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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Sisulu#:~:text=Max%20Vuyisile%20Sisulu%20(born%2023%20August%201945) | Max Sisulu | Max Vuyisile Sisulu (born 23 August 1945) is a South African politician and businessman who was Speaker of the National Assembly from May 2009 to May 2014. A member of the African National Congress (ANC), he was a member of the party's National Executive Committee from December 1994 to December 2017.
Born in Soweto, S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saul_Rosen | Saul Rosen | Saul Rosen (February 8, 1922 – June 9, 1991) was an American computer science pioneer.
He is known for designing the software of the first transistor-based computer Philco Transac S-2000, and for his work on programming language design which influenced the ALGOL language.
In 1947, he was involved in establishing the As... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vi%C8%99tea_Mare#:~:text=Vi%C8%99tea%20Mare%20(Romanian%20pronunciation%3A%20%5B,Negoiu%20Peak%20(2%2C535%20m). | Viștea Mare | Viștea Mare (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈviʃte̯a ˈmare]) is a mountain peak in the Făgăraș Mountains of the Southern Carpathians of Brașov County in Romania. With an elevation of 2,527 metres (8,291 ft), it is the third highest peak in Romania after Moldoveanu Peak (2,544 m) and Negoiu Peak (2,535 m).
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwinia_pinifolia | Darwinia pinifolia | Darwinia pinifolia is a species of flowering plant in the family Myrtaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub with linear leaves and dense heads of erect, red to purple flowers.
== Description ==
Darwinia pinifolia is a low, spreading to prostrate shrub tha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanothamnus_ramosus | Cyanothamnus ramosus | Cyanothamnus ramosus is a species of plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and is endemic to the southwest of Western Australia. It is an erect, mostly glabrous shrub with pinnate leaves with up to seven leaflets, and white, four-petalled flowers with blue or pale green backs.
== Description ==
Cyanothamnus ramosus is ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panavia_Tornado | Panavia Tornado | The Panavia Tornado is a family of twin-engine, variable-sweep wing multi-role combat aircraft, jointly developed and manufactured by Italy, the United Kingdom and Germany. There are three primary Tornado variants: the Tornado IDS (interdictor/strike) fighter-bomber, the Tornado ECR (electronic combat/reconnaissance) S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Evans_(pastor)#Personal_life | Tony Evans (pastor) | Anthony Tyrone Evans Sr. (born September 10, 1949) is an American evangelical pastor, speaker, and author. From 1976 to 2024, Evans served as senior pastor at Oak Cliff Bible Fellowship in Dallas, Texas. Evans' evangelist show airs on various radio stations across the United States on the Christian Satellite Network (C... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buster_Smith#:~:text=Henry%20Franklin%20%22Buster%22%20Smith%20(,and%20mentor%20to%20Charlie%20Parker. | Buster Smith | Henry Franklin "Buster" Smith (August 24, 1904 – August 10, 1991), also known as Professor Smith, was an American jazz alto saxophonist and mentor to Charlie Parker. Smith was instrumental in instituting the Texas Sax Sound with Count Basie and Lester Young in the 1930s.
Smith played saxophone for a number of prominent... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mob_Psycho_100_episodes | List of Mob Psycho 100 episodes | Mob Psycho 100 is a Japanese anime series based on the manga series created by One. The anime adaptation was produced by Bones and directed by Yuzuru Tachikawa. Hiroshi Seko wrote the scripts, Yoshimichi Kameda designed the characters, and Kenji Kawai composed the music. The series aired between July 12 and September 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWV | SWV | SWV (Sisters with Voices) is an American R&B vocal trio from New York City whose members are Cheryl "Coko" Gamble, Tamara "Taj" George, and Leanne "Lelee" Lyons. Formed in 1988 as a gospel group, SWV became one of the most successful R&B groups of the 1990s. They had a series of hits, including the Billboard Hot 100 nu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Caspar_F%C3%BCssli#:~:text=He%20married%20Elisabeth%20Waser%2C%20and,Anna%20(1749%E2%80%931772). | Johann Caspar Füssli | Johann Caspar Füssli (3 January 1706 – 6 May 1782) was a Swiss portrait painter and art historian.
