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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cranbrook_Royals | Cranbrook Royals | The Cranbrook Royals were a senior men's AAA level ice hockey team that played in the Western International Hockey League from 1965 to 1987.
The Cranbrook Royals won the Allan Cup as senior ice hockey champions of Canada in 1982. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Greater_Houston_Area | List of airports in the Greater Houston Area | Houston, Texas has many airports due to it being the 4th largest city in the United States. Here are some of the airports:
== List == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln,_Nebraska | Lincoln, Nebraska | Lincoln is the capital city of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The city covers 103.9 square miles (269.1 km2) and had a population of 291,082 as of the 2020 census (300,619 estimated in 2024). It is the second-most populous city in Nebraska and the 72nd-most populous in the United States. The county seat of Lancaster Count... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_capitals_in_the_United_States | List of capitals in the United States | This is a list of capital cities of the United States, including places that serve or have served as federal, state, insular area, territorial, colonial and Native American capitals.
Washington, D.C. has been the federal capital of the United States since 1800. Each U.S. state has its own capital city, as do many of it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three-body_problem | Three-body problem | In physics, specifically classical mechanics, the three-body problem is to take the initial positions and velocities (or momenta) of three point masses orbiting each other in space and then to calculate their subsequent trajectories using Newton's laws of motion and Newton's law of universal gravitation.
Unlike the tw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Friedman | Milton Friedman | Milton Friedman ( ; July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American economist and statistician who received the 1976 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his research on consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and the complexity of stabilization policy. With George Stigler, Friedman was among the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Miami_Dolphins_season | 2000 Miami Dolphins season | The 2000 Miami Dolphins season was the franchise's 31st season in the National Football League, the 35th overall and was their first under new head coach Dave Wannstedt who was named the fourth head coach in franchise history on January 16, 2000, the same day that Jimmy Johnson announced his retirement from coaching. F... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_United_Kingdom_general_election | 2019 United Kingdom general election | A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 12 December 2019, with 47,074,800 registered voters entitled to vote to elect 650 Members of Parliament (MPs) to the House of Commons. The governing Conservative Party, led by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, won a landslide victory with a majority of 80 seats, a net ga... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ricoh_2A03 | Ricoh 2A03 | The Ricoh 2A03 or RP2A03 (NTSC version) / Ricoh 2A07 or RP2A07 (PAL version) is an 8-bit microprocessor manufactured by Ricoh for the Nintendo Entertainment System video game console. It was also used as a sound chip and secondary CPU by Nintendo's arcade games Punch-Out!! and Donkey Kong 3.
== Technical details ==
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olgivanna_Lloyd_Wright | Olgivanna Lloyd Wright | Olgivanna Lloyd Wright (December 27, 1898 – March 1, 1985) was the third and last wife of the architect Frank Lloyd Wright. They met in November 1924 and married in 1928. Together they established the Taliesin Fellowship, an architectural apprentice programme and the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation. After Frank's death i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_multiple_Olympic_gold_medalists_at_a_single_Games | List of multiple Olympic gold medalists at a single Games | This is a list of athletes who have won multiple gold medals at a single Olympic Games.
== List of most gold medals won at a single Olympic Games ==
This is a list of most gold medals won in a single Olympic Games. Medals won in the 1906 Intercalated Games are not included. It includes top-three placings in 1896 and ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Promised_Land_(Queensrÿche_album) | Promised Land (Queensrÿche album) | Promised Land is the fifth studio album by American progressive metal band Queensrÿche and their highest charting record to date. It was released by EMI on October 18, 1994, four years after their successful Empire album. The album was re-released on June 10, 2003, in a remastered edition with bonus tracks.
== Song o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DeMar_DeRozan | DeMar DeRozan | DeMar Darnell DeRozan (born August 7, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Sacramento Kings of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He played college basketball for the USC Trojans and was selected ninth overall by the Toronto Raptors in the 2009 NBA draft. Nicknamed "Deebo", DeRozan is a s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratovolcano | Stratovolcano | A stratovolcano, also known as a composite volcano, is a typically conical volcano built up by many alternating layers (strata) of hardened lava and tephra. Unlike shield volcanoes, stratovolcanoes are characterized by a steep profile with a summit crater and explosive eruptions. Some have collapsed summit craters call... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_XI#Results | WrestleMania XI#Results | WrestleMania XI was a 1995 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the 11th annual WrestleMania and took place on April 2, 1995, at the Hartford Civic Center in Hartford, Connecticut. Seven matches were contested at the event.
