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Culture/Food and drink
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| 2024-09-30 11:34 | Cuisine of Jerusalem (Local cuisine in and around the city of Jerusalem) | The cuisine of Jerusalem reflects the long history of Jerusalem as a crossroads of cultures and religions. Millennia of trade, conquest, and migration have resulted in a unique fusion of culinary traditions, with significant influences from Jewish (predominantly Sephardic, but also Kurdish, Ashkenazi, and other communities) and Levantine Arab cuisine (especially Palestinian). | PeleYoetz (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 08:56 | Curry (Spicy Asian-influenced dishes) | Curry is an international dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese and followed by the Dutch and British. Many dishes that would be described as curries in English are found in the native cuisines of countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 15:03 | Chili pepper (Varieties of peppers of Capsicum genus) | Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli (from Classical Nahuatl chīlli ), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. Chili peppers are widely used in many cuisines as a spice to add "heat" to dishes. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 19:08 | Metrovino (Defunct restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | Metrovino was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It opened in northwest Portland's Pearl District in 2009, with Greg Denton as executive chef. Todd Steele and his mother were co-owners. Other chefs included Denton's wife Gabrielle Quiñonez Denton and later Victor Deras and Dustin See, after the Dentons left in 2012. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
Culture/Internet culture
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| 2024-03-02 15:27 | R/The Donald (Subreddit in support of U.S. president Donald Trump) | r/The_Donald was a subreddit where participants created discussions and Internet memes in support of U.S. president Donald Trump. Initially created in June 2015 following the announcement of Trump's presidential campaign, the community grew to over 790,000 subscribers who described themselves as "Patriots". | Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 |
| 2024-05-29 22:22 | Puff-puff (onomatopoeia) (Act of a woman's breasts being rubbed in someone's face) | is an onomatopoeia that conveys a woman's breasts being rubbed in someone's face. It was first created by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and lead artist of Dragon Quest, having it featured in both. In Dragon Quest, it appears in multiple games as a service a character may receive. It has been featured in a non-sexual way in Dragon Quest as well, such as two Slimes being used to simulate the act or swapping the performer for a man, which has been criticized for lacking consent by critics. | Cukie Gherkin (talk) |
| 2024-06-30 14:40 | Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive character) | is a player character in the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise by Koei Tecmo. Originally conceived as a tropical "deadly dancer" character by lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki, she was later changed to a professional wrestler due to the development team's love for the sport. The daughter of fellow character Bass Armstrong, he wants her to follow in his footsteps as a wrestler, but she has ambitions to be a model and a movie star much to his dismay. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-07-24 22:51 | Microsoft and unions (Relationship between Microsoft and trade unions around the world) | Microsoft recognizes 7 trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. US workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-08-04 19:58 | Kim Kitsuragi (Video game character) | Kim Kitsuragi is a character in the 2019 detective video game Disco Elysium. As a non-playable companion to the player character, he is defined by his Asian-inspired culture, private queerness, and calm, stoic personality. Kitsuragi is noted by journalists and academics for his reactions to the player's choices, ranging from deadpan quips to moments of approval and vulnerability. | Shooterwalker (talk) |
| 2024-08-05 16:14 | Miner 2049er (1982 video game) | Miner 2049er is a platform game game developed by Big Five Software and published in December 1982. It is set in a mine, where the player controls the Mountie Bounty Bob. The player controls Bounty Bob through multiple levels of a mine, with the goal of traversing all of the platforms in each level all while avoiding enemies and within a set amount of time. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-08-15 22:34 | Pixel Piracy (2014 video game) | Pixel Piracy is a 2014 side-scrolling action-adventure game with roguelike elements, developed by Quadro Delta and published by Re-Logic. In the indie game, players construct a pirate ship, hire and train a crew, and guide their crew toward notoriety by defeating the four pirate captains in a procedurally-generated world full of islands. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-08-17 08:22 | Ether One (2014 video game) | Ether One is a 2014 first-person adventure game developed and self-published by White Paper Games, a Manchester-based studio. The gameplay is set within a virtual world, where players assume the role of a "Restorer", tasked with reconstructing the memories of a dementia patient. As the studio's debut title, Ether One focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and narrative, featuring themes centered around mental illness and memory retrieval. | StewdioMACK (talk) |
| 2024-08-17 14:42 | Infostealer (Malicious software used to steal information) | In computing, infostealers are a form of malicious software, created to breach computer systems to steal sensitive information—including login details, financial information, and other personally identifiable information. The stolen information is then packaged, sent to the attacker, and often traded on illicit markets to other cybercriminals. | Sohom (talk) |
| 2024-08-23 21:49 | Dr Disrespect (American live streamer (born 1982)) | Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born March 10, 1982), better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc, is an American live streamer. He became known for playing battle royale games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds on Twitch and YouTube. | 2601AC47 (talk) |
| 2024-08-25 02:51 | Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass (2020 expansion pack for Pokémon Sword and Shield) | and Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra[a] are the two downloadable content expansion packs that make up the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass[b]. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 22:34 | Hotline Miami (2012 video game) | Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. In the game, players take on the role of an unnamed silent protagonist—known outside of the game as Jacket—while committing massacres against the local Russian mafia. In each level, the player must defeat every enemy through various means, ranging from firearms and melee weapons to more specific methods like knocking enemies out with doors. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2024-09-10 17:04 | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007 film by Frank Nissen) | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is a 2007 American animated musical fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Directed by Frank Nissen from a screenplay written by Dan Berendsen, Margaret Heidenry, Colleen Ventimilia, and Eddie Guerlain, it is the third installment in Disney's Cinderella trilogy, and a sequel to Cinderella (1950) and Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002). | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 20:28 | Pokémon fan games (Video games by Pokémon fans) | Pokémon is a Japanese video game media franchise. The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers. Pokémon are often used in the series to battle other Pokémon, both wild and trainer-owned, using the Pokémon's special abilities. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 03:02 | The Outer Worlds (2019 video game) | The Outer Worlds is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. Set in an alternate future, the game takes place in Halcyon, a distant star system colonized by megacorporations. In the game, the player assumes control of a passenger from a lost colony ship, who is revived by a mad scientist and tasked to rescue their fellow colonists and take down the corporations responsible for the colony's downfall. | OceanHok (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 01:23 | River Raid (1982 video game) | River Raid is a video game developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines. The goal is to navigate the flight by destroying enemy tankers, helicopters, fuel depots and bridges without running out of fuel or crashing. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 13:20 | The Great Giana Sisters (1987 video game) | The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game developed by the West German company Time Warp and published by Rainbow Arts in 1987 for home computers such as the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. Players control Giana (or her sister Maria in the multiplayer mode) to explore a magical world inside their dreams; to wake up, they must find a giant diamond. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 11:08 | Visions of Mana (2024 video game) | is a 2024 action role-playing game developed by Ouka Studios and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. The fifth main title in the Mana series, the story follows the young swordsman Val as he escorts a group of Alms, sacrifices chosen to renew the flow of Mana in the world, on a pilgrimage to the Mana Tree. | ProtoDrake (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 21:39 | Bejeweled (video game) (2000 match-three video game) | Bejeweled is a 2000 match-three video game developed and published by PopCap Games. Bejeweled involves lining up three or more multi-colored gems to clear them from the game board, with chain reactions potentially following. The game was inspired by a similar browser game titled Colors Game discovered by the PopCap team in 2000, at the time consisting of John Vechey, Brian Fiete, and Jason Kapalka. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 23:16 | Pokémon Heroes (2002 film by Kunihiko Yuyama) | Pokémon Heroes (also known as Pokémon Heroes: The Movie) is a 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. Produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho, it is the fifth film in the Pokémon series. The film stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue Ōtani. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 15:48 | Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) (2007 film by Tim Hill) | Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action animated jukebox musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill from a screenplay by Jon Vitti and the writing team of Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The film is dedicated in the memory of Ross Bagdasarian Sr., who created the titular Alvin and the Chipmunks characters. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
| 2024-10-02 18:50 | Haunter (Pokémon) (Pokémon species) | Haunter, known in Japan as Ghost (Japanese: ゴースト, Hepburn: Gōsuto), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, Since Haunter's debut it has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 16:56 | Lavender Town (Fictional town in Pokémon universe) | is a fictional village in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to the Pokémon Tower, a burial ground for deceased Pokémon and a location to find Ghost-Type Pokémon. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 04:55 | Bit City (2017 video game) | Bit City is a 2017 city-building and clicker game developed and published by the American studio NimbleBit. In the game, the player must generate a steady coin income to build a city that meets a population quota. They may buy in-app purchases to boost their progress in the game and can prestige, which returns them back to the first city with their upgrades and the in-game currency Bux kept. | TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) |
| 2024-10-08 03:29 | Dendy (console) (Series of home video game consoles) | Dendy (Russian: Де́нди) is a series of home video game consoles that were unofficial hardware clones of Nintendo's third-generation Famicom system. Produced from late 1992, Dendy consoles were manufactured in Taiwan using Chinese components on behalf of the Russian company Steepler. These consoles were primarily sold in Russia. | Sleeps-Darkly (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:34 | Allbirds (Footwear company) | Allbirds, Inc. is a New Zealand and American public benefit company that sells footwear and apparel, co-founded in 2014 by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its business model has historically relied on direct-to-consumer commerce, though it has some brick and mortar commerce. | Ornov Ganguly TALK |
| 2024-10-16 08:24 | SimsVille (Cancelled video game developed by Maxis) | SimsVille is a cancelled simulation video game game developed by Maxis. The game was conceived as a hybrid between the gameplay of The Sims and SimCity. Development of SimsVille was undertaken over two years by the Maxis development team for SimCity in an attempt to expand The Sims franchise. Following delays to the game's release window, Maxis discontinued development of SimsVille in September 2001, citing concerns with the quality of the gameplay experience. | ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) |