== Biography ==
Füssli was born in Zürich to Hans Rudolf Füssli, who was also a painter, and Elisabeth Schärer. He studied painting in Vienna between 1724 and 1731, and then became a portraitist in the courts of souther... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/So_Good_Together | So Good Together | So Good Together is the twenty-fourth studio album by American country music singer Reba McEntire. It was released in 1999 and was preceded by the single "What Do You Say". "What Do You Say" peaked at number 3 on the country singles chart and was nominated for a Grammy for Best Short Form Video. It also became her high... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rana_Ayyub#:~:text=On%2028%20June%202022%2C%20Ayyub,by%20the%20National%20Press%20Club. | Rana Ayyub | Rana Ayyub (born 1 May 1984) is an Indian journalist and opinion columnist with The Washington Post. She is author of the investigative book Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.
== Background and family ==
Rana Ayyub was born in Mumbai, India. Her father Mohammad Ayyub Waqif, was a writer with Blitz, a Mumbai-based ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Justice_of_Kenya | Chief Justice of Kenya | The chief justice of Kenya is a public office in the Republic of Kenya established under Article 161 of the country's Constitution as the head of the Judiciary of Kenya. Under Article 163, the chief justice also serves as the president of the Supreme Court of Kenya. The chief justice is assisted by the deputy chief jus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brighton_Pier,_Christchurch#:~:text=The%20pier%20sustained%20some%20damage,reopened%20again%20in%20May%202018. | New Brighton Pier, Christchurch | There have been two New Brighton Piers in the Christchurch, New Zealand, suburb of New Brighton. The first pier, of wooden construction, opened on 18 January 1894 and was demolished on 12 October 1965. The current concrete pier was opened on 1 November 1997. It is one of the icons of Christchurch.
== First pier ==
T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Korea | South Korea | South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and the Sea of Japan to the east. Like North Korea, South Korea claims to be the sole legi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eyre_Chatterton | Eyre Chatterton | Eyre Chatterton (22 July 1863 – 8 December 1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a bishop in India from 1903 to 1926. He was also an amateur tennis player.
== Life ==
He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College and Trinity College, Dublin.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Schwartz_(physician) | William Schwartz (physician) | William Benjamin Schwartz (May 16, 1922 – March 15, 2009) was a pioneering nephrologist who identified rising costs of health care as an incipient problem as early as the 1980s.
Schwartz attended Duke University after serving in the Army in World War II, earning undergraduate and medical degrees. His pioneering observa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamilton_(musical) | Hamilton (musical) | Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda. Based on the 2004 biography Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow, the musical covers the life of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton and his involvement in the American Revolution ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraconalia_brasiliensis | Paraconalia brasiliensis | Paraconalia is a genus of tumbling flower beetles in the family Mordellidae. This genus has a single species, Paraconalia brasiliensis, found in South America.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Rugby_Europe_Championship#Week_1:~:text=5%20February%202022%0A14,(1/1)%2072%27 | 2022 Rugby Europe Championship | The 2022 Rugby Europe Championship was the sixth Rugby Europe Championship, the annual rugby union for the top European national teams outside the Six Nations Championship, and the 52nd edition of the competition (including all its previous incarnations as the FIRA Tournament, Rugby Union European Cup, FIRA Nations Cup... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Christophe_Yoccoz | Jean-Christophe Yoccoz | Jean-Christophe Yoccoz (29 May 1957 – 3 September 2016) was a French mathematician. He was awarded a Fields Medal in 1994, for his work on dynamical systems.
== Biography ==
Yoccoz attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand, during which time he was a silver medalist at the 1973 International Mathematical Olympiad and a gold ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_Nogueira | Juan Nogueira | Juan Nogueira (born 1 May 1988) is a Brazilian amateur heavyweight boxer who won a bronze medal at the 2014 South American Games. He competed at the 2013 and 2015 world championships and qualified for the 2016 Summer Olympics.
== References == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_L._Brody#:~:text=Aaron%20Leo%20Brody%20(August%2023,at%20the%20University%20of%20Georgia.&text=Boston%2C%20Massachusetts%2C%20U.S. | Aaron L. Brody | Aaron Leo Brody (August 23, 1930 – July 26, 2021) was an American food scientist, who developed new technologies in food processing and packaging. He created the first frozen fish sticks in the 1950s. While working for Mars, Incorporated, he was also responsible for introducing Starburst to the United States. Later, Br... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_of_Walker#Track_listing | World of Walker | World of Walker is the second studio album by Norwegian DJ and record producer Alan Walker. It was released on 25 November 2021 through MER Musikk and Sony Music Entertainment and includes his successful 2019 single "On My Way".
