Majungasaurus (; meaning "Mahajanga lizard") is a medium-sized theropod from Madagascar in the Late Cretaceous Period. It is related to the more famous "Carnotaurus".
War of the Austrian Succession
The War of the Austrian Succession (1740–1748) involved most countries in Europe. It was fought over Archduchess Maria Theresa's succession to the Habsburg Monarchy. The war included other events such as King George's War in British America, the War of Jenkins' Ear (which formally began on 23 October 1739), the First Carnatic War in India, the Jacobite rising of 1745 in Scotland, and the First and Second Silesian Wars.
Maria Theresa was not allowed to succeed to the various crowns of her father, Charles VI, because Salic law would not let a woman inherit them. That gave an opportunity for France and Prussia, joined by Bavaria, to challenge Habsburg power. Maria Theresa was supported by Great Britain, the Dutch Republic, Sardinia, and Saxony.
Spain had been at war with Britain over colonies and trade since 1739 to re-establish its influence in northern Italy. Austria had taken control of northern Italy because of the War of the Spanish Succession in the early 18th century.
The war ended with the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle in 1748. Maria Theresa was confirmed as Archduchess of Austria and Queen of Hungary, but Prussia kept control of Silesia. The peace did not last, however, because of Austria's desire to recapture Silesia and the political upheaval in Europe, and soon came the Seven Years' War (1756–1763).
Magnetic permeability
Magnetic permeability is a way to explain how easy or hard it is for a substance to support a magnetic field. It is usually represented in science by the Greek letter "µ".
Qutub Minar
Qutub Minar () is a minaret. It forms a part of the Qutab complex. This is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Mehrauli, Delhi, India. Qutub Minar is tall. It has five storeys. It gets narrower from bottom to top. It is in diameter at the ground. It is in diameter at the top. A spiral staircase rises 379 steps to the top inside.
Benjamin, Texas
Benjamin is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Hebbronville, Texas
Hebbronville is a census-designated place (CDP) in Texas.
Big Lake, Texas
Big Lake is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Reagan County.
Big Spring, Texas
Big Spring is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Howard County.
Zapata, Texas
Zapata is a census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Zapata County.
Boerne, Texas
Boerne is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Brackettville, Texas
Brackettville is a city in the U.S. state of Texas.
Breckenridge, Texas
Breckenridge is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Stephens County.
Brownfield, Texas
Brownfield is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Terry County.
Brownwood, Texas
Brownwood is a city in and the county seat of Brown County, Texas, United States. The population was 19,288 at the 2010 census.
Gonten
Gonten District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in
Switzerland.
Oberegg
Oberegg District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in
Switzerland. It has two small exclaves of the canton, a few miles northeast of the rest of Appenzell Innerrhoden.
Rüte
Rüte District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
Schlatt-Haslen
Schlatt-Haslen District is a district of the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland. It was formally created in 1872 from the rhode Schlatt and the village Haslen.
Schwende
Schwende District is a district in the canton of Appenzell Innerrhoden in Switzerland.
Manfred Eigen
Manfred Eigen (9 May 1927 – 6 February 2019) was a German biophysical chemist who won the 1967 Nobel Prize in Chemistry alongside Ronald George Wreyford Norrish and George Porter. He was known for his studies of extremely fast chemical reactions induced in response to very short pulses of energy.
He was born in Bochum, Germany. Eigen died on 6 February 2019 in Berlin at the age of 91.
Burnet, Texas
Burnet is a city in the U.S. state of Texas. It is the county seat of Burnet County.
Rosamunde Pilcher
Rosamunde Pilcher, OBE (née Scott; 22 September 1924 – 6 February 2019) was a British writer. She wrote many short-stories and 28 romance novels and mainstream women's fiction from 1949 to 2000. Early in her career she was also published under the pen name Jane Fraser. Her best known work was "The Shell Seekers". Pilcher was born in Lelant, Cornwall.
Pilcher died on 6 February 2019 from a stroke at the age of 94.
Gumelar
Gumelar is a village in Karangkobar, Banjarnegara, Central Java, Indonesia.
Alan Mandell
Alan Mandell (born Albert Mandell; December 27, 1927) is a Canadian-American actor. He was born in Toronto, Ontario. He is known for playing Rabbi Marshak in the Coen Brothers' 2009 movie "A Serious Man" and as Ventril Dease in the Netflix 2019 original movie "Velvet Buzzsaw". On stage, he his known for his stage works of Samuel Beckett.
Zawe Ashton
Zawedde "Zawe" Ashton (; born 25 July 1984) is an English actress, playwright and director. She is best known for her roles in Channel 4 comedy dramas "Not Safe for Work" and "Fresh Meat". She also starred in "Blitz", "" and "Velvet Buzzsaw".
Sansepolcro
Sansepolcro, formerly Borgo Santo Sepolcro, is an Italian city. Sansepolcro is in the Tuscany Region. As of 31 December 2014, 16,012 people live there.
Frank Robinson
Frank Robinson (August 31, 1935 – February 7, 2019) was an American professional baseball outfielder and manager. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams from 1956 to 1976. He became the only player to win the MLB Most Valuable Player Award in both the National League and American League.
Robinson played for the Cincinnati Reds, Baltimore Orioles, Los Angeles Dodgers, California Angels and the Cleveland Indians.
Robinson was a member of two teams that won the World Series (the 1966 and 1970 Baltimore Orioles). Robinson was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982.
Robinson was the first black manager in MLB history. He managed the Cleveland Indians during the last two years of his playing career. He went on to manage the San Francisco Giants, the Baltimore Orioles, and the Montreal Expos/Washington Nationals. He was the honorary President of the American League.
President George W. Bush awarded Robinson the Presidential Medal of Freedom on November 9, 2005.
Robinson was born in Beaumont, Texas. He studied at Xavier University. Robinson died on February 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California from bone cancer, aged 83.
Robert Moog
Robert Arthur Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005) was an American engineer. He was born in New York City. He was known for his works with electronic music. He was the founder of Moog Music and the inventor of the first commercial synthesizer, the Moog synthesizer.
Moog died in Asheville, North Carolina on August 21, 2005 from glioblastoma, a rare form of brain cancer, aged 71.
Gladys West
Gladys Mae West (née Brown) (born 1930/1931) is an American mathematician. She is known for her works to the mathematical modelling of the shape of the Earth. She was one of the team of mathematicians who worked on the development of the satellite geodesy models that eventually became the Global Positioning System.
West was added into the United States Air Force Hall of Fame in 2018.
Walter B. Jones Jr.
Walter Beaman Jones Jr. (February 10, 1943 – February 10, 2019) was an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for from 1995 to 2019. He was a Republican.
Jones's father was Walter B. Jones Sr., a Democratic Party congressman from the neighboring 1st district.
Jones became well known for leading the effort to have french fries renamed "freedom fries" in House cafeteria menus as a protest against French opposition to the 2003 invasion of Iraq.