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Olaf Fricke (born January 1, 1951 in Zeitz) is a former West German slalom canoeist who competed in the 1970s. He won a gold medal in the C-2 team event at the 1973 ICF Canoe Slalom World Championships in Muotathal. Fricke also finished seventh in the C-2 event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. | Athlete |
Mifta al-Usta Umar (Arabic: مفتاح الاسطى عمر ) (1935-22 March 2010) was the General Secretary of Libya's General People's Congress from 15 February 1984 to 7 October 1990. In this role, he was officially Libya's head of state, though Muammar Gaddafi continued to exercise ultimate authority in Libya as \"Leader and Guide of the Revolution\". | Politician |
Bernie Shannon (12 February 1929 – 19 February 2014) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League (VFL). | Athlete |
The Music Hall Center for Performing Arts is a 1,731-seat theatre located in the city's theatre district at 350 Madison Street in Downtown Detroit, Michigan. It was built in 1928 as the Wilson Theatre, designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1976, and was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. | Venue |
Blaise Larmee (born 1985) is an American cartoonist, critic, and publisher best known for his 2010 graphic novel Young Lions, his webcomic 2001, and a layered and discursive online presence. | Artist |
Amanjiwo is a luxury hotel in the Menoreh Hills near Magelang, Central Java, Indonesia. It lies opposite the 9th century Buddhist sanctuary and UNESCO World Heritage Site, Borobudur. It is operated by Aman Resorts and was opened in 1997. The name \"Amanjiwo\" means \"peaceful soul\". | Building |
Hank Liotart (born November 15, 1943 in Baarn, Netherlands) is a Dutch-American former soccer player. Liotart played one season in the National Professional Soccer League, eight in the North American Soccer League and at least one in Major Indoor Soccer League. He also played eight years in the Netherlands. Finally, Liotart earned four caps with the U.S. national team in 1975. | Sports Manager |
Better Than Honour (foaled February 27, 1996 in Kentucky) is an American thoroughbred mare racehorse, best known for her career as a broodmare. She is out of the Kentucky Oaks winner, Blush With Pride, by the sire, Deputy Minister. Owned by Robert Waxman, she was trained by John Kimmel. Lightly raced at two, Better Than Honour, the favorite, won the Grade II Demoiselle Stakes after Tutorial veered in down the stretch and was disqualified and placed fifth. At three, Better Than Honour placed in the Acorn Stakes and Comely Stakes, with a show in the Mother Goose Stakes. When her racing career was over, Better Than Honour was purchased by John G. Sikura of Hill 'n' Dale Farms in Kentucky. He sold her to Skara Glen Stables in 2001 then in 2005, while in foal to Mineshaft, she was sold at the 2004 Keeneland November sale for $2 Million to Coolmore Stud and Michael Tabor. She is now the property of John G. Sikura and Southern Equine Stables and resides at Hill 'n' Dale in Kentucky. Better Than Honour was sold again for a world-record price for a broodmare of $14 million at the 2008 November Fasig-Tipton sale in Kentucky. Southern Equine Stables paid that amount in order to acquire one hundred percent ownership. Better Than Honour has foaled several graded stakes winners, including: \n* Jazil (b. 2003) - winner of the 2006 Belmont Stakes \n* Rags To Riches (b. 2004) - winner of the 2007 Kentucky Oaks and Belmont Stakes \n* Casino Drive (b. 2005) - winner of the 2008 Peter Pan Stakes \n* Man of Iron (b. 2006) - winner of the 2009 Breeders' Cup Marathon | Horse |
Stanley Lloyd Greigg (May 7, 1931 – June 13, 2002) served one term as a Democratic member of the U.S. House of Representatives from northwestern Iowa. He was elected to fill the vacancy left by the retirement of Republican Charles B. Hoeven in 1964 but lost to Republican Wiley Mayne two years later in 1966. He was one of the victims of the Watergate break-in. | Politician |
Rummel v. Estelle, 445 U.S. 263 (1980), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld a life sentence with the possibility of parole under Texas' three strikes law for a felony fraud crime, where the offense and the defendant's two prior offenses involved approximately $230 of fraudulent activity. | Legal Case |
Nako Lake is a high altitude lake in the Pooh sub-division of the Kinnaur district. It forms part of the boundary of Nako village and seems that the village is half buried in the lake's border. It is about 3,662 metres (12,014 ft) above sea level. The lake is surrounded by willow and poplar trees. Near the lake there are four Buddhist temples. Near this place there is a footlike impression ascribed to the saint Padmasambhava. Several miles away there is a village called Tashigang around which there are several caves where it is believed that Guru Padmasambhava meditated and gave discourse to followers. There is a waterfall nearby which has snow water falling like a river of milk. Legend says that it is a heavenly realm of fairies. In one of the caves you are still able to see the live footprints of these fairies or other demigods. It is a sacred place for the people of these valleys. Followers come from as far a place as Ladhak and spiti valley. | Body Of Water |
Pharidae is a taxonomic family of saltwater clams, marine bivalve molluscs, currently classified in the unassigned Euheterodonta. This family of clams is related to the razor shells (Solenidae), a family which is considered to include Pharidae by some authorities. | Animal |
The 2016 Japanese Super Cup was held on 20 February 2016 between the 2015 J.League champions Sanfrecce Hiroshima and the 2015 Emperor's Cup winners Gamba Osaka. Between them these two sides had won the Super Cup for the past 3 seasons and in this match it was Sanfrecce who triumphed 3-1 to lift the title for the fourth time in their history following successes in 2008, 2013 and 2014. For Gamba, this game marked their fourth loss in six Super Cup appearances, with wins in 2007 and 2015 being offset by defeats in 2006, 2009, 2010 and now this year. As for the game itself, after a goalless first half it was Sanfrecce who took the lead 7 minutes into the second through the experienced Hisato Satō. Pacy forward Takuma Asano made it 2-0 from the penalty spot 5 minutes later, however Gamba's leading scorer for the past 3 seasons, Takashi Usami, opened his account for the 2016 campaign in the 68th minute to give his side a foothold in the contest. That didn't last long and Sanfrecce's new Nigerian signing Peter Utaka wrapped the match up for the men from Hiroshima with 17 minutes remaining. | Sports Event |
Assunta Hospital (Chinese: 阿松大医院; Malay: Hospital Assunta) is a private hospital in Petaling Jaya, Petaling District, Selangor, Malaysia. Assunta Hospital was founded by a group of missionaries from the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary (FMM) in 1954. Today, after decades of serving the Petaling Jaya community in Malaysia, Assunta Hospital continues its commitment of practising good clinical governance, providing high quality and safe healthcare delivery from its modern 344-bed hospital complex The hospital is technologically advanced to meet and empower with a panel of over 100 commendable specialists to provide good medical outcomes in diagnosing and treating their patients. | Building |