The main event feat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_volcanoes | Lists of volcanoes | These lists cover volcanoes by type and by location.
== Type ==
Active volcano
List of crater lakes
List of extraterrestrial volcanoes
List of largest volcanic eruptions
List of shield volcanoes
List of stratovolcanoes
List of volcanoes by elevation
== Location ==
=== Africa ===
=== Americas ===
=== Asia ===
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Wizard_of_Earthsea | A Wizard of Earthsea | A Wizard of Earthsea is a fantasy novel written by American author Ursula K. Le Guin and first published by the small press Parnassus in 1968. It is regarded as a classic of children's literature and of fantasy, within which it is widely influential. The story is set in the fictional archipelago of Earthsea and centers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_presidents_of_the_United_States#Presidents | List of presidents of the United States#Presidents | The president of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States, indirectly elected to a four-year term via the Electoral College. Under the U.S. Constitution, the officeholder leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Arm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Marvel_vs._Capcom_3 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 | Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 is a 2011 crossover fighting game developed by Capcom in collaboration with Eighting. It is an updated version of Marvel vs. Capcom 3: Fate of Two Worlds. The game features characters from both Capcom's video game franchises and comic book series published by Marvel Comics. It was originall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_NHL_entry_draft#Round_one | 2007 NHL entry draft#Round one | The 2007 NHL entry draft was the 45th entry draft for the National Hockey League. It was held at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, on June 22, 2007. The draft consisted of seven rounds, with rounds two through seven taking place on June 23, 2007. The draft was televised on TSN and RDS, with the first round simulcaste... |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal | Coal | Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as layers called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. It is a fossil fuel, formed when plants decay into peat which is converted into coal by the heat and pressure... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hushpuppy | Hushpuppy | A hushpuppy is a small, savory, deep-fried round ball made from cornmeal-based batter.
Hushpuppies are frequently served as a side dish with seafood and other deep-fried foods.
== History ==
The use of ground corn in cooking originated with Native Americans, who first cultivated the crop. Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rent_(musical) | Rent (musical) | Rent (stylized in all caps) is a rock musical with music, lyrics, and book by Jonathan Larson. Loosely based on the 1896 opera La bohème by Giacomo Puccini, Luigi Illica, and Giuseppe Giacosa, it tells the story of a group of impoverished young artists struggling to survive and create a life in Lower Manhattan's East V... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Matsuyama | Hideki Matsuyama | Hideki Matsuyama (Japanese: 松山 英樹, romanized: Matsuyama Hideki; IPA: [ma̠t͡sɨja̠ma̠ çide̞kʲi]; born 25 February 1992) is a Japanese professional golfer who plays on the PGA Tour. He is the first Japanese golfer to win a men's major golf championship – the 2021 Masters Tournament.
As of January 2025, Matsuyama has 20 w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonas_Brothers#Members | Jonas Brothers#Members | The Jonas Brothers () are an American pop rock band formed in 2005 comprising brothers Kevin Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Nick Jonas. Raised in Wyckoff, New Jersey, the Jonas Brothers moved to Little Falls, New Jersey, in 2005, where they wrote their first record that made its release on Hollywood Records, a Disney-owned reco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benny_Kauff | Benny Kauff | Bennie Michael "Benny" Kauff ( KOWF; January 5, 1890 – November 17, 1961) was an American professional baseball player, who played center field and batted and threw left-handed. Kauff was known as the "Ty Cobb of the Feds." Kauff was banned from baseball in 1921 amid charges of auto theft; despite his acquittal, baseb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Formula_One | History of Formula One | Formula One automobile racing has its roots in the European Grand Prix championships of the 1920s and 1930s, though the foundation of the modern Formula One began in 1946 with the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile's (FIA) standardisation of rules, which was followed by a World Championship of Drivers in 1950.