Culture/Linguistics
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| 2024-07-12 08:23 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (American country music band) | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (sometimes abbreviated NGDB), known as the Dirt Band from 1978 to 1983, is an American band founded in Long Beach, California, in 1966. Since 2018, the band has consisted of Jeff Hanna and his son Jaime Hanna, both guitarists and vocalists, along with Jimmie Fadden (drums, harmonica, vocals), Bob Carpenter (keyboards, accordion, vocals), Ross Holmes (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), and Jim Photoglo (bass guitar, vocals). | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-09-02 11:12 | Grigor Parlichev (Bulgarian writer (1830–1893)) | Grigor Stavrev Parlichev was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he is regarded as a pioneer of national awakening. | StephenMacky1 (talk) |
| 2024-10-04 21:01 | Blood & Chocolate (1986 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions) | Blood & Chocolate is the eleventh studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his ninth album with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 15 September 1986 through Demon and Columbia Records. After mostly using outside musicians for his previous album King of America, Costello reunited the Attractions and his former producer Nick Lowe for Blood & Chocolate. | – zmbro (talk) (cont) |
| 2024-10-14 00:56 | Tamara (name) (Feminine given name) | Tamara is a feminine given name with origins in Hebrew, Arabic, Spanish, Hindi, and Sanskrit. In Hebrew and Arabic, the name derives from a word meaning date, date palm, or palm tree; in Hebrew, תמר tamar, and in Arabic, تَمْرَة tamrah (singular) or تَمْر tamr (plural). | The Blue Rider 
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Culture/Literature
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| 2021-11-15 10:14 | Bonny Hicks (Singaporean model (1968-1997)) | Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean model and writer. After garnering local fame as a model, she gained worldwide recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, Are You A Model?, is recognised as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore. | Leomk0403 (talk) |
| 2024-02-26 22:43 | New World Order (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (1st episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) | "New World Order" is the first episode of the American television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they adjust to life after returning from the Blip at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019). | Dcdiehardfan (talk) |
| 2024-03-08 20:26 | Vinland Saga (TV series) (Japanese anime television series) | is a Japanese anime television series based on Makoto Yukimura's historical manga of the same name. The first season was produced by Wit Studio in 2019 and the second by MAPPA in 2023. The story follows the life of Thorfinn, who becomes involved with Vikings and war following his father's death at the hands of Askeladd. | Tintor2 (talk) |
| 2024-03-25 16:05 | Tolkien, Race and Cultural History (Book of literary criticism by Dimitra Fimi) | Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits is a 2008 book by Dimitra Fimi about J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Scholars largely welcomed the book, praising its accessibility and its skilful application of a biographical-historical method which sets the development of Tolkien's legendarium in the context of Tolkien's life and times. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-04-14 17:04 | Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series) (Fictional character) | Morph is a fictional superhero appearing in the American animated superhero series X-Men: The Animated Series—which aired on Fox Kids from 1992 to 1997—and its revival X-Men '97, which has been streaming on Disney+ since March 2024. Introduced as a member of the X-Men, Morph sacrificed themselves to protect Wolverine from a Sentinel in the show's premiere. | PanagiotisZois (talk) |
| 2024-04-15 10:17 | Anarchism without adjectives (Doctrine of anarchism without any qualifying labels) | Anarchism without adjectives is a pluralist tendency of anarchism that opposes sectarianism and advocates for cooperation between different anarchist schools of thought. First formulated by the Spanish anarchists Ricardo Mella and Fernando Tarrida del Mármol, as a way to bridge the ideological divide between the collectivists and communist factions, it was later adopted by the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta and the American individualist Voltairine de Cleyre. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2024-04-24 17:11 | Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon) (Fictional character from Raya and the Last Dragon) | Raya is a fictional character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Created by screenwriters Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, Raya is the thirteenth official member of the Disney Princess line-up and Disney's first Southeast Asian princess. She is voiced by American actress Kelly Marie Tran. | Fieryninja (talk) |
| 2024-05-16 10:45 | Codex Monacensis (X 033) (New Testament manuscript) | Codex Monacensis, designated by X or 033 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), A3 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels written on parchment. The manuscript contains commentary from several church fathers. | Stephen Walch (talk) |
| 2024-05-23 08:21 | Editorial framing of The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | J. R. R. Tolkien decided to increase the reader's feeling that the story in his 1954–55 book The Lord of the Rings was real, by framing the main text with an elaborate editorial apparatus that extends and comments upon it. This material, mainly in the book's appendices, effectively includes a fictional editorial figure much like himself who is interested in philology, and who says he is translating a manuscript which has somehow come into his hands, having somehow survived the thousands of years since the Third Age. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 09:58 | Frieren (Japanese manga series) | is a Japanese manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2020, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. | KjjjKjjj (talk) |
| 2024-05-30 15:05 | Mushu (Fictional character) | Mushu is a fictional character in Disney's Mulan franchise, first appearing in the 1998 animated film Mulan. A small Chinese dragon, Mushu was a spiritual guardian of Mulan's family before he was demoted for failing to protect an ancestor. He plots to redeem himself by ensuring Mulan's safety and success when she enlists herself in the army in her father's place, ultimately becoming her closest confidant. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 00:31 | Federalist No. 9 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton) | Federalist No. 9, titled "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the eighth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the Daily Advertiser and the Independent Journal on November 21, 1787, under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-06-17 08:29 | Lhammas (Linguistic work by J. R. R. Tolkien) | The Lhammas, Noldorin for "account of tongues", is a work of fictional sociolinguistics, written by J. R. R. Tolkien in 1937, and published in the 1987 The Lost Road and Other Writings, volume five of The History of Middle-earth series. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-06-17 08:30 | Old Straight Road (Concept in Tolkien writings) | The Old Straight Road, the Straight Road, the Lost Road, or the Lost Straight Road, is J. R. R. Tolkien's conception, in his fantasy world of Arda, of the route that his Elves are able to follow to reach the earthly paradise of Valinor, realm of the godlike Valar. The tale is mentioned in The Silmarillion and in The Lord of the Rings, and documented in The Lost Road and Other Writings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-07-01 19:18 | Buzz Lightyear (Fictional character in the Toy Story franchise) | Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story franchise. He is a superhero action figure from an in-universe media franchise. Buzz is recognizable by his lime green, purple, and white space suit. Originating as a one-man band toy named Tinny, he evolved into a space ranger action figure during the development of Toy Story, a decision made by director John Lasseter. | Fieryninja (talk) |
| 2024-07-03 08:28 | Westron (Language invented by J. R. R. Tolkien) | Westron, Adûni, or Sôval Phârë, is the constructed language that was supposedly the Common Speech used in J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth in the Third Age, at the time of The Lord of the Rings. It supposedly developed from Adûnaic, the ancient language of Númenor. In practice in the novel, Westron is nearly always represented by modern English, in a process of pseudo-translation which also sees Rohirric represented by Old English. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 09:38 | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (Irish aristocrat (died 1619)) | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (before 1574 - 15 March 1619) was an Irish aristocrat. Born Catherine Magennis, she was the fourth and final wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, a leading Gaelic lord in Ireland during the late Elizabethan and early Stuart eras. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 01:05 | Black holes in fiction (science fiction theme) | Black holes, objects whose gravity is so strong that nothing—including light—can escape them, have been depicted in fiction since at least the pulp era of science fiction, before the term black hole was coined. A common portrayal at the time was of black holes as hazards to spacefarers, a motif that has also recurred in later works. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 22:29 | Stars in fiction | Stars outside of the Solar System have been featured as settings in works of fiction since at least the 1600s, though this did not become commonplace until the pulp era of science fiction. Stars themselves are rarely a point of focus in fiction, their most common role being an indirect one as hosts of planetary systems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-17 07:59 | On Fairy-Stories (Essay by J. R. R. Tolkien) | "On Fairy-Stories" is a 1947 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy story as a literary form. It was written as a lecture entitled "Fairy Stories" for the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, on 8 March 1939. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 00:39 | Extrasolar planets in fiction (appearances of star and planetary systems in fictional stories) | Planets outside of the Solar System have appeared in fiction since at least the 1850s, long before the first real ones were discovered in the 1990s. Most of these fictional planets do not differ significantly from the Earth, and serve only as settings for the narrative. The majority host native lifeforms, sometimes with humans integrated into the ecosystems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 10:17 | Adam Parry (American classicist (1928–1971)) | Adam Milman Parry (February 1, 1928 – June 6, 1971) was an American classical scholar. He worked on Greek and Latin history literature, particularly the works of Thucydides, Homer and Virgil, and was a founding figure of the scholarly movement that became known as the Harvard School of criticism into Virgil's Aeneid. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2024-07-26 12:04 | Constructing The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | The task of constructing The Lord of the Rings was long and complex, lasting from its start in 1937, soon after the success of J. R. R. Tolkien's children's book The Hobbit, until the novel's publication in 1954–1955. Tolkien began with no idea where the story would go, and made several false starts before the tale of the One Ring emerged. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-08-03 09:48 | The Fellowship of the Ring (1954 part of novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) | The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien; it is followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The action takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth. The first edition was published on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom, and consists of a foreword in which the author discusses the writing of The Lord of the Rings, a prologue titled "Concerning Hobbits, and other matters", and the main narrative divided into two "books". | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 00:59 | Pokémon Concierge (2023 Japanese animated television series) | Pokémon Concierge is a Japanese stop motion original net animation (ONA) series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, that premiered on Netflix on December 28, 2023. The series focuses on a woman named Haru, who is down on her luck and visits a resort known as the Pokémon Resort. She becomes a concierge, working on the island in order to care for its Pokémon visitors. