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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_of_the_branch | General of the branch | A general of the branch, general of the branch of service or general of the ... (where instead of the ellipsis an appropriate name of the military branch is being put) is a three or four-star general officer rank in some armies. Several nations divide — or used to divide — their senior general officer ranks by the bran... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milo%C5%A1_Beleslin | Miloš Beleslin | Miloš Beleslin (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Белеслин; 8 September 1901 – 7 March 1984) was a Yugoslavian footballer.
== Club career ==
Born in Sereg, Kingdom of Hungary, Austro-Hungarian Empire, he started playing in Szeged in Szegedi AK. His played his first official match on May 5, 1917. In 1919 his parents moved to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Bront%C3%AB | Charlotte Brontë | Charlotte Nicholls (née Brontë; 21 April 1816 – 31 March 1855), commonly known by her maiden name Charlotte Brontë (, commonly ), was an English novelist and poet, and was the elder sister of Emily, Anne and Branwell Brontë. She is best known for her novel Jane Eyre, which was first published under the pseudonym Currer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_I_of_Montpellier | William I of Montpellier | William I (or in Occitan: Guilhem I) was the founder of a dynasty which bears his name, the Guilhems, Lords of Montpellier. He received his fief (a manor) of Monspestularius (Montpellier) on 26 November 985 from Bernard, Count of Mauguio, with the permission of Ricuin, Bishop of Maguelone.
Without descendants after his... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swimming_at_the_1948_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_100_metre_freestyle | Swimming at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metre freestyle | The men's 100 metre freestyle event at the 1948 Olympic Games took place between 30 and 31 July at the Empire Pool. There were 41 competitors from 19 nations. Nations had been limited to three swimmers each since the 1924 Games. The event was won by Wally Ris, returning the United States to the podium in the event afte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_%22J.T.%22_Taylor | James "J.T." Taylor | James "JT" Warren Taylor (born August 16, 1953) is an American singer who achieved fame as the lead singer of Kool & the Gang between 1979 and 1988.
Taylor joined Kool & the Gang in 1979 and remained with the group for nine years. His tenure as lead singer was the most successful era in the band's history with the albu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester_City_F.C. | Manchester City F.C. | Manchester City Football Club is a professional football club based in Manchester, England, that competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's (West Gorton), they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894. The club's home ground is t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eli_Capilouto | Eli Capilouto | Eli Capilouto (born August 22, 1949) is an American academic. He serves as the 12th president of the University of Kentucky. He was elected president by the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees in 2011, after serving as provost of the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB). Under his leadership, the Commonwealth... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_2023 | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | The Eurovision Song Contest 2023 was the 67th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest. It consisted of two semi-finals on 9 and 11 May and a final on 13 May 2023, held at M&S Bank Arena Liverpool in Liverpool, United Kingdom, and presented by Alesha Dixon, Hannah Waddingham, and Julia Sanina, with Graham Norton joining ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Smith_(sea_captain) | Edward Smith (sea captain) | Commander Edward John Smith (27 January 1850 – 15 April 1912) was a British merchant sea captain and naval officer, who became best known as the captain of the ill-fated ocean liner RMS Titanic.
Born in 1850 in Hanley, Staffordshire, he joined the White Star Line in 1880 as an officer, beginning a long career in the B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Hollywood_Critics_Association_TV_Awards | 1st Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards | The 1st Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards, presented by the Hollywood Critics Association, took place through a virtual ceremony on YouTube on August 29, 2021. However, due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Los Angeles County and the US, the ceremony was delayed a week and the broadcast was originally sup... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lists_of_airports#By_code | Lists of airports#By code | An airport is an aerodrome with facilities for flights to take off and land. Airports often have facilities to store and maintain aircraft, and a control tower. An airport consists of a landing area, which comprises an aerially accessible open space including at least one operationally active surface such as a runway f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennis_at_the_1988_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Women%27s_singles | Tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics – Women's singles | West Germany's Steffi Graf defeated Argentina's Gabriela Sabatini in the final, 6–3, 6–3 to win the gold medal in Women's Singles tennis at the 1988 Summer Olympics. With the win, Graf completed the Golden Slam, having also won all four majors earlier in 1988. The final was a rematch of the
U.S. Open final earlier tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oasis_(band) | Oasis (band) | Oasis are an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. The group initially consisted of Liam Gallagher (lead vocals), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums). Liam asked his older brother Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) to join as a fifth member a few... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oregon | Oregon | Oregon ( ORR-ih-ghən, -gon) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the western United States, with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. The 42° north parall... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Peace_Prize | Nobel Peace Prize | The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Swedish industrialist, inventor, and armaments manufacturer Alfred Nobel, along with the prizes in Chemistry, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, and Literature.