== Background ==
The elaborate official artwork for World of Walker consists of thousands... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chhau_dance | Chhau dance | Chhau, also spelled Chhou, is a semi classical Indian dance with martial and folk traditions. It is found in three styles named after the location where they are performed, i.e. the Purulia Chhau of West Bengal, the Seraikella Chhau of Jharkhand and the Mayurbhanj Chhau of Odisha.
The dance ranges from celebrating mart... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wangechi_Mutu#Exhuming_Gluttony:_A_Lover's_Requiem_(2006) | Wangechi Mutu | Wangechi Mutu (; born 1972) is a Kenyan American visual artist, known primarily for her painting, sculpture, film, and performance work. Born in Kenya, Mutu now splits her time between her studio there in Nairobi and her studio in Brooklyn, New York, where she has lived and worked for over 20 years. Mutu's work has di... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W._G._Ernst#:~:text=He%20received%20a%20B.A.%20degree,Johns%20Hopkins%20University%20in%201959. | W. G. Ernst | W. Gary Ernst (born December 14, 1931) is an American geologist specializing in petrology and geochemistry. He currently is the Benjamin M. Page Professor Emeritus in Stanford University's department of geological sciences.
== Career ==
Ernst was born in St. Louis, Missouri. He received a B.A. degree in Geology from ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un%27alma_innamorata | Un'alma innamorata | Un'alma innamorata (HWV 173) is a dramatic secular cantata for soprano and instruments written by George Frideric Handel in 1707. Other catalogues of Handel's music have referred to the work as HG liiB,92; and HHA v/5,97. The title of the cantata translates as "A soul in love".
== History ==
The work was written for ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1896_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_masters_foil#:~:text=Article,1%20Background | Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's masters foil | The men's masters foil was one of three fencing events on the Fencing at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. It was the only event at the Games for professional athletes and was held immediately after the amateur event on 7 April. It consisted of a single match, between Leonidas Pyrgos of Greece and Joanni Perronet o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lark_Voorhies | Lark Voorhies | Lark Voorhies (born Lark Holloway; March 25, 1974) is an American actress. She played Lisa Turtle on the NBC sitcom Saved by the Bell (1989–1993) and was nominated for the Young Artist Award six times, winning in 1990 and 1993 for her work on the show.
== Early life ==
Born Lark Holloway to Wayne and Tricia Holloway ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Severance_(TV_series)#:~:text=Michael%20Cumpsty%20as%20Doug%20Graner,wife%20of%20Senator%20Angelo%20Arteta. | Severance (TV series) | Severance is an American science fiction psychological thriller television series created by Dan Erickson, and executive produced and primarily directed by Ben Stiller. It stars Adam Scott, Zach Cherry, Britt Lower, Tramell Tillman, Jen Tullock, Dichen Lachman, Michael Chernus, John Turturro, Christopher Walken, Patric... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2024 | 2024 | 2024 (MMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2024th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 24th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 5th year of the 2020s decade.
The year saw the continuation of major armed conflicts, including th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sweet_Briar_College#Presidents | Sweet Briar College | Sweet Briar College (Sweet Briar, SBC) is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy. The college formally opened its doors in 1906 and granted the B.A. degree for the first time in 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunil_Das#:~:text=Sunil%20Das%20(4%20August%201939,and%20his%20piece%20%22Woman%22.&text=He%20was%20the%20founder%20member%20of%20Society%20of%20Contemporary%20Artists. | Sunil Das | Sunil Das (4 August 1939 – 10 August 2015) was an Indian expressionist painter. He is known for the paintings in his Bull Series and his piece "Woman".
He was the founder member of Society of Contemporary Artists.
== Early life and background ==
Sunil Das was born in Calcutta, Kolkata, India.
He joined the Government... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shonda_Rhimes | Shonda Rhimes | Shonda Lynn Rhimes (born January 13, 1970) is an American television producer and screenwriter, and founder of the production company Shondaland. Inducted into the Television Hall of Fame and NAB Broadcasting Hall of Fame, Rhimes became known as the first showrunner–creator, head writer, and executive producer–of the m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Evans_(journalist) | Trevor Evans (journalist) | Sir Trevor Maldwyn Evans (21 February 1902 – 10 June 1981) was a Welsh journalist and the industrial correspondent for The Daily Express. Born in Abertridwr, Glamorganshire, he started life as a miner and electrician but entered journalism after losing his job during the 1921 miner's strike.