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 16:23 | Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (Super-hero character in Marvel Comics) | Black Widow (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova; Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964). | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-08-16 01:26 | Fictional planets of the Solar System (Solar System planets appearing only in fictional stories) | Fictional planets of the Solar System have been depicted since the 1700s—often but not always corresponding to hypothetical planets that have at one point or another been seriously proposed by real-world astronomers, though commonly persisting in fiction long after the underlying scientific theories have been refuted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-08-18 17:18 | Hell and Middle-earth (Theme in Tolkien's writings) | Scholars have seen multiple resemblances between the medieval Christian conception of hell and evil places in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. These include the industrial hells of Saruman's Isengard with its underground furnaces and labouring Orcs; the dark tunnels of Moria; Sauron's evil land of Mordor; and Morgoth's subterranean fortress of Angband. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 07:32 | Klerykal fiction (Subgenre of Polish science fiction) | Klerykal fiction (rarely, klerykal fantasy and science fiction, anti-klerykal fantasy and science fiction, or translated to English as clerical fiction) is a term for a subgenre of Polish fantasy and science fiction and broader religious fiction that addresses Christian themes. The term was coined in the early 1990s. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-05 19:45 | A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets (1873 science fiction novel) | A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets is an 1873 science fiction novel published under the pseudonym "Paul Aermont", the story's fictional main character who travels the Solar System in a balloon. After its initial publication, the book largely fell into obscurity and did not see a reprint until 2018. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 23:32 | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia (2021 reference work by Gary Westfahl) | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood. The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-18 09:38 | Tolkien's poetry | Tolkien's poetry is extremely varied, including both the poems and songs of Middle-earth, and other verses written throughout his life. Over 60 poems are embedded in the text of The Lord of the Rings; there are others in The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and many more in his Middle-earth legendarium and other manuscripts which remained unpublished in his lifetime, some of book length. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-21 18:25 | The True Record (Chinese illustrated magazine, 1912-1913) | The True Record (Chinese: 真相畫報; pinyin: Zhēnxiāng Huàbào) was a pictorial magazine published in Shanghai, China, between June 1912 and March 1913. Established by brothers Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu as the nascent Republic of China was seeking to develop a new culture after centuries of Qing rule, it sought to monitor the new republic, report the welfare of the people, promote socialism, and distribute world knowledge. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 14:51 | Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi (Manga by Riyoko Ikeda) | Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi (Japanese: 天の涯まで～ポーランド秘史; Polish: Aż do nieba: tajemnicza historia Polski; lit. "Poland's Secret Story: To the Borders of Heaven") is a manga by Riyoko Ikeda depicting the life of Polish Prince Józef Poniatowski in the tourblulent last days of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 14:57 | Na drugą planetę (Science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński) | Na drugą planetę (English: To the Second Planet, first editions titled W nieznane światy [In Unknown Worlds]) is a Polish science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński for young readers. It is one of the first Polish novels of this genre. The novel was serialized in a magazine in 1894 and published as a book the following year. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:26 | Zaziemskie światy (1948 science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński) | Zaziemskie światy. Pierwszy lot międzyplanetarny (Extraterrestrial Worlds. The First Interplanetary Flight) is a Polish science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński, completed in 1948 but published only in 1956. It is the last book published by Umiński and by the Gebethner and Wolff publishing house. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | W leju po bombie (Science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski) | W leju po bombie (In the Bomb Crater) is a science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski, published in 1993, belonging to the genres of military and political fiction, as well as so-called klerykal fiction and politpunk. In 1994, the story won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:36 | Wielka, większa i największa (Science fiction young adult novel by Jerzy Broszkiewicz) | Wielka, większa i największa (Great, Greater, and Greatest) is a Polish science fiction young adult novel by Jerzy Broszkiewicz, published in 1960 by Nasza Księgarnia. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-26 23:02 | Mesklin (Fictional planet) | Mesklin is a fictional planet created by Hal Clement and used in a number of his hard science fiction stories, starting with Mission of Gravity (1954). Alongside the novel's original 1953 serialization in Astounding Science Fiction, Clement published an essay titled "Whirligig World" detailing the process of designing the planet to have the properties he wanted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 23:16 | Pokémon Heroes (2002 film by Kunihiko Yuyama) | Pokémon Heroes (also known as Pokémon Heroes: The Movie) is a 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. Produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho, it is the fifth film in the Pokémon series. The film stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue Ōtani. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-28 04:23 | Carrie (novel) (1974 novel by Stephen King) | Carrie is a 1974 horror novel, the first by American author Stephen King. Set in Chamberlain, Maine, the plot revolves around Carrie White, a friendless, bullied high-school girl from an abusive religious household who discovers she has telekinetic powers. Remorseful for picking on Carrie, Sue Snell insists that she go to prom with Sue's boyfriend Tommy Ross, though a revenge prank pulled by one of Carrie's bullies on prom night humiliates Carrie, leading her to destroy the town with her powers out of revenge. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2024-09-30 22:02 | Heavenly Delusion (Japanese manga series) | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2018 and its chapters have been published in ten tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. | Tintor2 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 06:09 | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist) | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (June 6, 1922 – October 4, 1993) was a Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist. He is best known for his dramas as well as young adult literature; the latter usually took forms of historical or science fiction novels. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-10-02 15:07 | Perdiccas (Macedonian general (355 – 321/320 BC)) | Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; c. 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a Macedonian general, successor of Alexander the Great, and regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas. Initially the most pre-eminent of the successors, Perdiccas effectively ruled Alexander's increasingly unstable empire from Babylon for three years, until his assassination, as the kings he ruled for were incapable. | Harren the Red (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 18:50 | Haunter (Pokémon) (Pokémon species) | Haunter, known in Japan as Ghost (Japanese: ゴースト, Hepburn: Gōsuto), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, Since Haunter's debut it has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:03 | If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others (1977 essay and speech by Philip K. Dick) | "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others", also known as the "Metz speech", is a 1977 essay and speech by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick that was delivered at the Second Metz International Science Fiction Festival in Metz, France, on September 24, 1977. Dick, the guest of honor at the festival, was asked to deliver a shorter version of the original speech due to time constraints. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:18 | Point the Finger (1989 comic book story) | "Point the Finger" is a 1989 comic book story written and illustrated by American cartoonist Robert Crumb for Last Gasp. The story appeared in the third of the four issue series of his solo title Hup. In the story, Crumb goes after then real estate businessman Donald Trump and imagines having an argument with him. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 16:56 | Lavender Town (Fictional town in Pokémon universe) | is a fictional village in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to the Pokémon Tower, a burial ground for deceased Pokémon and a location to find Ghost-Type Pokémon. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 01:13 | Black Panther (character) (Marvel Comics fictional character) | Black Panther is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist-coplotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Black Panther's birth name is T'Challa, and he is the son of the previous Black Panther, T'Chaka. | Wrangler1981 (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 16:35 | Mufasa (The Lion King character) | Mufasa is a fictional character in Disney's The Lion King franchise. A wise, benevolent lion, the character first appears in the animated film The Lion King (1994) as the King of the Pride Lands and devoted father to Simba, who he is raising to inherit the kingdom. Mufasa is murdered by his younger brother, Scar, who kills Mufasa to usurp the throne. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:42 | Paulina Luisi (Argentine-born Uruguayan doctor and feminist) | Paulina Luisi Janicki (1875–1950) was a leader of the feminist movement in Uruguay. She was born in Colón, Argentina on 22 September 1875 into a family of educators. In 1909, she became the first Uruguayan woman to earn a medical degree. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 00:04 | Mel Bush (Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who) | Melanie "Mel" Bush is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A computer programmer from the 20th century who is a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1986 to 1987 before Langford left the series. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 19:21 | Episode 6867 (Episode of EastEnders) | Episode 6867 is the 6867th episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It originally aired on 4 March 2024. The episode was the first of a two-part special set in Milton Keynes. In the episode, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and Zack Hudson (James Farrar) go there to visit Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer). They are soon introduced to a neglected young girl, Britney Wainwright (Lola Campbell). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 01:43 | Tabyana Ali (American actress and author (born 2002)) | Tabyana Ali (born January 28, 2002) is an American actress and author. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to California with her mother to begin a career in the entertainment industry. She appeared in guest roles in various television shows, including New Girl (2015), Shimmer and Shine (2019) and The Big Show Show (2020), in addition to the Black horror film Horror Noire (2021). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 19:36 | Abdul Ahad Azad (Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic (1903–1948)) | Abdul Ahad Dar (1903 – 4 April 1948), popularly known as Abdul Ahad Azad, was a Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic. Born in the Rangar village of Chadoora in Budgam district, Azad is considered to be the first revolutionary poet and is credited with laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature. | --Ratekreel (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 22:17 | Rahlfs 1219 (Parchment containing part of the Bible book of Psalms in Greek) | The Washington Manuscript of the Psalms (Washington MS II), designated as Rahlfs 1219 (in the Alfred Rahlfs numbering of Septuagint manuscripts), van Haelst 83 (in the Van Haelst catalogue numbers of Septuagint manuscripts), is a Greek Septuagint (an old translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek along with other works included in its canon) manuscript containing the text of Psalm 1:4-146:9a, 149:2b-151:6, plus the first 6 verses of the book of Odes, written on parchment which has survived in a fragmentary condition. | Stephen Walch (talk) |
Culture/Biography
