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Q27996077 Ralph J. (R.J.) Kaufmann was an American historian of English literature. He is currently a Stiles Professor Emeritus in Humanities and Comparative Literature, and a widely collected author. |
Q218823 Joshua Lederberg, ForMemRS (May 23, 1925 – February 2, 2008) was an American molecular biologist known for his work in microbial genetics, artificial intelligence, and the United States space program. He was 33 years old when he won the 1958 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering that bacteria ca... |
Q1726693 The Arms Crisis was a political scandal in the Republic of Ireland in 1970 in which Charles Haughey and Neil Blaney were dismissed as cabinet ministers for alleged involvement in a conspiracy to smuggle arms to the Irish Republican Army in Northern Ireland. At the ensuing Arms Trial, charges against Blaney wer... |
Q6956254 The NZR WB class was a class of tank locomotives that operated in New Zealand. Built in 1898 by the Baldwin Locomotive Works, the twelve members of the class entered service during the first five months of 1899. Eight were withdrawn by the end of 1935, while four others survived with new boilers until the mi... |
Q5341944 Edward Henry Bonham-Carter (born 24 May 1960) is the Vice Chairman of a British fund management group, Jupiter Fund Management plc. |
Q1754329 Pete Michels is an American animation director who is the supervising director of Future-Worm! on Disney XD. Prior, he was a supervising director on seasons 1 and 2 of Rick & Morty, an animation and supervising director on Family Guy, and supervising director of the short-lived TV show Kid Notorious. He starte... |
Q5114050 Chronicles of America is the title of a fifty volume series on American history. Originally printed in 1918, the volumes were written by historians of the time about various aspects of American History. The series was edited by Allen Johnson and published by Yale University. All 50 volumes are available on ar... |
Q7864562 This is a list of alleged sightings of unidentified flying objects or UFOs in Belarus. |
Q7399836 Saiyinjiya (simplified Chinese: 赛音吉雅; traditional Chinese: 賽音吉雅; pinyin: Sàiyīnjíyǎ; born October 25, 1976 in Xilin Gol League, Inner Mongolia) is a male Southern Mongol freestyle wrestler from PRC who competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics.He finished eleventh in the 74 kg Greco-Roman competition. |
Q137393 Mars is a commune in the Ardèche department in southern France. |
Q7024406 The 14th Pan American Games were held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003. |
Q4795778 The Arquelio Torres Ramírez Coliseum (Spanish: Coliseo Arquelio Torres Ramírez) is a sports arena in San Germán, Puerto Rico. It has capacity for 5,000 spectators. It has recently been remodeled in preparation for the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games. The basketball club Atléticos de San Germán host... |
Q5296774 Donogh may refer to:Donogh Dáll Ó Derrig, aka Blind Donogh O'Derrick, Irish rapparee, executed December 1656Donogh O'Brien, 4th Earl of Thomond (died 1624), Irish nobleman and soldier noted for his loyalty to the English CrownDonogh O'Malley (1921–1968), Irish Fianna Fáil politicianDonogh Rees (born 1959), New... |
Q7144881 Pathway Commons is a database of biological pathways and interactions. |
Q6540772 Two leadership elections were held in the Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2011:Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, May 2011Liberal Party of Newfoundland and Labrador leadership election, August 2011 |
Q6403088 Khurian (Persian: خوريان, also Romanized as Khūrīān) is a village in Howmeh Rural District, in the Central District of Semnan County, Semnan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. |
Q953602 Sebastiano Florigerio was an Italian painter of the Renaissance period.He was born in 1510 at Conegliano. He was a pupil of Pellegrino, and is thought to have married his daughter Aurelia. His first altar-piece was painted in 1525 for the church of Santa Maria di Villanuova, and in 1529 he painted, by commissio... |
