"The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is a song originally written and recorded by Solomon Linda under the title "Mbube" for the South African Gallo Record Company in 1939. Linda's original was written in Zulu, while the English version's lyrics were written by George David Weiss.
The song was covered internationally by many pop and folk revival artists in the 1950s and 1960s, including Henri Salvador, the Weavers, Jimmy Dorsey, Yma Sumac, Miriam Makeba, and the Kingston Trio.
In 1961, it became a number one hit in the United States as adapted in English with the best-known version by the doo-wop group the Tokens.
Cardwell, Montana
Cardwell is an unincorporated community and census-designated place (CDP) in Jefferson County, Montana, United States. The population was 50 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Helena Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Big Sky, Montana
Big Sky is a census-designated place (CDP) in Gallatin and Madison counties in southwestern Montana. As of the 2010 census it had a population of 2,308. It is southwest of Bozeman.
Chet Huntley
Chester Robert "Chet" Huntley (December 10, 1911 – March 20, 1974) was an American television newscaster. He was best known for co-anchoring NBC's evening news program, "The Huntley–Brinkley Report," for 14 years beginning in 1956.
Huntley died of lung cancer on March 20, 1974, at his home in Big Sky at the age of 62.
In 1988, Huntley was posthumously honored into the Television Hall of Fame.
David Brinkley
David McClure Brinkley (July 10, 1920 – June 11, 2003) was an American newscaster for NBC and ABC in a career lasting from 1943 to 1997.
From 1956 through 1970, he co-anchored NBC's top-rated nightly news program, "The Huntley–Brinkley Report," with Chet Huntley.
In the 1980s and 1990s, Brinkley was host of the popular Sunday "This Week with David Brinkley" program and a top commentator on election-night coverage for ABC News.
Brinkley received ten Emmy Awards, three George Foster Peabody Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
He wrote three books, including the 1988 bestseller "Washington Goes to War".
Catskill Park
The Catskill Park is in the Catskill Mountains in New York in the United States. It is made up of of land inside in four counties: Delaware, Greene, Sullivan, and Ulster. As of 2005, or 41 percent of the land within, is owned by the state as part of the Forest Preserve. Another 5% is owned by New York City.
Catskill Mountains
The Catskill Mountains, also known as the Catskills, are part of the larger Appalachian Mountains. They are in southeastern New York. The Catskills are generally defined as those areas close to or within the borders of the Catskill Park, a forest preserve forever protected from many forms of development under New York state law.
The Catskills form the northeastern end of the Allegheny Plateau (also known as the Appalachian Plateau).
Phoenicia, New York
Phoenicia is a hamlet (and census-designated place) of Shandaken in Ulster County, New York, United States. The population was 309 at the 2010 census.
It is seen as one of the best vacation towns in the greater New York City area.
Shandaken, New York
Shandaken is a town on the northern border of Ulster County, New York, United States, northwest of Kingston, New York. As of the 2010 census, the town had a total population of 3,085.
Delhi (village), New York
Delhi ( ) is a village in Delaware County, New York, United States. The population was 3,087 at the 2010 census. Delhi is the county seat of Delaware County.
Catskill (village), New York
Catskill is a village in Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 4,081 at the 2010 census. The village is in the northeast part of the town of Catskill. Catskill is the county seat of Greene County.
Catskill (town), New York
Catskill is a town in the southeast part of Greene County, New York, United States. The population was 11,775 at the 2010 census.
Monticello, New York
Monticello ( ) is a village located in Thompson in Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 6,726 at the 2010 census. It is the seat for the Town of Thompson and the county seat of Sullivan County. The village was named after the residence of Thomas Jefferson.
Thompson, New York
Thompson is a town in southern part of Sullivan County, New York, United States. The population was 15,308 at the 2010 census.
County Fermanagh
County Fermanagh ( ; ) is one of the thirty-two counties of Ireland and one of the six counties of Northern Ireland. The county covers an area of 1,691 km² (653 sq mi) and has a population of 61,805 as of 2011. Enniskillen is the county town.
Enniskillen
Enniskillen (, from , 'Ceithlenn's island') is a town and civil parish in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 13,823 at the 2011 Census. It was the seat of local government for the former Fermanagh District Council, and is the county town of Fermanagh as well as its largest town.
In 1987, a Provisional Irish Republican Army bombing killed 12 people.
County Londonderry
Downpatrick
Downpatrick () is a small town about south of Belfast in County Down, Northern Ireland. Its cathedral is said to be the burial place of Saint Patrick.
Downpatrick had a population of 10,822 according to the 2011 Census.
Armagh
Armagh ( ; , , "Macha's height") is the county town of County Armagh and a city in Northern Ireland, as well as a civil parish.
Antrim, County Antrim
Antrim (, ) is a town and civil parish in County Antrim in the northeast of Northern Ireland. It had a population of 23,375 people in the 2011 Census.
Qinghai Lake
The Qinghai Lake, or Ch'inghai Lake, is the largest lake in China. It is in the Qinghai Province, which is where the lake gets its name. The lake has a surface area of . The lake is a alkaline salt lake. Its size has changed over time. During the 20th century, it became smaller, but has been getting larger since 2004. The average depth of the lake was in 2008. The deepest part of the lake was .
Caldwell, New Jersey
Caldwell is a borough located in northwestern Essex County, New Jersey, about outside of New York City and 6 miles west of Newark. From the 2010 United States Census, 7,822 lived here.
Munawar Hasan
Syed Munawar Hasan (; (5 August 1941– 26 June 2020) was a Pakistani politician. He was the Ameer (President) of Islamist party Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan from 2009 to 2014. He was born in Delhi, British India.
In late March 2014, Hasan became the first sitting emir or head in the history of JI to be voted out of office when Siraj-ul-Haq Khan was elected Ameer by the Jamaat Arakeen (JI members with voting rights).
Hasan died at a hospital in Karachi from COVID-19 on 26 June 2020, aged 78.
Mika Yoshida
Mika Yoshida (吉田美香) is a Japanese professional Go player at Kansai Ki-in, Osaka. She is known as one of the most strongest player from Osaka in the 1990s through the 2000s.
Kazuko Konishi
Kazuko Konishi is a Japanese professional Go player at Kansai Ki-in, Osaka. She is known as one of the strongest female Go player in the Kansai region.
Joseline Landeros Palacios
Joseline Landeros Palacios (born 20 December 2000) is a Mexican volleyball player.
She played at the 2019 FIVB U20 Women's World Championship and 2018 FIVB Women's World Championship.
She played for Nuevo Leon.
Melis Durul
Melis Durul (born 21 October 1993) is a Turkish volleyball player.
She played at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's U23 World Championship, 2016 Montreux Volley Masters, 2016 FIVB World Grand Prix, 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship, 2017 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship, 2017 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix, 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship, 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League, and 2019 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.
She played for Eczacıbaşı VitrA and VakıfBank S.K.
Kiesha Leggs
Kiesha Leggs (born April 26, 1990) is an American volleyball player. She was a member of the United States women's national volleyball team.