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| 2024-01-19 22:50 | Frank Butler (American football) (American football player (1909–1979)) | Frank John Butler (May 3, 1909 – October 30, 1979) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. Prior to his professional football career, he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans, where he was named an All-Big Ten player. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Wuert Engelmann (American football player (1908–1979)) | Wuert Engelmann (also spelled Weert) (February 11, 1908 – January 8, 1979) was an American professional football player who played back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at South Dakota State University before playing professional football. After his career, he worked for 36 years for the Northern Paper Mill. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Hal Hinte (American football player (1920–1996)) | Harold Hinte (January 25, 1920 – February 3, 1996) was an American professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1942 NFL season. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. After his brief football career, he served in the United States Army during World War II and was a high school basketball and football coach. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-02-19 14:32 | Bryce Cotton (American basketball player) | Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, he is a four-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award and has won three championships. He is also a two-time grand final MVP, seven-time All-NBL First Team recipient, and has seven scoring titles. | DaHuzyBru (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 16:23 | Kevin Davis (police officer) (American police officer (born 1968 or 1969)) | Kevin Davis (born 1968 or 1969) is an American police officer. After beginning with the Prince George's County Police Department in 1992, he became chief of the agency from 2009 to 2012. He then became chief of the Anne Arundel County Police Department from 2013 until his resignation in 2014. He became the commissioner of the Baltimore Police Department a year later, selected by then-Baltimore mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake to replace predecessor Anthony Batts. | ~ Tails Wx (🐾, me!) |
| 2024-02-22 16:56 | Atlanta Braves (Major League Baseball team in Atlanta, Georgia) | The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. The club was known by various names until the franchise settled on the Boston Braves in 1912. | Nemov (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 21:57 | LGBTQ culture in Puerto Vallarta (LGBT+ culture in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) | The city of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, Mexico, is a popular destination for LGBT+ tourists. CNN has described Puerto Vallarta as Mexico's "top LGBT destination" with "one of the best week-long Pride festivals in the world". According to The Independent, the city is "the gay capital of Mexico, with a whole district of hotels and restaurants catering to the LGBT+ community". | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-03-07 17:56 | Dick Simpson (politician) (American professor (born 1940)) | Dick Weldon Simpson (born 1940) is an American professor, author, politician, activist, political consultant, and filmmaker who formerly served as a Chicago alderman from 1971 through 1979. | SecretName101 (talk) |
| 2024-03-10 13:46 | Bob Gibson (American baseball player (1935–2020)) | Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020), nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive nature, Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run average. | Omnis Scientia (talk) |
| 2024-03-15 01:56 | Darren Moore (English footballer and manager (born 1974)) | Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of EFL League Two club Port Vale. He has performed extensive charity work for the Professional Footballers' Association, Show Racism the Red Card, and the Free Methodist Church. | EchetusXe |
| 2024-03-17 03:09 | Chris Kreider (American ice hockey player (born 1991)) | Christopher James Kreider (born April 30, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2024-03-17 18:24 | George Tutill (Banner manufacturer (1817–1887)) | George Tutill (16 April 1817—17 February 1887) was an artist, entrepreneur and manufacturer of banners. He was born in Howden, Yorkshire, he had founded his business by 1847 which became renowned for supplying trade unions, Sunday schools, chapels, and friendly societies with banners and regalia. The company, eventually located at 83 City Road, London, also offered a range of products including flags, badges, brooches and stationary. | Unexpectedlydian♯4talk‽ |
| 2024-03-18 15:38 | Cliff Christl (American sportswriter (born 1947)) | Clifford A. Christl (born in 1947) is an American sportswriter who is the team historian of the Green Bay Packers, a football team in the National Football League (NFL). Prior to this role, Christl worked as a newspaper reporter for over 30 years at newspapers in Wisconsin, including the Manitowoc Herald Times, the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal (which became the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel during his tenure). | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-03-22 12:50 | Charlie Joiner (American football player and coach (born 1947)) | Charles B. Joiner Jr. (born October 14, 1947) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. He played 11 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, with whom he earned all three of his Pro Bowl selections, and was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press in 1980. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-04-09 18:00 | Mohammad Shah Qajar (Shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848) | Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمدشاه قاجار; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. | Amir Ghandi (talk) |
| 2024-04-19 03:55 | Vince Gill (American musician (born 1957)) | Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He began in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention as lead singer of the soft rock band Pure Prairie League. Gill sang lead on their hit single "Let Me Love You Tonight" in addition to writing several songs of theirs. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-04-19 07:43 | Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour (1919 peace agreement) | The Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour was a peace agreement between the short-lived Armenian and Azerbaijani republics signed on 23 November 1919 in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) and brokered by Georgia. The peace treaty came as a result of an unsuccessful Azerbaijani military campaign to absorb the Zangezur region controlled by local Armenians, in order to reach and support the Azerbaijanis in control of neighbouring Nakhchivan. | Olympian loquere |
| 2024-04-24 07:13 | Stephen Curry (American basketball player (born 1988)) | Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often considered the greatest shooter, and one of the greatest players of all time, Curry is credited with revolutionizing the sport by inspiring teams and players to take more three-point shots. | Beemer03 (talk) |
| 2024-04-26 16:39 | Cheryl Baker (British singer) | Rita Maria Stroud (née Crudgington; born 8 March 1954), known professionally as Cheryl Baker, is an English singer and television presenter. She was a member of pop group Bucks Fizz, which won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and, following legal disputes, now performs under the name the Fizz. Bucks Fizz had 20 singles reach the UK top 60 between 1981 and 1988, including three number one hits with "Making Your Mind Up" (1981), "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) and "My Camera Never Lies" (1982). | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-05-11 09:25 | Gedling Miners Welfare F.C. (Association football club in England) | Gedling Miners Welfare Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Mapperley, Nottingham, England. Founded in 1919 as the works team of Gedling Colliery, the club went into abeyance in 1935 due to a lack of support. It reformed in 1941 and soon began its most successful period, prompting the Daily Mirror to describe Gedling as "Nottinghamshire's leading amateur team" in 1956. | Curlymanjaro (talk) |
| 2024-05-14 01:07 | CherryRoad Media (American newspaper publisher) | CherryRoad Media is an American newspaper publisher and commercial printer based in New Jersey. It is the communications division of CherryRoad Technologies and was founded in 2020 by its CEO Jeremy Gulban. The company specializes in weekly publications in rural communities. It has received national media attention for rapidly buying and launching new titles amid the decline of newspapers. | Eric Schucht (talk) |
| 2024-05-16 16:04 | Kasman Singodimedjo (Indonesian politician (1904–1982)) | Kasman Singodimedjo (25 February 1904 – 25 October 1982) was an Indonesian nationalist, politician, and National Hero who served as the second Attorney General of Indonesia between November 1945 and May 1946, and as the first chairman of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP) in 1945. | Juxlos (talk) |
| 2024-05-16 22:59 | Ibrahim I of Ramadan (Beg of Ramadan from 1354 to 1384) | Sarim al-Din Ibrahim I (died 1384) was Beg of Ramadan by June 1354 to 1383. Following his father Ramadan's death, Ibrahim arrived in Damascus and honored the Mamluk Sultan, securing the regional authority the Mamluks had granted Ramadan. Soon after, Ibrahim allied himself with Ghars al-Din Khalil (r. 1353–86), the ruler of the Dulkadirids, in an attempt to seize Sis. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-05-19 19:15 | Louis Malet de Graville (French military officer, Admiral of France, politician and art patron) | Louis Malet de Graville (Around 1440 – 30 October 1516) was a French military officer, Admiral of France, politician and art patron. He came from an old family from Normandy; one of his ancestors was William Malet, a companion of William the Conqueror who took part in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Louis Malet de Gravile's father was a counsellor and chamberlain to King Charles VII and Louis XI. | Yakikaki (talk) |
| 2024-05-21 21:29 | John Koerner (American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)) | "Spider" John Koerner (August 31, 1938 – May 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy, and was an important mentor to the young Bob Dylan. | Mehendri Solon (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:27 | Mick Fowler (British mountain and alpine climber) | Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer and climbing author. He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing and was awarded the Piolet d'Or three times, with Paul Ramsden, in 2003, 2013, and 2016, for alpine-style first ascents of faces in the Himalayas. Fowler was one of the first British rock climbers to free an E6-graded traditional rock climbing route (Linden, 1976), and the first ice climber to free a consensus grade VI mixed Scottish winter route (The Shield Direct, 1979). | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 19:31 | History of the National Hockey League (2017–present) | The National Hockey League (NHL) began its second century in 2017. Since 2017, the NHL has added three new teams, with the Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle Kraken, and Utah Hockey Club joining the Western Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major disruption to the league during the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 23:38 | Book of Wu (Lost history of Eastern Wu (c. 250)) | The Book of Wu or Wu shu (Chinese: 吳書) is a lost history of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280). It was compiled by the official historians of the Wu court under orders from the Wu emperors. Portions of the text survive only as quotations preserved in Pei Songzhi's Annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms (429). | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2024-06-09 04:07 | Walter W. White (Canadian politician) | Walter Woodworth White FRCS (December 14, 1862 – July 10, 1952) was a Canadian physician as well as a municipal and provincial politician in New Brunswick. He served as the Mayor of Saint John between 1902 and 1906, and again from 1926 until 1932. In provincial politics, White served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Conservative Party, representing Saint John City from 1931 to 1935. | B3251(talk) |
| 2024-06-11 20:34 | Snow Bowl (1985) (Notable NFL game) | The Snow Bowl was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 1, 1985, between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers. Contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, it is well known for its poor weather conditions, including heavy snow before and during the game. Only 19,856 fans were in attendance, with over 36,000 fans not showing up, making it the least attended game in Lambeau Field history up to that point; about two-thirds of the stadium was empty. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-13 01:15 | Farrokh Khan (High-ranking Iranian official from the Ghaffari family) | Farrokh Khan (Persian: فرخ خان; 1812 – 5 May 1871), also known as Amin ol-Dowleh (امینالدوله), was a high-ranking Iranian official from the Ghaffari family. Between 1855–1857, he served as the Iranian ambassador to the French court in Paris, where he assisted in signing the Treaty of Paris, thus ending the losing Anglo-Persian War and withdrawing the Iranian army from Herat. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2024-06-13 16:59 | Miracle in Motown (Notable American football game) | The Miracle in Motown was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 3, 2015, between the NFC North divisional rivals Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. The game, which was broadcast on television nationally on Thursday Night Football, was contested at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, during the 2015 NFL season. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-14 18:25 | Patricia Bullrich (Argentine politician (born 1956)) | Patricia Bullrich (born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Minister of Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She was the chairwoman of Republican Proposal, until 2024. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2024-06-14 19:13 | 4th and 26 (Notable NFL playoff game) | 4th and 26 was a National Football League (NFL) game played on January 11, 2004, between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles during the 2003–04 playoffs. The Packers travelled to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a divisional playoff game after beating the Seattle Seahawks in a wild card game the week prior. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-14 19:48 | Eric Mays (American politician (1958–2024)) | Eric Bradford Mays (September 16, 1958 – February 24, 2024) was an American auto worker and politician. Mays served as a member of the Flint City Council from November 2013 until his death in 2024, representing northwest Flint as the councilor from the city's first ward. During his tenure, Mays was known to be highly controversial due to several incidents where he was suspended and escorted out of city council meetings. | Microplastic Consumer (talk) |