Q41880255 Hedegaard is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Hedegaard (DJ), full name Rasmus Hedegaard, Danish DJ and record producer.Connie Hedegaard (born 1960), Danish politicianLars Hedegaard (born 1942), Danish historian, journalist and authorLars Hedegaard Andersen (born 1975), Danish cricketerMarti... |
Q24965907 Earl Hines at Sundown is an album by pianist Earl Hines recorded in France in 1974 for the Black & Blue label. |
Q27818354 CrazyVideoCool is the second video album from American R&B trio TLC. The collection was released in the US after the release of the video, Diggin' on You in 1995, while in other countries it was released a year later. The compilation includes four complete videos from CrazySexyCool, as well as bonus excerpts ... |
Q28126076 The St. Alban's Bay Culvert is a historic bridge in Garrison Township, Minnesota, United States. It carries the four-lane U.S. Route 169 (US 169) over the head of a stream flowing out of Mille Lacs Lake. It was built from 1938 to 1939 as part of a major New Deal project to create a scenic parkway along the l... |
Q7149216 Patrick Barber, known by the stage name Paul Barber (born 18 March 1951), is an English actor from Liverpool. In a career spanning more than 30 years, he is best known for playing Denzil in Only Fools and Horses and Horse in The Full Monty. |
Q1807601 USS Sable (IX-81) was a training ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built as the passenger ship Greater Buffalo, a sidewheel excursion steamer, she was purchased by the Navy in 1942 and converted to a training aircraft carrier to be used on the Great Lakes. Lacking a hangar deck, el... |
Q2311804 Hall i' th' Wood railway station is the last stop before Bolton on the Northern franchise's Ribble Valley Line into Blackburn and Clitheroe in England.The station opened by British Rail on 29 September 1986. It is located in the middle of a housing estate and forms an unofficial footpath between the two sides.... |
Q8015377 William McDonald (October 7, 1837 – July 4, 1916) was a Canadian politician.Born at the Settlement of River Deny's Road, Inverness, Nova Scotia, the son of Mary McDonald and Allan McDonald, who emigrated from South Uist, Scotland, McDonald was educated at St. Francois Xavier College, Antigonish, Nova Scotia.A ... |
Q7399596 Saigolabad (Urdu: سہگل آباد ) is a small town in Chakwal District, Punjab, Pakistan. |
Q2078016 The Toyota TF108 was a Formula One car with which Toyota competed in the 2008 Formula One season. |
Q5387295 Eric Potts (born 13 September 1965) is a Scottish actor, writer and director, who appeared in Coronation Street as the eccentric baker Diggory Compton, the father of Molly Compton, and Brookside as Wrexham Football Club Supporter, Mr Moore.Originally from Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, Eric transferred from law s... |
Q4795286 Arnold Voketaitis (born May 11, 1930, New Haven, Connecticut) is an American bass-baritone of Lithuanian descent who had an active singing career performing in operas, concerts, and recitals from the late 1950s through the 1990s. He enjoyed a particularly successful partnership with the New York City Opera and... |
Q16034828 Syringoderma is the only genus in the family Syringodermataceae and order Syringodermatales of the brown algae (class Phaeophyceae). The genus contains four species. |
Q142176 Eupithecia lanceata is a moth of the family Geometridae. It is known from most of the Palearctic ecozone, except for the south. The habitat consists of pine forests.The wingspan is 16–20 mm. There is one generation per year with adults on wing from April to May.The larvae feed on Picea abies, Juniperus communis... |
Q6767804 Mark Gray (attempted assassin) was a traveling salesman from Keokuk, Iowa who fired two shots from a pistol at actor Edwin Booth on April 23, 1879. Booth was playing the title role in Richard II (play) at McVickers Theatre in Chicago, Illinois, during the final act of the William Shakespeare tragedy. Gray gave... |
Q7381036 Ruslan Vladimirovich Pashtov (Russian: Руслан Владимирович Паштов; born 28 November 1992) is a Russian professional footballer. |
