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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacqueline_Gareau | Jacqueline Gareau | Jacqueline Gareau (born March 10, 1953) is a Canadian runner who won the Boston Marathon on April 21, 1980. Gareau led the women's field for most of the race, only to find another runner, Rosie Ruiz, wearing the traditional victor's laurels when she crossed the finish line. Ruiz was later disqualified after it was de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hart_Bochner | Hart Bochner | Hart Matthew Bochner (born October 3, 1956) is a Canadian TV, film and voice actor, film director, screenwriter and producer. He has appeared in films such as Breaking Away (1979), Terror Train (1980), Rich and Famous (1981), The Wild Life (1984), Making Mr. Right (1987), Die Hard (1988), Apartment Zero (1988), Mr. Des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Swigert | Jack Swigert | John Leonard Swigert Jr. (August 30, 1931 – December 27, 1982) was an American NASA astronaut, test pilot, mechanical engineer, aerospace engineer, United States Air Force pilot, and politician. In April 1970, as command module pilot of Apollo 13, he became one of 24 astronauts who flew to the Moon. Due to the "slingsh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christie%27s | Christie's | Christie's is a British auction house founded in 1766 by James Christie. Its main premises are on King Street, St James's in London, and it has additional salerooms in New York, Paris, Hong Kong, Milan, Geneva, Shanghai, and Dubai. It is owned by Groupe Artémis, the holding company of François Pinault. In 2022 Christie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Trouble_in_Little_China | Big Trouble in Little China | Big Trouble in Little China (also known as John Carpenter's Big Trouble in Little China) is a 1986 American fantasy action-comedy film directed by John Carpenter, and starring Kurt Russell, Kim Cattrall, Dennis Dun and James Hong. The film tells the story of truck driver Jack Burton (Russell), who helps his friend Wang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BTS# | BTS# | BTS (Korean: 방탄소년단; RR: Bangtan sonyeondan; lit. 'Bulletproof Boy Scouts'), also known as the Bangtan Boys, is a South Korean boy band formed in 2010. The band consists of Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jung Kook, who co-write or co-produce much of their material. Originally a hip hop group, they expanded their m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maastricht_Treaty | Maastricht Treaty | The Treaty on European Union, commonly known as the Maastricht Treaty, is the foundation treaty of the European Union (EU). Concluded in 1992 between the then-twelve member states of the European Communities, it announced "a new stage in the process of European integration" chiefly in provisions for a shared European c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/74th_Academy_Awards#Winners_and_nominees | 74th Academy Awards#Winners and nominees | The 74th Academy Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), took place on March 24, 2002, at the Kodak Theatre in Hollywood, Los Angeles. During the ceremony, AMPAS presented Academy Awards (commonly referred to as Oscars) in 24 categories honoring films released in 2001. The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connor_McDavid | Connor McDavid | Connor Andrew McDavid (born January 13, 1997) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Selected first overall by the Oilers in the 2015 NHL entry draft, McDavid is widely considered one of the best players in the world.
McDavid... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cattle | Cattle | Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature males are called bulls.
Taurine cattle are widely distributed across Europe ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Thor | Mount Thor | Mount Thor, officially gazetted as Thor Peak (Inuktitut syllabics: ᙯᕐᓱᐊᓗᒃ, Inuktitut: Qaisualuk "huge bedrock", or Kigutinnguaq "tooth-like"), in Nunavut, Canada, is a mountain with an elevation of 1,675 m (5,495 ft) located in Auyuittuq National Park, on Baffin Island. The mountain is located 46 km (29 mi) northeast o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roberto_Cid_Subervi | Roberto Cid Subervi | Roberto Cid Subervi (Spanish pronunciation: [roˈβeɾto ˈsið suˈβeɾβi]; born 30 August 1993) is a Dominican–American tennis player.