Sumas Lake (Halq’eméyle: Semá:th Lake, Nooksack: Semáts Xácho7, (Level Place Lake).,) was a shallow freshwater lake surrounded by extensive wetlands. The traditional territory of the Sumas First Nation, a band of the Sto:lo Nation, it was located between Sumas and Vedder Mountains, midway between the present-day cities of Chilliwack and Abbotsford, British Columbia. The lake supported sturgeon, trout, salmon, grizzly bears and geese. Its wetland habitat was a destination for migrating birds and a breeding ground for both fish and waterfowl. Flocks of white-fronted goose as well as whistling swan and Hutchins geese also used the lake. Its partially sandy banks also provided for sturgeon spawning grounds. The lake supplied food to the Sumas Band, and their life ways were intimately connected to it. In the late 1800s, the lake drew the attention of various naturalists within the growing European populations engaged in the work of cataloging the flora and fauna of the New World. Having been sold off to non-Indigenous settlers in the 1930s for $60- $120 an acre, the former lake bed has now been transformed into to agricultural, residential and commercial zones. It lay between Sumas Mountain and its American counterpart, Sumas Mountain, Washington, part of the foothills of the Cascade Mountains. The lake extended into Whatcom County, Washington, necessitating a railway trestle of the British Columbia Electric Railway across it from Huntingdon to the foot of Vedder Mountain, which remains today as a dyke. | Body Of Water |
The National Youth League (NYL), was an Australian national soccer league run in parallel to the National Soccer League (NSL) between 1984 and 2004. The aim of the league was to provide a pathway for young players to play regular high-level football, and allow reserve players from senior NSL teams to remain match fit. The league was founded in 1984, alongside the simultaneous expansion of the senior competition. The league later followed the NSL's move to summer competition during the switch to summer play in 1989. The competition was split into Northern and Southern divisions, with the winners of each division playing off in a grand final to decide the national champion. The Southern division included teams mostly from Victoria, but also sides from South Australia. The Northern division contained teams from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Queensland. Teams were drawn from NSL clubs, state league clubs, regional representative sides as well as the programs of the various state-run sports institutes, such as the Australian Institute of Sport's Football Program. The competition ceased operation in 2004, at the same time the NSL ended. While the A-League replaced the NSL in 2005, after a season's recess, the NYL was not succeeded by the A-League National Youth League until 2008. | Sports League |
Kristaan Iman \"Kris\" Johnson (born July 18, 1975) is an American retired professional basketball player. He was named Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year and won two consecutive California state basketball championships while playing high school basketball for Crenshaw High School. Johnson played college basketball for the UCLA Bruins, where he also won a NCAA championship his freshman year in 1995. Johnson played eight years professionally in multiple countries, winning the Asian Basketball Confederation (ABC) Champions Cup in 2002 and being named the tournament's Most Valuable Player (MVP). He later worked as a basketball analyst for Fox Sports before starting his own sports website, JerseyChaser.com. Johnson and his father, Marques—who played basketball professionally in the National Basketball Association (NBA) and college under legendary coach John Wooden at UCLA—are one of the few father–son combinations to either each be named Los Angeles City Section Player of the Year or to have both won an NCAA basketball championship. | Athlete |
Marina Georgieva-Nikolova (Bulgarian: Марина Георгиева-Николова) (born June 10, 1980 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian short-track speed-skater. Georgieva-Nikolova competed at the 2002 and 2010 Winter Olympics for Bulgaria. In 2002, she finished fourth in her opening round race of the 1500 metres, failing to advance. In the 500 metres she finished second and advanced to the quarterfinals, where she finished fourth, failing to advance further. She was also a member of the Bulgarian 3000 metre relay team, which finished third in the semifinals and second in the B Final, ending up sixth overall.In 2010, she was disqualified in the first round of the 500 metres, failing to advance. In the 1500 metres, she finished third in the opening heat, advancing to the quarterfinals, where she finished seventh and did not advance. Her best individual finish, is 15th, in the 2002 500 metres. As of 2013, Georgieva-Nikolova has won three bronze medals at the World Championships, as part of the Bulgarian 3000 metre relay team. Her best individual performance at a World Championships was in 2008, when she came 11th in the 500 metres. She also won two gold medals as a member of the Bulgarian relay team at the European Championships. As of 2013, Georgieva-Nikolova has two ISU Short Track Speed Skating World Cup podium finishes. She won bronze in the 1500 metres in 2006–07 at Heerenveen, and as a member of the Bulgarian relay team at Quebec City in 2007–08. Her top World Cup ranking is 12th, in the overall in 2002–03. | Winter Sport Player |
Paradox Press was a division of DC Comics formed in 1993 after editor Mark Nevelow departed from Piranha Press. Under the initial editorship of Andrew Helfer and Bronwyn Carlton the imprint was renamed. It is best known for graphic novels like A History of Violence and Road to Perdition. Jim Higgins edited the line after Helfer's departure, and Heidi MacDonald briefly took the helm in 2000 at the time of the line's final three Big Books, none of which ever saw publication. | Company |
Henry T. Akin (born July 31, 1944) is a retired American basketball player. Born in Detroit, Michigan, the 6'10\", 225 lbs forward-center played collegiately for Morehead State University. He was selected by the New York Knicks in the second round (11th overall pick) of the 1966 NBA Draft. He played in the NBA for the Knicks in 1966–67. Akin was selected by the Seattle SuperSonics in the 1967 NBA Expansion Draft and played for the Sonics in 1967–68. He played in the ABA for the Kentucky Colonels in 1968–69. | Athlete |
The Arizona Daily Sun is a daily newspaper in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. It publishes an entertainment supplement on Fridays called the Sundial. It was formerly owned by Scripps League Newspapers, which was acquired by Pulitzer in 1996; Lee Enterprises acquired Pulitzer in 2005. | Periodical Literature |
Venera 3 (Russian: Венера-3 meaning Venus 3) (Manufacturer's Designation: 3MV-3) was a Venera program space probe that was built and launched by the Soviet Union to explore the surface of Venus. It was launched on 16 November 1965 at 04:19 UTC from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. | Satellite |
Paul Bryant Samson (December 2, 1879 – November 11, 1967) was the fourth and sixth head football coach for Emporia State University in Emporia, Kansas and he held that position for four seasons, from 1904 until 1906 and then returning in 1908. His overall coaching record at ESU was 16–16. This ranks him eighth at ESU in terms of total wins and ninth at ESU in terms of winning percentage. | Coach |
