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20655 | Madagascar | The Malagasy language is of Malayo-Polynesian origin and is generally spoken throughout the island. The numerous dialects of Malagasy, which are generally mutually intelligible, can be clustered under one of two subgroups: eastern Malagasy, spoken along the eastern forests and highlands including the Merina dialect of ... |
17707 | Catalan language | Catalan (/ˈkætəlæn/; autonym: català [kətəˈla] or [kataˈla]) is a Romance language named for its origins in Catalonia, in what is northeastern Spain and adjoining parts of France. It is the national and only official language of Andorra, and a co-official language of the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the... |
17708 | Media in Pristina | Media in Pristina have followed all elections held in Kosova, especially a great impact was noted in Kosova local elections, 2013,where media dedicated most of their time in political debates,advertisements and political parties programs. |
20377 | Olivera Marković | Olivera Marković (née Đorđević; ; 3 May 1925 – 2 July 2011) was a Serbian actress. She appeared in 170 films and television shows between 1946 and 2005. She won the Golden Arena for Best Actress in 1964 for her role in "Službeni položaj". |
17163 | Guinea-Bissau | Only 14% of the population speaks Portuguese, established as the official language in the colonial period. Almost half the population (44%) speaks Crioulo, a Portuguese-based creole language, and the remainder speak a variety of native African languages. The main religions are African traditional religions and Islam; t... |
17707 | Israel | Israel has two official languages, Hebrew and Arabic. Hebrew is the primary language of the state and is spoken everyday by the majority of the population, and Arabic is spoken by the Arab minority and Hebrew is taught in Arab schools. English was an official language during the Mandate period; it lost this status afte... |
17669 | The White Suit | The White Suit () is a 1999 Serbian language film directed by Lazar Ristovski. It was a co-production between the United Kingdom and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. It was Yugoslavia's official Best Foreign Language Film submission at the 72nd Academy Awards, but did not manage to receive a nomination. |
17672 | Spanish language in the United States | The Spanish language in the United States has forty - five million Hispanic and Latino Americans that speak Spanish as their first, second or heritage language, and there are six million Spanish language students in the United States, making it the second most spoken language of the United States. With over 50 million ... |
17708 | Southern Europe | There are other language groupings in Southern Europe. Albanian is spoken in Albania, Kosovo, Macedoonia, and parts of Greece. Maltese is a Semitic language that is the official language of Malta. The Basque language is spoken in the Basque Country, a region in northern Spain and southwestern France. |
16709 | Kuhinjica | Kuhinjica (Serbian Cyrillic: Кухињица) is a popular culinary magazine in Serbia, published by Scorpion production. The first issue came out in April 2007. Besides the magazine, there are also a TV serial and a web site with more than 15.000 recipes. |
17668 | Greece | During the 19th and 20th centuries there was a major dispute known as the Greek language question, on whether the official language of Greece should be the archaic Katharevousa, created in the 19th century and used as the state and scholarly language, or the Dimotiki, the form of the Greek language which evolved natura... |
17672 | Russian language | Russian (ру́сский язы́к, russkiy yazyk, pronounced [ˈruskʲɪj jɪˈzɨk] ( listen)) is an East Slavic language and an official language in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and many minor or unrecognised territories. It is an unofficial but widely-spoken language in Ukraine, Latvia, Estonia, and to a lesser extent, t... |
16712 | Indian 2000-rupee note | Like other Indian rupee banknotes, the ₹2000 banknote has its amount written in 17 languages. On the obverse, the denomination is written in English and Hindi. On the reverse is a language panel which displays the denomination of the note in 15 of the 22 official languages of India. The languages are displayed in alpha... |