Cid Subervi has a career high ATP singles ranking of 211 achieved on 14 September 2020. He also has a career high ATP doubles ranking of 262, achieved on 19 October 2020. Cid Subervi has won... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stan_Walker | Stan Walker | Stan Roto Walker (born 23 October 1990) is an Australian-New Zealand singer, actor, and television personality. In 2009, Walker was the winner of the seventh season of Australian Idol. He subsequently signed a recording contract with Sony Music Australia. It was in December 2009, Walker released his debut studio album,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Animated_Feature#Multiple_wins_and_nominations | Academy Award for Best Animated Feature#Multiple wins and nominations | The Academy Award for Best Animated Feature is an Academy Award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) for the best animated feature film. An animated feature is defined by the academy as a film with a running time of more than 40 minutes in which characters' performances are crea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loïs_Openda | Loïs Openda | Ikoma-Loïs Openda (born 16 February 2000) is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Juventus, on loan from Bundesliga club RB Leipzig, and the Belgium national team.
== Club career ==
=== Early career ===
Openda played as a youth for Patro Othee FC and RFC Liège before joining the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croix_de_guerre_1914%E2%80%931918_(France)#Award_description | Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (France)#Award description | The Croix de guerre 1914–1918 (English: War Cross) was a French military decoration, the first version of the Croix de Guerre. It was created to recognize French and allied soldiers who were cited for valorous service during World War I, similar to the British mentioned in dispatches but with multiple degrees equivale... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumatra | Sumatra | Sumatra () is one of the Sunda Islands of western Indonesia. It is the largest island that is fully within Indonesian territory, as well as the sixth-largest island in the world at 482,286.55 km2 (182,812 mi.2), including adjacent islands such as Simeulue, Nias, the Mentawai Islands, Enggano, the various achipelagoes c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Se%C3%A1n_Mac_Diarmada | Seán Mac Diarmada | Seán Mac Diarmada (27 January 1883 – 12 May 1916), also known as Seán MacDermott, was an Irish republican political activist and revolutionary leader. He was one of the seven leaders of the Easter Rising of 1916, which he helped to organise as a member of the Military Committee of the Irish Republican Brotherhood (IRB)... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cam_Plante | Cam Plante | Cam Plante (born March 12, 1964) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the seventh round, 128th overall, by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. He played two games in the National Hockey League with the Maple Leafs in the 1984–85 season.
Plante holds the Western H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bront%C3%AB_family | Brontë family | The Brontës () were a 19th-century literary family, born in the village of Thornton and later associated with the village of Haworth in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England. Born to Patrick Brontë, a curate, and his wife, Maria, the sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848) and Anne (1820–1849), were all poets... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon | The Dark Side of the Moon | The Dark Side of the Moon is the eighth studio album by the English progressive rock band Pink Floyd, released on 1 March 1973 by Capitol Records in the US and on 16 March 1973 by Harvest Records in the UK. Developed during live performances before recording began, it was conceived as a concept album that would focus o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhode_Island | Rhode Island | Rhode Island ( ROHD) is a state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders Connecticut to its west; Massachusetts to its north and east; and the Atlantic Ocean to its south via Rhode Island Sound and Block Island Sound; and shares a small maritime border with New York, east of Long Island.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Rangers | New York Rangers | The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in New York City. The Rangers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at Madison Square Garden, an arena they share with the New York Knicks of the National... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IF_(film) | IF (film) | IF (also marketed as Imaginary Friends in some regions) is a 2024 American live-action animated fantasy comedy film written and directed by John Krasinski, who also produced it alongside Allyson Seeger, Andrew Form, and Ryan Reynolds. The film stars Cailey Fleming, Reynolds, Krasinski, and Fiona Shaw along with the voi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_minor_planets:_8001%E2%80%939000#323c | List of minor planets: 8001–9000#323c | The following is a partial list of minor planets, running from minor-planet number 8001 through 9000, inclusive. The primary data for this and other partial lists is based on JPL's "Small-Body Orbital Elements" and data available from the Minor Planet Center. Critical list information is also provided by the MPC, unles... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_Billboard_Music_Awards | 2017 Billboard Music Awards | The 2017 Billboard Music Awards ceremony was held at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada on May 21, 2017. The list of nominees was announced on April 10, 2017. Non-televised awards were announced on Billboard website the same day as the main ceremony.
