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1949 Tour de France, Stage 12 to Stage 21
The 1949 Tour de France was the 36th edition of Tour de France, one of cycling's Grand Tours. The Tour began in Paris with a flat stage on 30 June and Stage 12 occurred on 13 July with a stage from Luchon. The race finished in Paris on 24 July.

Briançon
Briançon (French: [bʁijɑ̃sɔ̃] ⓘ, Occitan: [bɾjanˈsun]) is the sole subprefecture of the Hautes-Alpes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region in Southeastern France. It is the highest city in France at an altitude of 1,326 metres (4,350 feet), based on the national definition as a community containing more than 2,000 inhabitants. It has about 11,000 inhabitants.

Briançon has been part of the Fortifications of Vauban UNESCO World Heritage Sites since they were established in 2008.
Chafic Nassif
Chafic Nassif (Arabic: شفيق ناصيف) was a Syriac Catholic
Lebanese politician and lawyer.

Nassif was one of the founders of the Kataeb Party in 1936. He won the Beirut Minorities seat in the 1937 parliamentary election. He later left the Kataeb Party and became a follower of Camille Chamoun.

Nassif contested the Beirut V - Minet El Hosn seat (allocated to Minorities) in the 1953 general election. He finished in third place with 1,097 votes (21.6%).

He re-entered parliament after the 1957 elections, winning the Minorities seat in the second district of Beirut with 14,471 votes. In 1958 he took part in founding the National Liberal Party and was a member of its Administrative Council.

1957 Lebanese general election
General elections were held in Lebanon between 9 and 23 June 1957. Independent candidates, nearly all pro-president, won the majority of seats. Voter turnout was 53.2%.

With the support of Lebanese President Camille Chamoun CIA money was used to support selected candidates. CIA operative Wilbur Crane Eveland wrote that he would regularly drive to the Chamoun's presidential residence with "a briefcase full of Lebanese pounds" to be spent on the elections. American oil companies doing business in Lebanon also contributed funding.
NCAA Season 79 basketball tournaments
The basketball tournaments of NCAA Season 79 are the Philippines' National Collegiate Athletic Association tournaments for basketball in its 2003–2004 season. San Sebastian College – Recoletos hosted the season, starting with an opening ceremony held at the Araneta Coliseum on June 28, 2003, followed by four games. Former Philippine Basketball Association chairman, Shell executive, and San Sebastian alumnus Rey Gamboa graced as the guest of honor. Basketball Association of the Philippines secretary-general Graham Lim served as the season's commissioner. The theme of the season is "NCAA at 79: A Family Through Time." Games then are subsequently held at Rizal Memorial Coliseum and covered by ABS-CBN Sports via Studio 23.

National Collegiate Athletic Association (Philippines)
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA; /ˌɛnsiː.eɪˈeɪ/ EN-see-AY-AY) is an athletic association of ten  private colleges and universities in Metro Manila, Philippines. Established in 1924, it is the oldest collegiate athletic association in the country. It is not affiliated with the NCAA of the United States, as such it is also referred to as NCAA Philippines to differentiate the two associations.
International (Amtrak train)
The International (formerly International Limited) was a named passenger train operated between Chicago and Toronto. It was originally an overnight train operated by the Grand Trunk Railway of Canada and its successors the Canadian National Railway and Grand Trunk Western Railroad, running as far as Montreal. The train was cut back to Port Huron, Michigan, in 1970 and discontinued in 1971.

In 1982, Amtrak and Via Rail revived the route by extending Amtrak's Blue Water Limited from Port Huron to Toronto. It was renamed as the International the next year. The service was initially successful but encountered numerous funding crises in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Substantial delays crossing the international border after the September 11th attacks, combined with freight congestion and the 2003 SARS outbreak, drastically reduced ridership. In 2004, the train was replaced with the Blue Water, which offered a better interstate schedule and higher reliability.

Lists of named passenger trains
In the history of rail transport, dating back to the 19th century, there have been hundreds of named passenger trains. These have been organized into lists by geographical region. Trains with numeric names are spelled out. For example, the 20th Century Limited is listed as "Twentieth Century Limited".