== Biography ==
Evans wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music_of_the_Mana_series | Music of the Mana series | The Mana series, known in Japan as Seiken Densetsu (聖剣伝説; lit. "Holy Sword Legend"), is a role-playing video game series from Square Enix, created by Koichi Ishii. The series began as a handheld side story to Square's flagship franchise Final Fantasy, although most Final Fantasy-inspired elements were subsequently drop... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Instagram#:~:text=On%20December%206%2C%202016%2C%20Instagram,likes%20in%20their%20notification%20inbox. | Instagram | Instagram is an American photo and short-form video sharing social networking service owned by Meta Platforms. It allows users to upload media that can be edited with filters, be organized by hashtags, and be associated with a location via geographical tagging. Posts can be shared publicly or with preapproved followers... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sibel_Adal%C4%B1 | Sibel Adalı | Sibel Adalı is a Turkish-American computer scientist who studies trust in social networks and uncertainty in decision-making. She is a professor of computer science at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the associate dean for research in the Rensselaer School of Science.
== Education and career ==
Adalı graduated i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_Super_14_season#Round_1 | 2007 Super 14 season | The 2007 Super 14 season started in February 2007 with preseason matches held from mid-January. It finished on 19 May with the final at Kings Park Stadium in Durban, in the first final between two South African teams in the history of Super Rugby. The visiting Bulls won the 2007 Super 14 Final, scoring a try in the 83r... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Top_Thrill_2 | Top Thrill 2 | Top Thrill 2 is a launched roller coaster located at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. The ride originally opened as Top Thrill Dragster in 2003, becoming the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the world, as well as the first ever strata coaster. The original was an Accelerator Coaster model from Intamin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_E._Moore_Medal_(SCI)#:~:text=)%5B6%5D-,2021%2C%20Carla%20Pereira,-(ExxonMobil) | Gordon E. Moore Medal (SCI) | The Gordon E. Moore Medal is an award given yearly by the Society of Chemical Industry (SCI America) to someone who has displayed early career success involving innovation in chemical industries. Success is judged in terms of both market impact and effects on quality of life of their work.
== Recipients ==
2025, Linq... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schreider | Schreider | Schreider is a Northern American and German family name. Notable people with the surname include:
Helen Schreider (b. 1926), American explorer
Gary Schreider (1934–2011), Canadian football player
Frank Schreider (1924–1994), American explorer
== Fictional people ==
Schreider (or Shredder), a character of Log Horizon... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Melly | George Melly | Alan George Heywood Melly (17 August 1926 – 5 July 2007) was an English jazz and blues singer, critic, writer, and lecturer. From 1965 to 1973, he was a film and television critic for The Observer; he also lectured on art history, with an emphasis on surrealism.
== Early life and career ==
Melly was born at The Grang... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_American_Dialect_Society%27s_Words_of_the_Year | List of American Dialect Society's Words of the Year | The American Dialect Society's Word of the Year (WotY) are voted at the January American Dialect Society conference. The first year for which the word of the year was voted ("bushlips") by the ADS was 1990.
Sam Corbin, a words and language writer for The New York Times, comparing the ADS WOTY with the likes from promin... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3hanna_Sigur%C3%B0ard%C3%B3ttir | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir | Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir (Icelandic pronunciation: [ˈjouːhana ˈsɪːɣʏrðarˌtouhtɪr̥]; born 4 October 1942) is an Icelandic politician, who served as prime minister of Iceland from 2009 to 2013.
Elected as an MP from 1978 to 2013, she was appointed as Iceland's Minister of Social Affairs and Social Security, serving from 19... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tina_Turner# | Tina Turner | Tina Turner (born Anna Mae Bullock; November 26, 1939 – May 24, 2023) was a singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Dubbed the "Queen of Rock 'n' Roll", Turner's vocal prowess and stage presence helped to break racial and gender barriers in rock music. She is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, with est... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geography_of_Cyprus | Geography of Cyprus | Cyprus is an island in the Eastern Basin of the Mediterranean Sea. It is the third-largest island in the Mediterranean, after the Italian islands of Sicily and Sardinia, and the 80th-largest island in the world by area. It is located south of the Anatolian Peninsula, yet it belongs to the Cyprus Arc. Geographically, Cy... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort,_Muzaffarabad | Red Fort, Muzaffarabad | Red Fort (Urdu: لال قلعہ), also known as Muzaffarabad Fort, is a 16th-century fortification located in Muzaffarabad, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan. Its construction was started by the Chak dynasty of Kashmir in 1559 but it was only completed in 1646 by Sultan Muzaffar Khan, a local ruler and the founder of Muzaffara... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kacey_Musgraves#:~:text=Musgraves%20appeared%20on%20the%20June,death%20in%20a%20house%20fire. | Kacey Musgraves | Kacey Lee Musgraves (born August 21, 1988) is an American country singer-songwriter. She began her career in the early 2000s, when she self-released three solo albums and recorded another album as a member of the duo Texas Two Bits. In 2007, Musgraves appeared on the fifth season of the USA Network singing competition ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Barker_Medal | Geoffrey Barker Medal | The Geoffrey Barker Medal, first awarded in 1988, is given by the Royal Society of Chemistry to scientists working in the UK or Ireland in recognition of their contributions to electrochemistry. The winner is invited to give a plenary lecture at that year's Electrochem meeting.
