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231631 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis%20Hine | Lewis Hine | Lewis Wickes Hine (September 26, 1874 – November 3, 1940) was an American sociologist and muckraker photographer. His photographs were instrumental in bringing about the passage of the first child labor laws in the United States.
Early life
Hine was born in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on September 26, 1874. After his father w... |
233935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pipe%20bomb | Pipe bomb | A pipe bomb is an improvised explosive device which uses a tightly sealed section of pipe filled with an explosive material. The containment provided by the pipe means that simple low explosives can be used to produce a relatively huge explosion due to the containment causing increased pressure, and the fragmentation o... |
235641 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris%20Bryant | Chris Bryant | Christopher John Bryant (born 11 January 1962) is a British politician and former Anglican priest who served as Deputy Leader of the House of Commons from 2008 to 2009 and Under-Secretary of State for Europe and Asia from 2009 to 2010. He later served in the Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Culture Secretary and Shadow Leader ... |
235888 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon%20Stewart | Jon Stewart | Jon Stewart (born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz; November 28, 1962) is an American comedian, writer, producer, director, political commentator, actor, and television host. He hosted The Daily Show, a satirical news program on Comedy Central, from 1999 to 2015. Stewart now hosts The Problem with Jon Stewart, which premiered... |
239009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To%20Catch%20a%20Thief | To Catch a Thief | To Catch a Thief is a 1955 American romantic thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, from a screenplay by John Michael Hayes based on the 1952 novel of the same name by David Dodge. The film stars Cary Grant as a retired cat burglar who has to save his reformed reputation by catching an impostor preying on the weal... |
240547 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Blake%20%28actor%29 | Robert Blake (actor) | Robert Blake (born Michael James Gubitosi; September 18, 1933) is an American actor known for his roles in the 1967 film In Cold Blood and the 1970s U.S. television series Baretta.
Blake began acting as a child, with a lead role in the final years of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's Our Gang (Little Rascals) short film series fr... |
240739 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Riddick%20Bowe | Riddick Bowe | Riddick Lamont Bowe (born August 10, 1967) is an American former professional boxer who competed between 1989 and 2008. He reigned as the undisputed world heavyweight champion in 1992, and as an amateur he won a silver medal in the super heavyweight division at the 1988 Summer Olympics.
After turning professional in 1... |
246411 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Music%20of%20South%20Africa | Music of South Africa | The South African music scene includes both popular (jive) and folk forms like Zulu isicathamiya singing and harmonic mbaqanga. South Africa has a global music industry.
Pre-20th-century history
Early records of music in southern Africa indicate a fusion of cultural traditions: African, European and Asian.
Modern co... |
250879 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contract%20killing | Contract killing | Contract killing is a form of murder or assassination in which one party hires another party to kill a targeted person or persons. It involves an illegal agreement which includes some form of payment, monetary or otherwise. Either party may be a person, group, or organization. Contract killing has been associated with ... |
256956 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East%20Haven%2C%20Connecticut | East Haven, Connecticut | East Haven is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, in the United States. As of the 2020 census, the town population was 27,923. Located east of New Haven, it is part of the Greater New Haven area. East Haven is from Hartford, from New York City, from Providence, Rhode Island, and from Boston.
History
The Con... |
259377 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brewster%2C%20Massachusetts | Brewster, Massachusetts | Brewster is a town in Barnstable County, Massachusetts, United States, Barnstable County being coextensive with Cape Cod. The population of Brewster was 10,318 at the 2020 census.
Brewster is twinned with the town of Budleigh Salterton in the United Kingdom.
History
Brewster was first settled in 1656 as a northeast... |
261107 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers%20on%20a%20Train%20%28film%29 | Strangers on a Train (film) | Strangers on a Train is a 1951 American psychological thriller film noir produced and directed by Alfred Hitchcock, and based on the 1950 novel Strangers on a Train by Patricia Highsmith. It was shot in the autumn of 1950 and released by Warner Bros. on June 30, 1951, starring Farley Granger, Ruth Roman, and Robert Wal... |
261935 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie%20Blassie | Freddie Blassie | Frederick Kenneth Blassman (February 8, 1918 – June 2, 2003), better known as "Classy" Freddie Blassie, was an American professional wrestling villain and manager. Renowned as "The Hollywood Fashion Plate", he was a one-time NWA World Junior Heavyweight Champion, and was inducted into the WWF Hall of Fame in 1994.
