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16963 | The Jacksons: An American Dream | Lawrence Hilton - Jacobs - Joseph Jackson Angela Bassett - Katherine Jackson Holly Robinson Peete - Diana Ross Margaret Avery - Martha Scruse Billy Dee Williams - Berry Gordy Vanessa Williams - Suzanne de Passe Wylie Draper - Michael Jackson Abolade David Olatunde - Michael Jackson (baby) Alex Burrall - Michael Jackson... |
16901 | Gisela Litz | Gisela Litz (born December 14, 1922) is a German contralto. She sang frequently at the Bayreuth Festival. A recording is available of her singing as one of the Rhinemaidens in "Der Ring des Nibelungen" conducted by Clemens Krauss in 1953. |
16954 | She's Out of My Life | ``She's Out of My Life ''is a song written by American songwriter Tom Bahler and performed by American recording artist Michael Jackson. Although it has been claimed that Bahler wrote the song about Karen Carpenter, Bahler stated,`` The fact is, I had already written that song by the time Karen and I became romantic. T... |
20649 | Mariem Hassan | Mariem Hassan (; May 1958 – 22 August 2015) was a Sahrawi singer and lyricist from Western Sahara. She usually sang in Hassaniyya, an Arabic dialect spoken mostly in Western Sahara and Mauritania, and occasionally in Spanish. Her use of the Spanish language was related to the former status of Western Sahara as a Spani... |
16962 | Is She Really Going Out with Him? | ``Is She Really Going Out with Him? ''is the first single released by British musician Joe Jackson in September 1978. The track, which was to achieve greater commercial success when reissued in 1979, was included on Jackson's debut album, Look Sharp!. |
16905 | Park Seung-min | Park Seung-min (born April 21, 1983) is a South Korean football player who plays for South Korean second division side Busan Transportation Corporation. His father Park Sang-in and his brother Park Hyuk-soon are also footballers. |
16927 | Guru Randhawa | Guru Randhawa is an Indian singer and songwriter from Punjab, India. Randhawa is known for his tracks like ``High Rated Gabru '',`` Patola'', ``Raat kamal hai ''and`` Lahore''. He sang in the 2017 Indian Premier League opening ceremony. He made his Bollywood singing debut in Hindi Medium. He also sang for the film Simr... |
16963 | Comfortably Numb | After leaving Pink Floyd, Waters first performed ``Comfortably Numb ''at the 1990 concert staging of The Wall -- Live in Berlin on 21 July 1990. The event's purpose was to commemorate the fall of the Berlin Wall. Roger Waters sang lead, Van Morrison sang Gilmour's vocal parts backed by Rick Danko and Levon Helm of The ... |
16911 | Lake County, Oregon | Lake County is in the high desert region known as the Oregon Outback, on the northwestern edge of the Great Basin. The county is generally divided between the communities around Lakeview and Paisley to the south and the communities around Christmas Valley, Fort Rock, and Silver Lake to the north. |
16909 | Elmo, Montana | Elmo (Salish: sqʷe, "inlet in the lake") is a census-designated place (CDP) in Lake County, Montana, United States. The population was 143 at the 2000 census. |
16910 | Howard Mill, California | Howard Mill (also, Howard Mill Station) is a former settlement in Lake County, California. It was located southwest of Three Crossing, at an elevation of 3514 feet (1071 m). Howard Mill still appeared on maps as of 1951. |
16911 | Lucy Diggs Slowe | In 1922, Slowe was appointed the first Dean of Women at Howard University. She continued in that role at Howard for 15 years until her death. In addition, Slowe created and led two professional associations to support college administrators. |
16963 | Clifford the Big Red Dog (TV series) | John Ritter voiced Clifford in all episodes. This was originally done by Brent Titcomb in the 1988 direct - to - video series. Generally speaking, Ritter's schedule dictated the production of Clifford the Big Red Dog. By the time the last of the 68 half - hour cartoons and the subsequent film Clifford's Really Big Movi... |
16963 | Going to the Mat | Going to the Mat is a 2004 Disney Channel Original Movie. It debuted on Disney Channel on March 19, 2004. |
16962 | Callie Torres | Callie and Arizona have a five - year relationship, ultimately marrying in the seventh season and divorcing in the eleventh season. Callie starts a new relationship with Penny Blake and leaves to go to New York with her in the twelfth - season finale. Shonda Rhimes spoke on Ramirez's abrupt departure, saying, ``This on... |