United Scenic Artists local USA 829, also known as United Scenic Artists of America (USAA), is an American labor union. It is a nationwide autonomous Local of the International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees. It organizes designers, artists, and craftspeople in the entertainment and decorative arts industries. The organization was part of International Brotherhood of Painters and Allied Trades, however it reaffiliated with IATSE in 1999. United Scenic Artists was organized to protect craft standards, working conditions and wages for the entertainment and decorative arts industries. The members of Local USA 829 are Artists and Designers working in film, theatre, opera, ballet, television, industrial shows, commercials and exhibitions. The current membership totals nearly 3,800. USA 829 establishes wages for designers and artists, and negotiates with employers the best possible terms and conditions of employment, as well as Health Insurance and Retirement benefits through employer contributions of Pension, Welfare, 401(k) and Annuity plans. Local USA 829 currently has many Collective Bargaining Agreements some of which include: \n* National: League of Resident Theatres (LORT) \n* Eastern Region: Broadway, Opera, Ballet, ABC, CBS, NBC; Scenic Suppliers in New York, Connecticut, Pennsylvania and Florida; Motion Pictures in New York, New England and Philadelphia; AICP Commercials. \n* Central Region: Scenic Suppliers and theatre and opera Scenic Shops in Chicago and St. Louis; The Court and Victory Gardens Theatres, Chicago Opera Theatre, St. Louis MUNY, CBS, NBC. \n* Western Region: The Ahmanson Theatre, the Los Angeles Opera and the San Francisco Opera; The Marin Theatre Company and The Magic Theatre; Seattle Children's Theatre. | Organisation |
\"We've Got the World\" was the Irish entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 2003, performed in English by Mickey Harte. The song is a moderately up-tempo number, with Harte singing to his lover. He tells her that \"We've got the world tonight/Let's hold on together\", and explains that she is the reason that his world turns on its axis. For his performance in the E.S.C., Mickey wore a black suit, and played a green guitar. He was joined on stage by three female backing singers. The song peaked at #1 in the Irish Charts. The song was performed third on the night, following Austria's Alf Poier with \"Weil der Mensch zählt\" and preceding Turkey's Sertab Erener with \"Everyway That I Can\". At the close of voting, it had received 53 points, placing 11th in a field of 26. As Spain (one of the \"Big Four\") had placed in the top ten, this was enough to qualify Ireland for the final at the next Contest.In qualifying to represent Ireland, Harte won a the talent show \"You're a Star\" in Ireland.It was succeeded as Irish representative at the 2004 contest by Chris Doran with \"If My World Stopped Turning\". | Song |
The Drummondville Rangers were a junior ice hockey team that played in Drummondville, Quebec. They originally played in the Quebec Junior Hockey League, but became a founding member of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League in 1969. They were originally affiliated with the New York Rangers. They played at the Drummondville Civic Centre. The Rangers folded in 1974. | Sports Team |
(This is a Korean name; the family name is Hong.) Hong Jin-joo or Jin-Joo Hong (Korean: 홍진주, born 28 February 1983) is a South Korean professional golfer who has played on the LPGA Tour. Born in Seoul, Hong began to play golf when she was 11 years old. After playing on the LPGA of Korea Tour from 2004 to 2006, she won the 2006 KOLON-Hana Bank Championship, an event co-sanctioned by the LPGA Tour, to earn exempt status on the LPGA the following year. In her three years on the LPGA Tour, Hong recorded two top-10 finishes; a fourth-place finish in the 2008 Evian Masters was her highest finish after becoming fully exempt on the circuit. | Athlete |
The VS of Oklahoma City is a defunct WTA Tour affiliated women's tennis tournament played from 1971 to 1972. It was held in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma in the United States and played on indoor hard courts. | Tournament |
Bernhard Cullmann, (born 1 November 1949) nicknamed \"Bernd\", is a former German footballer. He began his footballing career in 1969 with SpVgg Porz, until he was signed by 1. FC Köln in 1970. He played 341 matches in the Bundesliga for them before his retirement on health grounds in 1984. He played 40 matches for the German team between 1973 and 1980, scoring six goals. He participated at the 1974 FIFA World Cup, the 1978 FIFA World Cup, and the victorious UEFA Euro 1980. Between 1991 and 1996 he was on the board of 1. FC Köln. From 1996 until 2011 his son Carsten Cullmann has also played for 1. FC Köln's first and reserve teams. | Athlete |
The 2014 Aberto de São Paulo was a professional tennis tournament played on hard courts. It was the 14th edition of the tournament which was part of the 2014 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in São Paulo, Brazil between 30 December 2013 and 5 January 2014. | Tournament |
313 Chaldaea is a large Main belt asteroid. It is classified as a C-type asteroid and is probably composed of carbonaceous material. It was discovered by Johann Palisa on August 30, 1891 in Vienna. In 2003, the asteroid was detected by radar from the Arecibo Observatory at a distance of 1.07 AU. The resulting data yielded an effective diameter of 96 ± 14 km. | Celestial Body |
Golden Fleece (1979–1984) was an American-bred and Irish-trained Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which consisted of only four races, he was undefeated, with his most notable success coming on his final racecourse appearance in the 1982 Epsom Derby. | Horse |
Cheong-Chua Koon Hean (born 1957) is Singaporean urban planner and architect. | Person |
Taeniamia zosterophora is a species of cardinalfish native to the western Pacific Ocean from Indonesia to Vanuatu and from the Ryukyus to Australia. This species can be found on reefs in protected bays and lagoons, occurring in dense schools around and among the branches of various species of branching corals, notably Porites cylindrica and species of Acropora and over sandy patches. It is found at depths of from 1 to 40 metres (3.3 to 131.2 ft). This species can reach a length of 8 centimetres (3.1 in) TL. It can be distinguished by two narrow vertical red stripes next to its gills and by a distinct small black dot at the base of its tail. It occasionally makes its way into the aquarium trade. | Animal |
Progress M-02M, identified by NASA as Progress 33 or 33P, was a Progress spacecraft which was used to resupply the International Space Station during 2009. It was the second Progress-M 11F615A60 spacecraft, and had the serial number 402. Progress M-02M was launched by a Soyuz-U carrier rocket, flying from Site 1/5 at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The launch occurred at 18:37 GMT on 7 May 2009. Docking with the Pirs module of the ISS occurred at 19:24 UTC on 12 May. On 30 June it undocked from the Station to begin a series of scientific experiments, having first been loaded with cargo for disposal, including two Orlan-M spacesuits. It subsequently performed a second rendezvous with the ISS on 12 July to test docking systems installed for the arrival of Mini-Research Module 2. It approached to a distance of 10–12 metres (33–39 ft) from the zenith port of the Zvezda module, with the closest approach occurring at 17:15 GMT. Following this test, it backed away from the station. At 15:43 GMT on 13 July it performed its deorbit burn, and it burned up in the atmosphere over the Pacific Ocean at 16:28:47. | Satellite |
