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Q5727842 Henry Dudley Ryder, 4th Earl of Harrowby (3 May 1836 – 11 December 1900), was a British peer, succeeding his brother as Earl of Harrowby on 26 March 1900, and dying nine months later.Harrowby was the son of Dudley Ryder, 2nd Earl of Harrowby, and his wife, Frances Stuart, fourth daughter of the first Marquess... |
Q7536915 Skull & Bones is a three-issue prestige format mini-series by Ed Hannigan published in 1991 by DC Comics. |
Q7686486 Tarnówka [tarˈnufka] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Grzegorzew, within Koło County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. |
Q6226708 John Collinges (1623–1690) was an English Presbyterian theologian, and prolific writer. He lived and worked in Norwich for more than forty years where he played a major role in reviving and administering the City Library. He was one of the representatives of the Presbyterians in the Savoy Conference, but was l... |
Q5550218 Gerrit or Gerard Pietersz van Zijl, also van Zyl / Zyll or Geerards (c.1607, Leiden – 19 December 1665, Amsterdam) was a Dutch Golden Age painter of portraits and genre scenes. |
Q1368596 Hodžovo námestie (English: Hodžovo Square, locally referred to as Hodžko or Mierko) is a major square in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia. The square is located at the edge of Old Town, in front of the Slovak Presidential Palace, some 5 minutes walking distance from the historical city center. It is conside... |
Q7874789 USS Toad was a United States Navy patrol vessel in commission from 1918 to 1919.Toad was built in 1914 as a private motorboat of the same name by D. R. Shackford. On 4 August 1918, the U.S. Navy acquired her from Shackford for use as a section patrol boat during World War I. She never received a section patrol... |
Q3439397 Rihpovec (pronounced [ˈɾiːxpɔʋəts]) is a dispersed settlement in the hills east of Trebnje in eastern Slovenia. The area is part of the historical region of Lower Carniola and is included in the Southeast Slovenia Statistical Region. |
Q802471 The Immenstadt–Oberstdorf railway is a non-electrified, single-track railway in the German state of Bavaria. The standard gauge line branches off the Allgäu Railway in Immenstadt and runs via Sonthofen to Oberstdorf. For its whole length it is in the district of Oberallgäu and follows the course of the Iller r... |
Q17010486 The Gangster film series is a Bollywood crime thriller film series written, directed and produced by Ram Gopal Varma. It is based on the Indian mafia organization D-Company, known to be run by Dawood Ibrahim. The first film came in 1998: the critically acclaimed Satya, later followed by Company and then the p... |
Q19757463 Jalan Dominique West (born April 12, 1993) is an American basketball player. He played college basketball at Northwestern State University, where he was considered one of the top defenders in the Southland Conference, having been named to three all-conference defensive teams. |
Q2875181 Aziza Bennani (born 1943), is a Moroccan academic and politician. |
Q520371 The canton of Plancoët is an administrative division of the Côtes-d'Armor department, northwestern France. Its borders were modified at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Plancoët.It consists of the following communes: |
Q5519631 Gobiobotia abbreviata is a species of small freshwater fish in the family Cyprinidae. It is found in the upper drainages of the Yangtze in China. |
Q4317446 In an aircraft, ribs are forming elements of the structure of a wing, especially in traditional construction.By analogy with the anatomical definition of "rib", the ribs attach to the main spar, and by being repeated at frequent intervals, form a skeletal shape for the wing. Usually ribs incorporate the airfoi... |
Q1760461 Ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) is a medical condition that can occur in some women who take fertility medication to stimulate egg growth, and in other women in very rare cases. Most cases are mild, but rarely the condition is severe and can lead to serious illness or death. |