Ch... |
263996 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axeman%20of%20New%20Orleans | Axeman of New Orleans | The Axeman of New Orleans was an American serial killer active in New Orleans, Louisiana, and surrounding communities, including Gretna, from May 1918 to October 1919. Press reports during the height of public panic about the killings mentioned similar murders as early as 1911, but recent researchers have called these ... |
265112 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Improvised%20explosive%20device | Improvised explosive device | An improvised explosive device (IED) is a bomb constructed and deployed in ways other than in conventional military action. It may be constructed of conventional military explosives, such as an artillery shell, attached to a detonating mechanism. IEDs are commonly used as roadside bombs, or homemade bombs.
IEDs are ge... |
266079 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enn%20Reitel | Enn Reitel | Enn Reitel is a Scottish actor who specializes in voice work. He is known for his voice-over work in video games, movies and TV shows. He is also known for providing additional voices for The Getaway: Black Monday, The Lord of the Rings: Aragorn's Quest, Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, The Secret World and Star Wars: Th... |
271749 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Trinian%27s%20School | St Trinian's School | St Trinian's is a British gag cartoon comic strip series, created and drawn by Ronald Searle from 1946 until 1952. The cartoons all centre on a boarding school for girls, where the teachers are sadists and the girls are juvenile delinquents. The series was Searle's most famous work and inspired a popular series of come... |
274048 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German%20revolutions%20of%201848%E2%80%931849 | German revolutions of 1848–1849 | The German revolutions of 1848–1849 (), the opening phase of which was also called the March Revolution (), were initially part of the Revolutions of 1848 that broke out in many European countries. They were a series of loosely coordinated protests and rebellions in the states of the German Confederation, including the... |
274262 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private%20military%20company | Private military company | A private military company (PMC) is a private company providing armed combat or security services for financial gain. PMCs refer to their operationally deployed personnel as "security contractors" or "private military contractors".
The services and expertise offered by PMCs are typically similar to those of government... |
275009 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture%20of%20the%20United%20Kingdom | Culture of the United Kingdom | British culture is influenced by the combined nations' history; its historically Christian religious life, its interaction with the cultures of Europe, the traditions of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland, and the impact of the British Empire. Although British culture is a distinct entity, the individual cultures of ... |
276812 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank%20Sturgis | Frank Sturgis | Frank Anthony Sturgis (December 9, 1924 – December 4, 1993), born Frank Angelo Fiorini, was one of the five Watergate burglars whose capture led to the end of the presidency of Richard Nixon. He served in several branches of the United States military and in the Cuban Revolution of 1958, and worked as an undercover op... |
280738 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Ford | John Ford | John Martin Feeney (February 1, 1894 – August 31, 1973), known professionally as John Ford, was an American film director and naval officer. He is renowned both for Westerns such as Stagecoach (1939), The Searchers (1956), and The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962) and adaptations of classic 20th century American nove... |
290633 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Object%20of%20My%20Affection | The Object of My Affection | The Object of My Affection is a 1998 American romantic comedy-drama film directed by Nicholas Hytner and starring Jennifer Aniston and Paul Rudd. The film was adapted from the novel of the same name by Stephen McCauley and the screenplay was written by Wendy Wasserstein. The story concerns a pregnant New York social wo... |
298178 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will%20Young | Will Young | William Robert Young (born 20 January 1979) is a British actor and singer-songwriter who came to prominence after winning the 2002 inaugural series of the ITV talent contest Pop Idol, making him the first winner of the worldwide Idol franchise. His double A-sided debut single "Anything Is Possible" / "Evergreen" was re... |
299786 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20places%20named%20after%20people | List of places named after people | There are a number of places named after famous people. For more on the general etymology of place names see toponymy. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.
Continents
Americas (North America and South America) – Amerigo Vespucci
Countries
This is a summary of country name etymologies.