== Performances ==
Notes
^[a] Sheeran's performance was pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dollar_coin_(United_States) | Dollar coin (United States) | The dollar coin is a United States coin with a face value of one United States dollar. Dollar coins have been minted in the United States in gold, silver, and base metal versions. Dollar coins were first minted in the United States in 1794.
Dollar coins have almost never been popular in circulation since their incepti... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_European_Nations%27_Cup | 1960 European Nations' Cup | The 1960 European Nations' Cup was the inaugural tournament of the UEFA European Championship, held every four years and organised by UEFA. The first tournament was held in France. It was won by the Soviet Union, who beat Yugoslavia 2–1 in Paris after extra time.
The tournament was a knockout competition, with just 17 ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Attack_on_Titan_chapters | List of Attack on Titan chapters | Attack on Titan is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The story is set in a world where humanity lives inside cities surrounded by enormous walls due to the Titans, gigantic humanoid creatures who devour humans seemingly without reason. The story centers around Eren Yeager, alongside his... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanley_Tucci | Stanley Tucci | Stanley Tucci Jr. ( TOO-chee Italian pronunciation: [ˈtuttʃi]; born November 11, 1960) is an American actor. Known as a character actor, he has played a wide variety of roles, earning numerous accolades for his work.
Tucci made his film debut in John Huston's Prizzi's Honor (1985), before taking supporting roles in fil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiraka_Station | Hiraka Station | Hiraka Station (平賀駅, Hiraka-eki) is a railway station in Hirakawa, Aomori, Japan, operated by the private railway operator Kōnan Railway Company.
== Lines ==
Hiraka Station is served by the Kōnan Railway Kōnan Line, and lies 7.5 kilometers from the northern terminus of the line at Hirosaki,
== Station layout ==
Hir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_(singer) | Jin (singer) | Kim Seok-jin (Korean: 김석진; born December 4, 1992), known professionally as Jin, is a South Korean singer. He rose to prominence as member of the South Korean boy band BTS. Jin has released three solo tracks with BTS: "Awake" in 2016, "Epiphany" in 2018, and "Moon" in 2020, all of which have charted on South Korea's Gao... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dennis_Hopper | Dennis Hopper | Dennis Lee Hopper (May 17, 1936 – May 29, 2010) was an American actor, filmmaker, photographer and visual artist. He is considered one of the key figures of the New Hollywood era. He earned prizes from the Cannes Film Festival and Venice International Film Festival as well as nominations for two Academy Awards, a Prime... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Casita-Garciasville,_Texas | La Casita-Garciasville, Texas | La Casita-Garciasville is a former census-designated place (CDP) in Starr County, Texas, United States. The population was 2,177 at the 2000 census.
== Geography ==
La Casita-Garciasville is located at 26°19′34″N 98°42′25″W (26.326127, -98.707054).
According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Bardeen | John Bardeen | John Bardeen (May 23, 1908 – January 30, 1991) was an American condensed matter physicist. He is the only person to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice: first in 1956 with William Shockley and Walter Brattain for their invention of the transistor; and again in 1972 with Leon Cooper and Robert Schrieffer for the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metropolitan_Borough_of_Walsall | Metropolitan Borough of Walsall | The Metropolitan Borough of Walsall is a metropolitan borough in the West Midlands, England. It is named after its largest settlement, Walsall, but covers a larger area which also includes Aldridge, Bloxwich, Brownhills, Darlaston, Pelsall and Willenhall.
The borough had an estimated population of 254,500 in 2007.
The ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charoen_Pokphand | Charoen Pokphand | The Charoen Pokphand Group Company, Ltd. (Thai: เจริญโภคภัณฑ์; RTGS: Charoen Phokkhaphan; also commonly known as CP) is a Thai conglomerate based in Bangkok. It is Thailand's largest private company and the largest privately held Royal Warrant holder of the Thai Royal Family. The company describes itself as having eigh... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bella_La_Rosa | Bella La Rosa | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women_in_Film_Crystal_%2B_Lucy_Awards#Dorothy_Arzner_Directors_award | Women in Film Crystal + Lucy Awards#Dorothy Arzner Directors award | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Estadio_Jos%C3%A9_Mart%C3%ADn_Olaeta | Estadio José Martín Olaeta | Estadio José Martín Olaeta is a football stadium located in the city of Rosario of Santa Fe Province, Argentina. The stadium is owned and operated by C.A. Argentino. It has a capacity of 8,500 spectators and was inaugurated in 1944.
The stadium was named after José Martín Olaeta, president of the club what promoted Arg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Sulawesi | South Sulawesi | South Sulawesi (Indonesian: Sulawesi Selatan; Lontara: ᨔᨘᨒᨓᨙᨔᨗ ᨔᨛᨒᨈ) is a province in the southern peninsula of Sulawesi, Indonesia. The Selayar Islands archipelago to the south of Sulawesi is also part of the province. The capital and largest city is Makassar. The province is bordered by Central Sulawesi and West Sula... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wings_of_the_Dove_(1997_film) | The Wings of the Dove (1997 film) | The Wings of the Dove is a 1997 romantic drama film directed by Iain Softley and starring Helena Bonham Carter, Linus Roache, and Alison Elliott. The screenplay by Hossein Amini is based on the 1902 novel by Henry James. The film was nominated for four Academy Awards and five BAFTAs, recognizing Bonham Carter's perform... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Childs | Martin Childs | Martin David William Childs MBE (born 1 July 1954), is a British production designer. He won the 1998 Academy Award for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration (jointly with Jill Quertier) for Shakespeare in Love, and was nominated at the 74th Academy Awards for his work on the film Quills. He has also been nominated three t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_archaeoastronomical_sites_by_country | List of archaeoastronomical sites by country | This is a list of sites where claims for the use of archaeoastronomy have been made, sorted by country.
The International Council on Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS) and the International Astronomical Union (IAU) jointly published a thematic study on heritage sites of astronomy and archaeoastronomy to be used as a guide to... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sport_climbing_at_the_Summer_Olympics | Sport climbing at the Summer Olympics | Competition climbing has been held at two editions of the Summer Olympic Games. First selected as one of the discretionary sports at the 2020 and 2024 games, sport climbing will be inducted as one of the mandatory sports at the 2028 games. Athletes compete in the disciplines of bouldering, lead climbing, and speed clim... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Kong_(1976_film) | King Kong (1976 film) | King Kong is a 1976 American adventure monster film, directed by John Guillermin. It is a remake of the 1933 film about a giant ape who is captured and taken to New York City for exhibition. It stars Jeff Bridges, Charles Grodin, and Jessica Lange, and features mechanical effects by Carlo Rambaldi and makeup effects by... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_longest_rivers_of_Canada | List of longest rivers of Canada | Among the longest rivers of Canada are 47 streams of at least 600 km (370 mi). In the case of some rivers such as the Columbia, the length listed in the table below is solely that of the main stem. In the case of others such as the Mackenzie, it is the combined lengths of the main stem and one or more upstream tributar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_III | Charles III | Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and 14 other Commonwealth realms since 8 September 2022.
Charles was born during the reign of his maternal grandfather, King George VI, and became heir apparent when his mother, Queen Elizabeth II, acceded to the throne in 1... |
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grazia_Deledda | Grazia Deledda | Grazia Maria Cosima Damiana Deledda (Italian: [ˈɡrattsja deˈlɛdda]; Sardinian: Gràssia or Gràtzia Deledda [ˈɡɾa(t)si.a ðɛˈlɛɖːa]; 27 September 1871 – 15 August 1936) was an Italian writer who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1926 "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonald%27s | McDonald's | McDonald's Corporation, doing business as McDonald's, is an American multinational fast food restaurant chain. As of 2024, it is the second-largest by number of locations in the world, behind the Chinese chain Mixue Ice Cream & Tea.