Q319368 Oleh Valeriyovych Protasov (Ukrainian: Олег Валерійович Протасов, born 4 February 1964, in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a Ukrainian former footballer who played as a striker. He was a key member of the Soviet Union national team throughout the 1980s; his 29 goals for the Soviet Union are second in the team's his... |
Q4774302 The Anti-War Coalition (AWC) is a coalition of South African anti-war activists. It could have links to the international Stop the War Coalition but has instead chosen to involve itself with local politics, in particular the Workers International Vanguard League. AWC helped organise protests against the 2003 I... |
Q1479079 Faroese art is art by artists living in the Faroe Islands and art by Faroese nationals living abroad. In the Faroe Islands, art is an important part of everyday life and in the public debate. It may be the special light in the Faroes which causes so many to express themselves in painting. The ever-changing Far... |
Q5980852 Ian Barritt (born 1944) is a British actor. He is Vice President of Trade Union, Equity.His television credits include: Elizabeth R, The Tomorrow People, Secret Army, Blake's 7, Minder, Only Fools and Horses, Lovejoy, Between The Lines, The Bill, A Touch of Frost, Chucklevision, Foyle's War, Life on Mars, Mids... |
Q7011301 New Rochelle High School (NRHS) is a public high school in New Rochelle, New York, United States. It is part of the City School District of New Rochelle and is the City's sole public high school.Its student body represents 60 countries from around the world and is a two-time Blue Ribbon School. It is accredite... |
Q5320910 Dębicz [ˈdɛmbit͡ʂ] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Kramsk, within Konin County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately 2 kilometres (1 mi) north of Kramsk, 12 km (7 mi) north-east of Konin, and 104 km (65 mi) east of the regional capital Poznań.The villag... |
Q3350079 Okrouyo is a town in southwestern Ivory Coast. It is a sub-prefecture of Soubré Department in Nawa Region, Bas-Sassandra District.Okrouyo was a commune until March 2012, when it became one of 1126 communes nationwide that were abolished. |
Q6428229 The Komazawa Volleyball Courts are a volleyball venue located in Tokyo, Japan. It hosted some of the volleyball preliminaries for the 1964 Summer Olympics.Originally an outdoor venue for the 1958 Asian Games, the venue was modified into an indoor arena between December 1962 and June 1964. It seated 3,908 durin... |
Q4940714 The bombing of Ludwigshafen and Oppau in World War II attacked several strategic targets in the area, including targets of the Oil Campaign of World War II. Ludwigshafen oil plants were managed by Dr. Wurster of the Ludwigshafen Military Government, and their chief function was to improve "gasoline quality by... |
Q5827793 Mehdiabad (Persian: مهدي اباد, also Romanized as Mehdīābād) is a village in Behnamvasat-e Shomali Rural District, in the Central District of Varamin County, Tehran Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 61, in 15 families. |
Q16196704 Azzam Sleit (born 9 June 1966, also known as Azzam Ibrahim) is a Jordanian academic and politician. He was Minister of Information and Communication Technology of Jordan between 21 August 2013 and 2 March 2015. |
Q5849789 Shahrak-e Sadra (Persian: شهرک صدرا, also Romanized as Shahrak-e Şadrā) is a village in Rostaq Rural District, in the Central District of Neyriz County, Fars Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 8 families. |
Q18054134 HNF1A antisense RNA 1 is a protein that in humans is encoded by the HNF1A-AS1 gene. |
Q19877061 Tai Hikuroa Wynyard (born 5 February 1998) is a New Zealand basketball player. Prior to joining Kentucky in December 2015, Wynyard played professionally in his home country for the New Zealand Breakers of the Australian NBL and the Super City Rangers of the New Zealand NBL. In April 2018, he cut short his car... |
Q20643217 James Marvin Sturch (born December 8, 1990) is a Republican member of the Arkansas House of Representatives for District 19 in his native Independence County in the northeastern portion of Arkansas. Sturch was elected to a two-year term in November 2014. As a candidate for re-nomination in 2016, he defeated P... |
Q14832999 Estoloides basigranulata is a species of beetle in the family Cerambycidae. It was described by Stephan von Breuning in 1943. It is known from Mexico. |
