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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fazal_Ilahi_Chaudhry#:~:text=He%20was%20elected%20as%20member%20of%20the%20National%20Assembly%20in,the%20National%20Assembly%20in%201972. | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry | Fazal Ilahi Chaudhry (1 January 1904 – 2 June 1982) was a Pakistani barrister, politician and statesman who served as the fifth president of Pakistan from 1973 until his resignation in 1978, due to Zia-ul-Haq's martial law following the 1977 coup d'état which overthrew Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's government. He was the first... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Historical_European_martial_arts#The_modern_HEMA_community | Historical European martial arts | Historical European martial arts (HEMA) are martial arts of European origin, particularly using arts formerly practised, but having since died out or evolved into very different forms.
While there is limited surviving documentation of the martial arts of classical antiquity (such as Greek wrestling or gladiatorial comb... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Monarch#Captain's_death | MS Monarch | MS Monarch (formerly Monarch of the Seas) was the second of three Sovereign-class cruise ships owned by Royal Caribbean International. Beginning on April 1, 2013, Monarch was operated by RCCL's Pullmantur Cruises, before being sold for scrap in 2020 following Pullmantur's closure. The ship was built in 1991 at the Chan... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Bourchier,_Countess_of_Bath | Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath | Margaret Bourchier, Countess of Bath (née Donington; c. 1509 – 20 December 1561) was an English Tudor noblewoman. She is notable for the three high-profile and advantageous marriages she secured during her lifetime, and for her success in arranging socially impressive marriages for many of her children. Through her des... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Litteris_et_Artibus | Litteris et Artibus | Litteris et Artibus is a Swedish royal medal established in 1853 by Charles XV of Sweden, who was then crown prince. It is awarded to people who have made important contributions to culture, especially music, dramatic art and literature.
The obverse side of the medal has the image of the current King while the reverse ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_paddlefish#:~:text=The%20Chinese%20paddlefish%20was%20officially,become%20functionally%20extinct%20by%201993. | Chinese paddlefish | The Chinese paddlefish (Psephurus gladius; simplified Chinese: 白鲟; traditional Chinese: 白鱘; pinyin: báixún: literal translation: "white sturgeon"), also known as the Chinese swordfish, is an extinct species of fish that was formerly native to the Yangtze and Yellow River basins in China. With records of specimens over ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asia%E2%80%93Europe_Meeting#ASEM_Education_Ministers'_Meetings_(ASEMME) | Asia–Europe Meeting | The Asia–Europe Meeting (ASEM) is an Asian–European political dialogue forum to enhance relations and various forms of cooperation between its partners.
It was officially established on 1 March 1996 at the 1st ASEM Summit (ASEM1) in Bangkok, Thailand, by the then 15 Member States of the European Union (EU) and the Eur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnaam_Kaur | Harnaam Kaur | Harnaam Kaur (born 29 November 1990) is a British social media personality, postpartum coach, life coach, and motivational speaker.
== Early life ==
Kaur was born in Slough, Berkshire on 29 November 1990 in what she describes as "a traditional Punjabi family". At the age of 12, Kaur was diagnosed with polycystic ovar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Savannah_Churchill | Savannah Churchill | Savannah Churchill (born Savannah Valentine Roberts; August 21, 1920 – April 19, 1974) was an American rhythm and blues singer in the 1940s and 1950s. She is best known for her number-one R&B single "I Want To Be Loved (But Only By You)."
== Life and career ==
Born to Creole parents Emmett Roberts and Hazel Hickman i... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Bentley_(painter)#: | Charles Bentley (painter) | Charles Bentley (1805/6–4 September 1854), was an English watercolour painter of coastal and river scenery.
== Life ==
Bentley was born in 1805 or 1806, the son of a master-carpenter and builder living in Tottenham Court Road, London. He was sent to work colouring prints for Theodore Fielding to whom he was eventual... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmanuel_Macron | Emmanuel Macron | Emmanuel Jean-Michel Frédéric Macron (born 21 December 1977) is a French politician who has served as President of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017. He served as Minister of Economics and Finance under President François Hollande from 2014 to 2016. He has been a member of Renaissance since founding the party ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Circle_(American_TV_series)_season_3 | The Circle (American TV series) season 3 | The third season of the American reality competition streaming series The Circle began on Netflix on September 8, 2021, and concluded on September 29, 2021. The season was announced in March 2020 when Netflix renewed The Circle for a second and third season. Michelle Buteau returned as host.