Since March 1901, it has been awarded annually (with some exceptions) to people... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lovell | Jim Lovell | James Arthur Lovell Jr. ( LUV-əl; March 25, 1928 – August 7, 2025) was an American astronaut, naval aviator, test pilot, and mechanical engineer. In 1968, as command module pilot of Apollo 8, he, along with Frank Borman and William Anders, became one of the first three astronauts to fly to and orbit the Moon. He then ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944_in_Argentina | 1944 in Argentina | Events from the year 1944 in Argentina.
== Incumbents ==
President: Pedro Pablo Ramírez (until 25 February); Edelmiro Julián Farrell (from 25 February)
Vice president: vacant (until 8 July); Juan Perón (from 8 July)
=== Governors ===
Buenos Aires Province:
until 5 January: Faustino J. Legón
5 January-5 May: Julio O... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_Totems | Seattle Totems | The Seattle Totems were a professional ice hockey franchise in Seattle, Washington. Under several names prior to 1958, the franchise was a member of the Pacific Coast Hockey League (renamed the Western Hockey League in 1952) between 1944 and 1974. In their last season of existence, the Totems played in the Central Hock... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_E._Killian | George E. Killian | George Ernest Killian (April 6, 1924 – December 6, 2017) was an American sports administrator, president of the International University Sports Federation (FISU) and the International Basketball Federation (FIBA)
== Education ==
After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in education from the Ohio Northern Univer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jane_Austen | Jane Austen | Jane Austen ( OST-in, AW-stin; 16 December 1775 – 18 July 1817) was an English writer known primarily for her six novels, which implicitly interpret, critique, and comment on the English landed gentry at the end of the 18th century.
Austen's plots often explore the dependence of women on marriage for the pursuit of fav... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haribomo | Haribomo | Haribomo is a rural commune of the Cercle of Gourma-Rharous in the Tombouctou Region of Mali. The commune contains 29 villages and in the 2009 census had a population of 7,389. The principal village (chef-lieu) is Daka Fifo. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giancarlo_Martini | Giancarlo Martini | Giancarlo Martini (16 August 1947 – 26 March 2013) was a racing driver from Italy. He participated in two non-championship Formula One Grands Prix driving a Ferrari 312T for Giancarlo Minardi. He was the uncle of the racing drivers Pierluigi Martini and Oliver Martini.