16713 | Politika | Politika (; ) is a Serbian daily newspaper, published in Belgrade. Founded in 1904 by Vladislav F. Ribnikar, it is the oldest daily newspaper still in circulation in the Balkans and is considered to be Serbia's newspaper of record. |
16714 | Switzerland | Aside from the official forms of their respective languages, the four linguistic regions of Switzerland also have their local dialectal forms. The role played by dialects in each linguistic region varies dramatically: in the German-speaking regions, Swiss German dialects have become ever more prevalent since the second... |
18401 | St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador | St. John's served as the capital city of the Colony of Newfoundland and the Dominion of Newfoundland before Newfoundland became Canada's tenth province in 1949. The city now serves as the capital of Newfoundland and Labrador, therefore the provincial legislature is located in the city. The Confederation Building, locat... |
16716 | Rush Hour 3 | Jackie Chan as Chief Inspector Lee Chris Tucker as Detective James Carter Max von Sydow as Varden Reynard Hiroyuki Sanada as Kenji Yvan Attal as George Youki Kudoh as Dragon Lady Jasmine Noémie Lenoir as Geneviève / Shy Shen Zhang Jingchu as Soo - Yung Tzi Ma as Ambassador Solon Han Roman Polanski as Commissaire Revi P... |
16717 | Kung Fu Tai Chi | Kung Fu Tai Chi (also commonly known as Kung Fu Magazine) is a United States magazine covering martial arts and combat sports (mainly Chinese Martial Arts). "Kung Fu Tai Chi" magazine began publication 1992 and is owned by TC Media, Inc. The magazine was started as a quarterly. In 1996 its frequency was switched to bim... |
16718 | Michael Shen Fu-Tsung | Michael Alphonsius Shen Fu-Tsung, also Michel Sin, Michel Chin-fo-tsoung, Shen Fo-tsung, Shen Fuzong (, died 1691), was a Chinese mandarin from Nanjing and a convert to Catholicism who was brought to Europe by the Flemish Jesuit priest Philippe Couplet, Procurator of the China Jesuit Missions in Rome. They left Macao i... |
16719 | Daughter of the Dragon | Daughter of the Dragon is a 1931 American pre-Code crime mystery film directed by Lloyd Corrigan, released by Paramount Pictures, and starring Anna May Wong as Princess Ling Moy, Sessue Hayakawa as Ah Kee, and Warner Oland as Dr. Fu Manchu (for his third and final feature appearance in the role, excluding a gag cameo i... |
16782 | Ski Party | Ski Party is a 1965 American sex comedy film directed by Alan Rafkin and starring Frankie Avalon and Dwayne Hickman. It was released by American International Pictures (AIP). "Ski Party" is considered as a beach party film spin-off, with a change of setting from the beach to the ski slopes – although the final scene pl... |
16778 | John and Elizabeth Shaw Sundy House | The John and Elizabeth Shaw Sundy House is a historic home in Delray Beach, Florida, United States. It is located at 106 South Swinton Avenue. On January 16, 1992, it was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. |
16782 | The Choice (2016 film) | Principal photography on the film began on October 13, 2014, in Wilmington, North Carolina, and lasted through November 21. For the first three days, the crew and extras filmed at the Dockside Restaurant & Bar and Bridge Tender Marina along with actors, near Wrightsville Beach. On October 20, filming was taking place a... |
16781 | Whihala Beach County Park | Whihala Beach County Park is a park in Whiting, Indiana, United States, located at 1561 Park Rd. It is a public beach with available life guards. The beach was previously named Whiting Beach. |
16782 | Sylvan Beach Union Chapel | Sylvan Beach Union Chapel is a historic interdenominational church building located at Sylvan Beach in Oneida County, New York. It opened on July 3, 1887 and worship services have been held there every summer since then. The film "The Sterile Cuckoo" starring Liza Minnelli was shot in part at the church. |
16782 | The Beaches of Agnès | The Beaches of Agnès () is a 2008 French documentary film directed by Agnès Varda. The film is an autobiographical essay where Varda revisits places from her past, reminisces about life and celebrates her 80th birthday on camera. Varda said it would most likely be her last film, but released the documentary Faces Place... |
16782 | Captain America: The Winter Soldier | Principal photography began on April 1, 2013, at the Raleigh Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles, under the working title Freezer Burn. Scenes taking place on the Lemurian Star were filmed on the Sea Launch Commander, docked in Long Beach, California. In early May, Dominic Cooper confirmed he would return as Howard ... |