Patricia Mary \"Trish\" Worth AM (born 21 April 1946), Australian politician, was a Liberal member of the Australian House of Representatives from March 1993 to October 2004, representing the Division of Adelaide, South Australia. She was born in Riverton, South Australia, and was a registered nurse and midwife and a manager in health administration before entering politics. Worth was Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Family Services 1997–98 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Education, Training and Youth Affairs 1998–2001, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Aging from November 2001 to October 2004. Worth was defeated for reelection in 2004 by Labor's Kate Ellis even as the Liberals were easily reelected to a fourth term in government. After leaving Parliament, Worth became the chairwoman of DrinkWise Australia In 2016, Worth was awarded as a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). | Politician |
This is a defunct tennis tournament on the WTA Tour that was held just once, in 1993. It was held in Sapporo, Japan from September 27 to October 3 and was a Tier IV event. The official name of the tournament was the Sapporo Ladies Open. | Tournament |
Chaul is a former city of Portuguese India, now in ruins. It is located 60 km south of Mumbai, in Raigad District of Maharashtra state in western India. In 1508, the Egyptian Mamluks, allied with the Gujarat Sultanate vanquished the Portuguese in the Battle of Chaul. The first Portuguese settlement at Chaul took place in 1521 with the construction of the first fort on the south bank of the Kundalika River. In October 1531, the Portuguese erected a new square stone fortress, named Santa Maria do Castello, which contained a church and dwellings for 120 men. A town developed around the fortress, but a 1558 treaty precluded fortifying the town. The town was destroyed in a 1570-71 siege by the Nizam Shahi Sultan of Ahmadnagar, but a treaty was concluded which lifted the siege, and the town was rebuilt and surrounded by walls and bastions. A fort (Korlai fort) was built on the Morro de Chaul, a rocky promontory on the north side of the river opposite the town. The town withstood several further attacks, and its defence works were expanded in 1613. Chaul was part of Portuguese India's Northern Province, which by the mid 17th century extended for 100 km along the coast of present-day Maharashtra and Gujarat, from Chaul in the south to Daman in the north. The headquarters of the northern province was at Baçaim (modern Vasai) north of Bombay. During the later 17th and early 18th centuries Portuguese India declined economically and politically, and Chaul lost its former importance. As the power of the Mughal Empire declined in the early 18th century, the Marathas expanded their control of central and western India. The Portuguese colony of Kalyan was captured by the Marathas in 1720, and in 1737 the Maratha general Angria began a concerted campaign to capture the remaining Portuguese territories. Chaul and the Morro de Chaul came under siege in March 1739, but the siege was raised in October. After the capture of Baçaim in 1740, a peace treaty was concluded, and on 18 September 1740, Chaul was ceded by treaty to the Marathas. The city was subsequently abandoned and left in ruins. The village of Korlai, near the ruins of Chaul, is still home to speakers of Portuguese Creole. | Settlement |
Trojan Records is a British record label founded in 1968. It specialises in ska, rocksteady, reggae and dub music. The label currently operates under the Sanctuary Records Group. The name Trojan comes from the Croydon-built Trojan truck that was used as Duke Reid's sound system in Jamaica. The truck had \"Duke Reid - The Trojan King of Sounds\" painted on the sides, and the music played by Reid became known as the Trojan Sound. | Company |
Legislative elections were held in the German Democratic Republic (East Germany) on 18 March 1990. It was the first and only free parliamentary election in the GDR, and the first truly free election held in that part of Germany since 1932. A total of 400 deputies were elected to the Volkskammer. The largest bloc was the Alliance for Germany, led by the East German branch of the Christian Democratic Union and running on a platform of speedy reunification with the West. The runner-up was the East German branch of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, which had only been refounded six months earlier. The former Socialist Unity Party of Germany, renamed the Party of Democratic Socialism, ran in a free election for the first time ever and finished in third place. On 5 April 1990, the new Volkskammer elected the CDU's Sabine Bergmann-Pohl as its president. As the State Council was at the same time dissolved, she became East Germany's interim head of state. Lothar de Maizière (CDU) became prime minister, heading a grand coalition consisting of the CDU, the SPD, the Association of Free Democrats (BFD), Democratic Awakening (DA), the German Social Union (DSU) and one non-attached member. On 20 September of the same year, the parliament voted by a 299–80 margin to accept the unification treaty, which had earlier been approved on a 442–47 vote by the West German Bundestag, and unify its territory with the Federal Republic of Germany, meaning that East Germany, after 40 years of independence, would cease to exist. The treaty took effect on 3 October. | Societal Event |
Ana Lúcia Hickmann (born 1 March 1981) is a Brazilian model who has worked for Victoria's Secret, Nivea, L'Oreal, Clairol, and Bloomingdales. She has appeared in the South African version of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, and on the covers of Brazilian Vogue, Marie Claire, and Elle. | Person |
U.S.S.R. Life From The Other Side is DJ Vadim's sixth album, featuring Scratch Perverts, Iriscience (from Dilated Peoples), Blade and Sarah Jones. To promote the record, Vadim put together a live group - The Russian Percussion - consisting of Mr Thing (turntables), Killa Kela (beat box), Blu rum 13 (mc), John Ellis (keyboards). The tour was 200 shows taking in 24 countries including most of Europe and North America. | Musical Work |
Adrien Rene Moerman (born August 7, 1988) is a French professional basketball player for Darüşşafaka of the Turkish Basketball Super League and the Euroleague. | Athlete |
Kokopelli Records was a record label established by jazz flautist Herbie Mann and Jim Geisler in 1994. Other than Mann's recordings, Kokopelli releases included David \"Fathead\" Newman, Jimmy Rowles, and April Barrows. Mann had previously established Embryo Records during his tenure at Atlantic Records. | Company |
Silent Majority Group is a record label founded in 2006 by former Creed, Alterbridge & Sevendust artist manager Jeff Hanson that concentrates on finding up-and-coming rock bands such as Framing Hanley, as well as providing a home for established acts such as Candlebox and Tantric. The label also provides artist and producer management. SMG is currently promoted and distributed ADA / Warner Music Group. | Company |
The Maud Island frog, Leiopelma pakeka, is a primitive frog native to New Zealand, one of only four extant species belonging to the taxonomic family Leiopelmatidae. Although Leiopelma pakeka differs in some aspects of morphology from Leiopelma hamiltoni, with which it was previously grouped, recent genetic studies suggest the differences are largely superficial. This calls into question its designation as a separate species. Like other Leiopelma species, these frogs do not produce advertisement vocalisations to attract mates. Instead, they communicate through chemical signals. In early 2006, 21 Maud Island frogs were released into the introduced predator proof Karori Wildlife Sanctuary with more to follow later in the year to make a total of 60. Thirty frogs were released outside the enclosure so that a comparative study could be done. In February 2008, 13 froglets were discovered clinging to adult males, inside the enclosure. It is classed as Nationally Endangered in the New Zealand Threat Classification System. | Animal |