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DJ_Khaled | DJ Khaled | Khaled Mohammed Khaled (; Arabic: خالد محمد خالد, romanized: Khālid Muḥammad Khālid; born November 26, 1975), known professionally as DJ Khaled, is an American DJ and record producer. Originally a Miami-based radio personality, Khaled has since become known for enlisting high-profile music industry artists to perform o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zooey_Deschanel | Zooey Deschanel | Zooey Claire Deschanel (born January 17, 1980) is an American actress and singer. She made her film debut in Mumford (1999) and had a supporting role in Cameron Crowe's film Almost Famous (2000). Deschanel is known for her deadpan roles in comedy films such as The Good Girl (2002), The New Guy (2002), Elf (2003), The H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apriona_brunneomarginata | Apriona brunneomarginata | Apriona brunneomarginata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1948. It is known from Borneo. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_by_date_of_admission_to_the_Union | List of U.S. states by date of admission to the Union | A state of the United States is one of the 50 constituent entities that shares its sovereignty with the federal government. Americans are citizens of both the federal republic and of the state in which they reside, due to the shared sovereignty between each state and the federal government. Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaver | Beaver | Beavers (genus Castor) are large semiaquatic rodents of the Northern Hemisphere. There are two extant species: the North American beaver (Castor canadensis) and the Eurasian beaver (C. fiber). Beavers are the second-largest living rodents, after capybaras, weighing up to 50 kg (110 lb). They have stout bodies with larg... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_ballets_choreographed_by_Frederick_Ashton | List of ballets choreographed by Frederick Ashton | The following is a list, by decade, of ballets created by the English choreographer Frederick Ashton.
== 1920s ==
A Tragedy of Fashion (music by Eugene Goossens, arranged by Ernest Irving) (1926)
Various dances for a Purcell Opera Society production of The Fairy-Queen: (music by Henry Purcell) (1927)
Pas de deux (mus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archibald_Sinclair,_1st_Viscount_Thurso | Archibald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso | Archibald Henry Macdonald Sinclair, 1st Viscount Thurso, (22 October 1890 – 15 June 1970), known as Sir Archibald Sinclair between 1912 and 1952, and often as Archie Sinclair, was a British politician and leader of the Liberal Party.
== Background and education ==
Sinclair was born in 1890 in Caithness, Scotland. Si... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digimon | Digimon | Digimon (Japanese: デジモン, Hepburn: Dejimon; branded as Digimon: Digital Monsters), short for "Digital Monsters" (デジタルモンスター Dejitaru Monsutā), is a Japanese media franchise, which encompasses virtual pet toys, anime, manga, video games, films, and a trading card game. The franchise focuses on the eponymous creatures who ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mudhoney | Mudhoney | Mudhoney is an American rock band formed in Seattle, Washington, on January 1, 1988, following the demise of Green River. Its members are singer and rhythm guitarist Mark Arm, lead guitarist Steve Turner, bassist Guy Maddison and drummer Dan Peters. Original bassist Matt Lukin left the band in 1999, but rejoined the ba... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1992_Winter_Olympics | 1992 Winter Olympics | The 1992 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XVI Olympic Winter Games (French: XVIes Jeux Olympiques d'hiver) and commonly known as Albertville '92 (Arpitan: Arbèrtvile '92), were a winter multi-sport event held from 8 to 23 February 1992 in and around Albertville, France. Albertville won the bid to host the Winte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japan_Academy_Film_Prize | Japan Academy Film Prize | The Japan Academy Film Prize (日本アカデミー賞, Nippon Akademii-shou), often called the Japan Academy Prize, the Japan Academy Awards, and the Japanese Academy Awards, is a series of awards given annually since 1978 by the Japan Academy Film Prize Association (日本アカデミー賞協会, Nippon Akademii-shou Kyoukai) for excellence in Japanes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katharina_Molitor | Katharina Molitor | Katharina Molitor (born 8 November 1983) is a German sportswoman who competes as a javelin thrower and volleyball player. As a javelin thrower, she is a World Champion, having won gold in 2015, and her personal best throw is 67.69 m. As a volleyball player, she represents Bayer Leverkusen in the Erste Volleyball-Bundes... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford_City_A.F.C. | Bradford City A.F.C. | Bradford City Association Football Club is an English professional football club in Bradford, West Yorkshire. The club competes in EFL League One, the third tier of English football, and is managed by Graham Alexander.
The club was founded in 1903 and immediately elected into the Football League Second Division. Promot... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1996%E2%80%9397_AC_Milan_season | 1996–97 AC Milan season | During the 1996–97 season Milan Associazione Calcio competed in Serie A, Coppa Italia, UEFA Champions League and Supercoppa.