16781 | Grease (film) | The opening beach scene was shot at Malibu's Leo Carrillo State Beach, making explicit reference to From Here to Eternity. The exterior Rydell scenes, including the basketball, baseball and track segments, were shot at Venice High School in Venice, California, while the Rydell interiors, including the high school dance... |
16740 | Corona del Mar State Beach | Corona del Mar State Beach (Spanish for the Crown of the Sea) is a protected beach in the state park system of California, United States. It is located in Corona del Mar, Newport Beach, and operated by the city of Newport Beach. The park was established in 1947. |
16781 | Garden City, South Carolina | Garden City, sometimes known as Garden City Beach, is a census-designated place (CDP) in Horry County, South Carolina, United States. The population was 9,209 at the 2010 census. Garden City Beach is located directly south of Surfside Beach. The developed part of the beach extends south beyond the limits of the Garden ... |
16730 | 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup | The 2009 FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup was the fifth edition of the FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup, governed by FIFA. Previous editions before 2005 were not governed by FIFA and were held under the title "Beach Soccer World Championships". Overall, this was the fifteenth edition of the World Cup since its establishment in 1... |
16782 | Dillon Beach, California | Dillon Beach is a census-designated place (CDP) in Marin County, California, United States. Dillon Beach is located west of Tomales, at an elevation of 89 feet (27 m). The population was 283 at the 2010 census. Dillon Beach was named after the founder, George Dillon, who settled there in 1858. The area includes a publi... |
16840 | Bodindecha | Chao Phraya Bodindecha (, , 1777–1849), personal name Sing Sinhaseni (), was one of the most prominent political and military figures of the early Bangkok Rattanakosin Kingdom. Bodindecha was both a top military general () and Chief Minister in charge of civilian affairs as the "Akkhra Maha Senabodi" () of the "Samuha ... |
16733 | Vero Beach South, Florida | Vero Beach South is a census-designated place (CDP) in Indian River County, Florida, United States. The population was 23,092 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Sebastian–Vero Beach Metropolitan Statistical Area. |
16747 | Woodland Beach, Delaware | Woodland Beach is an unincorporated community in Kent County, Delaware, United States. Woodland Beach is along the Delaware Bay east of Smyrna at the eastern terminus of Delaware Route 6. The Woodland Beach Wildlife Area is located in Woodland Beach. |
16782 | The Beach (film) | Controversy arose during the making of the film due to 20th Century Fox's bulldozing and landscaping of the natural beach setting of Ko Phi Phi Leh to make it more ``paradise - like ''. The production altered some sand dunes and cleared some coconut trees and grass to widen the beach. Fox set aside a fund to reconstruc... |
16823 | Beatrice Heuser | Beatrice Heuser (born 15 March 1961 in Bangkok), is an historian and political scientist. She holds the chair of International Relations at the University of Glasgow. |
16782 | Snow White and the Huntsman | Principal photography took place in the United Kingdom. The beach scenes were predominantly filmed in Pembrokeshire, on the Marloes Sands beach near the village of Marloes between September 26 and 29, 2011. Though the beach was not closed to the public during filming, as filming progressed, certain parts were advised t... |
16782 | Vancouver Folk Music Festival | The Vancouver Folk Music Festival (VFMF), founded in 1978, is an outdoor multistage music festival, located at Jericho Beach Park on the west side of Vancouver, British Columbia. It takes place annually, on the third weekend of July. |
16760 | The Devil-Stone | The Devil-Stone is a 1917 American silent romance film directed by Cecil B. DeMille and co-written by his mother Beatrice deMille and his sometime lover Jeanie MacPherson and starring Geraldine Farrar. The film had sequences filmed in the Handschiegl Color Process (billed as the "DeMille-Wyckoff Process"). |