The Polonaises Op. posth[umous] include Frédéric Chopin's polonaises that were unpublished during his life. The composer's first works were composed when he was seven years old; his father Nicolas Chopin published these works on behalf of his son. The Polonaises in G minor and B-flat major are among these posthumous pieces. \n* KK IIa No. 1: Polonaise in G minor (1817) \n* KK IVa: \n* No. 1: Polonaise in B-flat major (1817) \n* No. 2: Polonaise in A-flat major (1821; dedicated to his teacher Wojciech Żywny) \n* No. 3: Polonaise in G-sharp minor (1822) \n* No. 5: Polonaise in B-flat minor \"Adieu à Guillaume Kolberg\" (1826) \n* This polonaise quotes the tenor cavatina \"Vieni fra queste braccia\" from Rossini's opera La gazza ladra, which Chopin and Kolberg had seen together \n* No. 8: Polonaise in G-flat major (1829). | Musical Work |
The Irish Worker was a newspaper produced by James Larkin, initially edited by Larkin and published in 1911 as The Irish Worker and Peoples' Advocate, it was suppressed in August 1914. James Connolly edited the paper when Larkin was in jail during the 1913 Dublin Lock-out. Many public figures and writers featured in the paper, like the actor Andrew Wilson who was sub-editor, the journalist and historian Standish O'Grady and playwright Seán O'Casey whose early writings were published in the paper. The artist Ernest Kavanagh provided cartoons for the paper.The Irish Worker was relaunched in 1923 following Larkin's return to Ireland. It was used to launch his political party Irish Worker League. March 1932 saw the last edition of The Irish Worker | Periodical Literature |
Tonale Pass (Italian: Passo del Tonale) (el. 1883 m./6178 ft.) is a high mountain pass in northern Italy across the Rhaetian Alps, between Lombardy and Trentino. It connects Valcamonica and Val di Sole. It is delimited by the Ortler Alps to the north and the Adamello range to the south. The pass plays host to many hotels and shops for tourists in the winter, as the land around the pass is used for winter sports - mainly skiing (see Adamello Ski Raid) and snowboarding. | Natural Place |
Liutprand was the King of the Lombards from 712 to 744 and is chiefly remembered for his Donation of Sutri, in 728, and his long reign, which brought him into a series of conflicts, mostly successful, with most of Italy. He is often regarded as the most successful Lombard monarch. | Person |
Robert Nathan Banks (born December 10, 1963) is a former NFL defensive end. Born in Williamsburg, Virginia, Banks attended Peninsula Catholic High School before transferring to Hampton High School in Hampton, Virginia, to play football. In 1982, the Touchdown Club of Columbus awarded Banks their second annual Sam B. Nicola Trophy, designating him as the National High School Player of the Year. Banks played for Notre Dame University in the mid-1980s. He was drafted by the Houston Oilers football team in the 7th round (176th overall) of the 1987 NFL Draft. He played off the bench for one year in Houston before moving to the Cleveland Browns, where he started 15 games in 1989. He started 9 of the 15 games he played in 1990, which was his last year in the NFL. | Gridiron Football Player |
The 1995 United States Open Cup is often considered the start of the modern era of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, although Lamar Hunt's name was not added until the 1999 edition. It was the 82nd edition of the soccer tournament to crown the national champion of the United States. The Richmond Kickers of the USISL Premier League won the cup in a 4-2 shootout against the El Paso Patriots, following a 1-1 tie after extra time. The match was played at Socorro ISD Stadium, El Paso, Texas. | Tournament |
Michael Hüther (born 24 April 1962) is a German economist and director of the Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft. He has previously been the chief economist of DekaBank. Hüther also is an honorary professor at the European Business School International University Schloss Reichartshausen. | Person |
Vertir Airlines is an airline based in Yerevan, Armenia, operating cargo services out of Zvartnots International Airport. The company was founded in 2009, and revenue flights were launched on 29 August 2010. | Company |
The 1987 Monaco Grand Prix was a Formula One motor race held on 31 May 1987 at the Circuit de Monaco, Monte Carlo. The race, contested over 78 laps, was the 45th Monaco Grand Prix and the fourth race of the 1987 Formula One season. The race was won by Ayrton Senna driving a Lotus-Honda, the first of an eventual six wins for the Brazilian driver at the street circuit. Fellow Brazilian Nelson Piquet was second in a Williams-Honda, while Italian Michele Alboreto took third in a Ferrari. The win improved Senna's championship position to second, three points behind McLaren driver Alain Prost. | Sports Event |
Zagorje City Stadium (Slovene: Mestni stadion Zagorje) is a multi-purpose stadium in Zagorje ob Savi, Slovenia. It is used mostly for football matches and is the home ground of NK Zagorje. The stadium currently holds 1,080 spectators. | Sport Facility |
Sarkamar-e Barzian (Persian: سركمربرزيان, also Romanized as Sarkamar-e Barzīān; also known as Barzīān) is a village in Kafsh Kanan Rural District, in the Central District of Bahmai County, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, Iran. At the 2006 census, its existence was noted, but its population was not reported. | Settlement |
The 1993 Minnesota Vikings season was the team's 33rd in the National Football League. The Vikings finished with a record of nine wins and seven losses. With a record of 9-7, the team was unable to match the success of the previous season. Their season ended with a 17-10 loss to the New York Giants in the Wild Card round. Newly acquired Jim McMahon, who was known for helping the Chicago Bears win the Super Bowl in 1985, was the Vikings starting quarterback for the season. He spent only one year with the team and after the season, the rebuilding Vikings decided not to renew McMahon's contract and he would go on to sign with other teams. The Vikings later acquired Warren Moon for next season. Cris Carter and John Randle were named to play in the Pro Bowl after the season. It was the first Pro Bowl for both future Hall of Famers. Terry Allen, who had a breakout season last year, missed the entire season after tearing his ACL in practice. | Football League Season |
The intertidal spider, Desis marina is a spider species found in New Zealand, New Caledonia, and the Chatham Islands. It was first described by James Hector in 1878. | Animal |
Maratus bubo is a species of the peacock spider genus, characterised by its distinctive courtship display. | Animal |
