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Q5117046 The Church of Saint Leonard is a Norman church in Bengeo, Hertfordshire. Located on the hillside overlooking the shared Beane and Lea valley, the Grade I Listed church dates from about 1120, and is the oldest building in Hertford. The church served as the parish church of Bengeo until the larger Holy Trinity C... |
Q5011235 CHNE-TV is a community channel in the community of Chéticamp, Nova Scotia. |
Q7856742 "Tush", censored as the alternate title "Push", is the first single by Ghostface Killah off the album The Pretty Toney Album and features vocals by Missy Elliott. The song samples "Naked Truth" by The Best of Both Worlds. |
Q707621 Maximiliaan of Egmont (1509–1548) was Count of Buren and Leerdam, and Stadtholder of Friesland (succeeding George Schenck) from 1540 until 1548. He was the son of Floris van Egmont whom he succeeded as count after his father's death in 1539.He studied Ancient Greek at the Catholic University of Leuven in 1516 a... |
Q2978570 Claudiu David is a Romanian rally driver. |
Q2668113 The Ajaguz (Kazakh: Аягөз, Aıagóz) also spelled Ayaguz and Ayaköz, is a river in Kazakhstan. |
Q7171769 Petar Čestić (Serbian Cyrillic: Петар Чecтић, born 1 February 1974) is a Serbian former footballer.Born in Belgrade, Serbian and Yugoslav capital, during his career he played with Serbian clubs FK Partizan, FK Zemun, FK Big Bul and FK Rad Belgrade, Belgian Royal Antwerp FC, Chinese Beijing Guoan F.C., Israeli ... |
Q4998877 Burj Al Salam is a mixed use tower along Sheikh Zayed Road in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The construction of the tower was started in 2007 and was completed in 2013. As of 2013 the building has been topped out. |
Q5467992 The Ford Warehouse, also known as the Simon Brothers Building, is located at 1024 Dodge Street in Downtown Omaha, Nebraska. It is a six-story brick and stone building constructed in 1919 and added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1999. It is located near the Omaha Rail and Commerce Historic Distr... |
Q885336 The Kurhaus ("cure house", German pronunciation: [ˈkuːɐ̯haʊ̯s]) is the spa house in Wiesbaden, the capital of Hesse, Germany. It serves as the city's convention centre, and the social center of the spa town. In addition to a large and a smaller hall, it houses a restaurant and the Wiesbaden Casino, or Spielbank... |
Q5721455 Ashrafabad (Persian: اشرف اباد, also Romanized as Ashrafābād) is a village in Dabuy-ye Jonubi Rural District, Dabudasht District, Amol County, Mazandaran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 134, in 36 families. |
Q12404785 Sir John Valentine Wistar Shaw , (14 February 1894 – 24 December 1982) was a British colonial administrator.Born in Derby on 14 February 1894, Shaw was educated at Repton, and in the First World War did military service from 1914 to 1919. He then joined the Colonial Administrative Service. |
Q19518161 William Starr (March 3, 1821 – April 18, 1879) was an American businessman and politician.Born in Middletown, Connecticut, Starr moved to Ripon, Wisconsin Territory in 1845, where he married Annie Strong (1824–1904). He was a teacher, merchant, and farmer, and was in the lumber business. Starr served as a tr... |
Q24579323 Rowland Holle (1859 – 3 August 1929) was a New Zealand cricketer. He played first-class cricket for Auckland and Wellington between 1883 and 1894. |
Q757143 Chill-out (shortened as chill; also typeset as chillout or chill out) is a loosely defined form of popular music characterized by slow tempos and relaxed moods. The definition of "chill-out music" has evolved throughout the decades, and generally refers to anything that might be identified as a modern type of e... |
Q3182771 John Wilson Bengough (; 7 April 1851 – 2 October 1923) was one of Canada's earliest cartoonists, as well as an editor, publisher, writer, poet, entertainer, and politician. Bengough is best remembered for his political cartoons in Grip, a satirical magazine he published and edited, which he modelled after the... |