Like the previous seasons, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grisons#:~:text=Voter%20participation%C2%A0%25-,56.7,-49.6 | Grisons | The Grisons (; French: [ɡʁizɔ̃]) or Graubünden (Swiss Standard German: [ɡraʊˈbʏndn̩] ), more formally the Canton Grisons, is one of the twenty-six cantons of Switzerland. It has eleven districts, and its capital is Chur. The German name of the canton, Graubünden, translates as the "Grey Leagues", referring to the canto... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lamp_(What_We_Do_in_the_Shadows)#:~:text=The%20djinn%20will%20grant%2052,English%20so%20he%20can%20understand. | The Lamp (What We Do in the Shadows) | "The Lamp" is the second episode of the fourth season of the American mockumentary comedy horror television series What We Do in the Shadows, set in the franchise of the same name. It is the 32nd overall episode of the series and was written by Wally Baram and Aasia LaShay Bullock, and directed by co-executive producer... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96zbek,_%C5%9Eaban%C3%B6z%C3%BC | Özbek, Şabanözü | Özbek is a village in the Şabanözü District of Çankırı Province in Turkey. Its population is 121 (2021).
== References == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Luke_Prendergast | James Luke Prendergast | James Luke Prendergast (April 7, 1800 – May 13, 1895) was a merchant and political figure in Newfoundland. He represented Conception Bay from 1842 to 1852 and Harbour Grace from 1855 to 1859 and from 1860 to 1861 in the Newfoundland and Labrador House of Assembly as a Liberal.
He was born in Harbour Grace, the son of J... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gy%C3%B6rgy_Luk%C3%A1cs#:~:text=Luk%C3%A1cs%20was%20especially%20influential%20as,(March%E2%80%93August%201919). | György Lukács | György Lukács (born Bernát György Löwinger; Hungarian: Szegedi Lukács György; German: Georg Bernard Lukács; 13 April 1885 – 4 June 1971) was a Hungarian Marxist philosopher, literary historian, literary critic, and aesthetician. He was one of the founders of Western Marxism, an interpretive tradition that departed from... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Annie_Jump_Cannon#:~:text=Pickering%20made%20the%20Catalogue%20a,on%20200%20stars%20an%20hour. | Annie Jump Cannon | Annie Jump Cannon (; December 11, 1863 – April 13, 1941) was an American astronomer whose cataloging work was instrumental in the development of contemporary stellar classification. With Edward C. Pickering, she is credited with the creation of the Harvard Classification Scheme, which was the first serious attempt to o... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_of_the_Rising_Sun_(anthem) | Land of the Rising Sun (anthem) | Land of the Rising Sun was the proclaimed national anthem of the secessionist African state of Biafra, formerly known as Eastern Region, Nigeria. The lyrics were written by Nnamdi Azikiwe, and the tune was adopted from Jean Sibelius' "Finlandia", as Biafran president Emeka Ojukwu enjoyed the musical works of Sibelius.... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Theorist#:~:text=Logic%20Theorist%20is%20a%20computer,the%20first%20artificial%20intelligence%20program%22. | Logic Theorist | Logic Theorist is a computer program written in 1956 by Allen Newell, Herbert A. Simon, and Cliff Shaw. It was the first program deliberately engineered to perform automated reasoning, and has been described as "the first artificial intelligence program". Logic Theorist proved 38 of the first 52 theorems in chapter two... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Thompson#:~:text=Thompson%20was%20given%20an%20Inkpot%20Award%20in%202001. | Kim Thompson | Kim Thompson (September 25, 1956 – June 19, 2013) was an American comic book editor, translator, and publisher, best known as vice president and co-publisher of Seattle-based Fantagraphics Books. Along with co-publisher Gary Groth, Thompson used his position to further the cause of alternative comics in the American ma... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Rawlings#Education_and_military_career | Jerry Rawlings | Jerry John Rawlings (22 June 1947 – 12 November 2020) was a Ghanaian military officer, aviator, and politician who led the country briefly in 1979 and then from 1981 to 2001. He led a military regime until 1993 and then served two terms as the democratically elected president of Ghana. He was the longest-serving leader... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farooq_Abdullah#:~:text=4%20References-,Early%20life%20and%20education,from%20SMS%20Medical%20College%2C%20Jaipur. | Farooq Abdullah | Farooq Abdullah (born 21 October 1937) is an Indian politician who serves as current president of the Jammu & Kashmir National Conference. He has served as the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir on several occasions since 1982 till 2002, and as the union minister for New and Renewable Energy between 2009 and 2014. Hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NHK_Hall | NHK Hall | The NHK Hall is a concert hall located at the NHK Broadcasting Center, the main headquarters of Japan's public broadcaster NHK. The hall is the main venue for the NHK Symphony Orchestra, but it has also played host to other events, such as the 1979 Japan Music Awards and NHK's annual New Year's Eve special Kōhaku Uta G... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supramolecular_Chemistry_Award | Supramolecular Chemistry Award | The RSC Supramolecular Chemistry Award was a prestigious award that was made by the Royal Society of Chemistry for studies leading to the design of functionally useful supramolecular species. The first award was made in 2001 and the final award in 2020 following a review of the RSC Awards structure. It was awarded bie... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_World_1958#:~:text=The%20ten%20judges%20for%20the,Cynthia%20Oberholzer%20%E2%80%93%20South%20African%20model | Miss World 1958 | Miss World 1958 was the eighth edition of the Miss World pageant, held at the Lyceum Ballroom in London, United Kingdom, on 13 October 1958.