== Laureates ==
Source: RSC
== See al... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russell_Robins | Russell Robins | Russell John Robins (21 February 1932 – 27 September 2019) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for British Lions and Wales, and at club level for Pontypridd RFC, as a Lock, Flanker, or Number eight, and club... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A._Wallis_Myers | A. Wallis Myers | Arthur Wallis Myers (24 July 1878 – 17 June 1939) was an English tennis correspondent, editor, author and player. He was one of the leading tennis journalists of the first half of the 20th century.
== Family life ==
Myers was son of the Rev. John Brown Myers, secretary of the Baptist Missionary Society, and Agnes Tr... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horacio_Coppola | Horacio Coppola | Horacio Coppola (31 July 1906 – 18 June 2012) was an Argentine photographer and filmmaker, and the husband of the German photographer Grete Stern.
== Biography ==
Coppola was born in Buenos Aires, the youngest of 10 children. His parents, Italian immigrants, were well off, and he studied art, music, law and languages... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Waves | Planet Waves | Planet Waves is the fourteenth studio album by American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan, released on January 17, 1974, by Asylum Records in the United States and Island Records in the United Kingdom.
Dylan is supported on the album by longtime collaborators the Band, with whom he embarked on a major reunion tour (documen... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#:~:text=As%20of%20April%202024%2C%20StatCounter,is%20also%20dominant%20on%20smartphones. | Google Chrome | Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser. The browser is a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iberian_lynx | Iberian lynx | The Iberian lynx (Lynx pardinus) is one of the four extant species within Lynx, a genus of medium-sized wild cats. The Iberian lynx is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula in southwestern Europe. It is listed as vulnerable on the IUCN Red List. In the 20th century, the Iberian lynx population had declined because of overhu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kosmos_2044 | Kosmos 2044 | Kosmos 2044, or Bion 9 (in Russian: Бион 9, Космос 2044) was a biomedical research mission involving in nine countries plus ESA: United Kingdom, Hungarian People's Republic, East Germany, Polish People's Republic, Czechoslovakia, United States, Canada, Australia, Soviet Union and European Space Agency (ESA). It was par... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polanyi_Medal | Polanyi Medal | The Polanyi Medal is a biennial award of the Royal Society of Chemistry for outstanding contributions to the field of gas kinetics. The medal is presented at the International Symposium on Gas Kinetics after a plenary lecture given by the prize winner.
The award is named after the Hungarian-British polymath Michael Pol... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Cooke_(engraver)#:~:text=Cooke%20was%20born%20in%20London,and%20became%20a%20wholesale%20confectioner. | George Cooke (engraver) | George Cooke (22 January 1781 – 27 February 1834), was an English line engraver.
== Life and work ==
Cooke was born in London in 1781. His father was a native of Frankfurt, Germany, who in early life settled in England and became a wholesale confectioner. At the age of 14, George Cooke was apprenticed to James Basire... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warring_States_period | Warring States period | The Warring States period in Chinese history (c. 475 – 221 BC) comprises the final centuries of the Zhou dynasty (c. 1046 – 256 BC), which were characterized by warfare, bureaucratic and military reform, and political consolidation. It followed the Spring and Autumn period and concluded with the wars of conquest that s... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariam_Nabatanzi | Mariam Nabatanzi | Mariam Nabatanzi Babirye (born c. 1980) also known as Maama Uganda or Mother Uganda, is a Ugandan woman known for birthing 44 children, 38 of whom are still alive. As of March 2025, her eldest children were 33 years old, and the youngest were eight years old. In 2015, her husband abandoned the family, reportedly unable... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claudio_Bunster#:~:text=Claudio%20Bunster%20Weitzman%20(Latin%20American,name%20was%20Claudio%20Teitelboim%20Weitzman. | Claudio Bunster | Claudio Bunster Weitzman (Latin American Spanish: [ˈklawðjo ˈβunsteɾ]; born April 15, 1947) is a Chilean theoretical physicist. Until 2005 his name was Claudio Teitelboim Weitzman.