Named trains are sometimes identified through a train headboard, drumhead, lettering on the locomotive or passenger cars, or a combination of these methods.
2005 Togo protests and riots
The 2005 Togo protests and riots were demonstrations and rioting against the results of the presidential election and Faure Gnassingbe's takeover of power. Protests began in February with protesters demanding new elections and the end of the Gnassingbe dynasty. Around 100 were killed before the elections, but after the 2005 Togolese presidential election around 500 protesters were killed by Togolese Armed Forces, assisted by military-trained Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) militias.

Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba
Fambaré Ouattara Natchaba (17 April 1945 – 15 October 2020) was a Togolese politician. He was the President of the National Assembly of Togo from September 2000 to February 2005. He was a prominent member of the ruling Rally of the Togolese People (RPT) and a member of the Pan-African Parliament representing Togo.
Bob Netolicky
Robert Netolicky (born August 2, 1942) is an American former basketball player. A 6'9" power forward/center, he played professionally in the now–defunct American Basketball Association (ABA) from 1967 to 1976. Netolicky was a four–time ABA All–Star and two–time ABA Champion.

Dallas Chaparrals
The Dallas Chaparrals were a charter member of the American Basketball Association (ABA). The team moved to San Antonio, Texas, for the 1973–74 season and were renamed the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs joined the National Basketball Association (NBA) for the 1976–77 NBA season as a result of being one of four chosen ABA teams to be absorbed by the elder league following the completion of the ABA–NBA merger.
Gerhard Siedl
Gerhard Leopold Karl Siedl (22 March 1929 – 9 May 1998) was a German footballer who played international football for both the Saar and West German national teams. In 1953, he scored the winning goal in Oslo against Norway in the qualifiers for the 1954 FIFA World Cup. The match was Saar's only road victory in its brief history.

During his club career he played for FC Bayern Munich (1945–1948, 1951–1953, 1957–1960), Borussia Neunkirchen (1948–1949), 1. FC Saarbrücken, Karlsruher SC, FC Basel, AZ, SV Austria Salzburg, and FC Dornbirn 1913. With Bayern he won the 1957 DFB-Pokal.

1956–57 DFB-Pokal
The 1956–57 DFB-Pokal was the 14th season of the annual German football cup competition. It began on 4 August 1957 and ended on 29 December 1957. 4 teams competed in the tournament of two rounds. In the final Bayern Munich defeated Fortuna Düsseldorf 1–0, thereby winning their first title.
Bright Antenna Records
Bright Antenna Records is an independent record label, founded in 2007 and based in Mill Valley, California. The label was created by producer Sep V and by writer Tiffanie DeBartolo and named after the lyrics to the song "The Spirit of Radio" by Rush. Bright Antenna specializes in artist development and, in addition to its label services, operates an online store for its vinyl and specialty products. BA's staff includes A&R veteran Braden Merrick, who discovered and broke The Killers.

Middle Class Rut
Middle Class Rut, also known as MC Rut, is an American alternative rock band duo consisting of vocalist/guitarist Zack Lopez and vocalist/drummer Sean Stockham. They were formed in Sacramento, California in December 2006. After several EP's, in 2010 they released their first full-length LP, No Name No Color. Their second album Pick Up Your Head was released June 25, 2013. After a brief hiatus, the band returned in 2018 with their third album Gutters.
Jim Smith (footballer, born 1937)
James Alexander Grant Smith (16 October 1937 – 10 April 2002) was a Scottish footballer who played as a central defender for Preston North End and Stockport County.

Smith was signed by Preston from his hometown club in 1956, making his first-team debut in the 1958-59 season.

Smith played in the 1964 FA Cup final.

1964 FA Cup final
The 1964 FA Cup final was the 83rd final of the FA Cup. It took place on 2 May 1964 at Wembley Stadium and was contested between West Ham United and Preston North End.

West Ham, captained by Bobby Moore and managed by Ron Greenwood, won the match 3–2 to win the FA Cup for the first time. Second Division Preston led twice through Doug Holden and Alex Dawson respectively, with John Sissons and Geoff Hurst equalising for West Ham. Ronnie Boyce then scored the winner for the London club in the 90th minute.

Preston's Howard Kendall became the youngest player to play in a Wembley FA Cup Final, aged 17 years and 345 days. He retained this record until Paul Allen played in the 1980 final for West Ham at the age of 17 years and 256 days.
Bulakan, Bulacan
Bulakan, officially the Municipality of Bulakan (Tagalog: Bayan ng Bulakan),  is a  municipality in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 83,101 people.