Hagerstown Community College (HCC) was founded in 1946 as Maryland’s first community college. More than 100 programs of study are available for university transfer, career preparation, or personal development, as well as non-credit continuing education courses, customized training programs and Washington County’s adult education program. Associate degrees, certificates and letters of recognition are awarded. HCC is accredited by the Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools. Special programs include the Job Training Student Resources for adults in need of immediate job skills and the ESSENCE Program, which enables area high school students to take college classes at a discounted rate. The 319-acre picturesque campus encompasses 18 buildings and includes a full-service business incubator, numerous gardens and an outdoor amphitheater. Recent Developments: In 2012-2013, HCC renovated three instructional buildings and completed construction on a brand new Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Building. The five-story STEM Building houses all of HCC’s STEM programs including biotechnology, alternative energy, cybersecurity, and many others. It includes sophisticated laboratories, classrooms, and faculty offices, and features several green components including a rainwater harvesting system, solar panels, and two green roofs. HCC’s Kepler Theater was expanded to include the addition of a Performing and Visual Arts Education Center, which features a dance studio/black box theater, campus gallery, classrooms, music practice rooms, art rooms, and faculty offices. The theater itself was also renovated and now includes expanded dressing rooms, a costume shop, and extended wardrobe storage. First built in 1966, the existing Classroom Building and the former Science Building were renovated in 2013. The Classroom Building became the Behavioral Sciences and Humanities (BSH) Building and now houses classrooms, faculty office, and the new Fletcher Faculty Development Center. The former Science Building was renamed the Learning Support Center (LSC) in honor of its new function: the central location for HCC’s developmental education programs and tutoring services. The LSC offers drop-in student tutoring on a variety of subjects including science, math, English, and computers. | Educational Institution |
The 2015 Tiburon Challenger was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the ninth edition of the tournament which was part of the 2015 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Tiburon, United States between 26 September and 4 October 2015. | Tournament |
Dan Tore Evensen (born June 1, 1974 in Arendal) is a Norwegian mixed martial artist and former K-1 Kickboxer. Evensen has fought for the Ultimate Fighting Championship, Bellator Fighting Championships, and the now defunct BodogFIGHT. | Athlete |
Ralek Gracie (/ˈhɑːlɛk ˈɡræsiː/; born October 4, 1985) is a Brazilian jiu-jitsu practitioner and mixed martial artist. As the son of Rorion Gracie, he is a member of the Gracie family, and the nephew of Legends of MMA Hall of Famer Rickson Gracie and UFC Hall of Famer Royce Gracie. He was awarded his black belt in Brazilian jiu-jitsu by his grandfather Hélio Gracie. He is also the founder of Metamoris, a promotion that features 20-minute, submission-only grappling matches against the world’s best jiu-jitsu stylists. | Athlete |
Eck Stadium is the home of the Wichita State Shockers baseball team in Wichita, Kansas. It has played host to the Shockers in rudimentary form since 1978, and as a complete stadium since 1985. Officially called Eck Stadium, Home of Tyler Field it is sometimes informally referred to as Eck. The stadium, which has gone through numerous upgrades since its original completion, currently seats 7,851. This number does not include the Coleman Outfield Hill, made during the original construction because of lack of funding to haul the dirt away, which can seat hundreds more. On Sept. 23, 1999, The Coleman Co. put a $500,000 exclamation point on Wichita State University's Project FutureShox, a $7.8 million effort to make Eck Stadium-Home of Tyler Field the premier collegiate baseball facility in the nation.Plans to significantly upgrade Eck Stadium were first announced on Jan. 28, 1998, and were taken to another level with the leadership of Gene Stephenson, the winningest collegiate baseball coach since 1978. Several major contributors stepped forward on the front end of the project, and on Sept. 23, The Coleman Co. accentuated a project that had Wichita State on its way to having the best collegiate baseball facility in the country. | Sport Facility |
Lake Angelus is a private, all-sports, 477 acres (193 ha) lake in Oakland County, in the U.S. state of Michigan. The community of Lake Angelus is at the lake. Lake Angelus is primarily located in Auburn Hills, except for a portion of the western portion of the lake which lies in Waterford Township. Lake Angelus is the ninth-largest lake in Oakland County and the eighth-deepest lake in Oakland County. The ten largest lakes in Oakland County are: 1. Cass Lake 1,280 acres 2. Kent Lake 1,200 acres 3. Orchard Lake 795 acres 4. Walled Lake 670 acres 5. Pontiac Lake 640 acres 6. White Lake 540 acres 7. Sylvan Lake 532 acres 8. Lake Orion 506 acres 9. Lake Angelus 477 acres 10. Union Lake 465 acres The ten deepest lakes in Oakland County are: 1. Cass Lake 123 feet 2. Maceday Lake 117 feet 3t. Orchard Lake 110 feet 3t. Union Lake 110 feet 5. Walnut Lake 101 feet 6t. Van Norman Lake 90 feet 6t. Pine Lake 90 feet 8. Lake Angelus 88 feet 9t. Loon Lake 73 feet 9t. Silver Lake 73 feet | Body Of Water |
State Route 122 (SR-122) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Utah, connecting the ghost town of Hiawatha with SR-10. | Route Of Transportation |
Richard Whiting Blue (September 8, 1841 – January 28, 1907) was a U.S. Representative from Kansas. Born near Parkersburg, Virginia (now West Virginia), Blue worked on a farm in the summertime and studied in the select schools of that locality during the winter season.He attended Monongalia Academy, Morgantown, Virginia, in 1859 and Washington (Pennsylvania) College until his enlistment, on June 29, 1863, as a private in Company A, Third Regiment, West Virginia Volunteer Infantry, during the Civil War.He became second and then first lieutenant of the company.Honorably discharged May 22, 1866, at Leavenworth, Kansas, when he returned to Grafton, W.Virginia.He taught school.He studied law.He was admitted to the bar in Virginia, and commenced practice in Linn County, Kansas, in 1871.Probate judge of Linn County 1872-1876.County attorney 1876-1880.He served as member of the State senate 1880-1888. Blue was elected as a Republican to the Fifty-fourth Congress (March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1897).He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1896 to the Fifty-fifth Congress.He engaged in the practice of law until his death in Bartlesville, Washington County, Oklahoma, January 28, 1907.He was interred in Pleasanton Cemetery, Pleasanton, Kansas. | Politician |
Benjamin A. Muncil (28 Aug 1867 – 16 Dec 1930) was an American master builder in the Adirondacks early in the 20th century. He was a major figure in the architectural development of the Adirondack Great Camps; among his many projects was Marjorie Merriweather Post's Camp Topridge, Northbrook Lodge, and White Pine Camp, a summer White House of US President Calvin Coolidge. Born in Vermontville, New York, he started life as a lumberman at age 14 and as a guide and camp caretaker on Upper St. Regis Lake at age 18. He was the first to use \"brainstorm siding,\" wavy-edged cladding, in place of clapboard, at several camps, including White Pine Camp on Osgood Pond in 1907. Other projects included Camp Longwood and the Huntington camp, both on Spitfire Lake, and the Little Camp on Upper St. Regis Lake. The main boathouse at Topridge, with its curving cedar railings and twig work screens, is one of the major and last examples of the naturalistic rustic tradition introduced by W. W. Durant. He also designed the American Craftsman style Brighton Town Hall at Brighton, New York in 1914 and Northbrook Lodge at Paul Smiths, New York in 1919-1922. | Person |
Cindy Beale (also Williams) is a fictional character from the BBC soap opera EastEnders, played by Michelle Collins who made her first appearance on 10 May 1988 before leaving in 1990, returning in 1992 and making her final appearance on 10 April 1998. Cindy always has an eye for the lotharios of Walford and despite trying to settle down repeatedly with the more reliable Ian Beale (Adam Woodyatt), she is unable to remain faithful to him. She has a selfish streak, often more concerned about her own needs than her family's. She often lies and schemes, particularly where men are concerned. | Fictional Character |