Q7317459 Reuben Hyde Walworth (October 26, 1788 – November 27, 1867) was an American lawyer, jurist and politician. Although nominated three times to the United States Supreme Court by President John Tyler in 1844, the U.S. Senate never attempted a confirmation vote. Known for his simplification of equity law in the Un... |
Q17017670 Michigan's at-large congressional district may refer to a few different occasions when a statewide at-large district was used for elections to the United States House of Representatives from Michigan.Prior to Michigan's admittance as a state of the Union in 1837, congressional delegates for Michigan Territory... |
Q7868055 USS Capable (AM-155) was an Admirable-class minesweeper built for the United States Navy during World War II. In 1945, she was transferred to the Soviet Union and then served in the Soviet Navy as T-339. |
Q7324074 Kapitänleutnant Richard Beitzen (24 February 1882 – 30 March 1918) was a German naval officer killed in World War I. He was the commander of the 14th Torpedo boat flotilla, in torpedo boat G.87, which ran into a British minefield in the North Sea. He died leading his flotilla out. The German destroyer Z4 was n... |
Q2019574 "Sweet and Tender Hooligan" is a song by the English rock band the Smiths, written by singer Morrissey and guitarist Johnny Marr. Recorded in 1986, it was released as a single in May 1995 by Sire Records to promote the compilation album Singles. |
Q7710900 "That's Entertainment" is a song written by Northern Irish singer-songwriter Van Morrison and included on his 2008 album, Keep It Simple.Morrison described the meaning of the word "entrainment" and the music on the album thus:Entrainment is when you connect with the music...Entrainment is really what I'm get... |
Q4814865 The Men's 5,000m T11 had its Final held on September 9 at 19:20. |
Q6695524 Lubomyśl [luˈbɔmɨɕl] (German: Karlshöhe) is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Żary, within Żary County, Lubusz Voivodeship, in western Poland. It lies approximately 10 kilometres (6 mi) north of Żary and 35 km (22 mi) south-west of Zielona Góra.Before 1945 the area was part of Germany (see Terr... |
Q2356265 Marcel Parcival Arthur van Dam (Dutch pronunciation: [mɑrˈsɛl vɑn ˈdɑm]; born 30 January 1938) is a retired Dutch politician of the Labour Party (PvdA) and journalist.As a member of the Labour Party (Partij van de Arbeid, PvdA) he served as Minister of Housing, Spatial Planning and the Environment from 11 Sept... |
Q3827630 This article gives statistics of the Latvian Higher League in association football in the 1974 season. |
Q7024914 Nicholas is a settlement on the island of Saint Croix in the United States Virgin Islands. |
Q7039523 The Nipissing Lakers men's ice hockey team is the ice hockey team that represents Nipissing University in North Bay, Ontario. It was granted membership in the OUA's men's ice hockey circuit in 2009. |
Q16910593 The Halbic languages are Indic varieties transitional between the Odia and Marathi. They are:HalbiBhatriKamarMirganNahari |
Q20815832 Anton Solovyov may refer to:Anton Solovyov (footballer, born 1991), Russian football playerAnton Solovyov (footballer, born 1995), Russian football player |
Q1548979 World Science Day for Peace and Development highlights the important role that science has in society and is celebrated each year on November 10. It also highlights the need to engage the wider public in debates on emerging scientific issues. World Science Day was proclaimed by the United Nations Educational, ... |
Q14816149 Paratheocris olivacea is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1938. It is known from Gabon. |
Q20030274 Vitaliy Pervak (Ukrainian: Віталій Миколайович Первак; born 15 August 1970 in Starokostiantyniv) is a former Ukrainian footballer and Ukrainian football manager. |
Q3152318 The Hertford British Hospital was a British Hospital founded in Paris in 1871 for Britons abroad and other English-speaking patients, in 2008 it merged with a nearby French hospital and was renamed. |
Q953670 Skidmore is a city in Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. The population was 284 at the 2010 Census. The small farming community had a yearly "Punkin' Show" until 2004. |