Bulakan, which is one of the oldest towns in the Philippines, became the encomienda or capital of the Provincia de la Pampanga, and later became the first capital of the Province of Bulacan before it was moved to Malolos early during the American occupation.

With regard to whether to use the letters "c" or "k" to refer to the municipality of Bulakan, the New Provincial Administrative Code of Bulacan (Ordinance no. C-004) of 2007 states on Chapter 2, Section 15 that the word "Bulakan" stands for the municipality and first capital of the province while "Bulacan" refers to the province itself.

Meycauayan
Meycauayan [meɪkɐˈwajan], officially the City of Meycauayan (Filipino: Lungsod ng Meycauayan), is a 1st class component city in the province of Bulacan, Philippines. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 228,023 people.

The place got its name from the Tagalog words may kawayan which is literally translated to English as there is bamboo. It was formerly known as Mecabayan [mekəˈbajən], a Kapampangan name, and alternatively as Meycawayan.
Ryszard Mordarski
Ryszard Marek Mordarski (born 27 March 1976 in Nowy Sącz) is a Polish slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1993 to 1997.

He finished eighth in the C1 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

His younger brother Sławomir also represented Poland in canoe slalom.

Canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's slalom C-1
These are the results of the men's C-1 slalom competition in canoeing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. The C-1 (canoe single) event is raced by one-man canoes through a whitewater course. The venue for the 1996 Olympic competition was on the Toccoa/Ocoee River near the Georgia-Tennessee state line.
Bakersfield Christian High School
Bakersfield Christian High School (BCHS) is a private, college-preparatory, nondenominational Christian school. It is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Christian Schools International.

Varsity team
A varsity team is the highest-level team in a sport or activity representing an educational institution. Varsity teams train to compete against each other during an athletic season or in periodic matches against rival institutions. At high schools in the United States, a varsity team is one step above a school's junior varsity (JV) team, which is composed of less experienced players.

The term varsity originated in Britain in the 1840s and means university; varsity team referring to the principal team that would represent the university in matches against another university. In contrast, student-run college teams within a university typically compete against each other in intramural events and, in the U.S., club sports.
Cary Bates
Cary Bates (born 1948) is an American comic book, animation, television and film writer. He is best known for his work on The Flash, Superman, Superboy, Legion of Super-Heroes, and Captain Atom. Bates is the longest-serving Superman writer, at twenty years.

DC Challenge
DC Challenge was a 12-issue comic book limited series produced by DC Comics from November 1985 to October 1986, as a round robin experiment in narrative. The series' tagline was "Can You Solve It Before We Do?"
Hernán Merino
Hernán Merino Correa  (July 17, 1936 – November 6, 1965) was a lieutenant of Carabineros of Chile, killed in confusing circumstances in the Del Desierto Lake in a confrontation with a contingent of the Argentine National Gendarmerie.

Argentine National Gendarmerie
The Argentine National Gendarmerie (Spanish: Gendarmería Nacional Argentina, GNA) is the national gendarmerie force and corps of border guards of the Argentine Republic. As at 2011, It has a strength of 30,000

The gendarmerie is primarily a frontier guard force but also fulfils other important roles. The force functions from what are today five regional headquarters at Campo de Mayo, Córdoba, Rosario, San Miguel de Tucumán and Bahía Blanca.
Jamie White (footballer)
Jamie White (born 17 November 1989) is an English footballer who plays as a striker for Millbrook. He began his career with Southampton, making his professional debut in the Championship before spending the majority of his career in non-League football.