Q29831109 Me and My Grandma is an American comedy web television series created by Eva Gutowski and Annie Stamell that premiered on March 22, 2017 on YouTube Red. The series stars Gutowski and Rhea Perlman and is executive produced by Stamell, Gutowski, Adam Wescott, Scott Fisher, and Jill Condon. |
Q6029734 Ayşenur Alpaslan (born Tekinöz, on 30 July 1953) is a Turkish diplomat and former ambassador of Turkey. |
Q1489271 Eloquence (from French eloquence from Latin eloquentia) is fluent, forcible, elegant or persuasive speaking. It is primarily the power of expressing strong emotions in striking and appropriate language, thereby producing conviction or persuasion. The term is also used for writing in a fluent style.The concept ... |
Q878191 This article lists the presidents of Cuba from 1902 until the present day.The current president of Cuba (officially called President of the Council of State, according to the 1976 Constitution) is Miguel Díaz-Canel, since 19 April 2018. |
Q2635022 John Henderson Blackley (born 12 May 1948 in Westquarter, near Falkirk) is a Scottish football coach and former player.Blackley made 279 appearances at centre-half for Hibernian and also represented Newcastle United, Preston North End and Hamilton Academical. He won seven Scottish international caps and repres... |
Q2765743 Zenit Đozić (born 8 October 1961) is a Bosnian actor, humorist and television producer. Known under nicknames Zena and Fu-Do, he started his entertainment career as early drummer of Sarajevo-based garage rock band Zabranjeno Pušenje.He left Zabranjeno Pušenje before the band recorded its first album, but forme... |
Q16387011 Mighty Man is a fictional hero created by Erik Larsen some years before he began drawing professional comics, possibly in his adolescence. He has been a major character in Larsen's self-created title Savage Dragon and its spin-off Freak Force, as well as in Gary Carlson's Big Bang Comics series. His first a... |
Q329542 Aleksandar Radosavljević, (born 25 April 1979) is a retired Slovenian football midfielder. Radosavljević was a member of the Slovenian national team. |
Q12261855 The Andean laniisoma (Laniisoma buckleyi), also known as the Andean mourner, is a species of passerine bird in the family Tityridae. It occurs in humid Andean forests in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Bolivia. The species was formerly considered conspecific with the Brazilian laniisoma (Laniisoma eleg... |
Q1163314 Loiré is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. |
Q5485281 Urci was an ancient settlement in southeastern Roman Hispania mentioned by Pomponius Mela, Pliny the Elder, and Claudius Ptolemy. The writings of these historians indicate that the city was located in the hinterland of what is now Villaricos, Spain, in the lower basin of the Almanzora River. Some modern encycl... |
Q6286022 Joseph Philip Manning (October 15, 1827 – September 15, 1916) was a pioneer who crossed the Oregon Trail in 1848. He homesteaded north of the Columbia River where he served as a member of the Washington Territory legislature, Lewis County sheriff and assessor, and postmaster of the town of Winlock. |
Q12638500 The 1961–62 Yugoslav Second League season was the 16th season of the Second Federal League (Serbo-Croatian: Druga savezna liga), the second level association football competition of SFR Yugoslavia, since its establishment in 1946. The league was contested in two regional groups (West Division and East Divisio... |
Q6145989 James Zavitz (28 July 1922 – 16 May 2017) was a Canadian sport shooter who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. |
Q17048171 Sky Ranch (or Sky Fun) is an amusement park along Tagaytay–Nasugbu Highway, Tagaytay, Cavite which opened in March 2013. It is located inside Sky Ranch, a property owned by SM Investments Corporation's subsidiary SM Land commercial property division (later merged with SM Prime Holdings, Inc), where several sh... |
Q16462092 Narges Koti or Narges Kati (Persian: نرگس كتي) may refer to:Narges Koti, Babol, a village in Sajjadrud Rural District, IranNarges Kati, Nur, a village in Mianrud Rural District, Iran |
Q1588059 Peter Irving (October 30, 1771 - June 27, 1838) was an American physician, author, and politician who was the brother of Washington Irving, William Irving and John T. Irving. |