... |
302125 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E.%20Howard%20Hunt | E. Howard Hunt | Everette Howard Hunt Jr. (October 9, 1918 – January 23, 2007) was an American intelligence officer and author. From 1949 to 1970, Hunt served as an officer in the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), particularly in the United States involvement in regime change in Latin America including the 1954 Guatemalan coup d'état ... |
304718 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Milwaukee | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee | The Archdiocese of Milwaukee () is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in the United States. It encompasses the City of Milwaukee, as well as the counties of Dodge, Fond du Lac, Kenosha, Milwaukee, Ozaukee, Racine, Sheboygan, Walworth, Wash... |
305091 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter%20Sutcliffe | Peter Sutcliffe | Peter William Sutcliffe (2 June 1946 – 13 November 2020), also known as Peter William Coonan, was an English serial killer who was dubbed the Yorkshire Ripper (an allusion to Jack the Ripper) by the press. On 22 May 1981, he was found guilty of murdering 13 women and attempting to murder seven others between 1975 and 1... |
312626 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Anarchist%20Cookbook | The Anarchist Cookbook | The Anarchist Cookbook, first published in 1971, is a book containing instructions for the manufacture of explosives, rudimentary telecommunications phreaking devices, and related weapons, as well as instructions for the home manufacture of illicit drugs, including LSD. It was written by William Powell at the apex of t... |
320344 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary%20immunity | Parliamentary immunity | Parliamentary immunity, also known as legislative immunity, is a system in which politicians such as president, vice president, governor, lieutenant governor, member of parliament, member of legislative assembly, member of legislative council, senator, member of congress, corporator and councilor are granted full immun... |
320379 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rape%20of%20males | Rape of males | A proportion of victims of rape or other sexual violence incidents are male. Historically, rape was thought to be, and defined as, a crime committed solely against females. This belief is still held in some parts of the world, but rape of males is now commonly criminalized and has been subject to more discussion than i... |
323084 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fr%C3%A9d%C3%A9ric%20Passy | Frédéric Passy | Frédéric Passy (20 May 182212 June 1912) was a French economist and pacifist who was a founding member of several peace societies and the Inter-Parliamentary Union. He was also an author and politician, sitting in the Chamber of Deputies from 1881 until 1889. He was a joint winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1901 for h... |
326299 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton%20and%20Darlington%20Railway | Stockton and Darlington Railway | The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Darlington and Stockton-on-Tees in County Durham, and was officially opened on 27 Sep... |
328242 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy%20Savile | Jimmy Savile | Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including Top of the Pops and Jim'll Fix It. He raised an estimated £40 million for charities; during his lifetime, Savile was widely praised for his personal qualities and as ... |
328687 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert%20Carlyle | Robert Carlyle | Robert Carlyle (born 14 April 1961) is a Scottish actor and director. His film work includes Trainspotting (1996), The Full Monty (1997), The World Is Not Enough (1999), Angela's Ashes (1999), The Beach (2000), 28 Weeks Later (2007), and Yesterday (2019). He has been in the television shows Hamish Macbeth, Stargate Un... |
329945 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Illinois | List of people from Illinois | This is a list of notable individuals who come from the state of Illinois, a state within the larger United States of America.
A
Aa–Ag
Emma Abbott (1850–91), opera soprano. Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts.
Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era ... |
330347 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%2024%20characters | List of 24 characters | The following is a list of characters in the American serial drama television series 24, 24: Live Another Day, and 24: Legacy by season and event. The list first names the actor, followed by the character. Some characters have their own pages; see the box below.