== Racing record ==
=== Complete European Form... |
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_Awards_2020 | The Game Awards 2020 | The Game Awards 2020 was an award show that honored the best video games of 2020. It was produced and hosted by Geoff Keighley, and took place on December 10, 2020. The preshow ceremony was hosted by Sydnee Goodman. Unlike previous Game Awards, the show was broadcast virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic; Keighley pre... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lauryn_Hill#Early_life | Lauryn Hill#Early life | Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Regarded as one of the most influential musical artists of her time, Hill is credited with breaking barriers for female rappers, contributing to the mainstream success of both hip-hop and neo soul, and pionee... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/September_11_attacks | September 11 attacks | The September 11 attacks, colloquially known as 9/11, were a coordinated series of Islamic terrorist suicide attacks perpetrated by al-Qaeda against the United States in 2001. Nineteen terrorists hijacked four airliners, then flew one into each of the Twin Towers at the World Trade Center in New York City. The third pl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ana_Ligia_Fabian | Ana Ligia Fabian | Ana Ligia Fabian Hernández (born November 7, 1988) is a volleyball player from the Dominican Republic, who participated in the 2007 Junior World Championship in Thailand. She competed as wing spiker, wearing the #4 jersey. At the 2006 U-20 NORCECA Women´s Junior Continental Championship, she took with her team the sil... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson | Thomas Jefferson (April 13 [O.S. April 2], 1743 – July 4, 1826) was an American Founding Father and the third president of the United States from 1801 to 1809. He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence. Jefferson was a leading proponent of democracy, republicanism, and natural rights, and he produced... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosasaurus | Mosasaurus | Mosasaurus (; "lizard of the Meuse River") is the type genus (defining example) of the Mosasauridae, an extinct group of aquatic squamate reptiles. It lived from about 82 to 66 million years ago during the Campanian and Maastrichtian stages of the Late Cretaceous. The genus was one of the first Mesozoic marine reptiles... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Didier_Drogba | Didier Drogba | Didier Yves Drogba Tébily (French pronunciation: [didje iv dʁɔɡba tebili]; born 11 March 1978) is an Ivorian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He is the all-time top scorer and former captain of the Ivory Coast national team. He also ranks fourth for the all-time African men's top goalscorers in i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitzi_Shore | Mitzi Shore | Mitzi Shore (born Lillian Saidel; July 25, 1930 – April 11, 2018) was an American comedy club owner. Her husband, Sammy Shore, co-founded The Comedy Store in 1972 and she became its owner two years later. Through the club, she had a huge influence on the careers of up-and-coming comedians for many decades.
== Early l... |
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Krampus | Krampus | The Krampus (German: [ˈkʁampʊs]) is a horned anthropomorphic figure who, in the Central and Eastern Alpine folkloric tradition, is said to accompany Saint Nicholas on visits to children during the night of 5 December (Krampusnacht; "Krampus Night"), immediately before the Feast of St. Nicholas on 6 December. In this tr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brand_New_Eyes | Brand New Eyes | Brand New Eyes (stylized in all lowercase) is the third studio album by the American rock band Paramore, released on September 29, 2009, through Fueled by Ramen as a follow-up to their sophomore album Riot! (2007). It was produced in collaboration with Rob Cavallo and recorded in Hidden Hills, California from January t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forza_Italia_(2013) | Forza Italia (2013) | Forza Italia (English: Forward Italy, FI) is a centre-right political party in Italy, whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, liberalism and populism. FI is a member of the European People's Party. Silvio Berlusconi (former Prime Minister of Italy, 1994–1995, 2001–2006, and 2008–2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google | Google | Google LLC ( , GOO-gəl) is an American multinational technology corporation focused on information technology, online advertising, search engine technology, email, cloud computing, software, quantum computing, e-commerce, consumer electronics, and artificial intelligence (AI). It has been referred to as "the most power... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alberto_Isaac | Alberto Isaac | Alberto Isaac (18 March 1923 – 9 January 1998) was a Mexican freestyle swimmer and later a film director and screenwriter. He competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and the 1952 Summer Olympics.
In 1969, he directed the documentary film The Olympics in Mexico which was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natalie_Diaz | Natalie Diaz | Natalie Diaz (born September 4, 1978) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning Mojave American poet, language activist, former professional basketball player, and educator. She is enrolled in the Gila River Indian Community and identifies as Akimel O'odham. She is currently an associate professor at Arizona State University.
== E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royston_Sagigi-Baira | Royston Sagigi-Baira | Royston Sagigi-Baira, also known as Royston Noell, is an Australian singer best known for winning the eighth season of Australian Idol in 2023. He officially won the title in March 2023, $100,000 prize money and a recording contract with Sony Music Australia.