Glinki [ˈɡlinki] is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Krokowa, within Puck County, Pomeranian Voivodeship, in northern Poland. It lies approximately 3 kilometres (2 mi) south-west of Krokowa, 19 km (12 mi) west of Puck, and 55 km (34 mi) north-west of the regional capital Gdańsk. For details of the history of the region, see History of Pomerania. | Settlement |
The senatorial election was held in the Philippines on May 10, 2004. The major coalitions that participated are the Koalisyon ng Katapatan at Karanasan sa Kinabukasan (K4; Coalition of Truth and Experience for Tomorrow) composed of parties that support the candidacy of president Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, and the Koalisyon ng Nagkakaisang Pilipino (KNP; Coalition of United Filipinos), parties that support the candidacy of movie actor Fernando Poe Jr. A third coalition, the Alyansa ng Pag-asa (Alliance of Hope) was made up of Aksyon Demokratiko and Reporma-LM. K4 won seven seats, while the KNP won the remaining five contested seats in the Philippine Senate. The elections were notable for several reasons. This election first saw the implementation of the Overseas Absentee Voting Act of 2003 (see Wikisource), which enabled Filipinos in over 70 countries to vote. | Societal Event |
Al Sadd Basketball Team (Arabic: آل فريق السد لكرة السلة) is a Qatari professional basketball team based in Doha, Qatar. Al Sadd Basketball Team is a branch of Sadd Sports Club, which is the most successful team in all of Qatar, with many domestic and international titles, including 2 AFC Champions League victories for the football team, and 5 AFC Champions League titles for its handball team. | Sports Team |
Tizway (foaled on February 17, 2005) is a retired American Thoroughbred racehorse sired by Tiznow. He is a 3-time graded stakes winner (Kelso Handicap, the Whitney Handicap and Metropolitan Handicap) and a 2-time Grade 1 winner. | Horse |
Ricardo Michael Nanita (born June 12, 1981) is a Dominican professional baseball player. An outfielder, Nanita currently plays for the Chunichi Dragons in the Japanese NPB. | Athlete |
The Chicago Auto Show is held annually in February at Chicago's McCormick Placeconvention complex. It is the largest auto show in North America. | Societal Event |
Kotva Department Store is a department store in Prague at the Náměstí Republiky (Republic Square). Its name comes from neighboring older building. | Building |
Tommy Dixon (8 June 1929 – 6 February 2014) was an English footballer who played as a centre forward. | Athlete |
Restaurant The House of Lords is a former restaurant located in The Hague, Netherlands. It was a fine dining restaurant that was awarded one Michelin star in the period 1960-1975. The head chef responsible for the Michelin star was Alfons Didde. In strange twist of fate, in was the House of Commons that sealed the fate of The House of Lords. The restaurant was one of the victims of the renewal of the parliamentary buildings in The Hague and was demolished in 1986.The original frontage is now on display in the Louwman Museum. The director of the museum was a regular visitor of the restaurant and found that the front needed to be preserved for historical reasons. He could justify that because of sign of the Koninklijke Nederlandsche Automobiel Club (Royal Dutch Automobile Club) adjacent to the front door. Due to the large number of parliamentarians frequenting the restaurant, it was also the place for politic intrigue. The most known case is that of Wim Keja, who was approached in the restaurant to speak out in favour the Dassault Mirage F1. He was offered 30.000 Dutch guilder. Keja declined. | Building |
George \"Gix\" Von Elm (March 20, 1901 – May 1, 1961) was an American professional golfer most noted for his amateur career. He was selected by Golf Digest as Utah's greatest amateur golfer, and in the early 1960s was named Utah Golfer of the Century. During the period 1924 to 1931, Von Elm was one of the best players in the world. In the 1920s, Von Elm worked primarily in the financial and insurance industries, and later designed several golf courses. | Athlete |
Government Pension Investment Fund (年金積立金管理運用独立行政法人 Nenkin Tsumitate-kin Kanri Un'yō Dokuritsu-gyōsei-Hōjin), or GPIF, is an independent administrative institution, under the jurisdiction of Ministry of Health, Labour, and Welfare, established by the Government of Japan. It handles fund management and operation of Japan's both National Pension and Employees' Pension. It is known as the world's largest public pension fund. | Company |
Morgan Barbançon Mestre (born 12 August 1992 in Paris, France) is a Spanish Olympic dressage rider. Representing Spain, she competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where she finished 7th in team competition and 23rd in the individual competition. Barbançon competed at the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France where she finished 5th in team dressage, 15th in special dressage and 15th in freestyle dressage competition. She also competed at the 2015 FEI World Cup Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada where she finished 8th. | Athlete |
CBC Radio is the English-language radio operations of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. The CBC operates a number of radio networks serving different audiences and programming niches, all of which (regardless of language) are outlined below. | Broadcaster |
Michael McBroom (born May 16, 1991) is an American swimmer who specializes in long-distance freestyle events. He is a FINA World Championships silver medalist in the 800-meter freestyle and is the current American Record holder in the 800-meter freestyle. | Athlete |
Taka Kato (加藤鷹 Katō Taka) or Taka Katou is a former Japanese, male adult video (AV) actor. | Actor |
Tetraophasis is a genus of Galliform in the family Phasianidae, which includes pheasants, Perdixs, grouse, turkeyss, tragopan, and koklass. It contains the following species: \n* chestnut-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis obscurus) \n* buff-throated monal-partridge (Tetraophasis szechenyii) The name Tetraophasis is a combination of the genus name Tetrao (the name Carl Linnaeus gave grouse in 1758), and the modern Latin word phasis, meaning \"pheasant\". Monal-partridge are close relatives of monals and more distantly related to tragopan. They are boreal adapted species of high altitudes. Like monals they dig in alpine biomes for tubers, rhizomes and invertebrates as well as rodent pups and voles. Monal-partridges are important prey species for raptors, owls and yellow-throated martens. Like monals, monal-partridges are strictly monogamous. The female incubates the eggs until the last 48 hours when the male may take over night time nest brooding. This is a habit documented in blood pheasants, tragopans and monals. Both sexes rear the chicks, which are not fully mature until their second year. Unlike monals the sexes do not separate during winter. Monal-partridges are strong fliers. They evidently compete with koklass as the two are rarely to be heard or seen in the same valleys. | Animal |