At the conclusion of the event, Charles Eade and Bob Russell crowned Penelope Coelen of South Africa as Miss World 1958. This is the first victory of South Africa and the second v... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_Communist_Party | Italian Communist Party | The Italian Communist Party (Italian: Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist and democratic socialist political party in Italy. It was established in Livorno as the Communist Party of Italy (Italian: Partito Comunista d'Italia, PCd'I) on 21 January 1921, when it seceded from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI),... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel_Carson | Rachel Carson | Rachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited with advancing marine conservation and the global environmental movement.
Carson began her career as an aquatic biologist in the U.S... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Oakley_Dayhoff_Award | Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award | The Margaret Oakley Dayhoff Award from the Biophysical Society in Rockville, Maryland, is given to a woman who "holds very high promise or has achieved prominence while developing the early stages of a career in biophysical research". It is "one of the top national honors" in biophysics. The award was established in 1... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noel_Turner_(footballer) | Noel Turner (footballer) | Noel Turner (born 9 December 1974) is a Maltese former footballer who played at both professional and international levels as a midfielder. He is married to Amy and he has 6 children. Nicole, Emma, Benjamin, Thomas, Matthew and Timothy.
== Career ==
Born in Sliema, Turner spent his entire professional career with hom... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_annexation_of_Donetsk,_Kherson,_Luhansk_and_Zaporizhzhia_oblasts | Russian annexation of Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia oblasts | On 30 September 2022, Russia, amid an ongoing invasion of Ukraine, unilaterally declared its annexation of areas in and around four Ukrainian oblasts—Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk, and Zaporizhzhia. Most of Luhansk Oblast and part of Donetsk Oblast had been controlled by pro-Russian separatists since 2014, while the Kherso... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Story_of_God_with_Morgan_Freeman | The Story of God with Morgan Freeman | The Story of God with Morgan Freeman is an American television documentary series that premiered on the National Geographic Channel on April 3, 2016. The series features actor Morgan Freeman who explores various cultures and religions and their take on religion-related topics, particularly their belief in a God or a hi... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Tonko#:~:text=2008,-See%20also%3A%202008&text=On%20April%2025%2C%202008%2C%20Tonko,his%20upcoming%20retirement%20from%20Congress. | Paul Tonko | Paul David Tonko ( TONK-oh; born June 18, 1949) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 20th congressional district since 2013. He represented the 21st congressional district from 2009 to 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, Tonko has been called a staunch progressive. After the 2... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_Rock_Township,_Clinton_County,_Iowa#:~:text=Spring%20Rock%20Township%20is%20a,census%2C%20its%20population%20was%201%2C142. | Spring Rock Township, Clinton County, Iowa | Spring Rock Township is a township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. As of the 2000 census, its population was 1,142.
== History ==
Spring Rock Township was organized in 1844. The township takes its name from a huge rock at found at a spring in Scott County.