== Early life ==
Royston Sagigi-Baira is a Thanakwith (Abo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dani_Alves | Dani Alves | Daniel Alves da Silva (Portuguese: [dɐniˈɛw ˈawviz dɐ ˈsiwvɐ]; born 6 May 1983) is a Brazilian former professional footballer who played as a right-back. Widely regarded as one of the best full-backs of all time, he is also one of the most decorated players with 43 trophies.
Starting his career at Bahia in 2001, Alves ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britain%27s_Got_Talent | Britain's Got Talent | Britain's Got Talent (often abbreviated to BGT) is a televised British talent show competition, and part of the global Got Talent franchise created by Simon Cowell. Presented by Anthony McPartlin and Declan Donnelly (colloquially known as Ant & Dec), it is produced by Talkback Thames (Thames from 2012 to 2024) and Syco... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_2016 | Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 2016 | The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Its data, published by Billboard magazine and compiled by Nielsen SoundScan, is based collectively on each single's weekly physical and digital sales, as well as airplay and streaming. At the end of a year, Billboard will publ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enzo_Copetti | Enzo Copetti | Enzo Nahuel Copetti (born 16 January 1996) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a winger or second striker for Rosario Central.
== Career ==
Copetti joined Atlético de Rafaela's academy during 2012–13. He made the step into senior football in 2016, as he made his debut on 2 June in a Copa Argentina ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Midlands_(county) | West Midlands (county) | West Midlands is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the larger West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Staffordshire to the north and west and Worcestershire to the south. To the east it projects into Warwickshire, which surrounds the projection on all sides except the west. The largest settlement is th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nadja_(film) | Nadja (film) | Nadja is a 1994 American horror film written and directed by Michael Almereyda, starring Elina Löwensohn in the title role and Peter Fonda as Abraham Van Helsing.
Nadja is a vampire film which draws many characters from Bram Stoker's Dracula, yet treats genre elements in an understated arthouse style. It received mixed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_prime_ministers_of_New_Zealand | List of prime ministers of New Zealand | The prime minister of New Zealand is the country's head of government and the leader of the Cabinet, whose powers and responsibilities are defined by convention. Officially, the prime minister is appointed by the governor-general, but by convention, the prime minister must have the confidence of the House of Representa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Percy_Bysshe_Shelley | Percy Bysshe Shelley | Percy Bysshe Shelley ( BISH; 4 August 1792 – 8 July 1822) was an English writer who is considered one of the major English Romantic poets. A radical in his poetry as well as in his political and social views, Shelley did not achieve fame during his lifetime, but recognition of his achievements in poetry grew steadily ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrorism_in_the_United_States#Deadliest_attacks | Terrorism in the United States#Deadliest attacks | In the United States, terrorism is defined as the systematic or threatened use of violence in order to create a climate of fear with the goal of intimidating a population or government and thereby spurring political, religious, or ideological change. This article serves as a list and a compilation of acts of terrorism,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Nighy | Bill Nighy | William Francis Nighy (; born 12 December 1949) is a British actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received various accolades including two BAFTA Awards and a Golden Globe Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, a Laurence Olivier Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards.
N... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolls_(film) | Trolls (film) | Trolls is a 2016 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation, based on the Good Luck Trolls doll line. The film was directed by Mike Mitchell, written by Jonathan Aibel and Glenn Berger, and stars the voices of Anna Kendrick, Justin Timberlake, Zooey Deschanel, Russell Brand, James Co... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Associated_Press_NFL_Most_Valuable_Player_Award | Associated Press NFL Most Valuable Player Award | |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iv%C3%A1n_Rodr%C3%ADguez | Iván Rodríguez | Iván Rodríguez Torres (born November 27, 1971), nicknamed "Pudge" and "I-Rod", is a Puerto Rican former professional baseball catcher who played 21 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB). He played for the Texas Rangers (in two separate stints, comprising the majority of his career), Florida Marlins, Detroit Tigers, Ne... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Mescal | Paul Mescal | Paul Colm Michael Mescal ( MESS-kəl; born 2 February 1996) is an Irish actor. His accolades include two BAFTA Awards and a Laurence Olivier Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Primetime Emmy Award, two Actor Awards, and a Golden Globe Award.