16915 | Lily Rabe | Lily Rabe (born June 29, 1982) is an American actress. She received a nomination for the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Play for her performance as Portia in The Merchant of Venice. Rabe is best known for her multiple roles on the FX anthology series American Horror Story, and her lead role as Claire Bennigan on the ... |
16916 | Anthology (Michael Jackson album) | Anthology is a compilation of Motown hits by pop and R&B singer Michael Jackson with additional hits by The Jackson 5 and rare, unreleased material from 1973. The album was originally released in the U.S. on November 14, 1986 and re-released on November 8, 1995 and has sold three million copies worldwide. |
16917 | The End (Beatles song) | All four Beatles have a solo in ``The End '', including a Ringo Starr drum solo. Starr disliked solos; he preferred to cater drumwork to whoever sang in a particular performance. The take in which he performed the solo originally had guitar and tambourine accompaniment, but other instruments were muted during mixing gi... |
16918 | Titof | Titof was invited onto the set of a film by his friend Sebastian Barrio, a famous French porn actor. When the actor in a scene failed to perform, Titof was asked to take over. Titof plays in both straight and gay productions. In addition to pornographic films for heterosexual audiences, he has produced and directed two... |
16963 | Power Rangers (film) | Saban Capital Group and Lionsgate announced the film in May 2014, with Roberto Orci originally attached to produce. Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz were hired to write the film's script. Orci eventually left the project to work on Star Trek Beyond. On April 10, 2015, TheWrap reported that Dean Israelite was in negotiatio... |
16927 | Quade Winter | Quade Winter (born 1951) is an American composer, musical restorer and translator, specializing in the light operas of Victor Herbert. Earlier in his career, he sang opera for over two decades. |
16963 | Pyaasa | With the commercial success of thrillers such as "Baazi", "Jaal", "Aar Paar" and "CID", as well as comedies such as "Mr. & Mrs. '55", Guru Dutt and his studio were financially secure and established. From 1957, he could now make movies he really wanted to make, including "Pyaasa". In 2002, "Pyaasa" was ranked at No. 16... |
16922 | Will You Be There | "Will You Be There" is a song by Michael Jackson which was released in 1993. The song is the eighth single from the 1991 album "Dangerous". The song also appeared on the soundtrack to the film "Free Willy", of which it is the main theme. With the album version clocking in at seven minutes and forty seconds, it is the l... |
20007 | Follow That Dream | Follow That Dream is a 1962 American musical film starring Elvis Presley made by Mirisch Productions. The movie was based on the 1959 novel "Pioneer, Go Home!" by Richard P. Powell. Producer Walter Mirisch liked the song "Follow that Dream" and retitled the picture. The movie reached #5 on the "Variety" weekly Box Offi... |
16963 | Movie Surfers | Movie Surfers is a Disney Channel mini that appears in commercial form where teenagers go behind the scenes of Walt Disney related films. It was about teenagers communicating with each other via webcams and getting info about upcoming Disney theatrical movies. Now it also appears after a Disney Channel movie or series ... |
16963 | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past | Ghosts of Girlfriends Past was originally set up at Touchstone Pictures with Ben Affleck attached to play the lead character, but he opted out of the movie. It was primarily filmed at Castle Hill in Ipswich, Massachusetts The film was also the first pairing of Michael Douglas and Anne Archer since the 1987 hit thriller... |
16928 | Speechless (Michael Jackson song) | "Speechless" is a song by the American recording artist Michael Jackson, included on his tenth studio album, "Invincible" (2001). It was only released as a promotional single in South Korea. The singer was inspired to write the ballad after a water balloon fight with children in Germany. Jackson collaborated on the pro... |
16927 | Cheap at Half the Price | "Cheap at Half the Price" was the third of a series of three solo albums Frith made for The Residents's record label Ralph Records, the first being "Gravity" (1980), an avant-garde "dance" record that drew on rhythm and dance from folk music across the world, and the second being "Speechless" (1981), a mixture of folk ... |
16928 | John Ross Bowie | John Ross Bowie (born May 30, 1971) is an American actor and comedian best known for playing Barry Kripke on The Big Bang Theory and, beginning in 2016, Jimmy DiMeo on Speechless. |
