Moxostoma | Moxostoma, the redhorses or jumprocks, is a genus of North American ray-finned fish in the family Catostomidae. Redhorses are variable in size, geographic location, and other ecological traits such as spawning substrate. Several redhorses are long-lived (lifespans greater than 20 years), much like many other catostomid... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ospedale_della_Piet%C3%A0 | Ospedale della Pietà | The Ospedale della Pietà was a convent, orphanage, and music school in Venice. Like other Venetian ospedali, the Pietà was first established as a hospice for the needy. A group of Venetian nuns, called the Consorelle di Santa Maria dell’Umiltà, established this charitable institution for orphans and abandoned girls in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghostface_Killah | Ghostface Killah | Dennis David Coles (born May 9, 1970), better known by his stage name Ghostface Killah, is an American rapper and a member of the hip-hop group Wu-Tang Clan. After the group achieved breakthrough success in the aftermath of Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers), the members went on to pursue solo careers to varying levels of... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_costliest_American_Civil_War_land_battles | List of costliest American Civil War land battles | This is a list of the costliest land battles of the American Civil War, measured by casualties (killed, wounded, captured, and missing) on both sides.
== Highest casualty battles == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/José_Saramago# | José Saramago# | José de Sousa Saramago (European Portuguese: [ʒuˈzɛ ðɨ ˈso(w)zɐ sɐɾɐˈmaɣu]; 16 November 1922 – 18 June 2010) was a Portuguese writer. He was the recipient of the 1998 Nobel Prize in Literature for his "parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony [with which he] continually enables us once again to apprehen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoscorpion#Classification | Pseudoscorpion#Classification | Pseudoscorpions, also known as false scorpions or book scorpions, are small, scorpion-like arachnids belonging to the order Pseudoscorpiones, also known as Pseudoscorpionida or Chelonethida.
Pseudoscorpions are generally beneficial to humans because they prey on clothes moth larvae, carpet beetle larvae, booklice, ants... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foster_(short_story) | Foster (short story) | "Foster" is a short story or novella by Irish author Claire Keegan, published in 2010.
== Plot ==
In 1981 Ireland, County Wexford, an unnamed girl is sent to live with foster parents on a farm, while her mother gives birth. She has no notion of when she will return home. In the strangers' house, she finds affection s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dippin%27_Dots | Dippin' Dots | Dippin' Dots is an ice cream snack invented by Curt Jones in 1988. The confection is created by flash freezing ice cream mix in liquid nitrogen. The snack is made by Dippin' Dots, Inc., headquartered in Paducah, Kentucky. Dippin' Dots are sold in 14 countries, including Honduras and Luxembourg.
Because the product requ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest-reigning_monarchs | List of longest-reigning monarchs | This is a list of the longest-reigning monarchs in history, detailing the monarchs and lifelong leaders who have reigned the longest, ranked by length of reign.
== Monarchs of sovereign states with verifiable reigns by exact date ==
The following are the 25 longest-reigning monarchs of states who were internationally... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_G20_Toronto_summit | 2010 G20 Toronto summit | The 2010 G20 Toronto summit was the fourth meeting of the G20 heads of state/government, to discuss the global financial system and the world economy, which took place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The summit's priorities included evaluating the progress of financial reform, devel... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil_national_football_team#FIFA_World_Cup | Brazil national football team#FIFA World Cup | The Brazil national football team (Portuguese: Seleção Brasileira de Futebol; Brazilian Portuguese pronunciation: [se.leˈsɐ̃w bɾaziˈlejɾɐ dʒi futʃiˈbɔw]), nicknamed Seleção Canarinho ("Canary Squad", after their bright yellow jersey), represents Brazil in men's international football and is administered by the Confeder... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiraiya_(Naruto) | Jiraiya (Naruto) | Jiraiya (Japanese: 自来也) is a fictional character in the Naruto manga and anime series created by Masashi Kishimoto. Introduced in the series' first part, he was a student of Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi and one of the three "Legendary Three Ninjas"(Legendary Sanin)—along with Orochimaru and Lady Tsunade, his former t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2015_World_Championships_in_Athletics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_javelin_throw | 2015 World Championships in Athletics – Women's javelin throw | The women's javelin throw at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.