Farnborough F.C.
Farnborough Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Farnborough, Hampshire, England. Founded in 1967 as Farnborough Town, they are currently members of the National League South, the sixth tier of English football and play at Cherrywood Road.
Lhamo (surname)
Lhamo is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Khandro Lhamo (1914–2003), doctor of Tibetan medicine

Passang Lhamo, Tibetan nun, activist, and singer

Rinchen Lhamo (1901–1929), Tibetan writer

Sonam Lhamo (born 1988), Bhutanese actress

Tare Lhamo (1938–2002), Tibetan Buddhist master, visionary, and treasure revealer

Tsewang Lhamo (died 1812), queen of the Kingdom of Derge for eight years

Tsundue Pema Lhamo (1886–1922), first Queen consort of Bhutan

Yungchen Lhamo (born 1960s), Tibetan singer-songwriter living in the United States

Sonam Lhamo
Sonam Lhamo (born 1988) is a Bhutanese actress. She is best known for playing one of the leading roles in the 2003 film Travellers and Magicians. Lhamo plays a young hitchhiker in the movie, accompanying her farmer father to the city. Lhamo was fourteen years old (her character said she was nineteen years old) when she acted in the film.
Anastasiya Harelik
Anastasiya Harelik (born (1991-03-20)20 March 1991) is a Belarusian volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She is part of the Belarus women's national volleyball team.

She competed at the 2011, 2013 and 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship. On club level she plays for CS Știința Bacău.

CS Știința Bacău (women's handball)
Știința Bacău is a Romanian women's handball team based in Bacău, which competes in Divizia A, the second level of the Romanian women's handball championships.

The team represents the women's handball section of the multi-sport club CS Știința Bacău, which also include athletics, badminton, karate, women's and men's volleyball sections. The club also had men's football and handball sections in the past.
Saqacengalj
Saqacengalj (Chinese: Saqacengalj舊社遺址; pinyin: Saqacengalj jiùshèyí zhǐ) is an abandoned or so-called former indigenous settlement of a Paiwan tribe in Gaoshi Village, Mudan Township, Pingtung County, Taiwan. The term "Saqacengalj" meanings of "a tool for chiseling slate", and the site is believed to be the first settlement of the Paiwan people when they moved to Hengchun. Saqacengal, dating back to 500–600 years ago, is about 200–300 meters above sea level, and covers an area of 3.5 hectares. There were 6-7 waves of migration before the site was abandoned, and the Paiwan people finally settled down at the location of Gaoshi Village for the last migration around 50 years ago. The location of Saqacengalj is about 7 kilometers away from the current settlement of Gaoshi Village. There are still about 83 slate house structures at Saqacengalj, which are arranged in parallel rows along the mountain steps

Hengchun
Hengchun is a township located on the southern tip of the Hengchun Peninsula in Pingtung County, Taiwan. It is the southernmost township in Taiwan. Hengchun is also the only urban township in the southern part of Pingtung County. Hengchun has a land area of 136.76 km2 (52.80 sq mi) and has a population of 29,702 as of February 2024.

The city of Hengchun is the entryway to Kenting National Park, the southernmost National Park in the country.  With pristine beaches and a vibrant tourist industry, the Hengchun area often attracts more travelers than local residents. The city itself was once completely surrounded by a city wall; now about half of the wall remains intact, as well as the four city gates. On weekends, the streets of nearby Kenting are filled with cars and tour buses.

The 2008 Taiwanese film Cape No. 7, the top-grossing film in Taiwan's film history, features Hengchun.
William J. Stewart (hydrographic surveyor)
William J. Stewart was Canada's first Chief Hydrographic Surveyor. Stewart Island, Algoma District, Ontario, and Stewart Rock, Owen Channel, Manitoulin District, Ontario, were named after him, as was the Canadian Hydrographic vessel  William J. Stewart.

Manitoulin District
Manitoulin District is a district in Northeastern Ontario within the Canadian province of Ontario. It was created in 1888 from part of the Algoma District. The district seat is in Gore Bay.

It comprises Manitoulin Island primarily, as well as a number of smaller islands surrounding it, such as Barrie, Cockburn, and Great La Cloche islands. Previously it included the municipality of Killarney on the mainland, until this was transferred to Sudbury District in the late 1990s. Subsequently, more mainland portions were added to Killarney and these, together with Unorganized Mainland Manitoulin District, were also transferred to Sudbury District in 2006, about 1,600 square kilometres (600 sq mi) in all.
Kalle Maalahti
Kalle Maalahti (born 30 April 1991) is a Finnish professional ice hockey player who is currently an unrestricted free agent. He most recently played with HV71 in the Swedish Hockey League (SHL). He previously played with SaiPa and Ilves of the Liiga. He initially joined HV71 on loan from SaiPa.