16929 | The One (video) | Michael Jackson The One is the DVD release of a CBS special that aired in January 2004. Released by Epic Records, it includes interviews with other celebrities about Jackson's influence on music and pop culture, and also contains clips from Jackson's previous music videos. It was certified Gold in the US five months af... |
16930 | Aarakshan | Sukanya Venkatraghavan of Filmfare gave it 2 stars out of 5, stating "The problem with Aarakshan is its meandering graph. It starts off solidly enough, keeping up a pace that will engross you until interval time except for two totally unnecessary songs. From there on, the film sheds its theme of ideals and becomes a on... |
16931 | Tom Brady | Brady played college football for the University of Michigan from 1995 to 1999. He was a backup quarterback for his first two years, while teammate and future NFL quarterback Brian Griese led the 1997 Wolverines to an undefeated season, which was capped by a victory in the Rose Bowl and a share of the national champion... |
16932 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé's work has influenced numerous artists including Adele, Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Bridgit Mendler, Rihanna, Kelly Rowland, Sam Smith, Meghan Trainor, Nicole Scherzinger, Rita Ora, Zendaya, Cheryl Cole, JoJo, Alexis Jordan, Jessica Sanchez, and Azealia Banks. American indie rock band White Rabbits also cited her... |
16933 | Essie Ackland | Essie Ackland toured Australia in 1937, by which time she was considered the most recorded contralto in the world. For her first Sydney concert on 13 March 1937, the demand for seats outstripped the Conservatorium's capacity, so the concert was moved to the Sydney Town Hall. She was accompanied by the violinist Ernest ... |
16934 | Vaya Con Tioz | Vaya Con Tioz is the seventh live album and the sixth concert movie of the German rock band Böhse Onkelz. The festival movie was recorded during their farewell show "Vaya Con Tioz" from 17 to 18 June 2005 at the Eurospeedway Lausitz, Germany. According to the band it was the biggest solo rock event of a German rock ban... |
16935 | Raleigh, North Carolina | The Time Warner Cable Music Pavilion at Walnut Creek hosts major international touring acts. In 2011, the Downtown Raleigh Amphitheater opened (now sponsored as the Red Hat Amphitheater), which hosts numerous concerts primarily in the summer months. An additional amphitheater sits on the grounds of the North Carolina M... |
16936 | New Haven, Connecticut | New Haven was the location of one of Jim Morrison's infamous arrests while he fronted the rock group The Doors. The near-riotous concert and arrest in 1967 at the New Haven Arena was commemorated by Morrison in the lyrics to "Peace Frog" which include the line "...blood in the streets in the town of New Haven..." This ... |
19997 | Beyoncé | Beyoncé names Michael Jackson as her major musical influence. Aged five, Beyoncé attended her first ever concert where Jackson performed and she claims to have realised her purpose. When she presented him with a tribute award at the World Music Awards in 2006, Beyoncé said, "if it wasn't for Michael Jackson, I would ne... |
16938 | Christina Milian | Although Milian is best known for her singing career, she originally wanted to be an actress. Her first lead role was in the 2003 film Love Do n't Cost a Thing, and she subsequently had lead roles in Be Cool and the 2006 horror film Pulse. Milian had a minor role in Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, and starred as the lead r... |
16939 | Elvis Presley | Elvis Aaron Presley (January 8, 1935 -- August 16, 1977) was an American singer and actor. Regarded as one of the most significant cultural icons of the 20th century, he is often referred to as the ``King of Rock and Roll ''or simply`` the King''. |
16940 | Rock the Cradle | Rock the Cradle is an MTV reality show in which the offspring of R&B, pop, and rock stars from the 1980s and 1990s vie in a six-week singing competition. The show debuted on April 3, 2008, and ended on May 8. |
16941 | Sing (2016 American film) | Taron Egerton as Johnny, a teenage gorilla who wants to sing, though his father would rather have him follow his criminal footsteps. |
20886 | Pakistan Sangeet Icon | Pakistan Sangeet Icon is a reality-based first singing competition shown on MTV Pakistan and Indus TV. It is based on the popular British show Pop Idol and its American counterpart American Idol. The show aims to find the most talented young singer in Pakistan. |
16943 | Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) | ``Back to Life (However Do You Want Me) ''Single by Soul II Soul featuring Caron Wheeler from the album Club Classics Vol. One Released 29 May 1989 Format 7'' single 12 ''maxi single Cassette CD single Recorded May 1989 Length 3: 52 Label Virgin Songwriter (s) Jazzie B Caron Wheeler Nellee Hooper Simon Law Producer (s)... |