== Summary ==
Milan Associazione Calcio fell into pieces once Fabio Capello left his job to join Real Madrid. The new organisation with Óscar Tabárez as technical director completely miscued it... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwight_D._Eisenhower | Dwight D. Eisenhower | Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was the 34th president of the United States, serving from 1953 to 1961. Earlier, during World War II, he became a General of the Army, and was Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe. Eisenhower planned... |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raw_Hero | Raw Hero | Raw Hero (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Akira Hiramoto. It was serialized in Kodansha's Evening from September 2018 to August 2020, with its chapters collected in six tankōbon volumes. In North America, the manga is licensed for English release by Yen Press.
== Publicatio... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streatham_(UK_Parliament_constituency) | Streatham (UK Parliament constituency) | Streatham was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament.
In the 2016 EU referendum, Streatham was estimated to have voted to remain in the European Union by 79%. This was the second highest remain vote in the United Kingdom, behind Vauxhall.
Further to the completion of the 2023 review of ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Courteney_Cox | Courteney Cox | Courteney Bass Cox (born June 15, 1964) is an American actress and producer. She rose to international prominence by playing Monica Geller in the NBC sitcom Friends (1994–2004) and Gale Weathers in the horror film franchise Scream (1996–present). Her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award, nominations for two Em... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_XIV | Louis XIV | Louis XIV (Louis-Dieudonné; 5 September 1638 – 1 September 1715) was King of France from 14 May 1643 until his death in 1715. He is a symbol of the Age of Absolutism in Europe for styling himself as Le Roi Soleil ('The Sun King'), which portrayed him as a total ruler. He presided over a great expansion of the French co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Australia | South Australia | South Australia (commonly abbreviated as SA) is a state in the southern central part of Australia. With a total land area of 984,314 square kilometres (380,046 sq mi), it is the fourth-largest of Australia's states and territories by area, which includes some of the most arid parts of the continent. With 1.9 million pe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uranium | Uranium | Uranium is a chemical element; it has symbol U and atomic number 92. It is a silvery-grey metal in the actinide series of the periodic table. A uranium atom has 92 protons and 92 electrons, of which 6 are valence electrons. Uranium radioactively decays, usually by emitting an alpha particle. The half-life of this decay... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Keane | Mike Keane | Michael John Keane (born May 29, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Undrafted, Keane played over 1,100 games in the National Hockey League from 1988 until 2004. He then played five seasons for his hometown Manitoba Moose of the American Hockey League until he retired in 2010. Keane is a three-t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Director | Academy Award for Best Director | The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry.
The 1st Academ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goodbye,_Farewell_and_Amen | Goodbye, Farewell and Amen | "Goodbye, Farewell and Amen" is a television film that served as the series finale of the American television series M*A*S*H. The 2½-hour episode first aired on CBS on February 28, 1983, ending the series' original run. The episode was written by eight collaborators, including series star Alan Alda, who also directed. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resident_Evil_3:_Nemesis | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis | Resident Evil 3: Nemesis is a 1999 survival horror video game developed and published by Capcom originally for the PlayStation. It is the third main installment in the Resident Evil series and takes place almost concurrently with the events of Resident Evil 2. The player must control former elite agent Jill Valentine a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Lenore_Marshall_Poetry_Prize | List of winners of the Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize | The Lenore Marshall Poetry Prize is administered by the Academy of American Poets selected by the New Hope Foundation in 1994. Established in 1975, this $25,000 award recognizes the most outstanding book of poetry published in the United States in the previous year.
The Prize was created in 1975 by the New Hope Foundat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savage_Sam_(film) | Savage Sam (film) | Savage Sam is a 1963 American Western film sequel to Old Yeller based on the 1962 novel of the same name by Fred Gipson. Norman Tokar directed the live-action film, which was released by Walt Disney Productions on June 1, 1963. It did not enjoy the success of the original.
== Plot ==
In 1870, 18-year-old Travis Coate... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Cohen_(writer) | Joshua Cohen (writer) | Joshua Aaron Cohen (born September 6, 1980) is an American novelist and story writer, best known for his works Witz (2010), Book of Numbers (2015), and Moving Kings (2017). Cohen won the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction for his novel The Netanyahus (2021).
== Life ==
Cohen grew up in Atlantic City, New Jersey, spent h... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judy_Blume | Judy Blume | Judith Marcia Blume (née Sussman; born February 12, 1938) is an American writer of children's, young adult, and adult fiction. She began writing in 1959 and has published more than 26 novels. Among her best-known works are Superfudge (1980), Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. (1970), Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_1942 | August 1942 | The following events occurred in August 1942:
== August 1, 1942 (Saturday) ==
The Germans cut the railway line linking Stalingrad to Krasnodar.