Born in Dublin and raised in Maynooth, he studied acting... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesut_Özil | Mesut Özil | Mesut Özil (German pronunciation: [ˈmeːzut ˈøːzil], Turkish: [meˈsut œˈzil]; born 15 October 1988) is a German former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Known for his ball control, technical skills, creativity, passing skills, and vision, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest midfield... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marie_Curie | Marie Curie | Maria Salomea Skłodowska Curie (Polish: [ˈmarja salɔˈmɛa skwɔˈdɔfska kiˈri] ; née Skłodowska; 7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934), better known as Marie Curie ( KURE-ee; French: [maʁi kyʁi] ), was a Polish and naturalised-French physicist and chemist. She shared the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics with her husband Pierre Curie ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Fox_Bennett | Charles Fox Bennett | Charles James Fox Bennett (11 June 1793 in Shaftesbury, England – 5 December 1883) was a merchant and politician who successfully fought attempts to take Newfoundland into Canadian Confederation. Bennett was a successful businessman and one of the colony's richest residents with interests in the fisheries, distillery a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federative_units_of_Brazil#/media/File:Brazil,_administrative_divisions_(states)_-_en_-_colored.svg | Federative units of Brazil#/media/File:Brazil, administrative divisions (states) - en - colored.svg | Brazil is divided into federative units which have a certain degree of autonomy (self-government, self-regulation, and self-collection) and are endowed with their own government and constitution. There are 26 states (estados) and one federal district (distrito federal). The states are generally based on historical, con... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saffron_Burrows | Saffron Burrows | Saffron Burrows (born 22 October 1972) is a British actress who has appeared in films such as Circle of Friends, Wing Commander, Deep Blue Sea, Gangster No. 1, Enigma, Troy, Reign Over Me, and The Bank Job. On the small screen she starred as Lorraine Weller on Boston Legal, Dr. Norah Skinner on My Own Worst Enemy, Dete... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilbao | Bilbao | Bilbao or Bilbo is a city in northern Spain, the largest city in the province of Biscay and in the autonomous community of the Basque Country. With a population of 347,342 as of 2024, it is the 11th most populous city in Spain, and the most populous in northern Spain. The Bilbao metropolitan area has 1,037,847 inhabita... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edith_Wilson | Edith Wilson | Edith Wilson (née Bolling, formerly Galt; October 15, 1872 – December 28, 1961) was First Lady of the United States from 1915 to 1921 as the second wife of President Woodrow Wilson. She married the widower Wilson in December 1915, during his first term as president. Edith Wilson played an influential role in President ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juneau,_Alaska | Juneau, Alaska | Juneau ( JOO-noh; Tlingit: Dzántik'i Héeni [ˈtsʌ́ntʰɪ̀kʼɪ̀ ˈhíːnɪ̀] transl. Base of the Flounder's River), officially the City and Borough of Juneau, is the capital of the U.S. state of Alaska, located along the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle. Juneau was named the capital of Alaska in 1906, when the gover... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WrestleMania_IX#Results | WrestleMania IX#Results | WrestleMania IX was a 1993 professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now WWE). It was the ninth annual WrestleMania and took place on April 4, 1993, at Caesars Palace in the Las Vegas suburb of Paradise, Nevada. It was the first WrestleMania event held outdoors.