16966 | Liza and David | Liza and David was a reality television series slated to air on VH1 in 2002, featuring Liza Minnelli and her then-husband, David Gest. |
16945 | Rock with You | ``Rock with You ''is a song recorded by American singer Michael Jackson. It was written by English songwriter Rod Temperton and produced by Quincy Jones. It was first offered to Karen Carpenter, while she was working on her first solo album, but she turned it down. It was released on November 3, 1979 as the second sing... |
16966 | Sunbaker | Sunbaker is a 1937 black-and-white photograph by Australian modernist photographer Max Dupain, depicting the head and shoulders of a man lying on a beach, taken from a low angle. The iconic photograph has been described as "quintessentially Australian", a "sort of icon of the Australian way of life". and "arguably the ... |
16964 | Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon | Michael Jackson: The Life of an Icon is a documentary film about pop singer Michael Jackson produced by his friend, David Gest. The film features footage of the beginning of The Jackson 5, Jackson's solo career and the child molestation accusations made against him. It also has interviews with Jackson's mother, Katheri... |
16948 | A Goofy Movie | Jason Marsden as Maximillan ``Max ''Goof, an insecure teenage boy. He is often embarrassed by his dad's antics, and is worried that he is turning into him. His relationship with his father is somewhat tense, but he loves him despite their differences. He is self - aware, and wants to be popular among his peers at high ... |
16949 | I Want You to Want Me | ``I Want You to Want Me ''is a song by the American rock band Cheap Trick from their second album In Color, released in September 1977. It was the first single released from that album, but it did not chart in the United States. |
16950 | Binnaz Uslu | Binnaz Uslu (born March 12, 1985 in Ankara) is a retired Turkish middle-distance and long-distance runner. She was banned from sport for life in 2014, after her second doping violation. The tall athlete at is a member of Enkaspor athletics team, where she was coached by Yahya Sevüktekin. Uslu is a student at the Gazi Ü... |
16951 | Harriet Arbuthnot | Born into the periphery of the British aristocracy and married to a politician and member of the establishment, she was perfectly placed to meet all the key figures of the Regency and late Napoleonic eras. Recording meetings and conversations often verbatim, she has today become the "Mrs. Arbuthnot" quoted in many biog... |
16952 | Eliza Lee | Eliza (Buckminster) Lee (1792–1864) was an American author, the daughter of Joseph Buckminster. She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire; was well educated by her father and brother, Joseph Stevens Buckminster; married a Thomas Lee of Boston; became a writer; and was unusually felicitous in her descriptions of New Eng... |
16953 | Jill Bauman | Jill Bauman got her Bachelor of Arts from Adelphi University. She did her Graduate work at Adelphi University and Queens College. She is a Life Member of the Art Students League of New York. |
16954 | Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger | Barbara Wootton, Baroness Wootton of Abinger CH (14 April 1897 – 11 July 1988) was a British sociologist and criminologist. She was one of the first four life peers appointed under the Life Peerages Act 1958. She was President of the British Sociological Association from 1959 to 1964. |
16955 | Always Look on the Bright Side of Life | "Always Look on the Bright Side of Life" is a comedy song written by Monty Python member Eric Idle that was first featured in the 1979 film "Monty Python's Life of Brian" and has gone on to become a common singalong at public events such as football matches as well as funerals. |
16956 | Bianca Lawson | In 2009, Lawson was cast as Shawna in The Secret Life of the American Teenager. That same year, she was cast in the CW television series The Vampire Diaries, as witch Emily Bennett. In December 2009, she was cast as Maya St. Germain in the ABC Family series Pretty Little Liars, based on the book series by Sara Shepard.... |
16964 | Tjaarke Maas | Tjaarke Maas started to paint since her early childhood, in Tasmania, Australia, where her family had immigrated from the Netherlands. At the age of 17 she came back to Europe and went to Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam, and later continued her studies in New York, where she was introduced to the art of icon pai... |