== Geography ==
Spring Rock Township covers an are... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deepwater_Horizon_oil_spill | Deepwater Horizon oil spill | The Deepwater Horizon oil spill was an environmental disaster beginning 20 April 2010 off the coast of the United States in the Gulf of Mexico, on the BP-operated Macondo Prospect. It is considered the largest marine oil spill in the history of the petroleum industry and estimated to be 8 to 31 percent larger in volume... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christopher_Nolan | Christopher Nolan | Sir Christopher Edward Nolan (born 30 July 1970) is a British and American filmmaker. Known for his Hollywood blockbusters with structurally complex storytelling, he is considered a leading filmmaker of the 21st century. Nolan's films have earned over $6.6 billion worldwide, making him the seventh-highest-grossing film... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emory_and_Henry_Wasps | Emory and Henry Wasps | The Emory & Henry Wasps, also known as E&H Wasps, are the athletic teams that represent Emory & Henry University, located in Emory, Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Wasps will compete as members of the South Atlantic Conference as they plan to start playing a full SAC schedule in 2022–23. Altog... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_India#:~:text=Hindi%20is%20the%20fastest%20growing,the%202011%20census%20of%20India. | Languages of India | Languages of India belong to several language families, the major ones being the Indo-Aryan languages spoken by 78.05% of Indians and the Dravidian languages spoken by 19.64% of Indians; both families together are sometimes known as Indic languages. Languages spoken by the remaining 2.31% of the population belong to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaku_Homma#:~:text=Homma%20Gaku%20(%E6%9C%AC%E9%96%93%20%E5%AD%A6%20Honma,of%20the%20founder%20Morihei%20Ueshiba.&text=He%20is%20an%20author%3B%20the,are%20his%20most%20prominent%20publications. | Gaku Homma | Homma Gaku (本間 学 Honma Gaku), born May 12, 1950, is an aikido teacher and direct student of the founder Morihei Ueshiba.
He is an author; the books Children and the Martial Arts and Aikido for Life are his most prominent publications.
Homma, whose father was a Shinto priest and an officer in the Japanese Imperial Army ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presidency_of_Carlos_Menem | Presidency of Carlos Menem | The presidency of Carlos Saúl Menem lasted from July 8, 1989, the date of his inauguration, to December 10, 1999, the date on which his second term ended and his successor, Fernando de la Rúa, took office. It was a government described as liberal-conservative, which in Argentina is normally associated with the right.
H... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanger | Kanger | A kanger (Kashmiri pronunciation: [kãːɡɨr]; also known as kangri, kangid, or kangir) is a traditional Kashmiri portable heater consisting of an earthen pot encased in wicker, filled with hot embers. The kanger is considered not only a practical device for warmth but also a work of craft and art.
It is typically carried... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Indian_Premier_League_final | 2019 Indian Premier League final | The 2019 Indian Premier League final was a Twenty20 cricket match played between Chennai Super Kings and the Mumbai Indians on 12 May 2019 at the Rajiv Gandhi International Cricket Stadium in Hyderabad. It was the culmination of the 2019 season of the Indian Premier League (IPL), an annual Twenty20 tournament held in I... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eremiaphila_bifasciata#:~:text=Binomial%20name-,Eremiaphila%20bifasciata,Chopard%2C%201940,-Eremiaphila%20bifasciata%20is | Eremiaphila bifasciata | Eremiaphila bifasciata is a species of praying mantis in the family Eremiaphilidae.
== See also ==
List of mantis genera and species
== References == |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tetrahedron_Prize | Tetrahedron Prize | The Tetrahedron Prize for Creativity in Organic Chemistry or Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry is awarded annually by Elsevier, the publisher of Tetrahedron Publications. It was established in 1980 and named in honour of the founding co-chairmen of these publications, Professor Sir Robert Robinson and Professor Robert... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Canadian_Geographical_Society#Camsell_Medal | Royal Canadian Geographical Society | The Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS; French: Société géographique royale du Canada) is a Canadian nonprofit educational organization. It has dedicated itself to spreading a broader knowledge and deeper appreciation of Canada, including its people, places, natural and cultural heritage, as well as its environm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pittsburgh_Professionals | Pittsburgh Professionals | The Pittsburgh Professional Hockey Club, also referred to as the Pittsburgh Professionals and Pittsburgh Pros, were a professional ice hockey team that participated in the International Professional Hockey League (IPHL) from 1904 until 1907. The team's home arena was Duquesne Garden. It was the first inter-city profess... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jett_Williams | Jett Williams | Jett Williams (born Antha Belle Jett; January 6, 1953) is an American singer and songwriter, the daughter of Hank Williams.
== Early life ==
Born Antha Belle Jett, she is the daughter of country music icon Hank Williams and Bobbie Jett (1922–1974), whose brief relationship with Hank Williams occurred between his two ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mizkif | Mizkif | Matthew Rinaudo (born 16 February 1995) known professionally as Mizkif, is an American Twitch streamer and YouTuber. He was a founder of the gaming organization One True King. He was named Best Just Chatting Streamer at the 2021 Streamer Awards.