1942–1944 musicians' strike: The American Federation of Musicians went on strike against the major U.S. recording companies because of disagreements over royalty payments.
An... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Sanger | Frederick Sanger | Frederick Sanger (; 13 August 1918 – 19 November 2013) was a British biochemist who received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice.
He won the 1958 Chemistry Prize for determining the amino acid sequence of insulin and numerous other proteins, demonstrating in the process that each had a unique, definite structure; this ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska | Alaska | Alaska ( ə-LASS-kə) is a non-contiguous U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is considered to be the northernmost, westernmost, and, longitudinally, the easternmost state in t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colson_Whitehead | Colson Whitehead | Arch Colson Chipp Whitehead (born November 6, 1969) is an American novelist. He is the author of nine novels, including his 1999 debut The Intuitionist; The Underground Railroad (2016), for which he won the 2016 National Book Award for Fiction and the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction; and The Nickel Boys, for which he w... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miami_Book_Fair_International | Miami Book Fair International | The Miami Book Fair is an annual street fair and literary festival organized by Miami Dade College.
== History ==
Miami Book Fair International, originally known as "Books by the Bay," was founded in 1984 by Miami Dade College President Eduardo J. Padrón, Books & Books owner Mitchell Kaplan, Craig Pollock of BookWork... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Crosby | Sidney Crosby | Sidney Patrick Crosby (born August 7, 1987) is a Canadian professional ice hockey player who is a centre and captain for the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL). Nicknamed "Sid the Kid" and dubbed "The Next One", he was selected first overall by the Penguins in the 2005 NHL entry draft. Born and r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H%C3%A4n | Hän | The Hän, Han or Hwëch'in / Han Hwech’in (meaning "People of the River, i.e. Yukon River", in English also Hankutchin) are a First Nations people of Canada and an Alaska Native Athabaskan people of the United States; they are part of the Athabaskan-speaking ethnolinguistic group. Their traditional lands centered on a he... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pernicious_anemia | Pernicious anemia | Pernicious anemia is a disease where not enough red blood cells are produced due to a deficiency of vitamin B12. Those affected often have a gradual onset. The most common initial symptoms are feeling tired and weak. Other symptoms may include shortness of breath, feeling faint, a smooth red tongue, pale skin, chest pa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kramer_vs._Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer | Kramer vs. Kramer is a 1979 American legal drama film written and directed by Robert Benton, based on Avery Corman's 1977 novel. The film stars Dustin Hoffman, Meryl Streep, Justin Henry and Jane Alexander. It tells the story of a couple's divorce, its effect on their young son, and the subsequent evolution of their re... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_Darwin | Ben Darwin | Ben Darwin (born 17 October 1976) is an Australian former rugby union player and coach. He played 28 times for the Wallabies, Australia's national team, from 2001 to 2003. During this time, Darwin played games against the British and Irish Lions and was part of the Wallabies' 2003 Rugby World Cup team. His usual posit... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_waterfalls_by_height#By_overall_height | List of waterfalls by height#By overall height | The following are lists of waterfalls in the world by height, classified into two categories — natural and artificial. Natural waterfalls are further subdivided between overall height and tallest single drop. Each column (Waterfall, Height, Locality, Country) is sortable by using the up/down link in the column headings... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Thornton | Christopher Thornton | Christopher Thornton (born March 29, 1967) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Kenny "Shammy" Shamberg in Magnum P.I., and has had numerous other film and television roles from 1990 to the present.
== Early life and education ==
Thornton was born in New Orleans, Louisiana. His father was an amateur oper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tertius_Zongo | Tertius Zongo | Tertius Zongo (born 18 May 1957) was the Prime Minister of Burkina Faso from June 2007 to April 2011.
== Biography ==
Zongo was born in Koudougou. He has an extensive background in economics and accounting. He became Minister Delegate for Budget and Planning, under the Minister of the Economy, Finances, and Planning,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vatican_City | Vatican City | Vatican City, officially the Vatican City State (Italian: Stato della Città del Vaticano; Latin: Status Civitatis Vaticanae), often shortened as the Vatican, is a landlocked sovereign city-state. Ruled by the pope, it is an enclave within the city of Rome, Italy, and serves as the administrative centre of the Catholic ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryn_Celli_Ddu | Bryn Celli Ddu | Bryn Celli Ddu (Welsh pronunciation: [ˌbrɪn kɛɬi ˈðɨː]) is a prehistoric site on the Welsh island of Anglesey located near Llanddaniel Fab. Its name means 'the mound in the dark grove'. It was archaeologically excavated between 1928 and 1929. Visitors can get inside the mound through a stone passage to the burial chamb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_16#1901%E2%80%93present_2 | August 16#1901–present 2 | August 16 is the 228th day of the year (229th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 137 days remain until the end of the year.