Brothers Richard and Maurice McDonald founded McDonald's in San Bernardino, California,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irène_Joliot-Curie | Irène Joliot-Curie | Irène Joliot-Curie (French: [iʁɛn ʒɔljo kyʁi] ; née Curie; 12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French chemist and physicist who received the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with her husband, Frédéric Joliot-Curie, for their discovery of induced radioactivity. They were the second married couple, after her parents, t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers:_Revenge_of_the_Fallen | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen | Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen is a 2009 American science fiction action film based on Hasbro's Transformers toy line. It is the sequel to Transformers (2007) and the second installment in the Transformers film series. Like its predecessor, the film was directed by Michael Bay and written by Ehren Kruger, Roberto ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_A._Knopf | Alfred A. Knopf | Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. () is an American publishing house that was founded by Blanche Knopf and Alfred A. Knopf Sr. in 1915. Blanche and Alfred traveled abroad regularly and were known for publishing European, Asian, and Latin American writers in addition to leading American literary trends. It was acquired by Random Ho... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chubby_Checker | Chubby Checker | Chubby Checker (born Ernest Evans; October 3, 1941) is an American rock and roll singer and dancer. He is known for popularizing many dance styles, including the Twist, with his 1960 hit cover of Hank Ballard & The Midnighters' R&B song "The Twist", and the Pony, with his 1961 cover of the song "Pony Time". His biggest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clive_Barker | Clive Barker | Clive Barker (born 5 October 1952) is a British writer, filmmaker, and visual artist. He came to prominence in the 1980s with a series of short stories collectively named the Books of Blood, which established him as a leading horror author. His work has been adapted into films, notably the Hellraiser series (the first ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William,_Prince_of_Wales | William, Prince of Wales | William, Prince of Wales (William Arthur Philip Louis; born 21 June 1982), is the heir apparent to the British throne. He is the elder son of King Charles III and Diana, Princess of Wales.
William was born during the reign of his paternal grandmother, Queen Elizabeth II. He was educated at Wetherby School, Ludgrove Sch... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Carmack | Chris Carmack | James Christopher Carmack (born December 22, 1980) is an American actor, singer, and former fashion model. He is known for his roles in popular television shows—the teen drama series The O.C. (2003–2004) as Luke Ward, the country music drama Nashville as Will Lexington (2012–2018), and the medical drama Grey's Anatomy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass_shootings_in_the_United_States | Mass shootings in the United States | Mass shootings are incidents involving multiple victims of firearm related violence. Definitions vary, with no single, broadly accepted definition. One definition is an act of public firearm violence—excluding gang killings, domestic violence, or terrorist acts sponsored by an organization—in which a shooter kills at l... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_12 | Apollo 12 | Apollo 12 (November 14–24, 1969) was the sixth crewed flight in the United States Apollo program and the second to land on the Moon. It was launched on November 14, 1969, by NASA from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, landing on the part of the Moon called the Ocean of Storms on November 19, 1969. Commander Charles ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Island_(2005_film) | The Island (2005 film) | The Island is a 2005 American science fiction action film directed and co-produced by Michael Bay and written by Caspian Tredwell-Owen, Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, from a story by Tredwell-Owen. It stars Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Djimon Hounsou, Sean Bean, Michael Clarke Duncan, and Steve Buscemi. The film... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Maryland | List of United States senators from Maryland | This is a list of United States senators from Maryland, which ratified the United States Constitution April 28, 1788, becoming the seventh state to do so. To provide for continuity of government, the framers divided senators into staggered classes that serve six-year terms, and Maryland's senators are in the first and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mytilidae | Mytilidae | The Mytilidae are a family of small to large marine and brackish-water bivalve molluscs in the order Mytilida. One of the genera, Limnoperna, inhabits freshwater environments. Mytilidae, which contains some 52 genera, is the only extant family within the order Mytilida.