Q92199 Adriana of Nassau-Dillenburg (7 February 1449 – 15 January 1477) was a daughter of Count John IV of Nassau-Dillenburg and his wife Maria of Loon-Heinsberg.She died on 15 January 1477 and was buried in the church of St. Mary in Hanau. On her epitaph, she is depicted in a praying position towards the (no longer e... |
Q6413789 Hamzeh Lan (Persian: حمزه لان, also Romanized as Ḩamzeh Lān) is a village in Kani Sur Rural District, Namshir District, Baneh County, Kurdistan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 274, in 42 families. |
Q5826514 Tall Kharowsi (Persian: تل خروسي, also Romanized as Tall Kharowsī) is a village in Vardasht Rural District, in the Central District of Semirom County, Isfahan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 7 families. |
Q18345786 The Punchbowl Formation is a sedimentary sandstone geologic formation in the northern San Gabriel Mountains, above the Antelope Valley in Los Angeles County, southern California. |
Q24064906 Foros is an impact crater just northeast of Argyre basin in the Argyre quadrangle of Mars, located at 33.4°S and 27.87°W. It is 24.54 km in diameter. It was named after Foros, a town in the Ukraine. The name was approved in 1979 by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) Working Group for Planetary System... |
Q20683926 Carlos Casella is an Argentinian actor, dancer, choreographer and singer. |
Q3487446 Society Secrets is a 1921 American silent satire film, directed by Leo McCarey. It stars Eva Novak, Gertrude Claire, and George Verrell, and was released in February, 1921. |
Q6052906 Bade İşçil (born 8 August 1983) is a Turkish actress. |
Q4119470 The University of Maryland, Baltimore, (also known as the University of Maryland or UMB) is a public university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1807, it comprises some of the oldest professional schools of dentistry, law, medicine, pharmacy, social work and nursing in the United States. It is the original ... |
Q3551578 The University of Dallas is a private Catholic university in Irving, Texas. Established in 1956, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.Since at least the late 1960s, the University of Dallas has been ranked by some commentators as a leading university for both Catholic orthodoxy... |
Q6282971 Joseph Francis Farley (22 June 1889 – 25 November 1974) served as the ninth Commandant of the United States Coast Guard from 1946 to 1949. He was also the first Coast Guard officer to be issued a service number and held #1000 on the Coast Guard officer rolls. |
Q1869405 The Long Man of Wilmington or Wilmington Giant is a hill figure on the steep slopes of Windover Hill near Wilmington, East Sussex, England. It is 6 miles (9.7 km) northwest of Eastbourne and 1⁄3 mile (540 m) south of Wilmington. Locally, the figure was once often called the "Green Man". The Long Man is 235 fe... |
Q7523342 Singarathoppe is a small village near East Fort in the Thiruvananthapuram district of Kerala state, south India. It was here Ayya Vaikundar was jailed by Kalineesan (Swathi Thirunal Rama Varma). |
Q3247392 "Your Body Is a Wonderland" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter John Mayer. It was released in October 2002 as the second single from his debut studio album, Room for Squares (2001). Its commercial success was greater than Mayer's prior single, "No Such Thing." |
Q2484114 Route 115 is a short south–north highway in southeastern Massachusetts. The route connects several small towns in western Norfolk County, ending just into Middlesex County in Sherborn. |
Q669071 Monreal is a municipality in the district of Mayen-Koblenz in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany.Above the village are the ruined castles of Löwenburg and Philippsburg. |
Q2601111 In enzymology, a sorbitol-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (EC 1.1.1.140) is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactionD-sorbitol 6-phosphate + NAD+ ⇌ {\displaystyle \rightleftharpoons } D-fructose 6-phosphate + NADH + H+Thus, the two substrates of this enzyme are D-sorbitol 6-p... |