Wr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geffen_Records#History | Geffen Records#History | Geffen Records (formerly The David Geffen Company from 1980 to 1992 and Geffen Records Inc. from 1993 to 2004) is an American record label owned by Interscope Geffen A&M (IGA), a division of the Interscope Capitol Labels Group, which is owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1980 by David Geffen, as a music ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto | Pluto | Pluto (minor-planet designation: 134340 Pluto) is a dwarf planet in the Kuiper belt, a ring of bodies beyond the orbit of Neptune. It is the ninth-largest and tenth-most-massive known object to directly orbit the Sun. It is the largest known trans-Neptunian object by volume by a small margin, but is less massive than E... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Empire | Roman Empire | The Roman Empire was a state that controlled the Mediterranean and much of Europe, Western Asia, and North Africa during the classical period. The Roman Republic had previously conquered most of these territories, which became ruled by emperors following triumvir Octavian's rise to power and establishment of a Principa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sirenia | Sirenia | The Sirenia ( sy-REE-nee-ə), commonly referred to as sea cows or sirenians, are an order of fully aquatic, herbivorous mammals that inhabit swamps, rivers, estuaries, marine wetlands, and coastal marine waters. The extant Sirenia comprise two distinct families:
Dugongidae (the dugong and the now extinct Steller's sea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/52nd_Tony_Awards | 52nd Tony Awards | The 52nd Annual Tony Awards ceremony was held on June 7, 1998, at Radio City Music Hall and was broadcast by CBS television. A documentaries segment was telecast on PBS television. The ceremony was hosted by Rosie O'Donnell, who hosted a total of three times (1997, 1998, and 2000).
This ceremony is notable for its Best... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_D._Roosevelt | Franklin D. Roosevelt | Franklin Delano Roosevelt (January 30, 1882 – April 12, 1945), also known as FDR, was the 32nd president of the United States, serving from 1933 until his death in 1945. He is the longest-serving U.S. president and the only one to have served more than two terms. His first two terms were centered on combating the Great... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominican_Sisters_of_Hawthorne | Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne | The Dominican Sisters of Hawthorne are a Roman Catholic congregation of religious sisters, who are a part of the Third Order of Saint Dominic. The Congregation was founded on December 8, 1900, by Rose Hawthorne Lathrop, a daughter of the famed novelist Nathaniel Hawthorne. They specialize in caring for those suffering ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1819 | 1819 | 1819 (MDCCCXIX) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar, the 1819th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 819th year of the 2nd millennium, the 19th year of the 19th century, and the 10th and last year... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Actor#1960s | Academy Award for Best Actor#1960s | The Academy Award for Best Actor is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It has been awarded since the 1st Academy Awards to an actor who has delivered an outstanding performance in a leading role in a film released that year. The award was traditionally presented by t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gilmore_Girls | Gilmore Girls | Gilmore Girls is an American comedy-drama television series created by Amy Sherman-Palladino. It stars Lauren Graham and Alexis Bledel as Lorelai Gilmore and Rory Gilmore, a mother–daughter pair living in the fictional town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut. The series also stars an ensemble supporting cast, including Melis... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1998_NFL_draft#Player_selections | 1998 NFL draft#Player selections | The 1998 NFL draft was the procedure by which National Football League teams selected amateur college football players. It is officially known as the NFL Annual Player Selection Meeting. The draft was held April 18–19, 1998, at the Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The league also held a supplemental d... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Finger | Bill Finger | Milton "Bill" Finger (February 8, 1914 – c. January 18, 1974) was an American comic book writer who is credited with co-creating the DC Comics character Batman with Bob Kane. Despite making major (sometimes, signature) contributions as an innovative writer, visionary mythos/world builder and illustration architect, Fin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Philippine_Sea | Battle of the Philippine Sea | The Battle of the Philippine Sea was a major naval battle of World War II on 19–20 June 1944 that eliminated the Imperial Japanese Navy's ability to conduct large-scale carrier actions. It took place during the United States' amphibious reconquest of the Mariana Islands during the Pacific War. The battle was the last o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrew_Jack_(dialect_coach) | Andrew Jack (dialect coach) | Andrew Jack (born Andrew Duncan Hutchinson; 28 January 1944 – 31 March 2020) was a British dialect coach who worked on over 80 motion pictures.
== Early life ==
Jack was born in London. His father, Stephen Jack, was an actor in film, radio and television.