== Biography ==
Until 2005 Bunster thought he was the biological son of Volodia Teitelboim, when he learned that his biological father wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Fields | Kim Fields | Kim Fields Morgan (née Fields; born May 12, 1969) is an American actress and director. She first gained fame as a child actress on the television series Good Times (1978–1979), and rose to greater prominence for her role as Dorothy "Tootie" Ramsey on the NBC sitcom Diff'rent Strokes (1979–1981), as well as its spin-off... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristin_Otto#:~:text=Otto%20returned%20to%20competitive%20swimming%20at%20the%201986%20World%20Championships%20in%20Madrid%2C%20where%20she%20won%204%20gold%20medals%20(100%C2%A0m%20freestyle%2C%20200%C2%A0m%20individual%20medley%2C%204%C3%97100%C2%A0m%20medley%20relay%20and%204%C3%97100%C... | Kristin Otto | Kristin Otto (German pronunciation: [ˈkʁɪstɪn ˈʔɔtoː] ; born 7 February 1966) is a former East German swimmer, becoming Olympic, World and European champion, multiple times. She is most famous for being the first woman to win six gold medals at a single Olympic Games, doing so at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. In long c... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusef_Salaam | Yusef Salaam | Yusef Salaam (born 1974) is an American politician, motivational speaker, and activist currently serving as a member of the New York City Council, representing the city's 9th council district since 2024. A member of the Democratic Party, Salaam, one of the Central Park Five, was wrongly convicted of acting in concert t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KTCZ-FM | KTCZ-FM | KTCZ-FM (97.1 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Minneapolis, Minnesota and serving the Minneapolis-St. Paul radio market and Western Wisconsin. KTCZ airs a hybrid modern adult contemporary radio format. The station is owned and operated by iHeartMedia and has studios and offices on Utica Avenue South in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Carey,_Lady_Berkeley | Elizabeth Carey, Lady Berkeley | Lady Elizabeth Berkeley (née Carey; later Chamberlain; 24 May 1576 – 23 April 1635), was an English courtier and patron of the arts.
== Life ==
Elizabeth Carey was the only child of George Carey, 2nd Baron Hunsdon, and Elizabeth Spencer. Queen Elizabeth I was one of her godmothers. Her childhood was divided between t... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alenush_Terian | Alenush Terian | Ālenush Teriān (Armenian: Ալենուշ Տէրեան; Persian: آلنوش طریان; also: آلنوش تریان; November 9, 1921 – March 4, 2011) was an Iranian-Armenian astronomer and physicist and is called 'Mother of Modern Iranian Astronomy'.
== Early life ==
She was born on November 9, 1921, to an Armenian family in Tehran, Iran. Her father... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Painted_Cave_Fire | Painted Cave Fire | The Painted Cave Fire was a devastating wildfire in June, 1990 that burned in the Santa Ynez Mountains and the city of Santa Barbara, within Santa Barbara County, California.
The fire, which began near Painted Cave, was intentionally set near the intersection of Highway 154 (San Marcos Pass Road) and Painted Cave Road,... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quainton_Road_railway_station#:~:text=Quainton%20Road%20railway%20station%20was,(71%20km)%20from%20London. | Quainton Road railway station | Quainton Road railway station was opened in 1868 in under-developed countryside near Quainton, in the English county of Buckinghamshire, 44 miles (71 km) from London. Built by the Aylesbury and Buckingham Railway, it was the result of pressure from the 3rd Duke of Buckingham to route the railway near his home at Wotton... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Manning | Alexander Manning | Alexander Henderson Manning (11 May 1819 – 20 October 1903) was a Canadian contractor, businessman, and the 20th Mayor of Toronto, serving a single term in 1873 and a second in 1885. Born in Ireland, he emigrated to Toronto in 1834. He worked on the construction of several projects, including the Welland Canal and the ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizzie_Magie | Lizzie Magie | Elizabeth J. Magie Phillips (née Magie; May 9, 1866 – March 2, 1948) was an American game designer, writer, feminist, and Georgist. She invented The Landlord's Game, the precursor to Monopoly, to illustrate teachings of the progressive era economist Henry George.