| 2024-06-17 19:13 | Dez Caught It (Notable NFL playoff game) | Dez Caught It (also known as the No-Catch Game) was a National Football League (NFL) Divisional Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers on January 11, 2015. The game, which was played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gained notoriety after a play in which Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant attempted to catch a pass from quarterback Tony Romo in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-20 06:39 | Daniel Vangarde (French songwriter and producer (born 1947)) | Daniel Bangalter (born 1947), known in his musical career as Daniel Vangarde, is a French former producer, lyricist and songwriter who co-wrote and produced several hit records in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Aie a Mwana" with Jean Kluger, "D.I.S.C.O." by Ottawan, and "Cuba" by the Gibson Brothers. | reppoptalk |
| 2024-06-21 20:19 | Taylor Ward (American baseball player (born 1993)) | Joseph Taylor Ward (born December 14, 1993) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). | Sewageboy (talk) |
| 2024-06-21 22:15 | The Catch II (Notable NFL playoff game) | The Catch II was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers on January 3, 1999. The game, which was played at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California, became notable after a completed pass with 8 seconds left in the 4th quarter won the game for the 49ers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-25 16:51 | 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay) (2004 American football postseason game) | The 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers on January 4, 2004. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable after Seahawks' quarterback Matt Hasselbeck proclaimed "we want the ball and we're going to score!" when the Seahawks won the coin toss before the start of the overtime period. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-26 02:39 | Ghazi Muhammad (Imam of Dagestan) | Ghāzī Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿil al-Gimrāwī al-Dāghistānī (Arabic: غازي محمد ابن إسماعيل الڮمراوي الداغستاني; Avar: ГъазимухIамад; c. 1790 – 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1832), called Kazi-Mulla (Кази-Мулла) or Kazi-Magoma (Кази-Магома) in Russian sources, was a Dagestani religious and political leader who served as the first imam (religious, political, and military leader) of Dagestan and Chechnya from 1828 to 1832. | Revolution Saga (talk) |
| 2024-07-01 15:42 | Jailson Mendes (Brazilian porn actor and YouTuber) | Jocione Mendonça (19 February 1970 – 29 June 2018), better known as Jailson Mendes and sometimes Pai de Família, was a Brazilian porn actor and YouTuber. He became an Internet meme for his performance in a pornographic film where he says the phrase "Ai, que delícia, cara" ("Oh, what a delight, man"). Retired due to health issues, Mendonça was invited to act in pornographic films while he was in São Paulo, and ended up making three of them. | Skyshiftertalk |
| 2024-07-02 03:20 | Israel–Morocco normalization agreement (2020 agreement between Israel and Morocco) | The Israel–Morocco normalization agreement is an agreement announced by the United States government on December 10, 2020, in which Israel and Morocco agreed to begin normalizing relations. On December 22, 2020, a joint declaration was signed pledging to quickly begin direct flights, promote economic cooperation, reopen liaison offices and establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries. | Mr. Lechkar (talk) |
| 2024-07-02 18:47 | Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) (Two Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg) | Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs), Op. 1 (1898–1903), are Lieder for baritone and piano. Each song sets a poem of Karl Michael von Levetzow. The songs bear the influence of both Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner, whose music was traditionally opposed. In their length, depth of expression, density of texture, and transcription-like piano writing, they approached the limits of the Lied genre and anticipated Gurre-Lieder. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-07-03 18:11 | Ivo Rojnica (Croatian fascist official (1915–2007)) | Ivo Rojnica (20 August 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a Croatian Ustaše official and intelligence agent who was active in the World War II Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945. After the war, he escaped to Argentina, where he reinvented himself as a businessman and diplomat. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 14:39 | Augusto Jiménez Seminario (Agent of the Peruvian Amazon Company) | Augusto Jiménez Seminario was an agent of the Peruvian Amazon Company employed in the Putumayo River basin by Julio César Arana from 1903 to 1911, during the Putumayo genocide. His role in the genocide was investigated by Benjamin Saldana Rocca, Walter Ernest Hardenburg, Roger Casement, and two Peruvian judges in 1911. | Arawoke (talk) |
| 2024-07-13 13:45 | Battle of Ekiokpagha (1255 military battle in Benin Empire) | The Battle of Ekiokpagha was a military conflict that took place in 1255 AD on the Plains of Ogboka, near Benin City, between Ewedo and Ogiamien III, the head of a royal family in the Benin Empire. The battle was a result of a power struggle between the two parties, who had different claims to the throne and territory of Benin. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2024-07-18 15:46 | Murder of Jastine Valdez (24 year old Ireland based Filipina who was abducted and murdered in 2018) | Jastine Valdez was a Filipina woman living in Ireland, who was abducted near Bray in County Wicklow and whose body was discovered strangled to death the next day near Puck's Castle in County Dublin, after the suspect in her abduction had earlier been shot and killed by armed police investigating her disappearance. | WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 10:17 | Adam Parry (American classicist (1928–1971)) | Adam Milman Parry (February 1, 1928 – June 6, 1971) was an American classical scholar. He worked on Greek and Latin history literature, particularly the works of Thucydides, Homer and Virgil, and was a founding figure of the scholarly movement that became known as the Harvard School of criticism into Virgil's Aeneid. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2024-07-22 03:37 | James Buchanan Memorial (Memorial by Hans Schuler in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The James Buchanan Memorial is a bronze, granite, and concrete memorial in the southeast corner of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., that honors U.S. President James Buchanan. It was designed by architect William Gorden Beecher, and sculpted by Maryland artist Hans Schuler. The memorial was commissioned in 1916, but not approved by the U.S. Congress until 1918. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-07-24 03:32 | Dabney Coleman (American actor (1932–2024)) | Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and television programs and he was awarded for both comedic and dramatic performances. | Daniel Quinlan (talk) |
| 2024-07-28 17:26 | 2022 Peach Bowl (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2022 Peach Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was the 55th annual playing of the Peach Bowl, one of the two semifinals of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP), and was one of the bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-08-03 17:20 | Solid South (1877–1964 U.S. Democratic voting bloc) | The Solid South was the electoral voting bloc for the Democratic Party in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. During this period, the Democratic Party controlled southern state legislatures and most local, state and federal officeholders in the South were Democrats. | JohnAdams1800 (talk) |
| 2024-08-06 00:24 | Justiniano Borgoño (Peruvian brigadier general and politician (1836–1921)) | Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (5 September 1836 – 27 January 1921) was a Peruvian brigadier general and politician who served as the 29th President of Peru, an office he held for four months. The son of a brigadier general in the Peruvian Army, Borgoño left behind agricultural administration to join the Army following the outbreak of the Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858. | Kimikel (talk) |
| 2024-08-07 19:52 | Brendan Fraser (Canadian-American actor (born 1968)) | Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). | Lisha2037 (talk) |
| 2024-08-10 05:06 | Rico Krieger (German saboteur for Belarusian opposition) | Rico Krieger is a German citizen, most notable for his reported sabotage work inside Belarus for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment, subsequent detainment, and release during the 2024 Russian prisoner exchange. | Johnson524 |
| 2024-08-10 11:07 | Maisi (Musical artist) | Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke, known professionally as Maisi, is a British musician and social media personality from south-east London. The daughter of Jo Brand, she co-founded Loud LDN, a collective of women and non-binary musicians, and has released several singles, one EP, supported Piri & Tommy on their Froge.tour and Micheal Aldag on his 2024 UK Tour. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-11 10:37 | Rhian Teasdale (English musician) | Rhian Louise Teasdale (born 1992 or 1993) is an English musician. Born in Formby, she moved to the Isle of Wight aged eight and then to Bristol for her music career. Between 2016 and 2018, she released several singles as Rhain including "Solid Gold", which was developed with Plastic Mermaids. In 2018, she formed Wet Leg with Hester Chambers, who released the UK singles chart entries "Chaise Longue" and "Wet Dream" in 2022 and the UK Albums Chart topper Wet Leg in 2023. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-19 00:22 | Tim Barrow (British diplomat (born 1964)) | Sir Timothy Earle Barrow GCMG LVO MBE (born 15 February 1964) is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser. | LibStar (talk) |
| 2024-08-21 16:07 | Mystique Summers Madison (American drag performer) | Mystique Summers Madison (or simply Mystique Summers) is the stage name of Donté Sims, an African-American drag performer who competed on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Based in Texas, Mystique Summers Madison continues to perform in drag shows and participate in Drag Race-related events such as RuPaul's DragCon LA. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-08-25 16:21 | Keyshia Cole (American singer (born 1981)) | Keyshia Myeshia Cole (née Johnson; born October 15, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, television personality and actress. Dubbed by critics as the "Princess of Hip-Hop Soul", she is known for her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she began her career as a backing vocalist for MC Hammer before signing with A&M Records to release her debut studio album, The Way It Is (2005). | Finesse2Starz (talk) |
| 2024-08-25 16:37 | Miguel Junyent Rovira (Spanish Catalan publisher and politician) | Miguel Junyent Rovira (Catalan: Miquel Junyent i Rovira) (1871–1936) was a Spanish Catalan publisher and politician. He is best known as director of El Correo Catalán, the newspaper he periodically owned and managed between 1903 and 1933. As a politician he was active within Carlism; he remained the regional Catalan party leader in 1915–1916 and in 1919–1933. | Ktkvtsh (talk) |
| 2024-08-26 04:53 | Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) (American Jesuit priest (1912–1982)) | Michael Patrick Walsh SJ (February 28, 1912 – April 23, 1982) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and biologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1929, was ordained a priest in 1941, and received his doctorate in biology from Fordham University in 1948. | Ergo Sum |
| 2024-08-28 10:57 | Black and Tans (Recruits supporting the Royal Irish Constabulary) | The Black and Tans (Irish: Dúchrónaigh) were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. Recruitment began in Great Britain in January 1920, and about 10,000 men enlisted during the conflict. The majority were unemployed former British soldiers from England who had fought in the First World War. | John Cummings (talk) |