16781 | Muscle Beach Party | Muscle Beach Party (1964) is the second of seven beach party films produced by American International Pictures. It stars Frankie Avalon and Annette Funicello and was directed by William Asher, who also directed four other films in this series. |
16741 | Oak Street Beach | Oak Street Beach is located on North Lake Shore Drive in Chicago, Illinois, on the shore of Lake Michigan. One of a series of Chicago beaches, the Chicago Park District defines Oak Street Beach as the area from approximately 1550 North Lake Shore Drive to 500 North Lake Shore Drive, including Ohio Street Beach, the Sou... |
16742 | Poplar Beach Resort Water Aerodrome | Poplar Beach Resort Water Aerodrome, , was located adjacent to Poplar Beach, British Columbia, Canada. The airport was listed as abandoned in the 15 March 2007 Canada Flight Supplement. |
16743 | Spring Lake, Alberta | Spring Lake, originally named Edmonton Beach, is a village in central Alberta, Canada. It is located on the eastern shore of Spring Lake, approximately and west of the cities of Spruce Grove and Edmonton respectively. Hasse Lake is located southwest of Spring Lake. It was known as the Summer Village of Edmonton Beach f... |
16828 | Siddhi Savetsila | Siddhi Savetsila was born in Bangkok. He comes from an aristocratic background. His father was a high-ranking official in the royal government. His paternal grandfather was Henry Alabaster who was the British consul in Siam during the reign of King Rama IV (Mongkut) and then served as an advisor to King Rama V (Chulalo... |
16745 | Sunset Beach, Oregon | Sunset Beach is a small unincorporated community located between the cities of Seaside and Warrenton in Clatsop County, Oregon, United States. Sunset Beach is located between U.S. Route 101, Neacoxie Lake and the Pacific Ocean. It serves as the northernmost access to the resort community of Surf Pines, and provides mot... |
16746 | Edisto Beach State Park | Edisto Beach State Park is located on the coast of South Carolina, 50 miles south of Charleston, near the town of Edisto Beach in Colleton County. |
16747 | Sundance Beach | Sundance Beach is a summer village in Alberta, Canada. It is located on the northern shore of Pigeon Lake. Mission Beach is a locality within the summer village. |
16781 | Quán Sứ Temple | Quán Sứ Temple (, is a Buddhist temple located at 73 Quan Su Street, Hanoi, Vietnam. The temple is the headquarters of the Buddhist Sangha of Vietnam. |
16774 | Bermillo de Sayago | Bermillo de Sayago () is a municipality located in the province of Zamora, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2009 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,259 inhabitants. It works as the territorial capital of Sayago, leading this comarca but with no official status. Its central position and the fa... |
16781 | China Sunergy | China Sunergy () is a Chinese solar cell products manufacturer based in Nanjing, Jiangsu. The company specializes in creating solar cells from silicon wafers. China Sunergy has a major customer base in China, but also sells their products internationally. On May 17 2007 the company began producing both monocrystalline ... |
16839 | Ercole Manfredi | He made significant career progress through the court of King Vajiravudh, but left government office to work privately as the country was going through political change which abolished absolute monarchy and decreased government employment of foreigners. However, by adopting a Thai identity and way of life, marrying a T... |
16781 | Little Miss Sunshine | Little Miss Sunshine is a 2006 American comedy-drama road film and the directorial debut of the husband-wife team of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris. The screenplay was written by first-time writer Michael Arndt. The film stars Greg Kinnear, Steve Carell, Toni Collette, Paul Dano, Abigail Breslin, and Alan Arkin, and... |
16775 | Planet of the Apes (1968 film) | Filming began on May 21, 1967, and ended on August 10, 1967. Most of the early scenes of a desert - like terrain were shot in northern Arizona near the Grand Canyon, the Colorado River, Lake Powell, Glen Canyon and other locations near Page, Arizona Most scenes of the ape village, interiors and exteriors, were filmed o... |
16759 | Lost (TV series) | Lost was filmed on Panavision 35 mm cameras almost entirely on the Hawaiian island of Oahu given the easily accessible, wide diversity of filming locations. The original island scenes for the pilot were filmed at Mokulē'ia Beach, near the northwest tip of the island. Later beach scenes take place in secluded spots of t... |