== Career ==
He had worked with over 200 actors including Ro... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Bowl_XLVI | Super Bowl XLVI | Super Bowl XLVI was an American football game between the National Football Conference (NFC) champion New York Giants and the American Football Conference (AFC) champion New England Patriots to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2011 season. The Giants defeated the Patriots by the score of 21–17... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serj_Tankian | Serj Tankian | Serj Tankian ( TAHN-kee-ən, Western Armenian: Սերժ Թանգեան pronounced [sɛɾʒ tʰɑŋkʰˈjɑn]; born August 21, 1967) is an Armenian-American musician. He is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band System of a Down, which was formed in 1994.
Tankian has released five albums with System of a Down (System of a D... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boston_Braves | Boston Braves | The Boston Braves were a Major League Baseball team named in honor of Chief Tamanend that originated in Boston, and played from 1871 to 1952. Afterwards they moved to Milwaukee (and became the Milwaukee Braves). Then in 1966 they were moved to Atlanta, where they were renamed the Atlanta Braves.
During its 82-year stay... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheffield_United_F.C. | Sheffield United F.C. | Sheffield United Football Club is a professional football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England. The club competes in the second tier of English football. They are nicknamed "the Blades" due to Sheffield's history of cutlery production. The team have played home games at Bramall Lane since their formation. ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_Always_Sunny_in_Philadelphia | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia | It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, also commonly referred to as Always Sunny or IASIP, is an American sitcom created by Rob Mac and co-developed by Glenn Howerton for FX, currently airing on FXX. The show premiered on August 4, 2005, and stars Charlie Day, Howerton, Mac, Kaitlin Olson, and Danny DeVito, with Day, Hower... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sobraon | Battle of Sobraon | The Battle of Sobraon was fought on 10 February 1846, between the forces of the East India Company and the Sikh Khalsa Army, the army of the declining Sikh Empire of the Punjab. The Sikhs were completely defeated, making this the decisive battle of the First Anglo-Sikh War.
== Background ==
The First Anglo-Sikh war ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cannabaceae | Cannabaceae | Cannabaceae is a small family of flowering plants, known as the hemp family. As now circumscribed, the family includes about 170 species grouped in about 11 genera, including Cannabis (hemp), Humulus (hops) and Celtis (hackberries). Celtis is by far the largest genus, containing about 100 species.
Cannabaceae is a memb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Cardinals | St. Louis Cardinals | The St. Louis Cardinals are an American professional baseball team based in St. Louis. The Cardinals compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) Central Division. Since the 2006 season, the Cardinals have played their home games at Busch Stadium in downtown St. Louis. One of the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ol%27_Dirty_Bastard | Ol' Dirty Bastard | Russell Tyrone Jones (November 15, 1968 – November 13, 2004), known professionally as Ol' Dirty Bastard (often abbreviated as ODB), was an American rapper who was one of the founding members of the New York rap group Wu-Tang Clan, formed in 1992. Jones also released music as a solo artist beginning with Return to the 3... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_number_ones_of_2002 | List of Billboard Hot 100 number ones of 2002 | The Billboard Hot 100 is a chart that ranks the best-performing singles of the United States. Published by Billboard magazine, the data are compiled by Nielsen SoundScan based collectively on each single's weekly physical sales and airplay. In 2002, there were seven singles that topped the chart, the lowest number of s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Jubb | Eric Jubb | Eric MacGregor Jubb (born 17 January 1931), later known as Eric Lamont, is a Canadian former backstroke and freestyle swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1948 Summer Olympics. |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle | Seattle | Seattle ( see-AT-əl) is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Washington and the Pacific Northwest region of North America. It is the 18th-most populous city in the United States with a population of 780,995 in 2024, while the Seattle metropolitan area at over 4.15 million residents is the 15th-most populous met... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elisabeth_Murdoch_(businesswoman) | Elisabeth Murdoch (businesswoman) | Elisabeth Murdoch (born 22 August 1968) is an Australian-born British and American media executive based in the United Kingdom. She was a non-executive chairperson of Shine Group, the UK-based TV programme production company she founded in 2001, until the company's parent 21st Century Fox merged its Shine Group divisi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylark_(rocket) | Skylark (rocket) | Skylark was a family of British sounding rockets. It was operational between 1957 and 2005.