Species in the family Mytilidae are found worldwi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%B4tel_Matignon | Hôtel Matignon | The Hôtel Matignon (French: Hôtel de Matignon, pronounced [otɛl d(ə) matiɲɔ̃]) is the official residence of the Prime Minister of France. It is located in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, at 57 Rue de Varenne. The name Matignon is often used as a metonym for the governmental action of the prime minister.
== History ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lampard | Frank Lampard | Frank James Lampard (born 20 June 1978) is an English football manager and former midfielder who is the manager of EFL Championship club Coventry City. Widely regarded as one of the greatest midfielders of all time and one of Chelsea's and the Premier League’s greatest ever players, Lampard holds the record of the most... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Championship_of_Online_Poker | World Championship of Online Poker | The World Championship of Online Poker (WCOOP) is an online poker tournament series sponsored by PokerStars. It is played on the PokerStars website in September.
Established in 2002, WCOOP is PokerStars' attempt to establish the online equivalent of the World Series of Poker. The WCOOP tournament series is the largest... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Summer_Olympics | 2008 Summer Olympics | The 2008 Summer Olympics (Chinese: 2008年夏季奥运会), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad (Chinese: 第二十九届夏季奥林匹克运动会) and officially branded as Beijing 2008 (Chinese: 北京2008), were an international multi-sport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 National Olympic Com... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Airlines_Flight_11 | American Airlines Flight 11 | American Airlines Flight 11 was a domestic passenger flight that was hijacked by five al-Qaeda terrorists on the morning of September 11, 2001, as part of the September 11 attacks. The hijacked airliner was deliberately crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center complex in New York City, killing everyone ab... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Glenn | John Glenn | John Herschel Glenn Jr. (July 18, 1921 – December 8, 2016) was an American Marine Corps aviator, astronaut, businessman, and politician. He was the third American in space and the first to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a U.S. senator... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_awards_and_nominations_received_by_Steven_Spielberg | List of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg | The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Steven Spielberg.
Steven Spielberg is an American filmmaker. He began his career in the New Hollywood era and is currently the most commercially successful director. Spielberg is recipient of various awards including three Academy Awards, four BAFTA Awards, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain_at_the_1984_Summer_Olympics | Spain at the 1984 Summer Olympics | Spain competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 179 competitors, 163 men and 16 women, took part in 104 events in 23 sports.
== Medalists ==
== Archery ==
In its third Olympic archery competition, Spain was represented by two men and two women.
Women's Individual Competition:
Montserrat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Vesco | Robert Vesco | Robert Lee Vesco (December 4, 1935 – November 23, 2007) was an American criminal financier. After several years of risky investments and dubious credit dealings, Vesco was alleged to have committed securities fraud. He immediately fled the ensuing U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission investigation by living in a num... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_federal_executive_departments#Former_departments | United States federal executive departments#Former departments | The United States federal executive departments are the principal units of the executive branch of the federal government of the United States. The executive departments are the administrative arms of the president of the United States. They are analogous to ministries common in parliamentary or semi-presidential syste... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sally_Field | Sally Field | Sally Margaret Field (born November 6, 1946) is an American actress. She has performed in movies, Broadway theater, and television, and made records of popular music. Known for her extensive work on screen and stage, she has received many accolades throughout her career spanning six decades, including two Academy Award... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Edward_Island | Prince Edward Island | Prince Edward Island is an island province of Canada. It is the smallest province by both land area and population, but has the highest population density in Canada. The island has several nicknames: "Garden of the Gulf", "Birthplace of Confederation" and "Cradle of Confederation". Its capital and largest city is Charl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avukana_Buddha_statue#Location_and_appearance | Avukana Buddha statue#Location and appearance | The Avukana statue is a standing statue of the Buddha near Kekirawa in North Central Sri Lanka. The statue, which has a height of more than 14 m (46 ft), depicts the Buddha with a hand raised in reassurance, a variation of the Abhaya mudra. The Avukana statue is one of the best examples of a standing statue built in Sr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017_World_Series | 2017 World Series | The 2017 World Series was the championship series of Major League Baseball's (MLB) 2017 season. The 113th edition of the World Series, it was a best-of-seven playoff played between the National League (NL) champion Los Angeles Dodgers and the American League (AL) champion Houston Astros. The series was played between O... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litke_Deep | Litke Deep | Litke Deep (Russian: Жёлоб Ли́тке) is a bathymetric feature in the Arctic Ocean. The deepest point is 5,449 m (17,877 ft) below sea level. It is the closest point of the upper surface of Earth's lithosphere to Earth's center, with Challenger Deep being 14.7268 km (9.2 mi) further from Earth's centre at a bathymetric de... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_Boy:_The_Adventures_of_Herbie_Bookbinder | City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder | City Boy: The Adventures of Herbie Bookbinder is a 1948 novel by Herman Wouk first published by Simon & Schuster. The second novel written by Wouk, City Boy was largely ignored by the reading public until the success of The Caine Mutiny resurrected interest in Wouk's writing. Like The Caine Mutiny, the novel is semi-au... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edge_of_Seventeen | Edge of Seventeen | "Edge of Seventeen" is a song by American singer-songwriter Stevie Nicks from her debut solo studio album Bella Donna (1981), released as the third single from the album on February 4, 1982. The lyrics were written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lenno... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Wonders_of_the_Ancient_World#Wonders | Seven Wonders of the Ancient World#Wonders | The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, also known as the Seven Wonders of the World or simply the Seven Wonders, is a list of seven notable structures present during classical antiquity, first established in the 1572 publication Octo Mundi Miracula using a combination of historical sources.
The seven traditional wonde... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jake_Gyllenhaal | Jake Gyllenhaal | Jacob Benjamin Gyllenhaal ( JIL-ən-hawl, Swedish: [ˈjʏ̂lːɛnˌhɑːl]; born December 19, 1980) is an American actor whose career on screen and stage has spanned more than three decades. Born into the Gyllenhaal family, he is the son of film director Stephen Gyllenhaal and screenwriter Naomi Foner, and the younger brother o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jill_Valentine | Jill Valentine | Jill Valentine is a character in Resident Evil (Biohazard in Japan), a survival horror series created by the Japanese company Capcom. She was introduced as one of two player characters in the original Resident Evil (1996) with her partner, Chris Redfield, as a member of the Raccoon City Police Department's Special Tact... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_VII#Results | WrestleMania VII#Results | WrestleMania VII was a 1991 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the seventh annual WrestleMania and took place on March 24, 1991, at the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena in Los Angeles, California. This was the second WrestleMania held at th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(Cheers) | One for the Road (Cheers) | "One for the Road" is the final episode of the American television series Cheers. It was the 271st episode of the series and the twenty-sixth episode of the eleventh season of the show. It first aired on NBC on May 20, 1993, to an audience of approximately 42.4 million households in a 98-minute version, making it the s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utah_County,_Utah | Utah County, Utah | Utah County is the second-most populous county in the U.S. state of Utah. The county seat and largest city is Provo, which is the state's fourth-largest city, and the largest outside of Salt Lake County. As of the 2020 United States census, the population was 659,399.
Utah County is one of two counties forming the Prov... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_W._Fuller | Thomas W. Fuller | Thomas William Fuller (May 3, 1865 – November 4, 1951), the son of Thomas Fuller, was a Canadian architect. Before his selection as Dominion Architect, Fuller designed a number of federal buildings in Dawson City, Yukon, some of which are now designated as National Historic Sites of Canada. These include the Post Offi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_Declaration | September Declaration | The September Declaration (Dutch: Septemberverklaring) is the annual government policy statement of Flanders in the form of a speech by the Minister-President of Flanders to the members of the Flemish Parliament. The Declaration, drafted by the Flemish Government, informs Parliament (and citizens) about the general sta... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morgan_Rielly | Morgan Rielly | Morgan Frederick Rielly (born March 9, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a defenceman and alternate captain for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was drafted by the Maple Leafs in the first round, fifth overall, of the 2012 NHL entry draft. Before being drafted, Ri... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edmund_Fitzgerald_(disambiguation) | Edmund Fitzgerald (disambiguation) | SS Edmund Fitzgerald was an American freighter that sank in Lake Superior in 1975.