== Events ==
=== Pre-1600 ===
1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power in China and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who died the previous day, had no heirs.
942 – Start... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgian_Congo | Belgian Congo | The Belgian Congo (French: Congo belge, pronounced [kɔ̃ɡo bɛlʒ]; Dutch: Belgisch-Congo) was a Belgian colony in Central Africa from 1908 until independence in 1960. It is today the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
Colonial rule in the Congo began in the late 19th century. King Leopold II of the Belgians attempte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Kropotkin | Peter Kropotkin | Pyotr Alexeyevich Kropotkin (9 December [O.S. 27 November] 1842 – 8 February 1921) was a Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer known as a proponent of anarchist communism.
Born into an aristocratic land-owning family, Kropotkin attended the Page Corps and later served as an officer in Siberia, where he... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Henry_Hoover | Lou Henry Hoover | Lou Henry Hoover (March 29, 1874 – January 7, 1944) was an American philanthropist, geologist, and the first lady of the United States from 1929 to 1933 as the wife of President Herbert Hoover. She was active in community organizations and volunteer groups throughout her life, including the Girl Scouts of the USA, whic... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl | Super Bowl | The Super Bowl is the annual league championship game of the National Football League (NFL) of the United States. It has served as the final game of every NFL season since 1966, replacing the NFL Championship Game and also served as the final game of every American Football League season from 1966 to 1970 prior to the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Major | John Major | Sir John Major (born 29 March 1943) is a British retired politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and Leader of the Conservative Party from 1990 to 1997. He previously held various Cabinet positions under Margaret Thatcher. Major was Member of Parliament (MP) for Huntingdon, formerly Huntingdonshir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Edinburgh | University of Edinburgh | The University of Edinburgh (Scots: University o Edinburgh, Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann; abbreviated as Edin. in post-nominals) is a public research university based in Edinburgh, Scotland. Founded by the town council under the authority of a royal charter from King James VI in 1582 and officially opened in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number_ones_of_1991 | List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 1991 | This is a list of the U.S. Billboard magazine Hot 100 number-ones of 1991. The longest running number-one single of 1991 is "(Everything I Do) I Do It for You" by Bryan Adams, which attained seven weeks at number-one. ("Black or White" by Michael Jackson would also spend a total of seven weeks at #1, but only four of t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Year_for_the_Culture_of_Peace | International Year for the Culture of Peace | The International Year for the Culture of Peace was designated by the United Nations as the year 2000, with the aim of celebrating and encouraging a culture of peace.
== Origins ==
Since 1959 the United Nations has designated specific years to emphasize issues which are part of the mission of the organization. The In... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium | Belgium | Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to the south, and the North Sea to the west. The country also shares ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Schayer | Bobby Schayer | Bobby Schayer (born December 23, 1966, in Los Angeles, California) is an American drummer. He was a member of Bad Religion from 1991 to 2001. Schayer is from Encino, a suburb in the San Fernando Valley. He started drumming in 1976 at the age of 10, but it was not until 1980 that he became a student of original Circle ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gillespie | Keith Gillespie | Keith Robert Gillespie ( ghih-LES-pee; born 18 February 1975) is a Northern Irish former professional footballer who plays as a winger for FC Mindwell in the Mid-Ulster Football League.
He began his career at Manchester United after winning the FA Youth Cup in 1992, before moving to Newcastle United, where he played in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xylotrupes_gideon | Xylotrupes gideon | Xylotrupes gideon, the brown rhinoceros beetle, is a species of large scarab beetle belonging to the subfamily Dynastinae.
== Subspecies ==
Seven subspecies have been identified.