Q17182628 The Deep Creek Furnace Site is a historic colonial industrial site in rural Sussex County, Delaware, near the community of Middleford. The Deep Creek Furnace is one of the two oldest blast furnaces (along with Pine Grove) established in what is now southern Delaware for processing bog iron into wrought iron.... |
Q18712133 Bnot Eilat (Hebrew: בנות אילת) is an Israeli women's football club from Eilat competing in the Israeli Second League and the Israeli Women's Cup. |
Q20641058 Peter Kelly (born March 4, 1991) is an American soccer player. |
Q23012892 Harry is the surname of:Bill Harry (born 1938), creator of the newspaper Mersey BeatDebbie Harry (born 1945), American singer-songwriter and actressJ. S. Harry (1939-2015), Australian poetJohn Harry (cricketer) (1857–1919), Australian cricketerJohn Harry (MP) (fl. 1410), MP for HastingsJohn ap Harry, MP for H... |
Q28468403 Salut is a song performed by Joe Dassin from his 1975 album Joe Dassin (Le Costume blanc) (CBS 81147).It was also released as a single, in 1976 with "Et si tu n'existais pas" on the other side.It is a French adaptation, par Pierre Delanoë and Claude Lemesle, of an Italian song, "Uomo dove vai" (by Toto Cutugn... |
Q2912707 In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago. The Roman Empire also made battle standards a part of their vast armies. ... |
Q487823 Lacus Gaudii (Latin for "Lake of Joy") is a small lunar mare in the Terra Nivium region of the Moon. It is located at 16.3° N, 12.3° E and is 89 km in diameter. |
Q492479 Laua-an, officially the Municipality of Laua-an, (Kinaray-a: Banwa kang Laua-an; Hiligaynon: Banwa sang Laua-an; Tagalog: Bayan ng Laua-an), is a 4th class municipality in the province of Antique, Philippines. According to the 2015 census, it has a population of 26,072 people.Laua-an celebrates its Pahinis Fes... |
Q6570494 This article is a list of Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) pronouncements, which consist of Statements of Financial Accounting Standards ("SFAS" or simply "FAS"), Statements of Financial Accounting Concepts, Interpretations, Technical Bulletins, and Staff Positions, which together present rules and ... |
Q3653895 The 1971 Ugandan coup d'état was a military coup d'état executed by the Ugandan military, led by general Idi Amin, against the government of President Milton Obote on January 25, 1971. The seizure of power took place while Obote was abroad attending the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Singapore. Am... |
Q6788153 Matsumoto Kōshirō VII (七代目 松本 幸四郎, Shichidaime Matsumoto Kōshirō, 12 May 1870-27 January 1949) was Japanese actor. He was one of the leading tachiyaku Kabuki actors of Japan's Meiji period (1868–1912) through the late 1940s. |
Q3693135 The Saint Kitts and Nevis National Cup is the top knockout tournament of the Saint Kitts and Nevis football. |
Q4969323 Britany Miller (born August 10, 1987) is an American basketball player who most recently played with the Detroit Shock in the WNBA. |
Q4162290 American singer and songwriter Angie Stone has released eighth studio albums, one compilation album, and more than two dozen singles. She has sold near five million records as a solo artist, including over 1.4 million albums in the United States. Stone's career began as a member of the hip hop trio The Sequenc... |
Q5051057 Cat Protection Society of Victoria (CPS) is an organisation in the state of Victoria (Australia), that describes itself as "Australia’s largest cat welfare organisation." It provides cat management and pound/shelter operation for a number of Melbourne councils. It is funded in part by these pound contracts but... |
Q4832728 Azizabad (Persian: عزيزاباد, also Romanized as ‘Azīzābād) is a village in Doab Rural District, in the Central District of Selseleh County, Lorestan Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its population was 28, in 4 families. |
Q4666189 Abdulrahman Kanoo International School (ARKIS) is a school in Bahrain and was established in 1998. It is a co-educational and bilingual school. It was the first school in Bahrain to receive joint accreditation from CIS (Council of International School) and NEASC (New England Association of Schools and Colleges... |