== Early life ==
Mizkif was born on February 16, 1995, and grew up in Mo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prabhunath_Singh#Conviction_and_controversies | Prabhunath Singh | Prabhunath Singh is a politician from Bihar, India and was a member of the 12th, 13th and 14th Lok Sabha. Singh represented the Masrakh assembly constituency from 1985 to 1995, and the Maharajganj Lok Sabha constituency of Bihar from 1998 to 2009. In 2013, he won the bypoll and remained as MP until 2014. Singh is a mem... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planet_Waves#Artwork | 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/Ferrer_Center_and_Colony | Ferrer Center and Colony | The Ferrer Center and Stelton Colony were an anarchist social center and colony, respectively, organized to honor the memory of anarchist pedagogue Francisco Ferrer and to build a school based on his model, Escuela Moderna, in the United States.
In the widespread outcry following Ferrer's execution in 1909 and the inte... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_B_(Buenos_Aires_Underground) | Line B (Buenos Aires Underground) | Line B of the Buenos Aires Underground runs 11.75 kilometres (7.30 mi) from Leandro N. Alem to Juan Manuel de Rosas in Villa Urquiza. Line B opened to the public on 17 October 1930.
In recent years, it has held the title of being the most used line of the Buenos Aires Underground, and its patronage has increased even m... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_speakers_of_the_West_Pakistan_Legislative_Assembly | List of speakers of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly | The Speaker of the West Pakistan Legislative Assembly was the presiding officer of that legislature.
== Sources ==
Former Speakers |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harnaam_Kaur#:~:text=In%20March%202017%2C%20Kaur%20was,design%20a%20beard%20oil%20elixir. | Harnaam Kaur | Harnaam Kaur (born 29 November 1990) is a British social media personality, postpartum coach, life coach, and motivational speaker.
== Early life ==
Kaur was born in Slough, Berkshire on 29 November 1990 in what she describes as "a traditional Punjabi family". At the age of 12, Kaur was diagnosed with polycystic ovar... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Curzon,_1st_Marquess_Curzon_of_Kedleston | George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston | George Nathaniel Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston (11 January 1859 – 20 March 1925), known as Lord Curzon (), was a British statesman, Conservative politician, explorer and writer who served as Viceroy of India from 1899 to 1905 and Foreign Secretary from 1919 to 1924.
Curzon was born in Derbyshire into an aris... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Shelley#:~:text=Sir%20Timothy%20Shelley%2C%202nd%20Baronet,and%20dramatist%20Percy%20Bysshe%20Shelley. | Timothy Shelley | Sir Timothy Shelley, 2nd Baronet (7 September 1753 – 24 April 1844) was an English politician and lawyer. He was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley, 1st Baronet, and the father of Romantic poet and dramatist Percy Bysshe Shelley.
== Early life and education ==
Timothy Shelley was the son of Sir Bysshe Shelley and his wife... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Crombie | 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/The_Minute_Man | The Minute Man | The Minute Man is an 1874 sculpture by Daniel Chester French in Minute Man National Historical Park, Concord, Massachusetts. It was created between 1871 and 1874 after extensive research, and was originally intended to be made of stone. The medium was switched to bronze and it was cast from ten Civil War-era cannons ap... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indonesian_painting | Indonesian painting | Indonesian painting has a very long tradition and history in Indonesian art, though because of the climatic conditions very few early examples survive, Indonesia is home to some of the oldest paintings in the world. The earliest Indonesian paintings were the rock paintings of prehistoric times, such as the petroglyphs ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umesh_Reddy#Early_life | Umesh Reddy | Umesh Reddy (born 1969) is a serial killer and serial rapist from India. He confessed to killing 18 women, and was convicted in 9 cases. The police believe that he raped at least 20 women in the states of Karnataka, Maharashtra and Gujarat. They also suspect that several of his crimes have not been reported, because th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_Township,_Clinton_County,_Iowa | Center Township, Clinton County, Iowa | Center Township is a township in Clinton County, Iowa, United States. At the 2000 census, its population was 626.
== History ==
Center Township was organized in 1852.
== Geography ==
Center Township covers an area of 42.42 square miles (109.9 km2) and contains no incorporated settlements. According to the USGS, it ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kobe_Bryant#Early_life | Kobe Bryant | Kobe Bean Bryant ( KOH-bee; August 23, 1978 – January 26, 2020) was an American professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential basketball players in... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Vogl | Heinrich Vogl | Heinrich Vogl (15 January 1845 – 21 April 1900) was a German operatic heldentenor.