Xylotrupes gideon australicus
Xylotrupes gideon borneensis Minck, 1920
Xylotrupes gideon gideon (Linnaeus, 1767)
Xylotrupes gideon kaszabi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydbrook | Lydbrook | Lydbrook is a civil parish in the Forest of Dean, a local government district in the English county of Gloucestershire and is located in the Wye Valley. It is on the north west edge of the Forest of Dean's present legal boundary proper. It comprises the districts of Lower Lydbrook, Upper Lydbrook, Joys Green and Worral... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Century_Magazine | The Century Magazine | The Century Magazine was an illustrated monthly magazine first published in the United States in 1881 by The Century Company of New York City, which had been bought in that year by Roswell Smith and renamed by him after the Century Association. It was the successor of Scribner's Monthly Magazine. It was merged into The... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Lloyd | Earl Lloyd | Earl Francis Lloyd (April 3, 1928 – February 26, 2015) was an American professional basketball player and coach. He was the first African American player to play a game in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
An All-American player at West Virginia State University, Lloyd helped lead West Virginia State to an und... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmela_Zumbado | Carmela Zumbado | Carmela Zumbado (born February 27, 1991) is an American actress. Her breakthrough role was as Delilah Alves in the Netflix thriller series You (2019). She subsequently earned praise for playing Ximena Arista in the drama film The Wall of Mexico (2019), and has additionally played Jeny B in the action film Need for Spee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fourth_Wing | Fourth Wing | Fourth Wing is a new adult fantasy romance novel written by the American author Rebecca Yarros. It is the first book in the Empyrean series, following the journey of Violet Sorrengail, who is forced by her mother, General Sorrengail, to join the Basgiath War College and become a dragon rider in the kingdom of Navarre. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...Baby_One_More_Time_(song) | ...Baby One More Time (song) | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Istiklal_Mosque,_Sarajevo | Istiklal Mosque, Sarajevo | The Istiklal Mosque (Bosnian: Istiklal džamija) is a large mosque in Sarajevo, the capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was named after Istiqlal Mosque, the national mosque of Indonesia, that is located in Jakarta. The mosque was a gift from the Indonesian people and Government of Indonesia for Bosnia and Herzegovina ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Ashton | Frederick Ashton | Sir Frederick William Mallandaine Ashton (17 September 1904 – 18 August 1988) was a British ballet dancer and choreographer. He also worked as a director and choreographer in opera, film and revue.
Determined to be a dancer despite the opposition of his conventional middle-class family, Ashton was accepted as a pupil b... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asperger_syndrome | Asperger syndrome | Asperger syndrome (AS), also known as Asperger's syndrome or Asperger's, is a formerly used diagnostic category for a condition characterized by significant difficulties in social interaction and nonverbal communication, along with restricted and repetitive patterns of behavior and interests. It ceased to be a distinct... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frontier_(supercomputer) | Frontier (supercomputer) | Hewlett Packard Enterprise Frontier, or OLCF-5, is the world's first exascale supercomputer. It is hosted at the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility (OLCF) in Tennessee, United States, and became operational in 2022. As of November 2024, Frontier is the third fastest supercomputer in the world. It is based on the C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhatusena_of_Anuradhapura#Early_life_and_becoming_king | Dhatusena of Anuradhapura#Early life and becoming king | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pineapple | Pineapple | The pineapple (Ananas comosus) is a tropical plant with an edible fruit; it is the most economically significant plant in the family Bromeliaceae.
The pineapple is indigenous to South America, where it has been cultivated for many centuries. The introduction of the pineapple plant to Europe in the 17th century made it ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1911_Carlisle_Indians_football_team | 1911 Carlisle Indians football team | The 1911 Carlisle Indians football team represented the Carlisle Indian Industrial School as an independent during the 1911 college football season. Led by tenth-year head coach Pop Warner, the Indians compiled a record of 11–1 and outscored opponents 298 to 49. The season included one of the greatest upsets in college... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_of_Montpellier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_I_of_Aragon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_II_of_Majorca, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho_of_Majorca, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_III_of_Majorca | Marie of Montpellier, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James I of Aragon, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James II of Majorca, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sancho of Majorca, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James III of Majorca | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simone_Biles | Simone Biles | Simone Arianne Biles Owens (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time, and one of the greatest female athletes in history. With... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Mansfield,_Baroness_Sandhurst | Margaret Mansfield, Baroness Sandhurst | Margaret Mansfield, Baroness Sandhurst (née Fellowes, ca. 1828 - 7 January 1892) was a suffragist who was one of the first women elected to a city council in the United Kingdom. She was also a prominent spiritualist.
== Personal life ==
Sandhurst was the youngest of the seven children of Robert Fellowes (1779–1869) o... |
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