The show consists of an ensemble cast. A total of 47 act... |
335721 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman%20Catholic%20Archdiocese%20of%20Los%20Angeles | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles | The Archdiocese of Los Angeles (, ) is an ecclesiastical territory or archdiocese of the Catholic Church (particularly the Roman Catholic or Latin Church) located in the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. The archdiocese’s cathedra is in Los Angeles, the archdiocese comprises the California counties of L... |
336678 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis%20Le%20Prince | Louis Le Prince | Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince (28 August 1841 – 16 September 1897) was a French artist and the inventor of an early motion-picture camera, possibly the first person to shoot a moving picture sequence using a single lens camera and a strip of (paper) film. He has been credited as "Father of Cinematography", but his work... |
342596 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lower%20East%20Side | Lower East Side | The Lower East Side, sometimes abbreviated as LES and sometimes referred to as Loisaida, is a historic neighborhood in the southeastern part of the New York City borough of Manhattan, roughly between the Bowery and the East River from Canal to Houston streets. Traditionally an immigrant, working-class neighborhood, it ... |
342741 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Road%20to%20Perdition | Road to Perdition | Road to Perdition is a 2002 American neo-noir period crime drama film directed by Sam Mendes. The screenplay was adapted by David Self from the graphic novel of the same name written by Max Allan Collins and illustrated by Richard Piers Rayner. The film stars Tom Hanks, Paul Newman (in his final live-action theater fil... |
352795 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jaws%202 | Jaws 2 | Jaws 2 is a 1978 American thriller film directed by Jeannot Szwarc and co-written by Carl Gottlieb. It is the sequel to Steven Spielberg's Jaws (1975), and the second installment in the Jaws franchise. The film stars Roy Scheider as Police Chief Martin Brody, with Lorraine Gary and Murray Hamilton reprising their respe... |
358605 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian%20peace%20medal | Indian peace medal | Indian peace medals refer to ovular or circular medals awarded to tribal leaders throughout colonial America and early United States history, primarily made of silver or brass and ranging in diameter from about one to six inches. Medals were often perforated and worn suspended around the neck of the recipient. Controve... |
359558 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20Stonehouse | John Stonehouse | John Thomson Stonehouse (28 July 192514 April 1988) was a British Labour and Co-operative Party politician and cabinet minister under Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Stonehouse is remembered for his unsuccessful attempt at faking his own death in 1974, a scheme uncovered after a claim that Stonehouse was recently-disappe... |
360496 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Sydney | History of Sydney | The History of Sydney begins in prehistoric times with the occupation of the district by Australian Aboriginals, whose ancestors came to Sydney in the Upper Paleolithic period. The modern history of the city began with the arrival of a First Fleet of British ships in 1788 and the foundation of a penal colony by Great B... |
361604 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20people%20from%20Texas | List of people from Texas | The following are notable people who were either born, raised or have lived for a significant period of time in the U.S. state of Texas.
Founders and early settlers of Texas
Augustus Chapman Allen (1806–1864), founder of Houston
Charlotte Baldwin Allen (1805–1895), financed founding of Houston, known as the "mother... |
365352 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradley%20Cooper | Bradley Cooper | Bradley Charles Cooper (born January 5, 1975) is an American actor and filmmaker. He is the recipient of various accolades, including a British Academy Film Award and two Grammy Awards, in addition to nominations for nine Academy Awards, six Golden Globe Awards, and a Tony Award. Cooper appeared on the Forbes Celebrity... |
365839 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scottsboro%20Boys | Scottsboro Boys | The Scottsboro Boys were nine African American teenagers, ages 13 to 20, accused in Alabama of raping two white women in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial. The cases included a lynch mob before the suspects had been indicted, all-white juries, rush... |
366318 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20Malays%20National%20Organisation | United Malays National Organisation | The United Malays National Organisation (Malay: Pertubuhan Kebangsaan Melayu Bersatu; Jawi: ڤرتوبوهن كبڠساءن ملايو برساتو), abbreviated UMNO (Jawi: امنو; ) or lesser known as PEKEMBAR (Jawi: ڤکمبر), is a political party in Malaysia. Often referred to as Malaysia's "Grand Old Party", it is a founding and dominant membe... |
369682 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lost%20in%20Translation%20%28film%29 | Lost in Translation (film) | Lost in Translation is a 2003 romantic comedy-drama film written and directed by Sofia Coppola. Bill Murray stars as Bob Harris, a fading American movie star who is having a midlife crisis when he travels to Tokyo to promote Suntory whisky. There, he befriends another estranged American named Charlotte, a young woman a... |
378561 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric%20Harris%20and%20Dylan%20Klebold | Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold | Eric David Harris (April 9, 1981 – April 20, 1999) and Dylan Bennet Klebold (; September 11, 1981 – April 20, 1999) were an American mass murder duo who perpetrated the Columbine High School massacre on April 20, 1999. Harris and Klebold killed 13 people and wounded 24 others, at Columbine High School, where they were ... |
379342 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rachel%20Scott | Rachel Scott | Rachel Joy Scott (August 5, 1981 – April 20, 1999) was an American student who is known to be the first fatality of the Columbine High School massacre, in which 11 other students and a teacher were also murdered by Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, who then committed suicide.