Q1135204 Wizards of the Coast LLC (often referred to as WotC or simply Wizards) is an American publisher of games, primarily based on fantasy and science fiction themes, and formerly an operator of retail stores for games. Originally a basement-run role-playing game publisher, the company popularized the collectible c... |
Q2994959 Constantin Brâncoveanu is a metro station in Bucharest. It is named after Constantin Brâncoveanu, a Wallachian prince (1654–1714).It is located at the junction of the Olteniței road (Șoseaua Olteniței) and the Constantin Brâncoveanu boulevard (Bd. Constantin Brâncoveanu), right next to the southern entrance in... |
Q16734679 J. J. Power is an Irish Green Party politician from Caragh, near Naas in County Kildare. He was educated locally at the Christian Brothers School in Naas and has a degree in Civil engineering from the Institute of Technology, Carlow.His father, Paddy Power, was a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD), minister, and M... |
Q505849 Sulzburg is a town in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated on the western slope of the Black Forest, 20 km southwest of Freiburg.Sulzburg had a long tradition of continuous Jewish settlement since medieval times. Around 1850 almost one third of its population of a... |
Q4950368 Bourtons is a civil parish in the Cherwell district of Oxfordshire, England, including Great Bourton and Little Bourton. According to the 2011 census it had a population of 614 across its total area of 6.98km². The villages are about three miles north of Banbury. |
Q1748620 Kant (Shahjahanpur) is a town and a nagar panchayat of Shahjahanpur district in the Indian state of Harit Pradesh. |
Q5093287 ChessCafe.com is a website that publishes endgame studies, book reviews and other articles related to chess on a weekly basis. It was founded in 1996 by Hanon Russell, and is well known as a repository of articles about chess and its history.It contains about twenty columns, each of which appears monthly. T... |
Q457769 Amblans-et-Velotte is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. |
Q3926481 Javornik (pronounced [ˈjaːʋɔɾnik]) is a dispersed settlement near Sveti Jošt nad Kranjem in the Municipality of Kranj in the Upper Carniola region of Slovenia. |
Q2340791 The 1914–15 season was the 27th season of The Football League. It was the final season before football was suspended at the outbreak of World War I |
Q7331039 Richmond Campbell Shakespear Waller (26 July 1879 – 28 June 1950) was an English cricketer and decorated Royal Marines officer. He was born in Clifton, Bristol. He was educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College from 1893 to 1897. |
Q7408232 Sam Tan Chin Siong (simplified Chinese: 陈振泉; traditional Chinese: 陳振泉; pinyin: Chén Zhènquán, born (1958-10-13)13 October 1958) is a Singaporean politician. He is currently Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, as well as the Ministry of Manpower. He also assumed the role of Minister of State in th... |
Q7206214 Barangay II Poblacion or Barangay Poblacion II (or simply Barangay Dos) (PSGC: 043404002) is one of the eighteen (18) urbanized barangays comprising the City of Cabuyao in the province of Laguna, Philippines. It is one of the three (3) Poblacion barangays of the city. According to the 2010 Census, it has a po... |
Q17035789 Trial of Strength is a strategic level board wargame set in the Eastern Front of WWII, published by Panther Games in Australia in 1985. Employing a novel and sophisticated integrated movement and combat system called CLIMACS, the Trial of Strength between the two WWII superpowers of Germany and the Soviet Uni... |
Q13472050 Antidesma acidum is a shrub or small tree up to 6 meters tall which occurs in many Asian countries. |
Q16855081 Salim Ben Boina (born 19 July 1991) is a footballer who plays for French club Athlético Marseille, as a goalkeeper. Born in France, he represents Comoros at international level. |
Q28124739 The Morgan Bridge is a historic structure, originally located southeast of Old Peru, Iowa, United States. It spanned a branch of Clanton Creek for 60 feet (18 m). The wrought iron or steel Pratt pony truss was manufactured by the King Iron Bridge & Manufacturing Company of Cleveland. Benton Jones of Winters... |