There were eight automatic qualifiers out of the first round. With the best mark qualifiers, the German team was able to get four into the finals including defending champion Christina O... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Lane | Nathan Lane | Nathan Lane (born Joseph Lane; February 3, 1956) is an American actor who has been on stage and screen in both comedic and dramatic roles. Lane has received numerous accolades including three Tony Awards, seven Drama Desk Awards, a Laurence Olivier Award, three Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. Lane receive... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shreve,_Lamb_%26_Harmon | Shreve, Lamb & Harmon | Shreve, Lamb, and Harmon, founded as Shreve & Lamb, was an architectural firm best known for designing the Empire State Building, the tallest building in the world at the time of its completion in 1931. The firm was prominent in the proliferation of Art Deco architecture in New York City.
== History ==
The firm was f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roald_Dahl | Roald Dahl | Roald Dahl (13 September 1916 – 23 November 1990) was a British author of popular children's literature and short stories, a poet, screenwriter and a wartime fighter ace. His books have sold more than 300 million copies worldwide. He has been called "one of the greatest storytellers for children of the 20th century".
D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackie_Robinson | Jackie Robinson | Jack Roosevelt Robinson (January 31, 1919 – October 24, 1972) was an American professional baseball player who was the first African American to play in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the modern era. Robinson broke the color line when he started at first base for the Brooklyn Dodgers on April 15, 1947. The Dodgers sign... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Cook_(architect) | Peter Cook (architect) | Sir Peter Cook (born 22 October 1936) is an English architect, lecturer and writer on architectural subjects. He was a founder of Archigram, and was knighted in 2007 by Elizabeth II for his services to architecture and teaching. He is also a Royal Academician and a Commandeur de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Burton_(comics) | Richard Burton (comics) | Richard Burton is a British comic publisher and editor who had a lengthy career at IPC Magazines. While an assistant editor at 2000 AD, he became known to readers as Tharg the Mighty's bumbling assistant Burt, who appeared in a number of strips with him. (Burton was later top editor at 2000 AD.) Earlier in his career, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Quoddy_Head_Light | West Quoddy Head Light | West Quoddy Head, in Quoddy Head State Park, Lubec, Maine, is the easternmost point of the contiguous United States. In 1808 a lighthouse was constructed at the site to guide ships through the Quoddy Narrows. The current tower, with distinctive red-and-white stripes, was constructed in 1858 and is an active aid to navi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Ridge | Tom Ridge | Thomas Joseph Ridge (born August 26, 1945) is an American politician and author who served in the George W. Bush administration as the assistant to the president for homeland security from 2001 to 2003 and as the United States secretary of homeland security from 2003 to 2005. He was the first person to hold either offi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Major_League_Baseball_career_hits_leaders | List of Major League Baseball career hits leaders | Listed are all Major League Baseball players who have reached the 2,000 hit milestone during their career in MLB. Pete Rose holds the Major League record for most career hits, with 4,256. Rose and Ty Cobb, second most, are the only players with 4,000 or more career hits. Cap Anson was the first player to achieve 2,000 ... |
https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_assistant_referee | Video assistant referee | The video assistant referee (VAR) is a match official in association football who assists the referee by reviewing decisions using video footage and providing advice to the referee based on those reviews.