Q6793424 Maurice "Mo" Purify (born January 17, 1986) is an American football wide receiver who is currently a free agent. He was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2008. He played college football at Nebraska. Purify also played for the Georgia Force, Omaha Nighthawks, Arizona Rattlers, and ... |
Q4995607 Bulbophyllum rhodosepalum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. |
Q5376562 Endoumeni Pass, Is situated in the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa on the road between Dundee and Wasbank. |
Q5877152 Hogback Mountain is a mountain in southern Vermont, United States, in the town of Marlboro, Vermont, just north of Vermont Route 9. Its main peak is 2,409 feet (734 m) high. The area is well known for expansive views from Route 9.The Hogback Mountain Ski Area, which operated from 1946 to 1986, was located acro... |
Q5366970 Elmwood High School, or EHS, is a public four-year high school located at 301 West Butternut Street in Elmwood, Illinois, a small city in Peoria County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EHS is part of Elmwood Community Unit School District 322, which serves the communities of Elmwood, Oak Hill, and E... |
Q3839823 Luigi Mantovani (Milan, 1880 – Milan, 1957) was an Italian painter. |
Q11116153 Kajiwara Station (梶原停留場, Kajiwara-teiryūjō) is a tram stop on the Tokyo Sakura Tram in Kita, Tokyo Japan. |
Q15210350 Chuypetlovo Knoll (Bulgarian: Чуйпетловска могила, ‘Chuypetlovska Mogila’ \chuy-pe-'tlov-ska mo-'gi-labi-gla\) is the conspicuous rocky ridge in Beaglehole Glacier extending 3.7 km in southeast-northwest direction, 1.9 km wide and rising to 700 m southwest of Bigla Ridge on Foyn Coast, Antarctic Peninsula.The... |
Q16063099 Henry Seymour (6 December 1796 – 31 March 1883) was one of the earliest settlers in Nelson, New Zealand, where he was a trader and land speculator. He was a member of the Legislative Council of New Munster Province from 1849, and was appointed to the new Legislative Council in 1853 until his resignation in 18... |
Q22075929 Park Yeong-jun (born 29 March 1965) is a South Korean athlete. He competed in the men's triple jump at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Olympics. |
Q2323309 Pittsburg is a town in Coos County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 869 at the 2010 census. It is the northernmost town in New Hampshire and the largest town by area in the state – and in New England as well – more than twice the size of the next largest town, Lincoln. U.S. Route 3 is the onl... |
Q7344626 Robert Gerhard Neumann (January 2, 1916 – June 18, 1999) was an American politician and diplomat who served as ambassador to Afghanistan, Morocco, and Saudi Arabia. |
Q3530538 Sajeewa de Silva should not be confused with another Sri Lankan cricketer, Sujeewa de Silva.Karunakalage Sajeewa Chanaka de Silva (born January 11, 1971 in Kalutara) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer. A left-arm fast-medium bowler, he played eight Test matches and 38 One Day Internationals for Sri Lanka between... |
Q7898806 Upper Montclair is a New Jersey Transit station in Upper Montclair, New Jersey, a CDP of Montclair, New Jersey. The station is part of the Montclair-Boonton Line. The station is located between two grade level crossings on Bellevue Avenue and Lorraine Avenue, and between North Mountain Avenue and Upper Montcl... |
Q7838927 Trevarno is a private country estate in south-west Cornwall, England, UK, near the village of Crowntown, 2 miles (3.2 km) north-east of Helston. First developed in the 13th century, the estate was owned by a succession of families until 1994 when it was sold for development as a tourist attraction based around... |
Q516127 Agents Of Anarchy is a compilation album from the Sex Pistols. it was released in August 2008. |
Q1343912 The National Museum of Saudi Arabia is a major national museum in Saudi Arabia. Established in 1999, it is part of the King Abdulaziz Historical Centre in Riyadh. |
Q5150633 Combat Logistics Battalion 4 (CLB-4) is a logistics unit of the United States Marine Corps (USMC). The battalion falls under the command of Combat Logistics Regiment 3, which is a part of the 3rd Marine Logistics Group. They are based on Camp Foster, Okinawa, Japan and their mission includes construction, demo... |