Q29033971 Kenneth King (4 December 1915 – 5 July 1997) was an English cricketer. He played 32 first-class matches for Surrey between 1936 and 1955. |
Q18528387 Edward Stanhope (c. 1547 – 1608) was the member of the Parliament of England for Marlborough for the parliaments of 1584 and 1586. |
Q40406 Year 23 BC was either a common year starting on Saturday or Sunday or a leap year starting on Friday, Saturday or Sunday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar (the sources differ, see leap year error for further information) and a common year starting on Friday of the Proleptic Julian cale... |
Q1152357 Mandalay Resort Group (formerly Circus Circus Enterprises) was a hotel-casino operator based in Paradise, Nevada. Its major properties included Mandalay Bay, Luxor, Excalibur and Circus Circus, as well as half of the Monte Carlo. In terms of market capitalization, it was one of the largest casino operators in... |
Q6152326 Orania Papazoglou (born July 13, 1951), better known by her pen name Jane Haddam, is an American mystery writer. |
Q901469 San Pietro in Gessate is a church in Milan, northern Italy. Built in the 15th century, it is a noteworthy example of Gothic architecture. |
Q6261853 John Vaughan, 3rd Earl of Lisburne (3 May 1769 – 18 May 1831), known as the Honourable John Vaughan until 1820, was a British soldier and Member of Parliament for Cardigan Boroughs.Lisburne was the younger son of Wilmot Vaughan, 1st Earl of Lisburne. He served in the Army, transferring from the 87th Foot to th... |
Q3303444 Wabana is a Canadian town and the largest, and only incorporated, community on Bell Island in the province of Newfoundland and Labrador. |
Q4562482 The Almășel is a left tributary of the river Geoagiu in Romania. It flows into the Geoagiu in Almașu Mic de Munte. |
Q6380267 Matthew James Koalska (born May 16, 1980 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) is a retired American professional ice hockey center. He was drafted in the fifth round, 154th overall, by the Nashville Predators in the 2000 NHL Entry Draft. |
Q675861 Kleinwelsbach is a municipality in the Unstrut-Hainich-Kreis district of Thuringia, Germany. |
Q6735318 Maida (also Seven Lakes) is an unincorporated community in northern Cavalier County, North Dakota, United States. It lies along North Dakota Highway 1, north of the city of Langdon, the county seat of Cavalier County. Its elevation is 1,562 feet (476 m). Maida serves as a port of entry between Canada and the ... |
Q781029 The Saint-Sylvestre coup d'état was a coup d'état staged by Jean-Bédel Bokassa, leader of the Central African Republic (CAR) army, and his military officers against the government of President David Dacko on 31 December 1965 and 1 January 1966. Dacko, Bokassa's cousin, took over the country in 1960, and Bokassa... |
Q10362377 The Pará River (Minas Gerais) is a river of Minas Gerais state in southeastern Brazil. |
Q5749118 "Hey! Ba-Ba-Re-Bop" is a 1946 song by Lionel Hampton and His Orchestra. The song's lead vocals were performed by Lionel Hampton himself and the recording featured Herbie Fields on alto sax. The song went to number one on the R&B Juke Box chart for sixteen non-consecutive weeks and reached number nine on the ... |
Q14160 Kubu Raya Regency or Great Kubu Regency is a regency of West Kalimantan, Indonesia. It was created in 2007 from the (larger) central and southern part of Pontianak Regency. It covers an area of 6,958.22 km2, and at the 2010 Census it had a population of 500,970; the latest official estimate (for January 2014) i... |
Q6801207 McGavick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:Alexander Joseph McGavick (1863–1948), American Catholic clergymanMike McGavick (born 1958), American businessman |
Q17011593 Hurry On Down is a cassette by the New Zealand musician Alastair Galbraith released in 1988. The first edition was entirely recorded on a Walkman. Most of Side A was re-recorded on a 4-track for the second edition released in 1990. Side B was recorded live at 3am at the Regent Theatre 24-hour book sale. Most ... |