| 2024-08-29 04:15 | Eric Bruntlett (American baseball player (born 1978)) | Eric Kevin Bruntlett (born March 29, 1978) is an American former professional baseball utility player. Between 2003 and 2009, he played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-08-29 23:29 | Henry Donch (German-American bandleader (1834–1919)) | Henry Donch (1834 – March 10, 1919) was a German-American bandleader and music instructor. Born in Hesse-Kassel, he immigrated to Philadelphia in 1854. Shortly afterwards, he became organist for the United States Naval Academy Band in Annapolis. He joined the United States Marine Band as a clarinet player shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-08-29 23:30 | J. Lister Holmes (American architect (1891–1986)) | Joseph Lister Holmes (July 6, 1891 – July 18, 1986) was an American architect active in Seattle. After studying Beaux-Arts architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1910s, he worked at various architectural firms in Philadelphia, Montana, and Seattle before founding a private practice in 1922. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-08-29 23:31 | George W. Stoddard (American architect (1895–1967)) | George Wellington Stoddard (September 30, 1895 – September 28, 1967) was an American architect. Born in Detroit, he graduated from the University of Illinois shortly before being drafted into the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917. Upon his return to the United States, he traveled to Seattle and founded the architecture and construction firm Stoddard and Son with his father. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-08-30 13:33 | Thelma Carpenter (billiards player) (Female snooker and billiards player) | Thelma Carpenter (4 December 1911 – 1998) was an English player of English billiards and snooker player. She won the World Ladies Amateur Billiards Championship, now recognised as editions of the World Women's Billiards Championship, each year from 1932 to 1934. After turning professional in 1934, she won the Women's Professional Billiards Championship four times and the Women's Professional Snooker Championship once, retiring as the reigning champion of both games in 1950. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-08-30 18:50 | Bailey Falter (American baseball player (born 1997)) | Bailey Falter (born April 24, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-08-31 07:22 | Risa Hontiveros (Senator of the Philippines since 2016) | Ana Theresia "Risa" Navarro Hontiveros–Baraquel (born February 24, 1966) is a Filipino politician, community leader, and journalist serving as a Senator since 2016. She previously served as a party-list representative for Akbayan from 2004 to 2010. | Royiswariii (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 23:24 | Dewey–Stassen debate (1948 United States presidential debate) | Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and former governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen engaged in the first United States presidential debate on May 17, 1948. The two candidates were competing for the Republican Party nomination for the 1948 presidential election and held the debate shortly before the Oregon primary election. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-09-02 11:12 | Grigor Parlichev (Bulgarian writer (1830–1893)) | Grigor Stavrev Parlichev was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he is regarded as a pioneer of national awakening. | StephenMacky1 (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 05:06 | Alexander Goehr (English composer and academic (1932–2024)) | Peter Alexander Goehr (10 August 1932 – 25 August 2024) was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 03:25 | Fu Wuji (Eastern Han dynasty scholar) | Fu Wuji (Chinese: 伏無忌, fl. 136–152) was an Eastern Han dynasty scholar. He is known for his Fuhou gujin zhu, an important historical encyclopedia, and his work on the Dongguan Hanji, the standard history of the Eastern Han until it was replaced by the Book of the Later Han. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 06:48 | Johnny Gaudreau (American ice hockey player (1993–2024)) | John Michael Gaudreau (August 13, 1993 – August 29, 2024) was an American professional ice hockey winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for the Division I ranked Boston College Eagles for three seasons beginning in 2011, and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 18:21 | Logan Drake (American baseball player (1899–1940)) | Logan Gaffney Drake (December 26, 1899 – June 1, 1940) was an American professional baseball pitcher, a right-hander who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1922 to 1924 for the Cleveland Indians. In 10 career games, Drake pitched 182⁄3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 0–1 with a 7.71 earned run average (ERA). | Wizardman |
| 2024-09-07 21:14 | Kevan Thakrar (Prisoner in UK) | Kevan Thakrar (born c. 1987) is an English prisoner who has spent over a decade in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSCs) in various UK prisons. Thakrar received a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years under joint enterprise in 2008 after his brother Miran murdered three men in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 21:52 | Shunten (Legendary king of Chūzan) | Shunten (舜天, traditionally dated c. 1165 – 1237) was the legendary first king of Chūzan and human ruler of Okinawa. The official histories of the Ryukyu Kingdom claim that he was the son of the samurai Minamoto no Tametomo and a local noblewoman during his exile following the Hōgen rebellion. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-12 15:53 | Peter Capaldi (Scottish actor and director (born 1958)) | Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. | Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) |
| 2024-09-14 08:26 | Kasey Peters (American football player (born 1987)) | Kasey Peters (born May 20, 1987) is an American former professional football quarterback. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain. While at Rocky Mountain, he was the Frontier Conference co-offensive player of the year in both 2009 and 2010. Professionally, he was a member of the Tri-Cities Fever of the [[Indoor Football League ... | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 05:32 | Malik Hasan Bahri (Statesman and general of the Bahmani Sultanate) | Malik Hasan Bahri (died 1486) or Nizam-ul-Mulk Bahri was a noble of the Bahmani Sultanate who served as the prime minister from 1481 until his murder in 1486. He was the father of Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I, founder of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, one of the secessionist kingdoms from the Bahmani Sultanate, and its ruling dynasty's primogenitor. | Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 21:28 | Death of Richard Swanson (Death during a long-distance soccer dribbling attempt) | Richard Swanson was a 42-year-old American man who tried to dribble a soccer ball from the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, to São Paulo, Brazil. On May 14, 2013, he died after being hit by a pickup truck alongside U.S. Route 101 just outside Lincoln City, Oregon, 270 miles into his planned journey of roughly 10,000 miles. | -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) |
| 2024-09-20 23:48 | Uncommitted National Movement (American anti-war protest campaign) | The Uncommitted National Movement is a protest campaign aimed mainly to pressure Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to achieve a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war and impose an arms embargo on Israel. The group received some support in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. | Personisinsterest (talk) |
| 2024-09-25 22:46 | Mink Nutcharut (Thai snooker player) | Nutcharut Wongharuthai (Thai: ณัชชารัตน์ วงศ์หฤทัย, RTGS: natcharat wongharuethai; born 7 November 1999), better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai snooker player who competes on both the professional World Snooker Tour and the World Women's Snooker Tour. She is the only woman known to have made a maximum break, having achieved the feat during a practice match in March 2019. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 20:39 | The Hungry Five (Group of businessman related to the Green Bay Packers) | The Hungry Five are the Green Bay, Wisconsin-area businessmen who were instrumental in keeping the Green Bay Packers franchise in operation during its early years. They raised funds, incorporated the team as a non-profit corporation, sold stock and otherwise promoted the franchise. The Five were Andrew B. Turnbull, Curly Lambeau, Gerald Francis Clifford, Lee Joannes and W. Webber Kelly. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-09-27 22:41 | Sun Jianai (Qing dynasty official (1827–1909)) | Sun Jianai (7 April 1827 – 29 November 1909) was a Qing dynasty official and educator, noted as an advisor and tutor to the Guangxu Emperor. Born in Anhui, he passed the imperial examinations and became a jinshi in 1859. After service as an education director in Hubei and at the Palace School for Princes, he was appointed as the tutor of the young Guangxu Emperor alongside Weng Tonghe. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-30 01:59 | Soda Kaichi (Japanese social worker and missionary (1867–1962)) | was a Japanese Protestant missionary and social worker. He is remembered in South Korea for his charitable work in Korea under Japanese rule, particularly through the Kamakura Orphanage (鎌倉保育園; now Youngnak Borinwon), which he led from 1921 to 1945. During this time, he cared for around a thousand Korean orphans. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 06:09 | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist) | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (June 6, 1922 – October 4, 1993) was a Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist. He is best known for his dramas as well as young adult literature; the latter usually took forms of historical or science fiction novels. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-10-01 13:35 | Connecticut Colony (British colony in North America (1636–1776)) | The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Thomas Hooker. The English would secure their control of the region in the Pequot War. | Gazingo (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 21:01 | Margaret Reid (politician) (Australian politician) | Margaret Elizabeth Reid AO (née McLachlan; born 28 May 1935) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1981 to 2003, representing the Liberal Party. She held her seat for nearly 22 years, winning eight consecutive elections. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 22:13 | History of the Regency of Algiers | The history of the Regency of Algiers includes political, economic and military events in the Regency of Algiers from its founding in 1516 to the French invasion of 1830. The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Khayr ad-Din Barbarossa, it became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers, and was an important pirate base notorious for Barbary corsairs. | Nourerrahmane (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 05:13 | Hilda Heine (Marshallese politician (born 1951)) | Hilda Cathy Heine (born 6 April 1951) is a Marshallese educator and politician. She has been serving as the president of the Marshall Islands since 2024, having previously served from 2016 to 2020. Heine was the first woman to lead any sovereign country in Micronesia and the first person from the Marshall Islands to earn a doctorate. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 13:49 | Fred Binka (Ghanaian epidemiologist and academic) | Fred Newton Binka is a public health physician and researcher from Ghana. He serves as a distinguished professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho, Ghana, and has previously coordinated the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance in the Greater Mekong sub-region of Asia. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 18:08 | Columbian exchange (Transfers between the Old and New Worlds) | The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) in the Eastern Hemisphere, in the late 15th and following centuries. It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:09 | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (Painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the Fogg Museum) | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (French: Gueule de Bois / La Buveuse), also known as The Drinker, is an oil on canvas painting by French post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created from 1887 to 1889, just before he became successful as an artist. The painting depicts a drunken woman drinking alone in a club, reflecting the counterculture of Montmartre and the specter of alcoholism among French women during the Belle Époque. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:15 | Hawaii series by Georgia O'Keeffe (Painting and photography series by Georgia O'Keeffe) | American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) created a series of 20 paintings and 17 photographs based on her more than nine-week visit to four of the Hawaiian Islands in the Territory of Hawaii in the summer of 1939. Her trip was part of an all-expenses paid commercial art commission from the Philadelphia advertising firm N. W. Ayer & Son on behalf of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, later known as Dole. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:20 | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons (Painting by Édouard Vuillard in the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec) | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons, sometimes referred to as Toulouse-Lautrec Cooking, is an 1898 painting by French artist Édouard Vuillard. The work depicts fellow artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec on holiday cooking in the kitchen at Les Relais, the country home of Vuillard's patron Thadée Natanson in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 04:45 | John Hawks (architect) (British-born American architect) | John Hawks (c. 1731 – October 31, 1790) was an English-American architect active in the Province of North Carolina during the late colonial period. Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he worked under the Palladian architect Stiff Leadbetter. He accompanied William Tryon, the expectant governor of the Province of North Carolina, to New Bern in 1764. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 17:40 | John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar (Welsh peer and landowner) | Frederic Charles John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar, OstJ, (26 October 1908 — 17 November 1962), styled the Honourable John Morgan between 1949 and 1954, was a Welsh peer and landowner. On 21 August 1954, he succeeded to the titles of 6th Baron Tredegar and 8th baronet following the death of his father, Frederic George Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar. | Mac Edmunds (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 22:45 | Battle of Köse Dağ (1243 battle during the Mongol invasions of Anatolia) | The Battle of Köse Dağ took place on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later formally annexed by the Mongol Ilkhanate. | ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 04:22 | What a Merry-Go-Round (2001 fashion collection) | What a Merry-Go-Round is the eighteenth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2001 season of his eponymous fashion house. The collection drew on imagery of clowns and carnivals, inspired by McQueen's feelings about childhood and his experiences in the fashion industry. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:23 | Mirza Ali-Akbar Sabir (Azerbaijani poet) | Mirza Ali-Akbar Tahirzada (Azerbaijani: میرزا علی اکبر صابر: 30 May 1862 – 12 July 1911), commonly known by his pseudonym Sabir (صابر), was a satirist and poet in the Russian Empire, who played a leading role in development of Azerbaijani literature. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 17:26 | Kingsley Kennerley (English billiards and snooker player (1913–1982)) | Kingsley Kennerley (27 December 1913 – 26 June 1982) was an English billiards and snooker player. From 1937 to 1940, he appeared in each English Amateur Snooker Championship and English Amateur Billiards Championship final. He won the Billiards Championship for those four consecutive years, and the Snooker title in 1937 and 1940. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 09:46 | Sarah Geronimo (Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)) | Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo (born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer and actress. Her accolades include a Billboard Women in Music Award, 16 Awit Awards and 28 Myx Music Awards. Tatler magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021, and Billboard Philippines named her as the Woman of the Year in 2024. | ScarletViolet tc |
| 2024-10-11 16:16 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008) | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born Abdulla Maumoon Khairi; 29 December 1937) is an Maldivian statesman, diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978, and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. | MAL MALDIVE (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 05:22 | Boyd Exell (Australian carriage driving competitor) | Boyd Exell (born July 29, 1972, in Bega) is an Australian horse driver, trainer, judge and horse owner who specialises in competing with four-in-hand teams in the combined driving sport, has won the World Cup indoor driving finals ten times, and won eight world champion titles during his career. As of October 2024, Exell is ranked #1 in the world for his sport. | ▶ I am Grorp ◀ |
| 2024-10-13 01:43 | Tabyana Ali (American actress and author (born 2002)) | Tabyana Ali (born January 28, 2002) is an American actress and author. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to California with her mother to begin a career in the entertainment industry. She appeared in guest roles in various television shows, including New Girl (2015), Shimmer and Shine (2019) and The Big Show Show (2020), in addition to the Black horror film Horror Noire (2021). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 07:36 | Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin | In 1173–1174, a conspiracy took place in Cairo in favour of restoring the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, which had been abolished by Saladin and replaced with the Ayyubid dynasty in 1171. The conspiracy, which is known only from sources favourable to Saladin, was led by elites of the fallen Fatimid regime, and aimed to seize control over Cairo by taking advantage Saladin's absence from the city on campaign. | Constantine ✍ |
| 2024-10-13 19:36 | Abdul Ahad Azad (Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic (1903–1948)) | Abdul Ahad Dar (1903 – 4 April 1948), popularly known as Abdul Ahad Azad, was a Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic. Born in the Rangar village of Chadoora in Budgam district, Azad is considered to be the first revolutionary poet and is credited with laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature. | --Ratekreel (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 02:22 | Jean Shepard (American country singer (1933–2016)) | Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists. Her early successes during the 1950s decade were said to influence the future careers of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. | ChrisTofu11961 (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 12:08 | Jarriel King (American gridiron football player (born 1987)) | Jarriel King (born February 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Georgia Military College and the University of South Carolina. He signed with the New York Giants after going undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft but was waived before the start of the season. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 00:18 | Vern Freiburger (American baseball player) | Vern Donald Freiburger (December 19, 1923 – February 27, 1990) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who started two games for the Cleveland Indians on September 6 and September 15 during the 1941 season. At 17 years of age, he was the youngest player to appear in an American League game that season. | Wizardman |
| 2024-10-15 21:15 | Free solo climbing (Form of climbing without protection) | Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of rock climbing where the climbers (or free soloists) climb solo (or alone) without ropes or other protective equipment, using only their climbing shoes and their climbing chalk. Free soloing is the most dangerous form of climbing, and, unlike bouldering, free soloists climb above safe heights, where a fall can be fatal. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 01:34 | Derrick Harden (American gridiron football player (born 1964)) | Derrick Harden (born April 21, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers (1987). He played at the collegiate level at Eastern New Mexico University. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 10:44 | Benjamin Sheares (President of Singapore from 1971 to 1981) | Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Of Eurasian descent, Sheares was born in the Straits Settlements and graduated from the King Edward VII College of Medicine. | Actuall7 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 18:01 | Daud Shah Bahmani (Ruler of Bahmani Sultanate) | Daud Shah Bahmani (reigned 1378), also spelled as Dawud, was the fourth ruler of the Bahmani Kingdom. He succeeded his nephew Mujahid Shah after assassinating him. After ascending the throne, Daud Shah's brief reign was marked with turbulence and instability over his regicide of his nephew, which culminated in the creation of court factions. | Noorullah (talk) |
| 2024-10-17 00:21 | Sylvester McGrew (American football player (born 1960)) | Sylvester Lee McGrew Sr. (born February 27, 1960) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
Culture/Biography/Women
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| 2021-11-15 10:14 | Bonny Hicks (Singaporean model (1968-1997)) | Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean model and writer. After garnering local fame as a model, she gained worldwide recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, Are You A Model?, is recognised as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore. | Leomk0403 (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:26 | Barbara Zangerl (Austrian rock climber) | Barbara Zangerl (born 24 May 1988) is an Austrian rock climber who is widely considered as one of the best all-round female climbers in the world. At various stages in her career, she has climbed at, or just below, the highest climbing grades achieved by a female in every major rock climbing discipline, including bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 01:57 | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (Australian rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin) | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games clubs champion, team silver medallist, and all-around bronze medallist. She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is a four-time Australian all-around champion (2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023). | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-07-04 13:45 | Jennifer Jones (curler) (Canadian curler) | Jennifer Judith Jones OM (born July 7, 1974) is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. | Allthegoldmedals (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 09:38 | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (Irish aristocrat (died 1619)) | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (before 1574 - 15 March 1619) was an Irish aristocrat. Born Catherine Magennis, she was the fourth and final wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, a leading Gaelic lord in Ireland during the late Elizabethan and early Stuart eras. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 20:43 | Mother Solomon (Wyandot nanny (1816–1890)) | Margaret Grey Eyes Solomon (November 1816 – August 18, 1890), better known as Mother Solomon, was a Wyandot nanny. She was born along Owl Creek, Ohio, and her father took her to Indigenous sites as a child. After moving to the Big Spring Reservation in 1822, she learned housekeeping and English at a mission school and began attending the Wyandot Mission Church. | Averageuntitleduser (talk) |
| 2024-08-28 16:47 | Zoe Smith (English weightlifter (born 1994)) | Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994) is an English weightlifter. In October 2010 she won a bronze medal in the women's 58 kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition, to become the first English woman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 21:12 | Pat Gros (American political activist) | Pat Gros (born Patricia Helen Rowbottom in 1948) is an American political activist who with her partner Raymond Luc Levasseur went underground for ten years as part of the United Freedom Front. The group carried out bombings of political targets and robbed banks for funds. Whilst living underground with rotating false identities and moving home frequently to avoid capture by a Joint Terrorism Task Force (JTTF), Gros had three daughters. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 11:06 | Jonna Adlerteg (Swedish gymnast) | Jonna Eva-Maj Adlerteg (born 6 June 1995) is a Swedish retired artistic gymnast. She won Sweden's first European medal in over 50 years when she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships. She also won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 European Championships. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-10-05 19:17 | Tessa Davidson (English snooker player) | Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 1999, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 04:31 | Catherine Pugh (American politician (born 1950)) | Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American former politician who served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore, Maryland's largest city, from 2016 to 2019. She resigned from office amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges, three years in prison, and three years probation in 2020. | Micahmikhl (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 13:25 | Deolinda Rodrigues (Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator) | Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida (nom de guerre, Langidila; 10 February 1939 – 1968) was an Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator who also taught, wrote poetry, and worked as a radio host. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 13:39 | Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (British activist organisation) | The Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) was an activist organisation that focused on issues affecting Black and Asian women in Britain. It was the first national black women's organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1978 by key figures in the British black women's movement Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris, it was active until 1983. | Medievalfran (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:42 | Paulina Luisi (Argentine-born Uruguayan doctor and feminist) | Paulina Luisi Janicki (1875–1950) was a leader of the feminist movement in Uruguay. She was born in Colón, Argentina on 22 September 1875 into a family of educators. In 1909, she became the first Uruguayan woman to earn a medical degree. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 06:32 | Ioveta (Latin princess and abbess of Bethany (c. 1120 – 1178)) | Ioveta (c. 1120 – 6 September 1178) was a Latin princess from the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Her name appears in various other forms, including Joveta, Yveta, Yvette, Ivetta, and Juditta. She headed the Convent of Saint Lazarus in Bethany, the richest abbey in the kingdom, from the late 1130s or early 1140s until her death. | Surtsicna (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 18:52 | Marina Kondratyeva (Russian ballet dancer (1934–2024)) | Marina Viktorovna Kondratyeva also Kondratieva (Russian: Марина Викторовна Кондратьева, ; 1 February 1934 – 8 July 2024) was a Russian ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet. Described as "weightless, airy, poetic and spiritual", she is known for roles such as Juliet in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and as Adam's Giselle, but she also performed in contemporary ballets including world premieres. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 02:16 | Jeanne Trevor (St. Louis jazz vocalist (died 2022)) | Jeanne Trevor (died 24 October 2022) was an American vocalist known as the "First Lady of St. Louis Jazz". Originally from Harlem, New York City, she moved to St. Louis in the early 1960s to perform in the Gaslight Square district. She played most of the district's top jazz clubs and recorded several singles. | LarstonMarston (talk) |