The assistant video assistant referee (AVAR) is a match official appointed to assist the VAR in the video operation... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_elections_in_Alaska | United States presidential elections in Alaska | Since Alaska's admission to the Union in January 3, 1959, it has participated in 17 United States presidential elections, always having 3 electoral votes. In the 1960 presidential election, Alaska was narrowly won by the Republican Party's candidate and incumbent vice president Richard Nixon, defeating the Democratic P... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beach_Boys#History | The Beach Boys#History | The Beach Boys are an American rock band formed in Hawthorne, California, in 1961. The group's founding members consisted of brothers Brian, Dennis, and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and their friend Al Jardine. One of the most influential acts of the rock era, they are known for their musical ingenuity, vocal h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whiplash_(2014_film)# | Whiplash (2014 film)# | Whiplash is a 2014 American independent psychological drama film written and directed by Damien Chazelle, and starring Miles Teller, J. K. Simmons, and Paul Reiser. It focuses on an ambitious music student and aspiring jazz drummer (Teller), who is pushed to his limit by his abusive instructor (Simmons).
The film was p... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvania_belgica | Alvania belgica | Alvania belgica is an extinct species of minute sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusc or micromollusk in the family Rissoidae.
== Distribution ==
Fossils of this species were found in Miocene strata in Belgium (age range: 15.97 to 11.608 Ma) |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_Sea_order_of_battle | Philippine Sea order of battle | The Battle of the Philippine Sea was fought 19–20 June 1944 in the waters west of the Mariana Islands by elements of the Imperial Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet and of the United States Navy's Pacific Fleet. The battle resulted from the Japanese reaction to the American invasion of the island of Saipan. Instead of atta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Hunt_(inventor) | Walter Hunt (inventor) | Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer. Through the course of his work he became known for being a prolific inventor. He first became involved with mechanical innovations in a linseed producing community in New York state that had flax mills. While in New York City to promote his... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tow_Ubukata | Tow Ubukata | Mineo Fujino (Japanese: 藤野峰男, Hepburn: Fujino Mineo; born February 14, 1977, in Gifu Prefecture), known by his pen name Tow Ubukata (冲方 丁, Ubukata Tō), is a Japanese novelist and screenwriter. He primarily writes fantasy and science fiction. His major works include Mardock Scramble, Le Chevalier D'Eon and Heroic Age. H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolf_Hitler | Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945. He rose to power as the leader of the Nazi Party, becoming the chancellor of Germany in 1933 and then taking the title of Führer und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amplifier_(Dance_Exponents_album)#Track_listing | Amplifier (Dance Exponents album)#Track listing | Amplifier is the third studio album by the New Zealand band Dance Exponents (later known as The Exponents), released in November 1986. The album peaked at #18 and spent four weeks on the New Zealand Album Chart. The CD version was released in 1992 with an alternative cover and two additional tracks but has since been d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glastonbury_Festival | Glastonbury Festival | The Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts (commonly referred to as simply Glastonbury Festival, known colloquially as Glasto) is a five-day festival of contemporary performing arts held near Pilton, Somerset, England, in most summers.
In addition to contemporary music, the festival hosts dance, comedy, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands | Netherlands | The Netherlands, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The Netherlands consists of twelve provinces; it borders Germany to the east and Belgium to the south, with a North... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nouhaila_Benzina | Nouhaila Benzina | Nouhaila Benzina (Arabic: نهيلة بنزينة; born 11 May 1998) is a Moroccan professional footballer who plays as a defender for AS FAR and the Morocco women's national team.
In July 2023, she made history as the first female player to ever wear an Islamic headscarf (a hijab) at the senior-level FIFA Women's World Cup. She ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemanja_Markovi%C4%87 | Nemanja Marković | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Messi | Lionel Messi | Lionel Andrés Messi (born 24 June 1987) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Major League Soccer club Inter Miami and the Argentina national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players in history, Messi has set numerous records for individual accolades won throug... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Allsop_&_Stewart_Williams | Tim Allsop & Stewart Williams | Tim Allsop and Stewart Williams are a British writing and directing duo.