Q17484150 Edwina Bone (born 29 April 1988) is an Australian field hockey player. Her regular position is as a defender. Bone was a member of the Australia women's national field hockey team that were runners-up at the 2014 Women's Hockey World Cup. She was a member of the Australian team that defeated England in the wo... |
Q18346026 Puthiya Velicham is a 1979 Indian Malayalam film, directed by Sreekumaran Thampi and produced by S. Kumar. The film stars Jayan, Jayabharathi, Srividya and Jagathy Sreekumar in the lead roles. The film has musical score by Salil Chowdhary. The film was a remake of the Hindi film Phool Aur Patthar and MGR's "O... |
Q18819832 Nanovirus is a genus of viruses, in the family Nanoviridae. Legume plants serve as natural hosts. There are currently six species in this genus including the type species Subterranean clover stunt virus. Diseases associated with this genus include: stunting, severe necrosis and early plant death. |
Q28974082 Stephen Cullen (born 9 November 1970) is an Irish swimmer. He competed in three events at the 1988 Summer Olympics. |
Q8207417 In Greek mythology, Asterion (; Greek: Ἀστερίων, gen.: Ἀστερίωνος, literally "starry") or Asterius (; Ἀστέριος) may refer to the following figures: Asterion, one of the Potamoi.Asterius, one of the Giants.Asterion, an attendant of the starry-god Astraeus.Asterion or Asterius, king of Crete.Asterion or Asteriu... |
Q336122 Lopburi (Thai: ลพบุรี, RTGS: Lop Buri, pronounced [lóp bū.rīː]) is a province in the central region of Thailand. The province is divided into 11 administrative districts, and Mueang Lopburi District is the capital. With over 750,000 people, the province is Thailand's 37th largest area and 38th most populous. Th... |
Q572693 Tagetes tenuifolia, the signet marigold or golden marigold, is a species of the wild marigold in the daisy family (Asteraceae). It is widespread across most of Mexico as well as Central America, Colombia, and Peru.Tagetes tenuifolia is an annual herb sometimes reaching as much as 50 cm (20 inches) tall. Leaves ... |
Q500029 Thomas P. Brown Jr. (September 26, 1922 – October 27, 2011), was one of the top amateur tennis players in the world in the 1940s and a consistent winner in veterans' and seniors' competitions. He was the son of Thomas P. Brown, a newspaper correspondent, later public relations director for a railroad, and Hilda... |
Q1865540 Burnett Heads is a coastal town and locality at the mouth of the Burnett River in Bundaberg Region, Queensland, Australia, located 16 kilometres (9.9 mi) north of the regional city of Bundaberg. In the 2016 census, Burnett Heads recorded a population of 2,656 people. |
Q6682786 Los Grutynos is an Argentine comic strip about a fictional family which come from the bottom of the sea of the City of Grutópolys, located in the Bahía sin Fondo (Bottomless Bay), San Matías Gulf, in Patagonia Argentina, created by Beto Noy, a business man born in the Río Negro province.They are creatures with... |
Q574776 The sooty antbird (Hafferia fortis) is a species of bird in the family Thamnophilidae. It is found in Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests.The sooty antbird was described and illustrated by the English ornithologists Philip Sclater an... |
Q5464194 Shirakiopsis trilocularis is a species of flowering plant in the family Euphorbiaceae. It is native to Tanzania. |
Q7628732 The Stun Sail Boom River (or variants Stunsail Boom River and Stuns'l Boom River) is located on the south coast of Kangaroo Island, a large island off the South Australian coast. |
Q4073409 Aşağı Qaragüvəndli (also, Ashaga Karakyuvendikly and Ashagy Karagyuvyandli) is a village in the Imishli Rayon of Azerbaijan. |
Q6594999 Five people have served as Prime Minister of Mauritius since the office was established in 1968, when independence from the United Kingdom was proclaimed. Additionally, one person has served as Chief Minister of Mauritius, the preceding office which existed from 1961 to 1968, while Mauritius still was a Britis... |