He played the role of Loge in Richard Wagner's Das Rheingold at Munich Court Opera on 22 September 1869, with his wife, Therese Vogl, playing the role of Wellgunde. He also played the role of Siegmund in Wagner's Die Walküre, also at Mu... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Abbott | Sidney Abbott | Sidney Abbott (July 11, 1937 – April 15, 2015) was an American feminist and lesbian activist and writer. A former member of the Lavender Menace, she co-authored Sappho Was a Right-on Woman: A Liberated View of Lesbianism with Barbara Love, and was one of the most vocal and active members in the National Organization fo... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gusevsky_District#:~:text=As%20a%20municipal%20division%2C%20the,settlement%20and%20four%20rural%20settlements. | Gusevsky District | Gusevsky District (Russian: Гу́севский райо́н) is an administrative district (raion), one of the fifteen in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia. As a municipal division, it is incorporated as Gusevsky Urban Okrug. It is located in the east of the oblast. The area of the district is 654.9 square kilometers (252.9 sq mi). Its adm... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_Kramer | Gustav Kramer | Gustav Kramer (11 March 1910 – 19 April 1959) was a German zoologist and ornithologist who specialised in allometry. He described Xenopus laevis, the African clawed frog, for the first time in his doctoral thesis. Near the end of the 1940s, he discovered that birds can use the sun as a compass.
== Career ==
In 1933 K... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_WTA_Tour_Championships_%E2%80%93_Doubles | 2000 WTA Tour Championships – Doubles | Defending champions Martina Hingis and Anna Kournikova defeated Nicole Arendt and Manon Bollegraf in the final, 6–2, 6–3 to win the doubles tennis title at the 2000 WTA Tour Championships. It was the last tournament in which Hingis and Kournikova played as a pair, before splitting at the beginning of the following seas... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iestyn_George | Iestyn George | Iestyn George is a Welsh journalist, who previously worked as an editor at both NME and GQ and is now a lecturer at University of Brighton.
== Journalism career ==
During the 1990s, George was a writer for NME magazine, and became news editor.
He became the marketing manager for Welsh band the Manic Street Preachers ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Haunted_Mansion | The Haunted Mansion | The Haunted Mansion is a horror themed dark-ride attraction located at Disneyland, Magic Kingdom, and Tokyo Disneyland. The haunted house attraction features a ride-through tour in Omnimover vehicles called "Doom Buggies" and a walk-through show is displayed to the queue line. Each location differs slightly in design, ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador_Dal%C3%AD | Salvador Dalí | Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí de Púbol (11 May 1904 – 23 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( DAH-lee, dah-LEE; Catalan: [səl.βə.ˈðo ðə.ˈli]; Spanish: [sal.βa.ˈðoɾ ða.ˈli]), was a Spanish surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Granat | Granat | The International Astrophysical Observatory "GRANAT" (usually known as Granat; Russian: Гранат, lit. pomegranate), was a Soviet (later Russian) space observatory developed in collaboration with France, Denmark and Bulgaria. It was launched on 1 December 1989 aboard a Proton rocket and placed in a highly eccentric four-... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mitrovica,_Kosovo#:~:text=two%20municipalities%20had-,97%2C686,-inhabitants%20of%20which | Mitrovica, Kosovo | Mitrovica or Kosovska Mitrovica, also referred to as South Mitrovica or South Kosovska Mitrovica, is a city in northern Kosovo and administrative center of the district of Mitrovica. In 2013, the city was split into two municipalities, South Mitrovica and North Mitrovica. Settled 10 km (6.2 mi) from Ujmani/Gazivoda Lak... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wiley_Griggs#:~:text=Griggs%20died%20in%20Birmingham%2C%20Alabama%20in%201996%20at%20age%2071. | Wiley Griggs | Wiley Lee Griggs III (March 24, 1925 – August 23, 1996), nicknamed "Diamond Jim", was an American Negro league infielder in the 1940s and 1950s.
A native of Union Springs, Alabama, Griggs was the brother of fellow Negro leaguer Acie Griggs. Younger brother Wiley attended A. H. Parker High School, and served in the US A... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Wolf | Max Wolf | Maximilian Franz Joseph Cornelius Wolf (21 June 1863 – 3 October 1932) was a German astronomer and a pioneer in the field of astrophotography. He was the chairman of astronomy at the University of Heidelberg and director of the Heidelberg-Königstuhl State Observatory from 1902 until his death in 1932.
== Early life =... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattahoochee_State_Park | Chattahoochee State Park | Chattahoochee State Park was a public recreation area located in the extreme southeast corner of Alabama operated by the government of Houston County, Alabama. The park occupied 596 acres (241 ha) along Irwin's Mill Creek on the Florida-Alabama border. It closed following the destruction of much of the park by Hurrican... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenjiro_Shoda | Kenjiro Shoda | Kenjiro Shoda (Japanese: 正田 建次郎 Shōda Kenjirō; February 25, 1902 – March 20, 1977) was a Japanese mathematician.