Development of the Skylark begun during the early 1950s at the Royal Aircraft Establishment (RAE), which approached the Royal Society with an offer for it to carry scientific experiments. During early 1955, the British governmen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gran_Canaria | Gran Canaria | Gran Canaria (UK: , US: ; Spanish: [ɡɾaŋ kaˈnaɾja] ), also Grand Canary Island, is the third-largest and second-most-populous island of the Canary Islands, a Spanish archipelago off the Atlantic coast of Northwest Africa. As of 2023 the island had a population of 862,893 that constitutes approximately 40% of the popula... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National | Grand National | The Grand National (Otherwise known as The National or The Aintree National) is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England, near to Liverpool. First run in 1839, as the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 mi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anderson_Mesa_Station | Anderson Mesa Station | Anderson Mesa Station is an astronomical observatory established in 1959 as a dark-sky observing site for Lowell Observatory. It is located at Anderson Mesa in Coconino County, Arizona, about 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Lowell's main campus on Mars Hill in Flagstaff, Arizona.
== Telescopes ==
=== Current telescop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Wicklow | County Wicklow | County Wicklow ( WIK-loh; Irish: Contae Chill Mhantáin [ˈkɔn̪ˠt̪ˠeː ˌçiːl̠ʲ ˈwan̪ˠt̪ˠaːnʲ]) is a county in Ireland. The last of the traditional 32 counties, having been formed as late as 1606, it is part of the Eastern and Midland Region and the province of Leinster. It is bordered by the Irish Sea to the east and the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Columbus_(filmmaker)#Filmography | Chris Columbus (filmmaker)#Filmography | Christopher Joseph Columbus (born September 10, 1958) is an American filmmaker. Born in Spangler, Pennsylvania, Columbus studied film at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts where he developed an interest in filmmaking. After writing screenplays for several teen comedies in the mid-1980s, including Gremlins, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson | Mike Tyson | Michael Gerard Tyson (born June 30, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1985 and 2024. Nicknamed "Iron Mike" and "Kid Dynamite" in his early career, and later known as "the Baddest Man on the Planet", Tyson is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweight boxers of all time, and one... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patricia_C._Dunn | Patricia C. Dunn | Patricia C. Dunn (March 27, 1953 – December 4, 2011) was the non-executive chairman of the board of Hewlett-Packard (HP) from February 2005 until September 22, 2006, when she resigned her position.
On October 4, 2006, Bill Lockyer, the California attorney general, charged Dunn with four felonies for her role in the HP ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heaven%27s_Gate_(religious_group)#Nike_Decades | Heaven's Gate (religious group)#Nike Decades | Heaven's Gate was an American new religious movement known primarily for the mass suicides of its members in 1997. Often described as a cult, it was founded in 1974 and led by Marshall Applewhite (1931–1997) and Bonnie Nettles (1927–1985), known within the movement as Do and Ti, respectively. Nettles and Applewhite fir... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Murray_MacKay_Bridge | A. Murray MacKay Bridge | The A. Murray MacKay Bridge, known locally as "the new bridge", is a suspension bridge linking the Halifax Peninsula with Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, and opened on July 10, 1970. It is one of two suspension bridges crossing Halifax Harbour. Its counterpart, the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge, was completed in 1955. The bridge c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hayao_Miyazaki#Views | Hayao Miyazaki#Views | Hayao Miyazaki (宮崎 駿 or 宮﨑 駿, Miyazaki Hayao; [mijaꜜzaki hajao]; born January 5, 1941) is a Japanese animator, filmmaker, and manga artist. He co-founded Studio Ghibli and serves as its honorary chairman. Throughout his career, Miyazaki has attained international acclaim as a masterful storyteller and creator of Japane... |
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