16958 | Virginia Patton | Virginia Ann Patton (born June 25, 1925) is an American retired businesswoman and former actress. After appearing in several films in the early 1940s, she was cast in her most well - known role as Ruth Dakin Bailey in Frank Capra's It's a Wonderful Life (1946). In 1949, Patton retired from acting, with her final film c... |
16959 | Rosely Roth | Roth was involved in many organizations and activities demanding sexual freedom and equal rights for lesbians and all members of the LGBT community during most of her adult life. She was particularly active in bringing visibility to related issues in the local and national media when the LGBT movement was still in its ... |
16960 | Apur Panchali | Apur Panchali is a 2013 Bengali film directed by Kaushik Ganguly and produced by Shree Venkatesh Films. It is based on the life of Subir Banerjee, the actor who played Apu in "Pather Panchali" (1955), the first film of Satyajit Ray's Apu trilogy. Director Kaushik Ganguly won the award of best director for "Apur Panchal... |
16961 | Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love | ``Walkin 'in the Rain with the One I Love ''Single by Love Unlimited from the album Love Unlimited B - side`` I Should Have Known'' Released March 1972 (1972) Genre R&B Length 4: 50 Label Uni Songwriter (s) Barry White Producer (s) Barry White Love Unlimited singles chronology ``Walkin' in the Rain with the One I Love ... |
16962 | Isgaard | Isgaard Marke (born 1972 in Husum, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) is a classically trained singer, who is also involved with the project Classic meets Pop. Her style resembles influences of the Kate Bush school as well as cold wave influences and modern ambient sounds. Her greatest hits were "Ein schöner Tag" and "Dream ... |
16963 | Zahari Zograf | Zahariy Hristovich Dimitrov () (1810–1853), better known as Zahari Zograf (or Zahariy Zograf; Захари(й) Зограф) is a famous Bulgarian painter of the Bulgarian National Revival, noted for his church mural paintings and icons and often regarded as the founder of secular art in Bulgaria due to the introduction of everyday... |
16964 | American Federal Building | The American Federal Building, also known as the American Federal Savings and Loan Building, the Coral Gables Building, and the Round Building, was an iconic seven-story office building in downtown Orlando, Florida. The bottom two floors, encircled with a cast concrete brise soleil comprise the original building, compl... |
16965 | The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical) | A preview of the first act was staged at Sydmonton (Lloyd Webber's home) in 1985, starring Colm Wilkinson (later the star of the Toronto production) as the Phantom, Sarah Brightman as Kristin (later Christine), and Clive Carter (later a member of the London cast) as Raoul. This very preliminary production used Richard ... |
16966 | Ian Fairweather | Ian Fairweather (29 September 189120 May 1974) was a Scottish painter resident in Australia for much of his life. He combined western and Asian influences in his work. |
17048 | Napoleon | Unhappy with this change of policy by the Portuguese government, Napoleon sent an army to invade Portugal. On 17 October 1807, 24,000 French troops under General Junot crossed the Pyrenees with Spanish cooperation and headed towards Portugal to enforce Napoleon's orders. This attack was the first step in what would eve... |
17048 | Korean War | Korea was ruled by Imperial Japan from 1910 until the closing days of World War II. In August 1945, the Soviet Union declared war on Imperial Japan, as a result of an agreement with the United States, and liberated Korea north of the 38th parallel. U.S. forces subsequently moved into the south. By 1948, as a product of... |
16969 | Victor Denisov | Victor L. Denisov (Victor Leonovich Denisov) (17 January 1944, Moscow, USSR) – a Russian playwright. The author of 33 plays. Known for depicting reality in forms and displays that are not typical to the Russian theater. A member of the Moscow Writers Union (1995) and of the Theater Workers Union of the Russian Federati... |
17048 | War on Terror | The conflict in northern Mali began in January 2012 with radical Islamists (affiliated to al-Qaeda) advancing into northern Mali. The Malian government had a hard time maintaining full control over their country. The fledgling government requested support from the international community on combating the Islamic milita... |
17048 | British Empire | Peace between England and the Netherlands in 1688 meant that the two countries entered the Nine Years' War as allies, but the conflict—waged in Europe and overseas between France, Spain and the Anglo-Dutch alliance—left the English a stronger colonial power than the Dutch, who were forced to devote a larger proportion ... |