Q5054686 Caustis is a genus of rhizomatous sedges. The species, all endemic to Australia, are as follows:Caustis blakei Kuk.Caustis deserti R.L.BarrettCaustis dioica R.Br.Caustis flexuosa R.Br. - Curly WigCaustis gigas R.L.BarrettCaustis pentandra R.Br. -Thick Twist RushCaustis recurvata Spreng.Caustis restiacea Ben... |
Q4937542 Emily Barker (born 2 December 1980) is an Australian singer-songwriter, musician and composer. Her music has featured as the theme to BBC dramas Wallander and The Shadow Line. With multi-instrumental trio The Red Clay Halo, she has recorded four albums: Photos.Fires.Fables. (2006), Despite The Snow (2008), Alm... |
Q6458929 LLAF Cup (Lithuanian: LLAF taurė) is an annual track and field event in Lithuania organized by the Athletics Federation of Lithuania (Lithuanian: Lietuvos lengvosios atletikos federacija or LLAF). All Lithuanian athletics clubs are competing in the championship. Team that won most titles is Cosma from capital ... |
Q5026352 Cameron Richardson (born 2 December 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).He was pre-selected by the new Gold Coast side and on-traded to North Melbourne in return for the 35th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft from the Nor... |
Q6345722 The Kadu Malleshwara Temple Kannada: ಕಾಡು ಮಲ್ಲೇಶ್ವರ is a 17th-century A.D. Hindu temple dedicated to the Shiva located in the Malleshwaram locality of Bengaluru, India. |
Q15987798 Sam Oropeza (born June 17, 1985) is an American mixed martial artist, coach, manager, and boxer who most notably competed in Bellator's middleweight and welterweight divisions. Oropeza had 16 professional MMA fights racking up an impressive 13-3 record. Oropeza competed professionally as a boxer where he comp... |
Q19599783 Reidland High School was a public secondary school (grades 9–12) located in Paducah, Kentucky. Its mascot was the Greyhound, and its school colors were red and white. The school closed in 2013 with the consolidation of the three high schools in the McCracken County Public Schools (MCPS) district into a new Mc... |
Q6846564 Provincial Highway 15 is a north–south highway that connects Tamsui in New Taipei City with Hsinchu City. The highway is known as Xibin Highway (西濱公路) for the entire stretch. The highway runs along the coasts of northwestern Taiwan. The total length is 83.9 kilometres (52.1 mi). |
Q28178724 Kekar is a village in the Barmer district of Rajasthan state of India. Distance from district headquarters is 95 km.Notable person of this village Bhoma Ram Jat.Devnagar is a revenew village in kekar.it is 3 km. far from kekar |
Q104447 Julia Brendler ( it. Julia Brendler ; b. 26 February 1975, Schwedt ) is a German actress. |
Q1520541 Ludwig Hülgerth (26 Janusary 1875 – 13 August 1939) was an Austrian Field Marshal and politician.The son of a career soldier, Hülgerth joined the military at a young age. He fought in the First World War on three fronts, where he rose to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1927, he retired as a Major General, a... |
Q14881298 Genuchinus ineptus is a species of scarab beetle in the family Scarabaeidae. |
Q7414439 San Jose City College is a public community college in San Jose, California. It was founded in 1921 as San Jose Junior College. San Jose Unified School District took over the college's operation in 1953 from San Jose State College, moving it to its present location. The name changed to San Jose City College i... |
Q392295 Štadión pod Čebraťom is a multi-purpose stadium in Ružomberok, Slovakia. It is currently used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of MFK Ružomberok. It is named after the hill Čebrať, adjacent to which it is located, and the name of the stadium literally means "Stadium under the Čebrať Hill." Th... |
Q755439 Ugo, conte di Parigi (Hugo, Count of Paris) is a tragedia lirica, or tragic opera, in two acts by Gaetano Donizetti. Felice Romani wrote the Italian libretto after Hippolyte-Louis-Florent Bis's Blanche d'Aquitaine. It premiered on 13 March 1832 at La Scala, Milan. |