Scott's belief in Christianity and the disput... |
393545 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bakili%20Muluzi | Bakili Muluzi | Elson Bakili Muluzi (born March 17, 1943 in Machinga, Nyasaland) is a Malawian politician who was the first freely elected president of Malawi from 1994 to 2004. He was also chairman of the United Democratic Front (UDF) until 2009. He succeeded Hastings Kamuzu Banda as Malawi's president. He also served in Banda's cabi... |
400103 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7th%20Cavalry%20Regiment | 7th Cavalry Regiment | The 7th Cavalry Regiment is a United States Army cavalry regiment formed in 1866. Its official nickname is "Garryowen", after the Irish air "Garryowen" that was adopted as its march tune.
The regiment participated in some of the largest battles of the Indian Wars, including the infamous Battle of Little Bighorn, where... |
401936 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo%20Frank | Leo Frank | Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent who was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. His trial, conviction, and appeals attracted national attention. His lynching two years later, in response to the commutation of his d... |
402190 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolex | Rolex | Rolex SA () is a British-founded Swiss watch designer and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as Wilsdorf and Davis by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis in London, England, the company registered the word 'Rolex' as the brand name of its watches in 1908, and it became Rolex Watch Co. Ltd. in 1915. A... |
404785 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexton%20Blake | Sexton Blake | Sexton Blake is a fictional character, a detective who has been featured in many British comic strips, novels and dramatic productions since 1893. Sexton Blake adventures were featured in a wide variety of British and international publications (in many languages) from 1893 to 1978, comprising more than 4,000 stories b... |
406277 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20%28given%20name%29 | John (given name) | John (; ) is a common masculine given name in the English language of Semitic origin. The name is derived from the Latin Ioannes and Iohannes, which are forms of the Greek name Iōánnēs (), originally borne by Hellenized Jews transliterating the Hebrew name Yohanan (), "Graced by Yah", or (), "Yahweh is Gracious". Ther... |
409664 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974%20in%20Canada | 1974 in Canada | Events from the year 1974 in Canada.
Incumbents
Crown
Monarch – Elizabeth II
Federal government
Governor General – Roland Michener (until January 14), then Jules Léger
Prime Minister – Pierre Trudeau
Chief Justice – Gérald Fauteux (until January 7), then Bora Laskin
Parliament – 29th (until 9 May) then 30th (... |
412023 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rahm%20Emanuel | Rahm Emanuel | Rahm Israel Emanuel (; born November 29, 1959) is an American politician who is the United States Ambassador to Japan since 2022. A member of the Democratic Party, he previously served as the 55th Mayor of Chicago from 2011 to 2019 and the 23rd White House Chief of Staff from 2009 to 2010, and as a member of the Unite... |
415920 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Sign%20of%20the%20Four | The Sign of the Four | The Sign of the Four (1890), also called The Sign of Four, is the second novel featuring Sherlock Holmes written by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Doyle wrote four novels and 56 short stories featuring the fictional detective.