Q4906814 The Bigelow Rosenwald School, also known as Rosenwald Community Center, is a former Rosenwald School located in Toad Suck, about 10 miles (16 km) northeast of Bigelow, Perry County, Arkansas. Built in 1926, it is a single-story wood frame building with vernacular Craftsman elements. It served as a school unt... |
Q2170701 Rowleys River, a perennial river of the Manning River catchment, is located in the Northern Tablelands and Mid North Coast districts of New South Wales, Australia. |
Q520695 Dorlan Mauricio Pabón Ríos (born 24 January 1988) is a Colombian professional footballer currently signed to Mexican side Monterrey. A forward that can play anywhere in the front line, he is known for his speed, powerful shot and dribbling skills. Pabón is nicknamed Memín, after an old Mexican comic character n... |
Q3337424 Bulbophyllum cariniflorum is a species of orchid in the genus Bulbophyllum. |
Q5299028 Doru Dudiţă (born 7 September 1977) is a retired Romanian footballer, currently a fitness coach. As a player Dudiță played mostly for Gaz Metan Mediaş, with short episodes at FCM Bacău, Unirea Alba Iulia, FC Sibiu or Voința Sibiu, among others. |
Q12130000 Uncle David is a 2010 British black comedy film directed by David Hoyle, Gary Reich, and Mike Nicholls. It was produced by Reich and stars Hoyle, an English performance artist, in the titular role alongside English pornographic actor Ashley Ryder. Developed collectively under the banner of the Avant-Garde All... |
Q24548598 Chad Keith Green (born May 24, 1991) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the New York Yankees of Major League Baseball (MLB). He made his MLB debut with the Yankees in 2016 as a starting pitcher, and became a relief pitcher in 2017. |
Q26962155 Zindagi Ki Mehek (English: Essence of Life) is an Indian Hindi soap opera television series, which aired on September 19, 2016 on Zee TV. The series is produced by Parin Media of Saurabh Tewari. The series ended on 1st September 2018 after a successful run of nearly 2 years. The show starred Samiksha Jaiswal... |
Q12025103 Jiří Drahoš (born 20 February 1949; Czech pronunciation: [ˈjɪr̝iː ˈdraɦoʃ]) is a Czech physical chemist and politician, who has been Senator for the Prague 4 district since October 2018. Previously, Drahoš served as President of the Czech Academy of Sciences from 2009 to 2017, and was a candidate for the Pre... |
Q3568081 Wil McCarthy (born September 16, 1966 in Princeton, New Jersey) is a science fiction novelist, president and co-founder of RavenBrick (a solar technology company), and the science columnist for Syfy. He currently resides in Colorado.Wil McCarthy popularized the concept of programmable matter, which he calls w... |
Q3781261 47 Andromedae is a binary star system in the northern constellation of Andromeda. The designation is from the star catalogue of John Flamsteed, first published in 1712. The system has a combined apparent visual magnitude of 5.60, which is just bright enough to be faintly visible to the naked eye under good see... |
Q90070 Gustav Ernst (born 23 August 1944) is an Austrian playwright, novelist and screenwriter. He has also founded and edited two literary journals, Wespennest and kolik.Ernst was born in Vienna, where he read Philosophy, Psychology and History at the University of Vienna. He lives in Leopoldstadt. |
Q4970597 The British People's Party (BPP) was a British far-right political party founded in 1939 and led by ex-British Union of Fascists (BUF) member and Labour Party Member of Parliament John Beckett. |
Q5386050 Eric Ashton MBE (24 January 1935 – 20 March 2008) was an English World Cup winning professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1950s and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. He played his whole top flight football career for Wigan along with at times both captaining and coaching them; h... |
Q542371 Liam Antony Trotter (born 24 August 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Orange County SC in the USL Championship.He has previously played for Ipswich Town, Grimsby Town, Scunthorpe United , Millwall and Bolton Wanderers. |
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