Ilves
Tampereen Ilves, commonly known as Ilves, (pronounced [ˈilʋes]; Finnish for "Lynx") is a Finnish professional ice hockey team based in Tampere. They play in the Liiga at the Nokia Arena.

The colors of Ilves, green, yellow, and black, were taken from what was then the coat of arms of the city of Tampere.
Boatman (surname)
Boatman is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:

Barny Boatman (born 1956), English professional poker player

Ellie Boatman (born 1997), English rugby union player

Jeff Boatman (born 1967), American politician

Michael Boatman (born 1964), American actor

Peter Boatman, former British police officer

Ross Boatman (born 1964), English RADA-trained actor

Shannon Boatman (born 1984), American football player (played in both Canada and US)

Wes Boatman (born ?), American television composer

Ross Boatman
Ross Maxim Boatman (born 3 March 1964) is an English actor, professional poker player and a member of the poker-playing group the Hendon Mob. He is known for the role of firefighter Kevin Medhurst in the ITV drama series London's Burning from 1988 to 1995 and again in 2000. He appeared as Derek in the BBC Two sitcom Mum from 2016 to 2019, before starring in Stay Close on Netflix in 2021, and then joined the cast of the BBC One soap opera EastEnders as Harvey Monroe.
Bratwin
Bratwin [ˈbratfin] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Dragacz, within Świecie County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. Bratwin is located within the ethnocultural region of Kociewie.

Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship
Kuyavian–Pomeranian Voivodeship (Polish: województwo kujawsko-pomorskie [vɔjɛˈvut͡stfɔ kuˈjafskɔ pɔˈmɔrskʲɛ] ⓘ) is one of Poland's 16 voivodeships (provinces).

It was created on 1 January 1999 and is situated in mid-northern Poland, on the boundary between the two historic regions, from which it takes its name: Kuyavia (Polish: Kujawy) and Pomerania (Polish: Pomorze).

Its two chief cities, serving as the province's joint capitals, are Bydgoszcz and Toruń.
Shapcott
Shapcott is an English surname. Notable people with this surname include the following:

Jo Shapcott (born 1953), English poet, editor and lecturer

Michael Shapcott, Canadian social activist and academic

Morton Shapcott (1901–1977), English cricketer and Royal Air Force officer

Thomas Shapcott (born 1935), Australian poet, novelist, playwright, editor, librettist, short story writer and teacher

Michael Shapcott
Michael Shapcott is executive director of the Sorrento Centre, a retreat and conference centre in the Shuswap region of British Columbia, Canada, that offers in-person and on-line events and activities. Previously, he served as director of National Business and Community Strategy for Prince's Charities Canada.

He is a Canadian academic, advocate and activist whose public policy work focuses on housing, homelessness, and the relationships between health, poverty and housing, as well as human rights. He has worked on housing and homelessness initiatives at all levels of government including international levels. He has served as Director of the Affordable Housing and Social Innovation at the Wellesley Institute (WI), a non-profit and non-partisan research and policy think tank in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Domains of Darkover
Domains of Darkover is an anthology of fantasy and science fiction short stories edited by Marion Zimmer Bradley. The stories are set in Bradley's world of Darkover. The book was first published by DAW Books (No. 810) in March 1990.

DAW Books
DAW Books is an American science fiction and fantasy publisher, founded by Donald A. Wollheim,  with his wife, Elsie B. Wollheim, following his departure from Ace Books in 1971. The company claims to be "the first publishing company ever devoted exclusively to science fiction and fantasy." The first DAW Book published was the 1972 short story collection Spell of the Witch World by Andre Norton.
Vladimirs Bespalovs
Vladimirs Bespalovs (born 22 June 1988 in Ventspils) is a Latvian professional footballer, who last played for FK Ventspils in the Latvian Higher League.

Bespalovs has represented his country at the U-21 level and has played one match in the full international level. He was firstly called up to the national team for a friendly match against China on 17 November 2010.

Ventspils
Ventspils (Latvian: [ˈvæntspils] ⓘ) is a state city in northwestern Latvia in the historical Courland region of Latvia, and is the sixth largest city in the country.

At the beginning of 2020, Ventspils had a population of 33,906. It is situated on the Venta River and the Baltic Sea, and has an ice-free port. The city's name literally means "castle on the Venta", referring to the Livonian Order's castle built alongside the Venta River.