== Life and career ==
Elizabeth J. Magie was born in ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Chrome#:~:text=Despite%20this%2C%20on%20November%206,accelerated%20H.264%20video%20decoding. | Google Chrome | Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was launched in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. Versions were later released for Linux, macOS, iOS, iPadOS, and also for Android, where it is the default browser. The browser is a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#:~:text=She%20wore%20a%20long%2C%20flowing,of%20American%20filmmaker%2C%20Preston%20Sturges. | Isadora Duncan | Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Parker#Life_and_career | Cornelia Parker | Cornelia Ann Parker (born 14 July 1956) is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art.
== Life and career ==
Parker was born in 1956 in Cheshire, England. Her childhood with a mentally fragile mother and a violent father had a strong influence on her. Her German mother was a nurse in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPad_Air_(1st_generation) | IPad Air (1st generation) | The iPad Air (retrospectively referred to unofficially as the iPad Air 1 or original iPad Air) is a tablet computer developed and marketed by Apple Inc. It was announced on October 22, 2013 and released on November 1, 2013. Part of the iPad line of tablet computers, the iPad Air features a thinner design than its prede... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isadora_Duncan#:~:text=Duncan%20bore%20three%20children%2C%20all,sewing%20machine%20magnate%20Isaac%20Singer. | Isadora Duncan | Angela Isadora Duncan (May 26, 1877, or May 27, 1878 – September 14, 1927) was an American-born dancer and choreographer, who was a pioneer of modern contemporary dance and performed to great acclaim throughout Europe and the United States. Born and raised in California, she lived and danced in Western Europe, the U.S.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemonade_(album)#Commercial_performance | Lemonade (album) | Lemonade is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Beyoncé. It was surprise-released on April 23, 2016, by Parkwood Entertainment and Columbia Records, as a visual album together with a film of the same name. Beyoncé conceived Lemonade as a concept album that explores the historical Black female exper... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrea_Arpaci-Dusseau | Andrea Arpaci-Dusseau | Andrea Carol Arpaci-Dusseau (also published as Andrea Dusseau) is an American computer scientist interested in operating systems, file systems, data storage, distributed computing, and computer science education. She is a professor of computer sciences at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She and Remzi Arpaci-Dussea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafoogar | Rafoogar | A rafoogar (Rafu Gar, needle-worker, darner or a cloth mender, رفو گر) is an artisan similar to an embroiderer (who decorates the cloths), but the rafoogar has the skill to repair the damaged or torn clothes. The rafoogar makes the holes, cuts, and manufacturing damages almost invisible. In Kashmir, the term is more as... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fencing_at_the_1908_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men%27s_sabre | Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's sabre | The men's sabre was one of four fencing events on the Fencing at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. The top two places were won by Hungarian fencers, who also took the gold medal in the team sabre event. Jenő Fuchs took the gold medal and Béla Zulawszky the silver. Bronze went to Bohemian Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf. T... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Cullen,_Lord_Pentland#:~:text=Paul%20Benedict%20Cullen%2C%20Lord%20Pentland,of%20the%20Scottish%20Law%20Commission. | Paul Cullen, Lord Pentland | Paul Benedict Cullen, Lord Pentland, (born 11 March 1957) is the current Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General, the most senior judge in Scotland. He is a former Solicitor General for Scotland, Senator of the College of Justice and Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission.
== Early life ==
B... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linus_Pauling_Award#:~:text=Herbert%20C.%20Brown-,1969%20%E2%80%93%20Henry%20Eyring,-1970%20%E2%80%93%20Harold | Linus Pauling Award | The Linus Pauling Award is an award recognizing outstanding achievement in chemistry. It is awarded annually by the Puget Sound, Oregon, and Portland sections of the American Chemical Society, and is named after the US chemist Linus Pauling (1901–1994), to whom it was first awarded in 1966.
Another Linus Pauling Award... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hank_Williams | Hank Williams | Hiram "Hank" Williams (September 17, 1923 – January 1, 1953) was an American singer, songwriter, and musician. An early pioneer of country music, he is regarded as one of the most significant and influential musicians of the 20th century. Williams recorded 55 singles that reached the top 10 of the Billboard Country & W... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mavis_Tate | Mavis Tate | Mavis Constance Tate (born Maybird Hogg; 17 August 1893 – 5 June 1947) was a British Conservative politician and campaigner for British women's rights.