They met in 2005 working for Elisabeth Murdoch’s production company Shine Limited. Their first joint work was a Comedy Lab for Channel 4 starring Alex Zane which they wrote, produced, and directed. Since then they have written for a variety of com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goths | Goths | The Goths were a Germanic people who played a major role in the fall of the Western Roman Empire and the emergence of medieval Europe. They were first mentioned by Greco-Roman authors in the 3rd century AD, living north of the Danube in what is now Ukraine, Moldova, and Romania. From here they conducted raids into Roma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Clinton | Bill Clinton | William Jefferson Clinton (né Blythe III; born August 19, 1946) is an American politician and lawyer who served as the 42nd president of the United States from 1993 to 2001. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the attorney general of Arkansas from 1977 to 1979 and as the governor of Arkansas fro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthrax_(American_band) | Anthrax (American band) | Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981 by rhythm guitarist Scott Ian and bassist Dan Lilker. The group is considered one of the leaders of the thrash metal scene from the 1980s and is part of the "Big Four" of the genre, along with Metallica, Megadeth and Slayer. They were also one o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gli | Gli | Gli (c. 2004 – 7 November 2020) was a cat from Istanbul best known for living in the Hagia Sophia, for which she became an Internet celebrity, grabbing the attention of visiting tourists. Gli was born in 2004 and was raised at the Hagia Sophia. She gained significant media attention when the Hagia Sophia was converted ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diving_duck | Diving duck | The diving ducks, commonly called pochards or scaups, are a category of duck which feed by diving beneath the surface of the water. They are part of Anatidae, the diverse and very large family that includes ducks, geese, and swans.
The diving ducks are placed in a distinct tribe in the subfamily Anatinae, the Aythyini.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith! | Edith! | Edith! is a historical fiction podcast written and created by Gonzalo Cordova and Travis Helwig, produced by QCode and Crooked Media starring Rosamund Pike about Edith Wilson. It was directed by Maureen Bharoocha.
== Background ==
The podcast is a collaboration between QCode and Crooked Media. The podcast takes place... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mountain_Cheese_Olympics | Mountain Cheese Olympics | The International Mountain Cheese Olympics is a cheese festival and competition that has been ongoing for over 18 years. Cheesemakers from all over the world, including Switzerland, Japan, Mexico, Canada, Germany, Italy and many others compete to have the most exceptional quality of artisan mountain cheese. In previous... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_Mouth_Mason | Wide Mouth Mason | Wide Mouth Mason is a Canadian blues-based rock band, consisting of Shaun Verreault (lead vocals, guitar), and Safwan Javed (percussion, backing vocals). Former bassist Earl Pereira was also co-founder of Wide Mouth Mason. The band hails from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, and has been active since 1995.
== Career ==
Wide ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Harrison | John Harrison | John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after device for solving the problem of how to calculate longitude while at sea.
Harrison's solution revolutionized navigation and greatly increased the safety of long-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Dudley | Metropolitan Borough of Dudley | The Metropolitan Borough of Dudley is a metropolitan borough of West Midlands, England. It was created in 1974 following the Local Government Act 1972, through a merger of the existing Dudley County Borough with the municipal boroughs of Stourbridge and Halesowen.
The borough's main settlement is Dudley but it also inc... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastman_School_of_Music | Eastman School of Music | The Eastman School of Music is the music school of the University of Rochester, a private research university in Rochester, New York, United States. Established in 1921 by celebrated industrialist and philanthropist George Eastman, it was the first professional school of the university.
The school offers Bachelor of Mu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sebastiano_Arman | Sebastiano Arman | Sebastiano Arman (born 17 January 1997) is an Italian curler from Cembra. He is the second on Team Joël Retornaz. He has represented Italy at the 2022 and 2026 Winter Olympics.
== Career ==
=== Juniors ===
As a junior curler, Arman represented Italy in three World Junior Curling Championships. He was the alternate ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_Nobel_Prize_in_Literature#:~:text=The%202006%20Nobel%20Prize%20in,clash%20and%20interlacing%20of%20cultures.%22 | 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature#:~:text=The 2006 Nobel Prize in,clash and interlacing of cultures." | The 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature was awarded to the Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk (born 1952) "who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures."