16839 | Between Miracles | Between Miracles () is a 1971 Italian commedia all'italiana film written and directed by Italian actor Nino Manfredi, in his debut as feature film director. |
16781 | The Beach (film) | The Beach is a 2000 English - language drama film directed by Danny Boyle and based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Alex Garland, which was adapted for the film by John Hodge. The film stars Leonardo DiCaprio, Tilda Swinton, Virginie Ledoyen, Guillaume Canet, and Robert Carlyle. It was filmed on the Thai island K... |
16839 | Bug (2002 film) | Bug is a 2002 American comedy film, directed by Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi. It was released on February 28, 2002. |
16839 | Le pillole di Ercole | When "Le pillole di Ercole" was first released in Italy in 1960 the Committee for the Theatrical Review of the Italian Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities rated it as VM16: not suitable for children under 16. In addition, the committee imposed the modification of the following scenes: 1) the scene in which Man... |
16759 | Betty to the Rescue | Betty to the Rescue is a 1917 American comedy silent film directed by Frank Reicher and written by Beatrice DeMille and Leighton Osmun. The film stars Fannie Ward, Jack Dean, Lillian Leighton, James Neill, Charles West and Taylor N. Duncan. The film was released on January 15, 1917, by Paramount Pictures. |
16824 | Heuser Nunatak | Heuser Nunatak () is a small nunatak that lies south of Mount Phelan and marks the southern extremity of the Emlen Peaks in the Usarp Mountains of Victoria Land, Antarctica. The nunatak was first mapped by the United States Geological Survey from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1959–64, and was named by the Advisory ... |
16761 | Passion (1954 film) | Passion is a 1954 American Western film directed by Allan Dwan and written by Howard Estabrook, Beatrice A. Dresher and Joseph Lejtes. The film stars Cornel Wilde, Yvonne De Carlo, Raymond Burr, Lon Chaney Jr., Rodolfo Acosta and John Qualen. The film was released on October 6, 1954, by RKO Pictures. |
16762 | The Billion Dollar Scandal | The Billion Dollar Scandal is a 1933 American pre-Code drama film directed by Harry Joe Brown and written by Beatrice Banyard, Willard Mack and Gene Towne. The film stars Robert Armstrong, Constance Cummings, Olga Baclanova, Frank Morgan, James Gleason, Irving Pichel and Warren Hymer. The film was released on January 7... |
16763 | Blue Hawaii | Presley arrived in Hawaii on March 18, 1961, to prepare for a charity concert that he was performing on March 25 to raise funds for the Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor. He arrived at the recording studio on March 21 to start the recording of the film's soundtrack. Three weeks later, location filming had finished, incl... |
16775 | L'allenatore nel pallone 2 | L'allenatore nel pallone 2 (also known as "Trainer on the Beach 2") is an Italian comedy film of 2008 directed by Sergio Martino. The film is a sequel of "L'allenatore nel pallone". |
16765 | Beach Spike | Beach Spike ("Yit long kau oi jin" 熱浪球愛戰) is a 2011 Hong Kong film directed by Tony Tang. The film involves a female beach volleyball teams with martial arts skills. It has a proposed cast of veteran actors Bolo Yeung and Ronald Cheng along with the female leads of Theresa Fu, Chrissie Chau, Phoenix Chou and Ankie Beil... |
16827 | Atma Siddhi | Atma Siddhi () is a spiritual treatise in verse, composed in Gujarati by the nineteenth century Jain mystic poet Shrimad Rajchandra (1867–1901 C.E.). Atma according to Jainism means "soul" or the "self" and "siddhi" means "attainment". Hence, "Atma Siddhi" is translated as "self attainment" or "self realization". It is... |
16774 | Woman on the Beach | Woman on the Beach is the seventh feature film by South Korean director Hong Sang-soo, and was released in 2006. |
16768 | Fatal Bond | Fatal Bond is a 1991 Australian erotic thriller film, directed by Vince Monton, starring Linda Blair and Jerome Ehlers. It was filmed in the Northern Beaches area of Sydney, Australia, including Narrabeen Caravan Park. |
16769 | The Denial | The Denial is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Hobart Henley. The film stars Claire Windsor, Bert Roach, William Haines, Lucille Ricksen and Robert Agnew. The film was written by Agnes Christine Johnston based on the play "The Square Peg" by Lewis Beach. |