Q7740755 The Howlin' Wolf Story – The Secret History of Rock & Roll is a 2003 documentary featured by Mufaro Berejena about the life of blues legend Howlin' Wolf. It features much new and rare material, including Howlin' Wolf performing "How Many More Years?" on the TV musical show Shindig!, introduced by the Rolling S... |
Q640115 Faches-Thumesnil is a commune in the Nord department in northern France.It is a suburb south of Lille and forms part of the Urban Community of Lille Métropole. |
Q5966371 "I'm Grown" is the second single from Tiffany Evans' self-titled debut album, Tiffany Evans. The song was produced by Rodney Jerkins and features rapper Bow Wow. |
Q2842188 Ambodisikidy is a town and commune (Malagasy: kaominina) in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Bealanana, which is a part of Sofia Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 10,000 in 2001 commune census.Primary and junior level secondary education are available in town. The... |
Q7066830 Nowogród [nɔˈvɔɡrut] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Golub-Dobrzyń, within Golub-Dobrzyń County, Kuyavian-Pomeranian Voivodeship, in north-central Poland. It lies approximately 4 kilometres (2 mi) south of Golub-Dobrzyń and 29 km (18 mi) east of Toruń. |
Q8082588 Ştefan Gonata (February 1, 1838 in Trifăneşti – September 18, 1896 in Chişinău) was a Romanian politician and agronomist. He was one of the founding members of the Romanian Academy. |
Q1179117 Stanley Shute Harris (19 July 1881 – 4 May 1926) was an English footballer who represented and captained the England national football team. He also played first-class cricket for various clubs, appearing in a total of 16 first-class matches. |
Q5365432 The Ellingwood Arete (also known as Ellingwood Route or Ellingwood Ledges or some combination thereof) is a popular technical climbing route on Crestone Needle in Colorado's Sangre de Cristo Range. The Ellingwood Ledges Route is recognized in the historic climbing text Fifty Classic Climbs of North America. ... |
Q4690250 Afrocelestis is a genus of moths belonging to the family Tineidae.The name of this genus is derived from Africa+Celestis Meyrick.It contains small species. Hairs loose, wings short and broad, cilia long. The species have whitish or yellowish ground coloration, the pattern is brownish, consisting of indistinct ... |
Q7230252 Porocyphus is a genus of fungi within the Lichinaceae family. The genus contains eight species. |
Q5419899 Executive Order 13526 was issued on December 29, 2009 by United States President Barack Obama. It is one of a series of executive orders from US Presidents outlining how classified information should be handled. It revokes and replaces the previous Executive Orders in effect for this, which were EO 12958 (text... |
Q5740099 Herman Pfisterer (April 1, 1866 – August 6, 1905) was a musician serving in the United States Army during the Spanish–American War who received the Medal of Honor for bravery. |
Q400488 Game of Thrones is an action role-playing video game based on A Game of Thrones, the first of the A Song of Ice and Fire novels by George R. R. Martin, and in part also on the novels' TV adaptation by HBO, Game of Thrones.The game was developed by Cyanide and published by Atlus USA in North America and Focus Ho... |
Q5338820 Edmon Marukyan (Armenian: Էդմոն Մարուքյան), is an Armenian lawyer, who was elected member of the National Assembly in May 2012 from the 30th electoral district, which includes the third largest city of Armenia, Vanadzor, and two nearby villages of Gugark and Shahumyan in Lori Province. He was reelected to the ... |
Q18395715 The Xiaomi Mi Band is a wearable Activity tracker produced by Xiaomi. Xiaomi Mi Band was unveiled during a Xiaomi launch event on 22 July 2014. |
Q22025968 The 1904 Virginia Cavaliers football team represented the University of Virginia in the 1904 college football season. |
Q4018990 Vincenzo Giannatempo (Turin, Italy, 19 December 1973), better known as Wender or Mago Wender is an Italian deejay, radio host, known for the radio programs Lo Zoo di 105 on Radio 105 Network and Asganaway on Radio Deejay. |
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