Q1526719 Hugh Nissenson (March 10, 1933 in New York City – December 13, 2013 in Manhattan) was an American author. Nissenson drew heavily on his Jewish background in his writing, exploring themes of mysticism, Israel, and the Holocaust. |
Q17080825 Inga Airport (ICAO: FZAN) is an airport serving the town of Inga and the Inga dams in the Kongo Central Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.The airport has a control tower, and is on a narrow ridge at a lower elevation than the town. An overrun to the east will drop 200 metres (660 ft) into the C... |
Q17380531 The Ellis Formation is a geologic formation of the Ellis Group in Montana.It preserves fossils dating back to the Jurassic period. |
Q3897097 Pasquale Natuzzi (Matera, 24 March 1940) is an Italian entrepreneur and stylist, founder and chairman of the Natuzzi Group. In his 2008 biography Natuzzi Un divano a Wall Street, Agnese Sinisi considered Natuzzi to be one of the most important entrepreneurs in the history of southern Italy and in the upholster... |
Q15757458 International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, formerly International Family Planning Perspectives, is a peer-reviewed research journal published by the Guttmacher Institute, covering research on contraception, fertility, adolescent pregnancy, sexual behaviour, sexually transmitted diseases, t... |
Q24887209 John Lee Hooker was an American blues singer and guitarist who recorded from 1948 to 2001. His discography includes recordings issued by various record companies in different formats. |
Q2225133 Baia County is one of the historic counties of Moldavia, Romania. The county seat was Fălticeni.In 1938, the county was disestablished and incorporated into the newly formed Ținutul Prut, but it was re-established in 1940 after the fall of Carol II's regime - only to be abolished 10 years later by the Communis... |
Q3167399 Jean-Marc Jurkovitz (born 20 April 1963) is a French volleyball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1988 Summer Olympics. |
Q664593 This article lists events related to rail transport that occurred in 1882. |
Q3065070 The Pakistan Muslim League (F) (Urdu: پاکستان مسلم لیگ (ف), acronym: PMLF, PML-F, PML (F)) is a nationalist and pro-Hurs clan political party in Pakistan. It is one of the Pakistan Muslim Leagues. The letter 'F' in its name stands for functional. It is primarily associated with the Sindhi religious leader Pir... |
Q2949647 The following is the final results of the Azadegan League's 1995/96 football season. |
Q2439846 Thomas Lyle (born November 2, 1953) is an American comics artist who is best known as for his work on Starman and Robin for DC Comics as well as Spider-Man for Marvel Comics. |
Q6732517 The Maguire Act of 1895 (28 Stat. 667, enacted February 18, 1895) is a United States Federal statute that abolished the practice of imprisoning sailors who deserted from coastwise vessels. The act was sponsored by representative James G. Maguire of San Francisco, California.Before this legislation, a right to... |
Q2458550 Johan Evenepoel (Ninove, 25 January 1965) is a Belgian composer.Johan Evenepoel was educated at the Lemmensinstituut in Leuven, where he won several first prizes. After he graduated he worked for a while for the Belgian Army Orchestra of the Grenadiers. He currently teaches clarinet at several musical academie... |
Q888037 Sekhemre Sankhtawy Neferhotep III Iykhernofret was the third or fourth ruler of the Theban 16th Dynasty, reigning after Sobekhotep VIII according to egyptologists Kim Ryholt and Darrell Baker. He is assigned a reign of 1 year in the Turin Canon and is known primarily by a single stela from Thebes. In an older ... |
Q5582788 Good Morning, Midnight is a 2004 crime novel by British crime writer Reginald Hill, and part of the Dalziel and Pascoe series. The title takes its name from Good Morning -- Midnight, a poem by Emily Dickinson which is quoted throughout the story. Its adaptation for the TV series is Episode 37, Houdini's Ghost ... |
Q167351 The Vlaamse Druivenveldrit is a cyclo-cross race held in Overijse, Belgium. The race is organised by the VZW Sportvrienden Overijse and was first held in 1960. The race is regarded as a Cyclo-cross classic and has a difficult and dangerous parcours that often results in crashes. |