17048 | Declaration of war by the United States | The United States has formally declared war against foreign nations five separate times, each upon prior request by the President of the United States. Four of those five declarations came after hostilities had begun. James Madison reported that in the Federal Convention of 1787, the phrase ``make war ''was changed to`... |
16973 | Phonograph record | Ultimately, the New Orthophonic curve was disclosed in a publication by R.C. Moyer of RCA Victor in 1953. He traced RCA Victor characteristics back to the Western Electric "rubber line" recorder in 1925 up to the early 1950s laying claim to long-held recording practices and reasons for major changes in the intervening ... |
17048 | American Civil War | Eight remaining slave states continued to reject calls for secession. Outgoing Democratic President James Buchanan and the incoming Republicans rejected secession as illegal. Lincoln's March 4, 1861, inaugural address declared that his administration would not initiate a civil war. Speaking directly to the ``Southern S... |
17048 | Korean War | On 27 June 1950, two days after the KPA invaded and three months before the Chinese entered the war, President Truman dispatched the United States Seventh Fleet to the Taiwan Strait, to prevent hostilities between the Nationalist Republic of China (Taiwan) and the People's Republic of China (PRC). On 4 August 1950, wit... |
17049 | Korean War | In April 1950, Stalin gave Kim permission to invade the South under the condition that Mao would agree to send reinforcements if they became needed. Stalin made it clear that Soviet forces would not openly engage in combat, to avoid a direct war with the Americans. Kim met with Mao in May 1950. Mao was concerned that t... |
19427 | Korean War | A major consideration was the possible Soviet reaction in the event that the US intervened. The Truman administration was fretful that a war in Korea was a diversionary assault that would escalate to a general war in Europe once the United States committed in Korea. At the same time, "[t]here was no suggestion from any... |
16978 | Victor-class submarine | The Victor class, Soviet designations Project 671 "Yorsh, Project 671RT "Syomga and Project 671RTM/RTMK "Shchuka", (NATO reporting names Victor I, Victor II and Victor III respectively), are series of nuclear-powered attack submarines built in the Soviet Union and operated by the Soviet Navy. Since 1960s, 48 units were... |
17045 | Cuban War of Independence | The Cuban War of Independence (, 1895–98) was the last of three liberation wars that Cuba fought against Spain, the other two being the Ten Years' War (1868–1878) and the Little War (1879–1880). The final three months of the conflict escalated to become the Spanish–American War, with United States forces being deployed... |
17048 | Imperialism | Trotsky, and others, believed that the revolution could only succeed in Russia as part of a world revolution. Lenin wrote extensively on the matter and famously declared that Imperialism was the highest stage of capitalism. However, after Lenin's death, Joseph Stalin established 'socialism in one country' for the Sovie... |
17048 | Culture | Matthew Arnold contrasted "culture" with anarchy; other Europeans, following philosophers Thomas Hobbes and Jean-Jacques Rousseau, contrasted "culture" with "the state of nature". According to Hobbes and Rousseau, the Native Americans who were being conquered by Europeans from the 16th centuries on were living in a sta... |
17048 | World War II | World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier. The vast majority of the world's countries -- including all of the g... |
16983 | Yagutil Mishiev | Yagutil Israelovich Mishiev ( ; born March 29, 1927 in Qırmızı Qəsəbə, Azerbaijan Republic of USSR) — writer, author of books about the history of Derbent, Dagestan, Russia. The distinguished Teacher of the Republic of Dagestan and the Russian Federation. |
17048 | Glorious Revolution | The Revolution permanently ended any chance of Catholicism becoming re-established in England. For British Catholics its effects were disastrous both socially and politically: Catholics were denied the right to vote and sit in the Westminster Parliament for over a century; they were also denied commissions in the army,... |
17047 | Korean War | On 23 September 1946, an 8,000-strong railroad worker strike began in Pusan. Civil disorder spread throughout the country in what became known as the Autumn uprising. On 1 October 1946, Korean police killed three students in the Daegu Uprising; protesters counter-attacked, killing 38 policemen. On 3 October, some 10,00... |