16770 | The Satan Killer | The Satan Killer is a 1993 American thriller-horror film directed by Stephen Calamari and starring Stephen Sayre. The film is an American crime-horror flick filmed in Virginia Beach, Virginia. It is widely distributed through A.I.P Home Video and continues to be a cult favorite. |
16775 | Out of the Woods (song) | The accompanying music video directed by Joseph Kahn premiered on Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin 'Eve with Ryan Seacrest on ABC on December 31, 2015. It marked Swift's and Kahn's fourth collaboration in 1989 following ``Blank Space '',`` Bad Blood'' and ``Wildest Dreams ''. The video was filmed on location in New Zeala... |
16772 | Mike and Dave Need Wedding Dates | Principal photography began on May 25, 2015, and lasted through August 13, 2015. On June 2, the main cast began filming in Oahu, Hawaii. On June 3, Efron was spotted filming. On June 11, Kendrick was spotted filming. On June 12, Efron and DeVine were filming on a Hawaiian beach. On June 15, Efron was on set with DeVine... |
16773 | This Reckless Age | This Reckless Age is a 1932 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Frank Tuttle and starring Charles "Buddy" Rogers and produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. The film is based on a Broadway play "The Goose Hangs High" by Lewis Beach. |
16774 | The Groomsmen | The Groomsmen is a 2006 comedy film written and directed by Edward Burns. It opened in New York City and Los Angeles on July 14, 2006. Filming took place at many locations on City Island, New York. |
16841 | Return of the Kung Fu Dragon | Return of the Kung Fu Dragon (; Mandarin: Ju ma pao) is a 1976 Taiwanese film directed by Chick Lim Yu. |
16841 | The Heroes (1980 film) | The Heroes, also known as The Shaolin Heroes, is a 1980 Hong Kong martial arts film directed by Wu Ma and Pao Hsueh Li and starring Ti Lung, Shih Szu and Danny Lee. |
16841 | Paoskoto | Paoskoto (often Paoscoto or Paos Koto) is a village and rural commune in Paoskoto Arrondissement in the Nioro du Rip Department of the Kaolack Region of Senegal, located near the border with the Gambia. |
16841 | Pao Sarasin | Pao Sarasin died at Siriraj Hospital in Bangkok after a month-long hospitalization for a blood infection on March 7, 2013, at the age of 83. A royal bathing rite ceremony for Sarasin was held at the Wat Benchamabophit with Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn in attendance representing the royal family. He was survived by h... |
16781 | Calvert Beach-Long Beach, Maryland | Calvert Beach-Long Beach was a census-designated place (CDP) in Calvert County, Maryland, United States. The population was 2,487 at the 2000 census. For the 2010 census the area was split into two CDPs: Calvert Beach and Long Beach. |
16780 | McMug | McMug () is an anthropomorphic pig cartoon character from Hong Kong featured in comic strips, TV shows, and films. McMug first appeared in 1988, as the central character of a comic strip printed in the Ming Pao weekly magazine. McMug is drawn by cartoonist Alice Mak (麥家碧), with stories written by Brian Tse (謝立文). |
16839 | Maria Landi | Maria Landi (15?? – 19 January 1599), was a consort of Monaco by marriage to Ercole Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco. |
16816 | Indian National Army | The Indian National Army (INA; Azad Hind Fauj / ˈɑːzɑːð ˈhinð ˈfɔːdʒ /; lit.: Free Indian Army) was an armed force formed by Indian nationalists in 1942 in Southeast Asia during World War II. Its aim was to secure Indian independence from British rule. It formed an alliance with Imperial Japan in the latter's campaign ... |
16841 | Yabakei | The gorge of is a nationally designated Place of Scenic Beauty spanning the municipalities of Kusu and Nakatsu in Ōita Prefecture, Japan. Located within Yaba-Hita-Hikosan Quasi-National Park, it was selected as one of the 100 Landscapes of Japan during the Shōwa era. |
16814 | Yangtze Delta Universities Alliance | Yangtze Delta Universities Alliance is an alliance of eight prestigious universities located in east China. It was established in 2005. |
16815 | Nobukazu Hirai | Nobukazu Hirai (born December 30, 1969) is a Japanese professional wrestler currently competing in All Japan Pro Wrestling as Super Hate. He is the son of former Japan Pro Wrestling Alliance wrestler Mitsu Hirai. |