== Early life and career ==
Kenjiro Shoda was born on February 25, 1902, in Tatebayashi, Gunma to a wealthy family. He was the second son of Teiichiro Shoda, who was the founder of Nisshin Seifun Group, on... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evi_Nemeth#Awards | Evi Nemeth | Evi Nemeth (born June 7, 1940 – missing-at-sea June or July 2013) was an engineer, author, and teacher known for her expertise in computer system administration and networks. She was the lead author of the "bibles" of system administration: UNIX System Administration Handbook (1989, 1995, 2000), Linux Administration Ha... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mascarin_Peak | Mascarin Peak | Mascarin Peak (until 2003 called State President Swart Peak), is the highest mountain on Marion Island, with a height of 1,230 metres (4,040 ft). Marion Island is the largest island of the Prince Edward Islands in the sub-Antarctic Indian Ocean. The islands belong to South Africa and are administered by the South Afric... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratan_Parimoo | Ratan Parimoo | Ratan Parimoo is an Indian art historian from Kashmir, who has worked as an art educator, pedagogue, artist and former director of the Lalbhai Dalpatbhai Museum, Ahmedabad. Ratan Parimoo was one of the founder members of Baroda Group. In January 2025, he was honored with the Padma Shri, India's fourth-highest civilian ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Zwerg | James Zwerg | James Zwerg (born November 28, 1939) is an American retired minister who was involved with the Freedom Riders in the early 1960s.
== Early life ==
Zwerg was born in Appleton, Wisconsin where he lived with his parents and older brother, Charles. His father was a dentist who once a month provided free dental care to th... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miguel_Vel%C3%A1zquez_(footballer) | Miguel Velázquez (footballer) | Miguel Gerardo Velázquez Olivares (born 2 July 1990) is a former Mexican professional footballer who last played as a right-back for Atlante.
== Honours ==
Morelia
Liga de Expansión MX: Clausura 2022
== Notes ==
== References ==
Miguel Velázquez at Soccerway
ascensomx.net
== External links ==
Miguel Gerardo V... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajaz_Ahmed_Khan | Ajaz Ahmed Khan | Aijaz Ahmad Khan, popularly known as Sher-e-Gool Gulabgarh, is an Indian politician and was a member of the 10th, 11th and 12th Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly from Gool Arnas constituency. He served as Minister of various portfolios from 2002 to 2014 in Jammu and Kashmir Govt under the Chief Ministership of Muf... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Kalicki#:~:text=Kalicki%20published%2013%20papers%20on,five%20years%20before%20his%20death. | Jan Kalicki | Jan Kalicki (28 January 1922 – 25 November 1953) was a Polish mathematician who investigated logical matrices.
== Biography and education ==
Jan Kalicki graduated from high school in Warsaw in May 1939 just months before Germany invaded Poland on 1 September. He wanted to go to the University of Warsaw but it was cl... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sabon#:~:text=Digital%20releases,-Several%20digital%20versions&text=Adobe%20had%20its%20own%20version,the%20name%20of%20Classical%20Garamond. | Sabon | Sabon is an old-style serif typeface designed by the German-born typographer and designer Jan Tschichold (1902–1974) in the period 1964–1967. It was released jointly by the Linotype, Monotype, and Stempel type foundries in 1967. The design of the roman is based on types by Claude Garamond (c. 1480–1561), particularly a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vicki_Draves | Vicki Draves | Victoria Manalo Draves (née Manalo; December 31, 1924 – April 11, 2010) was a Filipino American competitive diver who won gold medals in both platform and springboard diving at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. Draves became the first woman to be awarded gold medals for both the ten-meter platform and the three-meter... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Handwara#:~:text=According%20to%20the%202011%20Indian,average%20literacy%20rate%20of%2064.39%25. | Handwara | Handwara (Urdu pronunciation: [ɦənd̪ʋɑːɽɑː] ; Kashmiri pronunciation: [hand̪ʋoːr]) is a town in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is located on Baramulla-Handwara National Highway NH-701 and is governed by a municipal committee. Handwara is known for its high-quality walnuts, which are a major agricultur... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nydia_Vel%C3%A1zquez | Nydia Velázquez | Nydia Margarita Velázquez Serrano ( NID-ee-ə, Spanish: [ˈniðja βeˈlaskes]; born March 28, 1953) is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for New York's 7th congressional district since 2013. A member of the Democratic Party, she previously represented New York's 12th congressional district from 1993... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terraforming_of_Mars#:~:text=On%20April%2026%2C%202012%2C%20scientists,German%20Aerospace%20Center%20(DLR). | Terraforming of Mars | The terraforming of Mars is a hypothetical procedure that would consist of a planetary engineering project or concurrent projects aspiring to transform Mars from a planet hostile to life to one that could sustainably host humans and other lifeforms free of protection or mediation. The process would involve the modifica... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donnie_McClurkin | Donnie McClurkin | Donald Andrew McClurkin Jr. (born November 9, 1959) is an American gospel singer and minister. He has won three Grammy Awards, ten Stellar Awards, two BET Awards, two Soul Train Awards, one Dove Award and one NAACP Image Awards. He is one of the top selling gospel artists, selling over 13 million albums. Variety dubbed... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul_Waheed_Khan_(UNESCO_official) | Abdul Waheed Khan (UNESCO official) | Abdul Waheed Khan (born 1947) was the Assistant Director-General for Communication and Information of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), a role he has held from 2001 to 2010. He was President of a start-up business university in Manama, Bahrain until March 2013.