== Laureate ==
Orhan Pamuk, a leading novelist in Turkey, made his literary debut with the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Wants_to_Rule_the_World | Everybody Wants to Rule the World | "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" is a song by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears from their second studio album Songs from the Big Chair (1985). It was written by Roland Orzabal, Ian Stanley, and Chris Hughes and produced by Hughes. It was released on 22 March 1985 by Phonogram, Mercury, and Vertigo Records a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria | Bulgaria | Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey to the south, Serbia and North Macedonia to the west, and Romania across the Danub... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Howell_(entrepreneur)#The_Coffee_Connection | George Howell (entrepreneur)#The Coffee Connection | George Howell (born 1945) is an American entrepreneur and one of the pioneers of the specialty-coffee movement in the early 1970s.
== Early life ==
Born and raised in New Jersey, Howell's family moved to Mexico City when he was 13. He studied art history, French, and Spanish literature at Yale University from 1964 to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Ferraris_(footballer) | Luigi Ferraris (footballer) | Luigi Ferraris (18 November 1887 – 23 August 1915) was an Italian footballer, engineer and soldier who died during World War I.
== Biography ==
Ferraris was born Florence, while his family hailed from Saluzzo, Piedmont. He joined Genoa in 1902, and played there his entire career, where he won the reserve championship... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Retton | Mary Lou Retton | Mary Lou Retton (born January 24, 1968) is an American retired gymnast. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, she won a gold medal in the individual all-around competition, as well as two silver medals and two bronze medals, which earned her the Sports Illustrated Sportswoman of the Year award.
Retton's performan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sébastien_Haller | Sébastien Haller | Sébastien Romain Teddy Haller (French pronunciation: [sebastjɛ̃ alɛʁ]; born 22 June 1994) is a professional footballer who plays as a striker for Eredivisie club Utrecht. Born in France, he plays for the Ivory Coast national team.
Haller began his career in France with Auxerre, and moved on loan to Eredivisie side Utre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_World_War_II_aces_from_the_United_States | List of World War II aces from the United States | This is a list of fighter aces in World War II from United States. For other countries see List of World War II flying aces by country
== Aces == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyson_Fury_vs_Oleksandr_Usyk | Tyson Fury vs Oleksandr Usyk | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seti_I | Seti I | Menmaatre Seti I (or Sethos I in Greek) was the second pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty of Egypt during the New Kingdom period, ruling c. 1294 or 1290 BC to 1279 BC. He was the son of Ramesses I and Sitre, and the father of Ramesses II (commonly known as Ramesses the Great).
The name Seti means "of Set", which indicat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superman_%26_Bugs_Bunny | Superman & Bugs Bunny | Superman & Bugs Bunny is a four-issue comics miniseries released in 2000 by DC Comics. It is the first official DC crossover between the DC Universe and the Looney Tunes characters.
== Plot ==
=== The DC Superheroes Meet the Looney Tunes! ===
In Metropolis, Clark Kent and Lois Lane are investigating reports of a my... |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evening_(magazine) | Evening (magazine) | Evening (Japanese: イブニング, Hepburn: Ibuningu) was a bi-weekly Japanese seinen manga magazine published by Kodansha from 2001 to 2023. Circulation was reported by the Japan Magazine Publishers Association at 115,617 copies in 2015.
The magazine ended publication on February 28, 2023, and some titles being serialized in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Family | Modern Family | Modern Family is an American television sitcom created by Steven Levitan and Christopher Lloyd for ABC. It aired for 11 seasons from September 23, 2009, to April 8, 2020. The series follows the lives of three diverse but interrelated family set-ups living in suburban Los Angeles.
Lloyd and Levitan conceived the series ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yaquina_Bay_Light | Yaquina Bay Light | The Yaquina Bay Light is a lighthouse that was built in 1871, soon after the founding of the city of Newport, Oregon, in the United States. It is located on the north side of Yaquina Bay. In 1871–1874, it was the busiest and most populated of the many coastal ports between Washington and California.