Cadell Training Centre is an Australian minimum security prison located in Cadell, South Australia, approximately 180 km north-east of Adelaide and 10 km from the town of Morgan. Named for the town of Cadell which is itself named after Captain Francis Cadell, who was the navigator on Charles Sturt’s successful exploration of the Murray River. The prison was officially opened on Tuesday 31 May 1960 by the Chief Secretary of South Australia, the Honourable Sir Lyell McEwin. The Cadell Training Centre is a publicly run institution situated on approximately 1,600 hectares (4,000 acres) of land in a rural environment with a focus on Dairy farming, citrus and olives. Originally built to hold 140 low security inmates who have been sentenced to terms of imprisonment of at least six months or longer it has since been expanded to hold 167 prisoners, then further expanded in 2014 and 2015 to 193 and 206 respectively. Accommodation for inmates consists of a cellblock, a dormitory and cottages. The cottages are rated drug-free and house 50% of the prison population. The centre does not have a secure perimeter fence with prisoners remaining under their own trust. The centre lists its main function as having a major restorative justice focus. This includes programs to help inmates obtain driving licences for various commercial vehicles and certificates in Horticulture, dairy production and Commercial Cookery. Prisoners also perform community service work in neighbouring towns and the Cadell Fire Brigade is operated by prisoners and staff with the vehicles housed within the prison grounds. The centre also operates a specialist program targeting young men who have had limited exposure to the adult prison system, and another program that targets young offenders with drug and alcohol problems. Cadell also receives prisoners who are nearing the end of their sentences from high security prisons that are deemed suitable. Prisoners must be rated by the Department for Correctional Services as Low Security (approximately 18% of the South Australia Prisoner population) to be eligible to serve their sentence at Cadell. | Building |
Thomas Reynolds (March 12, 1796 – February 9, 1844) was the Chief Justice of the Illinois Supreme Court as well as the seventh Governor of Missouri. A Democrat, he is notable for being one of the few American politicians to die by suicide while in office. | Politician |
The Bangor and Aroostook Railroad (reporting mark BAR) was a United States railroad company that brought rail service to Aroostook County in northern Maine. Brightly painted BAR box cars attracted national attention in the 1950s. First-generation diesel locomotives operated on BAR until they were museum pieces. The economic downturn of the 1980s coupled with the departure of heavy industry from northern Maine forced the railroad to seek a buyer and end operations in 2003. | Organisation |
The Queen Victoria Hospital, located in East Grinstead, West Sussex, England is the specialist reconstructive surgery centre for the south east of England, and also provides services at clinics across the region. It has become world-famous for its pioneering burns and plastic surgery. The hospital was named after Queen Victoria. The Princess Royal is the current patron of the hospital.It also provides a wide range of routine services in its areas of expertise for local people and runs a Minor Injuries Unit. In July 2012, the hospital produced a short film about its services: Queen Victoria Hospital Short Film 2012. | Building |
János Ghyczy de Ghicz, Assakürt et Ablánczkürt (c. 1520 – 7 January 1589) was a Hungarian noble in the Principality of Transylvania, member of the Royal Council, who served as Governor of Transylvania for the underage voivode then prince Sigismund Báthory from 1 May 1585 to 17 December 1588. | Politician |
Heath Road is a cricket ground in Whitchurch, Shropshire. The first recorded match on the ground was in 1982, when Whitchurch played Singapore in a warm-up match for the 1982 ICC Trophy. Shropshire played their first match at the ground in the 1999 MCCA Knockout Trophy against Cumberland. The following season they played their first Minor Counties Championship match at the ground against Herefordshire. From 2000 to present, the ground has hosted 10 Minor Counties Championship matches. The ground has also held a single List-A match in the 2005 Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy, which saw Shropshire play Hampshire. Hampshire captained by Shane Warne, won thanks to 76 runs from Kevin Pietersen as Hampshire chased down their target of 133 in 21.1 overs for the loss of 3 wickets. In local domestic cricket, London Road is the home ground of Whitchurch Cricket Club who play in the Birmingham and District Premier League Two. | Sport Facility |
State Road 148 (SR 148) is a part of the Indiana State Road that runs between rural Dearborn County and Aurora in US state of Indiana. The 5.12 miles (8.24 km) of SR 148 that lie within Indiana serve as a minor highway. None of the highway is listed on the National Highway System. The whole road is a rural two-lane highway, passes through mostly woodlands. SR 148 was first designated as a state road in 1932. The highway replaced the original State Road 48 designation of the highway which dated back to 1926. | Route Of Transportation |
The June List (Swedish: Junilistan, jl) is a Swedish, eurosceptic political party. Founded in 2004, it received 14% in the European Parliament election of the same year - gaining three seats. In the elections of 2009, however, it saw a drop of 11 percentage points in support and lost all of its seats. It currently holds no seats in parliament and does not play any active role in Swedish politics. The party also ran in the Swedish 2006 parliamentary election, but it only received 0.47% of the votes, far below the 4% needed to get into parliament. | Organisation |
The British Second Army was a field army of the British Army active during both World War I and World War II. During the First World War the army was active on the Western Front throughout most of the war and later active in Italy. During the Second World War the army was the core element in the British contribution in the D-Day landings in Normandy and subsequent advance across Europe. | Organisation |
The Nedbank Cup is a South African club football (soccer) tournament. The knockout tournament, based on the English FA Cup format, was one of a weak opponent facing a stronger one. The competition was sponsored by ABSA until 2007, after which Nedbank took over sponsorship. The winner of the 2013–14 Nedbank Cup qualified for the 2015 CAF Confederation Cup. | Tournament |
In re Snyder, 472 U.S. 634 (1985), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that an attorney's curt letter to a court employee, followed by the attorney's refusal to apologize for sending the letter, did not justify suspending the attorney from practicing law in federal court. | Legal Case |
Bill Cocks (15 December 1936 – 17 August 2011) was an Australian rules footballer who played with Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League (VFL). | Athlete |
Ralph Intranuovo (born December 11, 1973) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger. He played in twenty-two games in the National Hockey League, nineteen with the Oilers and three with the Toronto Maple Leafs, scoring two goals and four assists. Born in East York, Ontario and raised in Scarborough, Ontario, Intranuovo was drafted in the fourth round, 96th overall, by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1992 NHL Entry Draft. Intranuovo played for Slovenian team HDD Olimpija Ljubljana of the Erste Bank Hockey League in Austria until 2009. He finished his career in Italian team Asiago Hockey AS. | Winter Sport Player |
Madman Anime Festival is an Australian anime and Japanese culture convention held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia organised and sponsored by Madman Entertainment, and other sponsors including AnimeLab and Bushiroad. The convention was inaugurated in 2016 and held in Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre as a two-day event from the 3rd-4 September 2016 in Melbourne. | Societal Event |