17045 | John, King of England | John remained Lord of Ireland throughout his reign. He drew on the country for resources to fight his war with Philip on the continent. Conflict continued in Ireland between the Anglo-Norman settlers and the indigenous Irish chieftains, with John manipulating both groups to expand his wealth and power in the country. D... |
17048 | Armenians | Governments of Republic of Turkey since that time have consistently rejected charges of genocide, typically arguing either that those Armenians who died were simply in the way of a war or that killings of Armenians were justified by their individual or collective support for the enemies of the Ottoman Empire. Passage o... |
16988 | Dmitry Okhotsimsky | Dmitry Yevgenyevich Okhotsimsky () was a Soviet Russian aerospace engineer and scientist who was the pioneer of space ballistics in the USSR. He wrote fundamental works in applied celestial mechanics, spaceflight dynamics and robotics. |
16989 | Oleg Lomakin | Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin (; August 29, 1924, Krasny Kholm, Tver Province, USSR – March 25, 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was regarded as one of the major representatives of th... |
16990 | Yuri Kleschev | Yuri Nikolaevich Kleschev () was a Soviet volleyball coach, referee, writer, and teacher. He was an Honored Coach of the USSR (1965), a Judge Union category (1971), and an Honored Worker of Physical Culture of the RSFSR (1989). |
16991 | STS-41-G | STS-41-G was the 13th flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program and the sixth flight of Space Shuttle "Challenger". "Challenger" launched on 5 October 1984, and conducted the second shuttle landing at Kennedy Space Center on 13 October. It was the first shuttle mission to carry a crew of seven, including the first crew wi... |
17027 | 19 Somethin' | "19 Somethin'" is a song written by David Lee and Chris DuBois, and recorded by American country music singer Mark Wills. It was released in September 2002 as the first single from his "Greatest Hits" album. The song spent six weeks at number one on the Hot Country Songs chart in early 2003. It also reached number 23 o... |
16993 | Calling from a Country Phone | Calling from a Country Phone is the second album by former Go-Between Robert Forster, and his first self-produced disc. Drummer Glenn Thompson would later join Forster and Grant McLennan in a reformed Go-Betweens years later. The album also features Custard frontman David McCormack on lead guitar. |
16994 | Bowmanville GO Station | Bowmanville GO Station is a planned GO Transit train station to be built by Metrolinx in the community of Bowmanville, Ontario. It will be the terminus station of GO Transit's approved expansion of train service on the Lakeshore East line, and will become a transit hub for Durham Region Transit and GO Transit. Approxim... |
17005 | Idealism | J. M. E. McTaggart of Cambridge University, argued that minds alone exist and only relate to each other through love. Space, time and material objects are unreal. In The Unreality of Time he argued that time is an illusion because it is impossible to produce a coherent account of a sequence of events. The Nature of Exi... |
16996 | Claudie Haigneré | Out of 10,000 candidates, France's space center selected only six men and Claudie Haigneré. Claudie Haigneré first qualified as an engineer and emergency pilot to the space shuttle. She first served as a back-up crew member for the 1993 Mir Altaïr mission in which her future husband Jean-Pierre Haigneré participated. T... |
16997 | Space Race | The Soviet Union duplicated its dual-launch feat with Vostok 5 and Vostok 6 (June 16, 1963). This time they launched the first woman (also the first civilian), Valentina Tereshkova, into space on Vostok 6. Launching a woman was reportedly Korolev's idea, and it was accomplished purely for propaganda value. Tereshkova w... |
16998 | Small Soldiers | Small Soldiers is a 1998 American science fiction war film, directed by Joe Dante and starring Kirsten Dunst and Gregory Smith, and the voices of Frank Langella and Tommy Lee Jones. It revolves around a conflict between two factions of sentient action figures, the Gorgonites and the Commando Elite. When an adolescent b... |
16999 | Hubert L. Lee | Hubert Louis Lee (February 2, 1915 – November 5, 1982) was a soldier in the United States Army during the Korean War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on February 1, 1951. |
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