Plot
Set in 1888, The Sign of the Four has a complex plot involving service in India, the Indian Mu... |
417475 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denis%20MacShane | Denis MacShane | Denis MacShane (born Josef Denis Matyjaszek; 21 May 1948) is a British former politician, author and commentator who served as Minister of State for Europe from 2002 to 2005. He joined the Labour Party in 1970 and has held most party offices. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Rotherham from 1994 to his resignation i... |
418532 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List%20of%20Eastern%20Caribbean%20people | List of Eastern Caribbean people | Listed below are prominent people from the Eastern Caribbean, the Guianas. Because of the close proximity of these countries, some people are listed under more than one heading. The following are not included: Bahamians, Belizeans, Cubans, Dominicans (from the Dominican Republic), Haitians, Jamaicans, or Puerto Ricans.... |
424637 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pardon%20the%20Interruption | Pardon the Interruption | Pardon the Interruption (abbreviated PTI) is an American sports talk television show that airs weekdays on various ESPN TV channels. It is hosted by Tony Kornheiser and Michael Wilbon who discuss, and frequently argue over, the top stories of the day in "sports... and other stuff" (as Kornheiser put it in the show's or... |
424726 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United%20States%20Park%20Police | United States Park Police | The United States Park Police (USPP) is one of the oldest uniformed federal law enforcement agencies in the United States. It functions as a full-service law enforcement agency with responsibilities and jurisdiction in those National Park Service areas primarily located in the Washington, D.C., San Francisco, and New Y... |
428819 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terrell%20Owens | Terrell Owens | Terrell Eldorado Owens (; born December 7, 1973), nicknamed T.O., is a former American football wide receiver who played in the National Football League (NFL) for 16 seasons. A six-time Pro Bowl selection and five-time first-team All-Pro, Owens holds or shares several NFL records. He ranks third in career receiving yar... |
429897 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New%20York%20City%20Marathon | New York City Marathon | The New York City Marathon (currently branded TCS New York City Marathon after its headline sponsor) is an annual marathon () that courses through the five boroughs of New York City. It is the largest marathon in the world, with 53,627 finishers in 2019 and 98,247 applicants for the 2017 race. Along with the Boston Mar... |
434760 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dari%C3%A9n%20Gap | Darién Gap | The Darién Gap (, , , ) is a geographic region between the North and South American continents within Central America, consisting of a large watershed, forest, and mountains in Panama's Darién Province and the northern portion of Colombia's Chocó Department.
The "gap" in question is that of the Pan-American Highway, ... |
439227 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Folk%20devil | Folk devil | Folk devil is a person or group of people who are portrayed in folklore or the media as outsiders and deviant, and who are blamed for crimes or other sorts of social problems; see also: scapegoat.
The pursuit of folk devils frequently intensifies into a mass movement that is called a moral panic. When a moral panic i... |
451680 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John%20H.%20Carrington | John H. Carrington | John Hunter Carrington (October 25, 1934 – February 28, 2017)
was an American politician. Republican former member of the North Carolina General Assembly who long represented the state's fifteenth Senate district, including constituents in Wake county.
He headed a major company in the evidence-collection and security... |
459970 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mormon%20Battalion | Mormon Battalion | The Mormon Battalion was the only religious unit in United States military history in federal service and was recruited solely from one religious body and having a religious title as the unit designation. The volunteers served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the Mexican–American War of 1846–1848. The battalion was a... |
460443 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar%20Wallace | Edgar Wallace | Richard Horatio Edgar Wallace (1 April 1875 – 10 February 1932) was a British writer.
Born into poverty as an illegitimate London child, Wallace left school at the age of 12. He joined the army at age 21 and was a war correspondent during the Second Boer War, for Reuters and the Daily Mail. Struggling with debt, he le... |
472948 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20%281991%E2%80%932008%29 | History of the United States (1991–2008) | The history of the United States from 1991 to 2008 began after the dissolution of the Soviet Union. The dissolution signaled the end of the Cold War and left the U.S. unchallenged as the world's sole superpower. The U.S. took a leading role in military involvement in the Middle East. The U.S. expelled an Iraqi invasion... |
473086 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King%20Kong%20%282005%20film%29 | King Kong (2005 film) | King Kong is a 2005 epic adventure monster film co-written, produced, and directed by Peter Jackson. It is the 8th entry in the King Kong franchise and the second remake of the 1933 film of the same title following the 1976 film. The film stars Andy Serkis, Naomi Watts, Jack Black, and Adrien Brody. Set in 1933, it fol... |