Dr Abdul Waheed K... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Centre_for_Genetic_Engineering_and_Biotechnology | International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology | The International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) was established as a project of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in 1983. The Organisation has three Component laboratories with over 45 ongoing research projects in Infectious and Non-communicable diseases, Medical... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polanyi_Medal#:~:text=1998,Akkihebbal%20Ravishankara | 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/Pirro_Ligorio | Pirro Ligorio | Pirro Ligorio (c. 1512 – October 30, 1583) was an Italian architect, painter, antiquarian, and garden designer during the Renaissance period. He worked as the Vatican's Papal Architect under Popes Paul IV and Pius IV, designed the fountains at Villa d’Este at Tivoli for Cardinal Ippolito II d’Este, and served as the Du... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_in_India | 2022 in India | The following is a list of events for the year 2022 in India.
== Incumbents ==
=== National government ===
=== State governments ===
== Events ==
=== January ===
1 Jan – Vaishno Devi Temple stampede, Around 2:15 AM in near the Gate No. 3 of Vaishno Devi Temple, due to a scuffle between two groups of pilgrims ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Line_of_Control | Line of Control | The Line of Control (LoC) is a military control line between the Indian- and Pakistani-controlled parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir—a line which does not constitute a legally recognized international boundary, but serves as the de facto border. It was established as part of the Simla Agreement at ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Fanti#:~:text=Fanti%20was%20elected%20city%20councilor,economic%20and%20social%20recovery%20started. | Guido Fanti | Guido Fanti (27 May 1925 – 11 February 2012) was an Italian politician. From 1979 to 1989, he served as a Member of the European Parliament (MEP). He was a member of the Italian Communist Party.
== Biography ==
Fanti was born in 1925. He enrolled at the university but was forced to leave it during the Second World Wa... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maryam_Mirzakhani#Awards_and_honors | Maryam Mirzakhani | Maryam Mirzakhani (Persian: مریم میرزاخانی, pronounced [mæɾˈjæm miːɾzɑːxɑːˈniː]; 12 May 1977 – 14 July 2017) was an Iranian mathematician and a professor of mathematics at Stanford University. Her research topics included Teichmüller theory, hyperbolic geometry, ergodic theory, and symplectic geometry. On 13 August 201... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_women%27s_firsts#:~:text=2012%3A%20Anna%20Wardley%2C%20from%20England%2C%20became%20the%20first%20person%20to%20complete%20a%20solo%20swim%20around%20Portsea%20Island%20recognized%20by%20the%20British%20Long%20Distance%20Swimming%20Association.%5B123%5D | List of women's firsts | This is a list of women's firsts noting the first time that a woman or women achieved a given historical feat. A shorthand phrase for this development is "breaking the gender barrier" or "breaking the glass ceiling." Other terms related to the glass ceiling can be used for specific fields related to those terms, such a... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Palmolive_Hour | The Palmolive Hour | The Palmolive Hour was an American radio concert-variety program, sponsored by Palmolive Soap and broadcast on NBC from December 1927, to July 29, 1931. The Palmolive Musical Stock Company (a.k.a. the Palmolivers) offered a mix of jazz, show tunes and opera selections.
== Format and performers ==
The program usually ... |
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brown_cuckoo-dove | Brown cuckoo-dove | The brown cuckoo-dove (Macropygia phasianella) is a dove in the genus Macropygia found in Australia from Weipa and Aurukun in the north to Bega in the south, and most inland at Atherton and Toowoomba. It is sometimes called the "brown pigeon" or "pheasant pigeon", but both terms are best avoided, as they can lead to co... |
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