16816 | Pacific War | By 1937, Japan controlled Manchuria and was ready to move deeper into China. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident on 7 July 1937 provoked full-scale war between China and Japan. The Nationalist and Communist Chinese suspended their civil war to form a nominal alliance against Japan, and the Soviet Union quickly lent support ... |
16840 | List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers | Rank Name Sex Age Birth Notes Dory Funk Jr. 7004280100000000000 ♠ 76 years, 251 days February 3, 1941 Still wrestles in his own promotion Funking Conservatory and various independent promotions in Japan. Great Kojika 7004275610000000000 ♠ 75 years, 167 days April 28, 1942 Still wrestles for Big Japan Pro Wrestling. Bus... |
16841 | San Sali | San Sali () is a village and "tambon" (subdistrict) of Wiang Pa Pao District, in Chiang Rai Province, Thailand. In 2005 it had a total population of 9051 people. The "tambon" contains 13 villages. |
16841 | 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix | The 2008 Japanese motorcycle Grand Prix was the fifteenth round of the 2008 MotoGP Championship. It took place on the weekend of 26–28 September 2008 at the Twin Ring Motegi, located in Motegi, Japan. |
16816 | Oldest people | Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death or residence Jeanne Calment 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days France Sarah Knauss 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days United States Lucy Hannah 16 July 1875 21 March 1993 117 years, 248 days United States Marie - Louise Meilleur 2... |
19369 | Great power | Over time, the relative power of these five nations fluctuated, which by the dawn of the 20th century had served to create an entirely different balance of power. Some, such as the United Kingdom and Prussia (as the founder of the newly formed German state), experienced continued economic growth and political power. Ot... |
16792 | Modern history | The causes of World War I included many factors, including the conflicts and antagonisms of the four decades leading up to the war. The Triple Entente was the name given to the loose alignment between the United Kingdom, France, and Russia after the signing of the Anglo-Russian Entente in 1907. The alignment of the thr... |
16816 | Jewish Workers Bund in Poland | The Jewish Workers Bund in Poland was a short-lived alliance formed in January 1897, formed by the Jewish section of the Polish Socialist Party (consisting of ex-yeshiva students) and the Vilna-based Jewish Social Democratic group (which since the summer of 1895 had sent agitators to Warsaw, including John Mill, to est... |
16794 | Phillida Bunkle | Phillida Bunkle (born 1944) is a former New Zealand politician. She represented the Alliance in Parliament from to 2002, when she retired. Bunkle was for many years a lecturer at Victoria University. |
19080 | Pacific War | In September 1940, Japan decided to cut China's only land line to the outside world by seizing Indochina, which was controlled at the time by Vichy France. Japanese forces broke their agreement with the Vichy administration and fighting broke out, ending in a Japanese victory. On 27 September Japan signed a military al... |
16796 | Gregg Groothuis | Gregg Groothuis (born May 1, 1970) is an American professional wrestler, known by his stage name Jack Bull, who competed in North American independent promotions including Impact Zone Wrestling, the National Wrestling Alliance and Ultimate Pro Wrestling as well as Japanese promotions HUSTLE, New Japan Pro Wrestling and... |
16816 | Political corruption | An unholy alliance is a coalition among seemingly antagonistic groups for ad hoc or hidden gain, generally some influential non-governmental group forming ties with political parties, supplying funding in exchange for the favorable treatment. Like patronage, unholy alliances are not necessarily illegal, but unlike patr... |
16798 | Larry Rothschild | Lawrence Lee Rothschild (born March 12, 1954) is an American professional baseball pitcher, coach, and manager. He currently serves as the pitching coach of the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). |
16799 | Jean Noël Hallé | Jean Noël Hallé (2 January 1754 – 11 February 1822) was a French physician born in Paris. He was the son of painter Noël Hallé (1711–1781). |
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