476008 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Statement%20%28film%29 | The Statement (film) | The Statement is a 2003 drama film directed by Norman Jewison and starring Michael Caine. It is based on the 1996 novel of the same name by Brian Moore, and the screenplay was written by Ronald Harwood. The plot was inspired by the true story of Paul Touvier, a Vichy French police official, who was indicted after World... |
476932 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine%20Ridge%20Indian%20Reservation | Pine Ridge Indian Reservation | The Pine Ridge Indian Reservation (), also called Pine Ridge Agency, is an Oglala Lakota Indian reservation located virtually entirely in the U.S. state of South Dakota. Originally included within the territory of the Great Sioux Reservation, Pine Ridge was created by the Act of March 2, 1889, 25 Stat. 888. in the sout... |
477644 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University%20of%20California%2C%20Merced | University of California, Merced | The University of California, Merced (UC Merced) is a public land-grant research university in Merced, California, and is the tenth and newest of the University of California campuses. Established in 2005, UC Merced was founded to "address chronically low levels of educational attainment in the region." UC Merced enrol... |
485171 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gambino%20crime%20family | Gambino crime family | The Gambino crime family (pronounced ) is an Italian-American Mafia crime family and one of the "Five Families" that dominate organized crime activities in New York City, United States, within the nationwide criminal phenomenon known as the American Mafia. The group, which went through five bosses between 1910 and 1957... |
488861 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canvey%20Island | Canvey Island | Canvey Island is a civil parish and reclaimed island in the Thames estuary, near Southend-on-Sea in Essex, England. It has an area of and a population of 38,170. It is separated from the mainland of south Essex by a network of creeks. Lying only just above sea level, it is prone to flooding at exceptional tides and ha... |
491543 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose%20Bay%2C%20New%20South%20Wales | Rose Bay, New South Wales | Rose Bay is a harbourside, eastern suburb of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Rose Bay is located seven kilometres east of the Sydney central business district, in the local government areas of Waverley Council (east of Old South Head Road) and Municipality of Woollahra (on its western side towards t... |
495806 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell%20Hammond | Darrell Hammond | Darrell Clayton Hammond (born October 8, 1955) is an American actor, stand-up comedian and impressionist. He was a regular cast member on Saturday Night Live from 1995 to 2009, and has been its announcer since 2014.
Upon his departure, Hammond, at age 53, was the oldest cast member in the show's history. Hammond has m... |
501699 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monokini | Monokini | The monokini, designed by Rudi Gernreich in 1964, consisting of only a brief, close-fitting bottom and two thin straps, was the first women's topless swimsuit. His revolutionary and controversial design included a bottom that "extended from the midriff to the upper thigh" and was "held up by shoestring laces that make ... |
508593 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rip%20Torn | Rip Torn | Elmore Rual "Rip" Torn Jr. (February 6, 1931 – July 9, 2019) was an American actor whose career spanned more than 60 years.
He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his part as Marsh Turner in Cross Creek (1983). He portrayed Artie the producer on The Larry Sanders Show, for which he was no... |
509843 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History%20of%20Tasmania | History of Tasmania | The history of Tasmania begins at the end of the most recent ice age (approximately 10,000 years ago) when it is believed that the island was joined to the Australian mainland. Little is known of the human history of the island until the British colonisation in the 19th century.
Indigenous people
Tasmania was inhabit... |
522530 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stornoway | Stornoway | Stornoway (; ; ) is the main town of the Western Isles and the capital of Lewis and Harris in Scotland.
The town's population is around 6,953, making it by far the largest town in the Outer Hebrides, as well as the third largest island town in Scotland after Kirkwall in Orkney and Lerwick in Shetland. The traditional ... |
522648 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod%20Woodson | Rod Woodson | Roderick Kevin Woodson (born March 10, 1965) is an American former professional football player in the National Football League (NFL) for 17 seasons. He had a 10-year stint with the Pittsburgh Steelers and was a key member of the Baltimore Ravens' Super Bowl XXXV championship team that beat the New York Giants. He also... |
523937 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche%20Bank | Deutsche Bank | Deutsche Bank AG () is a German multinational investment bank and financial services company headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, and dual-listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange.