Edmund Fitzgerald may also refer to:
Edmund Fitzgerald Fredericks (1874 or 1875–1935), Guyanese lawyer and Pan-African activist
Edmund B. Fitzgerald (1926–2013), American businessman
The Edmund Fitzgerald (band), a British math rock gro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbine_High_School_massacre | Columbine High School massacre | On April 20, 1999, twelfth-grade students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold murdered 13 students and one teacher in a school shooting and attempted bombing at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado, United States. Their gunshots injured 20 more people; three others were injured while trying to escape. The attack ende... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trans%E2%80%93West_African_Coastal_Highway | Trans–West African Coastal Highway | The Trans–West African Coastal Highway or TAH 7 is a transnational highway project to link 12 West African coastal nations, from Mauritania in the north-west of the region to Nigeria in the east, with feeder roads already existing to two landlocked countries, Mali and Burkina Faso.
The eastern end of the highway termin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leiden | Leiden | Leiden ( LY-dən; Dutch: [ˈlɛidə(n)] ; in English and archaic Dutch also Leyden) is a city and municipality in the province of South Holland, Netherlands. The municipality of Leiden has a population of 127,046 (31 January 2023), but the city forms one densely connected agglomeration with its suburbs Oegstgeest, Leiderdo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murkel_Dellien, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facundo_Mena, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Wessels, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabi_Adrian_Boitan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey_Hilderbrand, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Crawford_(tennis), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T... | Murkel Dellien, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facundo Mena, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis Wessels, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabi Adrian Boitan, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trey Hilderbrand, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver Crawford (tennis), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tristan Boyer, https://en.wikip... | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_England | James II of England | James II and VII (14 October 1633 O.S. – 16 September 1701) was King of England and Ireland as James II and King of Scotland as James VII from February 1685 until he was deposed in the 1688 Glorious Revolution. The last Catholic monarch of England, Scotland, and Ireland, his reign was marked by conflicts over religion,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alamo_Colleges_District | Alamo Colleges District | The Alamo Colleges District (previously the Alamo Community College District (ACCD), and The Alamo Colleges) is a network of five community colleges in San Antonio and Universal City, Texas, and serving the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. The district was founded in 1945 as the San Antonio Union Junior College D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_will_and_testament_of_Adolf_Hitler | Last will and testament of Adolf Hitler | Adolf Hitler, chancellor and dictator of Germany from 1933 to 1945, signed his political testament and his private will in the Führerbunker on 29 April 1945, the day before he committed suicide with his wife, Eva Braun.
The political testament consisted of two parts in total. In the first, Mein politisches Testament, H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_O.C. | The O.C. | The O.C. is an American teen drama television series created by Josh Schwartz that originally aired on Fox in the United States from August 5, 2003, to February 22, 2007, with a total of four seasons consisting of 92 episodes. The series title, "O.C.", is an initialism of Orange County, the location in Southern Califo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_County,_Kansas | Brown County, Kansas | Brown County is a county located in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Kansas. Its county seat and most populous city is Hiawatha. As of the 2020 census, the county population was 9,508. The county was named after Albert G. Brown, a U.S. Senator from Mississippi and Kansas statehood advocate. The Kickapoo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nashville,_Tennessee | Nashville, Tennessee | Nashville ( NASH-vil) is the capital and most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the seat of Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, located on the Cumberland River. It is the 21st-most populous city in the United States and fourth-most populous city in the Southeast, with a population of 689,447 at the 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field_hockey_at_the_Summer_Olympics | Field hockey at the Summer Olympics | Field hockey made its debut at the Modern Olympic Games as a men's competition in the 1908 Games in London. It was removed from the Olympic schedule of the Summer Olympic Games for the 1924 Paris Games and was reintroduced in the 1928 Amsterdam Games. The Women's field hockey was introduced into the Olympic programme a... |
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