Q7263054 Pyinga is a village in Bhamo Township in Bhamo District in the Kachin State of north-eastern Burma. |
Q16146882 Hale Isaac Appleman (born January 17, 1986) is an American actor. He is known for playing Tobey Cobb in the 2007 film Teeth and Eliot in the television fantasy series The Magicians. |
Q3735944 Events from the year 1907 in the United States. |
Q1649207 El Fehoul is a town and commune in Tlemcen Province in northwestern Algeria. As of the 2008 census it had a population of 7,045.El Fehoul is located in the daïra of Remchi and the wilaya of Tlemcen. Surrounded by Sebaa Chioukh , Aïn Youcef and Bensekrane, El Fehoul is located 8 km northeast of Aïn Youcef, the ... |
Q1880613 Boomgaardshoek is a neighborhood of Rotterdam, Netherlands.This part of Hoogvliet was built at the end of 1870s and early 1880s and finished by the end of the 1880s.When they started building this area, it belonged to Poortugaal, in 1986 it became part of Rotterdam. One part of Boomgaardshoek has bird names an... |
Q2153848 Ringgenbach is a river of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It flows into the Ablach east of Meßkirch. |
Q6373010 Karoi District is a district of Mashonaland West Province, Zimbabwe. The district is also known as Hurungwe District. |
Q13658188 Nebria reymondi is a species of ground beetle in the Nebriinae subfamily that is endemic to Morocco. |
Q16150059 Esther Quintana Salinas (born 1 July 1951) is a Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN. As of 2013 she served as Deputy of the LXII Legislature of the Mexican Congress representing Coahuila. |
Q28129082 "Sacred Couch" is the ninth episode of the sixth season of the animated comedy series Bob's Burgers and the overall 97th episode, and was written by Greg Thompson and directed by Brian Loschiavo. It aired on Fox in the United States on March 6, 2016. In the episode, Linda tries to convince the Belchers to not... |
Q21665030 Henry W. Timmer (June 18, 1873 – December 8, 1963) was an American farmer, businessman, and politician.Born in Gibbsville, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin, Timmer went to Sheboygan Business School. He was a farmer, bank clerk, hardware dealer, and tinsmith. He owned a hardware store in Waldo, Wisconsin. He served... |
Q1041671 Carleton College ( KARL-tin) is a private liberal arts college in Northfield, Minnesota. Founded in 1866, the college enrolled 2,105 undergraduate students and employed 269 faculty members in fall 2016. The 200-acre main campus is located between Northfield and the 800-acre Cowling Arboretum, which became part... |
Q459592 Dubliners is a collection of fifteen short stories by James Joyce, first published in 1914. They form a naturalistic depiction of Irish middle class life in and around Dublin in the early years of the 20th century.The stories were written when Irish nationalism was at its peak, and a search for a national ident... |
Q7565355 South Acre is a village and civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. The village has almost disappeared, but the remnants are located about 1 km (0.62 mi) south-west of Castle Acre, 8 km (5.0 mi) north of the town of Swaffham, 20 km (12 mi) east of the town of King's Lynn and 50 km (31 mi) west of the ci... |
Q7876367 Borokathal as it is known generally, now officially known as Uatlok Twithu, is a small town located in the interiors of Sadar sub-division of West Tripura [1] district of Tripura [2], India. The Sumli river flows through the town. The locality consist of the ethnic Tripuri people. The town has the only high se... |
Q2961733 Shavnabada Monastery (Georgian: შავნაბადა, translit.: shavnabada; also Shavnabada Monastery of St. George) is a medieval Georgian Orthodox monastic complex that is located upon Shavnabada Mountain, approximately 8 km away from the village of Tabatskuri and 20 km southeast of Bakuriani, in the Samtskhe-Javakhet... |
Q7491709 Shayne McCosh (born January 27, 1974) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. Between 1994 and 2005 he has played in the American Hockey League (AHL) and the ECHL in North America as well as the British Ice Hockey Superleague (ISL), the Italian Serie A, the German Deutsche Eishockey Liga (DEL... |
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