The bank's network spans 58 countries with a large presence in Europe, the Americas, and Asia. As of 2020, ... |
525305 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man%20on%20Fire%20%282004%20film%29 | Man on Fire (2004 film) | Man on Fire is a 2004 action thriller film directed by Tony Scott from a screenplay by Brian Helgeland, and based on the 1980 novel of the same name by A. J. Quinnell. The novel had previously been adapted into a feature film in 1987. In this film, Denzel Washington portrays John Creasy, a despondent, alcoholic former ... |
530216 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media%20coverage%20of%20the%20Arab%E2%80%93Israeli%20conflict | Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict | Media coverage of the Arab–Israeli conflict by journalists in international news media has been said to be biased by both sides and independent observers. These perceptions of bias, possibly exacerbated by the hostile media effect, have generated more complaints of partisan reporting than any other news topic and have ... |
530284 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle%20of%20Mount%20Tumbledown | Battle of Mount Tumbledown | The Battle of Mount Tumbledown was an engagement during the Falklands War. The engagement was an attack by the British Army and the Royal Marines on the heights over-looking Stanley, the Falkland Islands capital. Mount Tumbledown, Mount William and Sapper Hill lie west of the capital. Due to their proximity to the cap... |
531383 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%20Howe%20Island | Lord Howe Island | Lord Howe Island (; formerly Lord Howe's Island) is an irregularly crescent-shaped volcanic remnant in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand, part of the Australian state of New South Wales. It lies directly east of mainland Port Macquarie, northeast of Sydney, and about southwest of Norfolk Island. It is... |
543503 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The%20Phil%20Silvers%20Show | The Phil Silvers Show | The Phil Silvers Show, originally titled You'll Never Get Rich, is a sitcom which ran on CBS from 1955 to 1959. A pilot titled "Audition Show" was made in 1955, but was never broadcast. 143 other episodes were broadcast – all half-an-hour long except for a 1959 one-hour live special. The series starred Phil Silvers as ... |
556295 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A1chira | Táchira | Táchira State (, ) is one of the 24 states of Venezuela. The state capital is San Cristóbal.
Táchira State covers a total surface area of and as of the 2011 census, had a population of 1,168,908. At the end of the 19th century, Táchira State was where oil was discovered in Venezuela. Currently, its main economic reve... |
558345 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/XTRMNTR | XTRMNTR | XTRMNTR (pronounced "Exterminator") is the sixth studio album by Scottish rock band Primal Scream. It was first released on 31 January 2000 in the United Kingdom by Creation Records and on 2 May 2000 in the United States by Astralwerks. It peaked at number 3 on the UK Albums Chart. In a departure from their earlier, mo... |
564524 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St%20Giles%27%20Cathedral | St Giles' Cathedral | St Giles' Cathedral (), or the High Kirk of Edinburgh, is a parish church of the Church of Scotland in the Old Town of Edinburgh. The current building was begun in the 14th century and extended until the early 16th century; significant alterations were undertaken in the 19th and 20th centuries, including the addition o... |
566601 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1972%20in%20aviation | 1972 in aviation | This is a list of aviation-related events from 1972. This particular year remains the deadliest year in commercial aviation history since 1942; 2,313 people were killed in aviation accidents.
Events
Early in the year, the United States introduces the Walleye II optically guided glide bomb into service, employing it ... |
567988 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackwater%20%28company%29 | Blackwater (company) | Academi was an American private military company founded on December 26, 1996 by former Navy SEAL officer Erik Prince as Blackwater, renamed Xe Services in 2009 and known as Academi since 2011 after the company was acquired by a group of private investors. In 2007, the company received widespread notoriety for the Niso... |
571875 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael%20Mallin | Michael Mallin | Michael Thomas Christopher Mallin (; 1 December 1874 – 8 May 1916) was an Irish republican, Socialist and devout Catholic who took an active role in the Easter Rising of 1916. He was a silk weaver, the co-founder with Francis Sheehy-Skeffington of the Socialist Party of Ireland, and was second-in-command of the Irish C... |
581256 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Es%27kia%20Mphahlele | Es'kia Mphahlele | Es'kia Mphahlele (17 December 1919 – 27 October 2008) was a South African writer, educationist, artist and activist celebrated as the Father of African Humanism and one of the founding figures of modern African literature.
He was given the name Ezekiel Mphahlele at birth but changed his name to Es'kia in 1977. His jou... |
583320 | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph%20Force%20Crater | Joseph Force Crater | Joseph Force Crater (January 5, 1889 – disappeared August 6, 1930; declared legally dead June 6, 1939) was a New York State Supreme Court Justice who went missing amid a political scandal. He was last seen leaving a restaurant on West 45th Street in Manhattan and entered popular culture as one of the most mysterious mi... |
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