== History ==
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niland_brothers | Niland brothers | The Niland brothers were four American brothers from Tonawanda, New York, who served in the military during World War II. They were sons of Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Niland. Two survived the war but, for a time, only one, Frederick "Fritz" Niland, was believed to have survived. After the reported deaths of his three brot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simba | Simba | Simba is a fictional character in Disney’s The Lion King franchise. He first appears as the main protagonist in The Lion King (1994), starting as a cub where he flees the Pride Lands after his father, Mufasa, is murdered by his uncle, Scar, who deceives Simba into believing he is responsible for the death. Years later,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1932_Summer_Olympics | 1932 Summer Olympics | The 1932 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the X Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1932) were an international multi-sport event held from July 30 to August 14, 1932, in Los Angeles, California, United States. The Games were held during the worldwide Great Depression, with some nations not traveling to Los ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eruption_of_Mount_Vesuvius_in_79_AD | Eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 AD | In 79 AD, Mount Vesuvius, a stratovolcano located in the modern-day region of Campania, erupted, causing one of the deadliest eruptions in history. Vesuvius violently ejected a cloud of super-heated tephra and gases to a height of 33 km (21 mi), ejecting molten rock, pulverized pumice and hot ash at 1.5 million tons pe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Court_of_Thorns_and_Roses | A Court of Thorns and Roses | A Court of Thorns and Roses is a fantasy romance series by American author Sarah J. Maas, which follows the journey of 19-year-old Feyre Archeron after she is brought into the faerie lands of Prythian. The first book of the series, A Court of Thorns and Roses, was released in May 2015. The series centers on Feyre's adv... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camp_David_Accords | Camp David Accords | The Camp David Accords were a pair of political agreements signed by Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin on 17 September 1978, following twelve days of secret negotiations at Camp David, the country retreat of the president of the United States in Maryland. The two framework agreeme... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Boys_(1995_film) | Bad Boys (1995 film) | Bad Boys is a 1995 American action comedy film, directed by Michael Bay in his feature directorial debut, and produced by Don Simpson and Jerry Bruckheimer. The film stars Martin Lawrence and Will Smith as Marcus Burnett and Mike Lowrey, two Miami narcotics detectives who are investigating $100 million worth of stolen ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Bishop%27s_House | Russian Bishop's House | The Russian Bishop's House (Russian: Русский Архиерейский Дом), once the Russian Mission Orphanage (Russian: Российская Миссия Орфанадж), is a historic house museum and National Historic Landmark at Lincoln and Monastery Streets in Sitka, Alaska. Built in 1841–43, this log structure is one of the oldest surviving buil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cameron | James Cameron | James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is a Canadian filmmaker and deep-sea explorer. His films combine cutting-edge film technology with classical filmmaking techniques and have grossed over $10 billion worldwide, making him the second-highest-grossing film director of all time. A major figure in the post-New Ho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_(band) | Queen (band) | Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1970 by Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals), later joined by John Deacon (bass). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivy_League | Ivy League | The Ivy League is an American collegiate athletic conference of eight private research universities in the Northeastern United States. It participates in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, and in football, in the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). The term Ivy League is used more broa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denmark | Denmark | Denmark is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It is the metropole and most populous constituent of the Kingdom of Denmark, also known as the Danish Realm, a constitutionally unitary state that includes the autonomous territories of the Faroe Islands and Greenland in the north Atlantic Ocean. Metropolitan Denmark, als... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Want_to_Know_What_Love_Is | I Want to Know What Love Is | "I Want to Know What Love Is" is a song by the British-American rock band Foreigner. The power ballad was released in November 1984 as the lead single from their fifth album, Agent Provocateur. The song reached number one on both the United Kingdom singles chart and the United States Billboard Hot 100 and is the group'... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rule_of_Names | The Rule of Names | "The Rule of Names" is a short story by American writer Ursula K. Le Guin, first published in the April 1964 issue of Fantastic and reprinted in collections such as The Wind's Twelve Quarters. This story and "The Word of Unbinding" convey Le Guin's initial concepts for the Earthsea realm, including its places and phys... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Fluegelman | Andrew Fluegelman | Andrew Cardozo Fluegelman (November 27, 1943 – c. July 6, 1985) was an American publisher, photographer, programmer and attorney best known as a pioneer of what is now known as the shareware business model for software marketing. He was also the founding editor of both PC World and Macworld and the leader of the 1970s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_Gate_3# | Baldur's Gate 3# | Baldur's Gate 3 (also known as BG3 and Baldur's Gate III) is a 2023 role-playing video game by Larian Studios. It is the third installment in the Baldur's Gate series. The game's full release for Windows happened on August 3, with PlayStation 5, macOS, and Xbox Series X/S later in the same year. In the game's narrative... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argentine_Grand_Prix | Argentine Grand Prix | The Argentine Grand Prix (Spanish: Gran Premio de Argentina) was a round of the Formula One championship, held intermittently from 1953 to 1998, at the Autódromo Oscar y Juan Gálvez in the Argentine national capital of Buenos Aires.