== Early life ==
Maybird Hogg was daughter of Guy Weir Hogg (1861-1943), a diplomat who served as British consul for Portugal, Sweden, and Norway, was a justice of th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacen_Solo | Jacen Solo | Jacen Solo is a fictional character in literature based on the Star Wars film series, set in what is now designated as the original-canon Star Wars Legends continuity. The son of Han Solo and Leia Organa Solo, as well as the nephew of Luke Skywalker, he is a major character in several novels, particularly the New Jedi ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Hell | Rudolf Hell | Rudolf Hell (19 December 1901 – 11 March 2002) was a German inventor and engineer.
== Career ==
Hell was born in Eggmühl. From 1919 to 1923, he studied electrical engineering in Munich. He worked there from 1923 to 1929 as assistant of Prof. Max Dieckmann, with whom he operated a television station at the Verkehrsaus... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayor_of_San_Francisco | Mayor of San Francisco | The mayor of the City and County of San Francisco is the head of the executive branch of the San Francisco city and county government. The officeholder has the duty to enforce city laws, and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, the legislative branch. The mayor ser... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szentes | Szentes | Szentes (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈsɛntɛʃ]) is a town in south-eastern Hungary, Csongrád county, near the Tisza river. The town is a cultural and educational center of the region. It is the third most populous town in Csongrad county after Szeged and Hódmezővásárhely.
== History ==
The area around Szentes has been i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act#Amendments_to_1907_Act | Federal Meat Inspection Act | The Federal Meat Inspection Act of 1906 (FMIA) is an American law that makes it illegal to adulterate or misbrand meat and meat products being sold as food, and ensures that meat and meat products are slaughtered and processed under strictly regulated sanitary conditions. These requirements also apply to imported meat... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson-Fawcett_Award#:~:text=nanostructures%5B2%5D-,2020,Cinzia%20Casiraghi,-University%20of%20Manchester | Gibson-Fawcett Award | The Gibson–Fawcett Award is awarded by the Royal Society of Chemistry every two years to recognise outstanding work in the field of materials chemistry. In particular, the emphasis is on the originality and independence of the work carried out. The prize was established in 2008 and is awarded by the Materials Chemistry... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yayoi_Kusama#Works_and_publications | Yayoi Kusama | Yayoi Kusama (草間 彌生, Kusama Yayoi; born 22 March 1929) is a Japanese contemporary artist who works primarily in sculpture and installation. She is also active in painting, performance, video art, fashion, poetry, fiction, and other arts. Her work is based in conceptual art and shows some attributes of feminism, minimal... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women_judges_of_the_Supreme_Court_of_India#List_of_Judges_in_chronology | List of women judges of the Supreme Court of India | This is a list of women judges of the Supreme Court of India, the highest court in the Republic of India. The list is arranged in chronological order.
The first woman to become a judge of the Supreme Court was Fathima Beevi, appointed on 6 October 1989. There have been 11 women justices in the court since then. Current... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hector-Louis_Langevin | Hector-Louis Langevin | Sir Hector-Louis Langevin (August 25, 1826 – June 11, 1906) was a Canadian lawyer, politician, and one of the Fathers of Confederation.
Education
Langevin was born in Quebec City in 1826. He studied law and was called to the bar in 1850.
== Political career ==
In 1856, he was elected to the municipal council of Quebe... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxycodone | Oxycodone | Oxycodone, sold under the brand name Roxicodone and OxyContin (which is the extended-release form) among others, is a semi-synthetic opioid used medically for the treatment of moderate to severe pain. It is highly addictive and is a commonly abused drug. It is usually taken by mouth, and is available in immediate-relea... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crombie#Mayor_of_Toronto | David Crombie | David Edward Crombie (born April 24, 1936) is a former Canadian academic and politician who served as the 56th mayor of Toronto from 1972 to 1978. Crombie was elected to Parliament following his tenure as mayor. A member of the Progressive Conservative (PC) Party, he served as minister of national health and welfare f... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Johnson_(sprinter) | Michael Johnson (sprinter) | Michael Duane Johnson (born September 13, 1967) is an American sprinter who became Olympic Champion four times, and World Champion eight times in the span of his career. He held the world and Olympic records in the 200 m and 400 m, as well as the world record in the indoor 400 m. He also once held the world's best time... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfredo_di_Braccio_Award#:~:text=2014%20Physics%20prize%20was%20awarded%20to%20Stefano%20Protti | Alfredo di Braccio Award | The Alfredo di Braccio Award is a prestigious prize for young Italian scientists given by the Italian Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei.
== Award winners ==
Every year a top young chemist or physicist receives this honor for their research.
2008 Chemistry prize was awarded to Lorenzo Malavasi (University of Pavia, Ital... |
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