== Origins and history ==
The Buenos Aires Grand Prix was an event first started in 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caldecott_Medal#Recipients | Caldecott Medal#Recipients | The Randolph Caldecott Medal, frequently shortened to just the Caldecott, annually recognizes the preceding year's "most distinguished American picture book for children". It is awarded to the illustrator by the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II | World War II | World War II, or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945), was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated. Tanks and aircraft played major roles, the latter enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the only... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Target_House,_London | Target House, London | Target House is a modern commercial building designed by British modernist architect Rodney Gordon (1933–2008) of Tripos Architects. It is located at 66 St James's Street, London, at the junction with St James's Place.
== Design and construction ==
The building was designed in 1979 and completed in 1984. It replaced ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Remembrance_(miniseries) | War and Remembrance (miniseries) | War and Remembrance is an American miniseries based on the 1978 novel of the same name written by Herman Wouk. The miniseries, which aired from November 13, 1988, to May 14, 1989, covers the period of World War II from the American entry into World War II immediately after Pearl Harbor in December 1941 to the day after... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundavai_Pir%C4%81ttiy%C4%81r | Kundavai Pirāttiyār | Kundavai Pirattiyar, commonly known mononymously as Kundavai, was a Chola Indian princess who lived in the tenth century in South India. She was the daughter of Parantaka II and Vanavan Mahadevi. She was born in Tirukoilur and was the elder sister of Chola emperor Rajaraja I. She had title as Ilaiyapirātti Kundavai Nac... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_Hole_Mountain_Resort | Jackson Hole Mountain Resort | Jackson Hole Mountain Resort (JHMR) is a ski resort in the western United States in Teton Village, Wyoming. It is in the Teton Range of the Rocky Mountains, twelve miles (20 km) northwest of Jackson and due south of Grand Teton National Park.
It is named after the historically significant Jackson Hole valley and is kno... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/68th_Academy_Awards | 68th Academy Awards | The 68th Academy Awards ceremony, organized by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), honored the best films of 1995 in the United States and took place on March 25, 1996, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los Angeles beginning at 6:00 p.m. PST / 9:00 p.m. EST. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tusk_(album) | Tusk (album) | Tusk is the twelfth studio album by the British and American rock band Fleetwood Mac, released as a double album on 12 October 1979 in the United States and on 19 October 1979 in the United Kingdom by Warner Bros. Records. It is considered more experimental than their previous albums, partly as a consequence of Lindsey... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tallest_statues | List of tallest statues | This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human or animal figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale_Galleria | Glendale Galleria | The Glendale Galleria is a large three-story regional shopping center and office complex located in downtown Glendale, California, United States. Opened in 1976 with 1,600,000-square-foot (150,000 m2) of retail space, it is the third-largest mall in Los Angeles County after Lakewood Center and Del Amo Fashion Center.
T... |
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