Culture/Media
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| 2024-03-02 15:27 | R/The Donald (Subreddit in support of U.S. president Donald Trump) | r/The_Donald was a subreddit where participants created discussions and Internet memes in support of U.S. president Donald Trump. Initially created in June 2015 following the announcement of Trump's presidential campaign, the community grew to over 790,000 subscribers who described themselves as "Patriots". | Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 |
| 2024-04-06 08:38 | Swim School (Scottish indie rock band) | Swim School (stylised in lowercase) are a Scottish three-piece indie rock band. Formed in Edinburgh in late 2018, the band initially comprised Alice Johnson and Lewis Bunting, before Bunting's schoolmate Matt Mitchell and their friend Nairn Milne joined the band. Mitchell and Milne later left the band, with Billy McMahon joining in June 2020. | Launchballer |
| 2024-04-14 17:04 | Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series) (Fictional character) | Morph is a fictional superhero appearing in the American animated superhero series X-Men: The Animated Series—which aired on Fox Kids from 1992 to 1997—and its revival X-Men '97, which has been streaming on Disney+ since March 2024. Introduced as a member of the X-Men, Morph sacrificed themselves to protect Wolverine from a Sentinel in the show's premiere. | PanagiotisZois (talk) |
| 2024-04-16 06:01 | United States' Telegraph (Defunct newspaper published in Washington, D.C.) | The United States' Telegraph was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century. It was first published in 1814 as the Washington City Gazette by Jonathan Elliot, but ceased publication the same year due to the burning of Washington. It was revived the following year as the Washington City Weekly Gazette, and advocated strongly for William H. Crawford's 1816 candidacy for presidency. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-05-08 00:52 | The Celebration Tour (2023–2024 concert tour by Madonna) | The Celebration Tour was the twelfth concert tour by American singer-songwriter Madonna. It began on October 14, 2023 at the O2 Arena in London and ended on May 4, 2024 with a free concert on Copacabana Beach at Rio de Janeiro. Originally set to start on July 15, 2023 in Vancouver, the tour was postponed to October after Madonna developed a "serious bacterial infection" in late June which led to a multiple-day stay at the intensive care unit. | Christian (talk) |
| 2024-05-14 01:07 | CherryRoad Media (American newspaper publisher) | CherryRoad Media is an American newspaper publisher and commercial printer based in New Jersey. It is the communications division of CherryRoad Technologies and was founded in 2020 by its CEO Jeremy Gulban. The company specializes in weekly publications in rural communities. It has received national media attention for rapidly buying and launching new titles amid the decline of newspapers. | Eric Schucht (talk) |
| 2024-05-21 21:29 | John Koerner (American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)) | "Spider" John Koerner (August 31, 1938 – May 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy, and was an important mentor to the young Bob Dylan. | Mehendri Solon (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 19:36 | Honey Revenge (Los Angeles pop-rock band) | Honey Revenge is an American pop rock band formed in Los Angeles in 2021. The band consists of lead vocalist Devin Papadol and guitarist Donovan Lloyd. Formed after Lloyd moved to Los Angeles from Georgia and joined a five-piece band Papadol was in, the pair continued working together after the other three members left, and released their debut album, Retrovision, in June 2023. | Launchballer |
| 2024-06-12 16:52 | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power season 1 (2022 television season) | The first season of the American fantasy television series The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power is based on J. R. R. Tolkien's history of Middle-earth, primarily material from the appendices of the novel The Lord of the Rings. Set thousands of years before the novel in the Second Age of Middle-earth, the season depicts the emergence of the Dark Lord Sauron and the forging of the first Rings of Power. | adamstom97 (talk) |
| 2024-06-22 22:43 | David Fishwick (English businessman (born 1971)) | David Fishwick (born March 1971) is an English businessman. Born in Nelson in Lancashire, he left school at sixteen with no qualifications, before opening David Fishwick Minibus Sales and becoming the biggest minibus supplier in Britain. After finding that big banks were no longer willing to lend his customers money following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, he opened Burnley Savings and Loans, which used the advertising slogan "Bank on Dave". | Launchballer |
| 2024-06-25 15:10 | Bruno Mars at Park MGM (Residency show) | Bruno Mars at Park MGM is a concert residency by American singer and songwriter Bruno Mars. It is held at Dolby Live (previously Park Theater) at Park MGM in Las Vegas, Nevada, at The Theater at MGM National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Maryland, at MGM Music Hall at Fenway, Boston, Massachusetts and once outside of the United States, in China at MGM Cotai in Cotai, Macau. | MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) |
| 2024-06-30 09:59 | Donald Davies (Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer (1924–2000)) | Donald Watts Davies, CBE FRS (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). | Whizz40 (talk) |
| 2024-06-30 16:56 | KCTV (CBS affiliate in Kansas City, Missouri) | KCTV (channel 5) is a television station in Kansas City, Missouri, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Gray Television alongside MyNetworkTV affiliate KSMO-TV (channel 62). The two stations share studios on Shawnee Mission Parkway in Fairway, Kansas; KCTV's transmitter facility, the KCTV Broadcast Tower, is located in the Union Hill section of Kansas City, Missouri. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:58 | WNAC-TV (TV station in Providence, Rhode Island) | WNAC-TV (channel 64), branded on-air as Fox Providence, is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of dual CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate WPRI-TV (channel 12), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:59 | WUVN (TV station in Hartford, Connecticut) | WUVN (channel 18) is a television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, serving the Hartford–New Haven market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside low-power UniMás affiliate WUTH-CD (channel 47). The two stations share studios at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford and transmitter facilities on Birch Mountain Road in Glastonbury, Connecticut. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-07-03 21:37 | Glow in the Dark Tour (2007–08 world concert tour by Kanye West) | The Glow in the Dark Tour was the third concert tour by American rapper Kanye West, in support of his third studio album, Graduation (2007). West shared the first tour dates across the United Kingdom in September 2007, while he later announced the American leg in January 2008. He engaged in precise tour rehearsals and enlisted Jim Henson's Creature Shop for production of his set, with design handled by Esmeralda Devlin, Martin Phillips, and John McGuire. | K. Peake |
| 2024-07-10 12:14 | Dead Pony (Scottish pop punk band) | Dead Pony, formerly known as Crystal, is a rock band from Glasgow, Scotland. The band started as a duo comprising vocalist Anna Shields and guitarist Blair Crichton after Shields wanted a guitarist to make music with. After the duo formed Crystal with three of their university classmates, the band supported Paolo Nutini at a BBC Scotland's Hogmanay concert, appeared on Tony Visconti's Unsigned Heroes, and released the Sex Rich EP. | Launchballer |
| 2024-07-21 10:17 | Adam Parry (American classicist (1928–1971)) | Adam Milman Parry (February 1, 1928 – June 6, 1971) was an American classical scholar. He worked on Greek and Latin history literature, particularly the works of Thucydides, Homer and Virgil, and was a founding figure of the scholarly movement that became known as the Harvard School of criticism into Virgil's Aeneid. | UndercoverClassicist T·C |
| 2024-07-22 18:05 | Dance the Night (2023 single by Dua Lipa) | "Dance the Night" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from the soundtrack to the 2023 fantasy comedy film Barbie. Lipa wrote it with songwriter Caroline Ailin and its producers Andrew Wyatt and Mark Ronson, with the Picard Brothers also contributing to production. Atlantic and Warner Records released it as the soundtrack's lead single on 25 May 2023. | NØ |
| 2024-07-22 18:06 | Training Season (2024 single by Dua Lipa) | "Training Season" is a song by English and Albanian singer Dua Lipa from her third studio album, Radical Optimism (2024). Lipa wrote it with Caroline Ailin, Danny L Harle, Tobias Jesso Jr., Martina Sorbara, Nicholas Gale, Shaun Frank, Steve Francis Richard Mastroianni, Yaakov Gruzman, and its producer, Kevin Parker. | NØ |
| 2024-07-24 03:32 | Dabney Coleman (American actor (1932–2024)) | Dabney Wharton Coleman (January 3, 1932 – May 16, 2024) was an American actor. He was recognized for his roles portraying egomaniacal and unlikeable characters in comedic performances. Throughout his career, he appeared in over 175 films and television programs and he was awarded for both comedic and dramatic performances. | Daniel Quinlan (talk) |
| 2024-07-28 10:42 | Wargasm (British electronic rock duo) | Wargasm (stylised in all caps and sometimes known as Wargasm (UK)) are a British electronic rock duo from London. The band formed in 2018 by Sam Matlock, who had previously performed as part of Dead!, and Milkie Way, who had previously photographed their concerts and played bass for Barns Courtney. The band released several standalone singles before making headlines in 2021 over incidents at that year's Heavy Music Awards and after a performance at Scala. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-07 19:52 | Brendan Fraser (Canadian-American actor (born 1968)) | Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). | Lisha2037 (talk) |
| 2024-08-10 11:07 | Maisi (Musical artist) | Maisie Harriet Brand Bourke, known professionally as Maisi, is a British musician and social media personality from south-east London. The daughter of Jo Brand, she co-founded Loud LDN, a collective of women and non-binary musicians, and has released several singles, one EP, supported Piri & Tommy on their Froge.tour and Micheal Aldag on his 2024 UK Tour. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-11 08:50 | George Daniel (British drummer) | George Bedford Daniel is a British drummer, record producer, and electronic musician. He came to prominence as a member of pop band the 1975, as part of which he released five albums that topped the UK Albums Chart. His songwriting and producing partnership with the band's Matty Healy made him the co-recipient of multiple awards and nominations including two Ivor Novello Awards including Songwriter of the Year and four Brit Awards. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-11 10:37 | Rhian Teasdale (English musician) | Rhian Louise Teasdale (born 1992 or 1993) is an English musician. Born in Formby, she moved to the Isle of Wight aged eight and then to Bristol for her music career. Between 2016 and 2018, she released several singles as Rhain including "Solid Gold", which was developed with Plastic Mermaids. In 2018, she formed Wet Leg with Hester Chambers, who released the UK singles chart entries "Chaise Longue" and "Wet Dream" in 2022 and the UK Albums Chart topper Wet Leg in 2023. | Launchballer |
| 2024-08-19 17:51 | I Wanna Be Your Ghost (2022 single by Gen Hoshino) | is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino, released as a digital-exclusive single through Speedstar Records on July 18, 2022. It was written and produced by Hoshino, who co-arranged and programmed it with Mabanua. A J-pop and dance track with electronic instrumentation, the song was used as the main theme to the film Yokaipedia (2022), a live-action adaptation of a children's book series by Kodansha. | IanTEB (talk) |
| 2024-08-25 16:21 | Keyshia Cole (American singer (born 1981)) | Keyshia Myeshia Cole (née Johnson; born October 15, 1981) is an American singer, songwriter, television personality and actress. Dubbed by critics as the "Princess of Hip-Hop Soul", she is known for her soulful voice and heartfelt lyrics. Born and raised in Oakland, California, she began her career as a backing vocalist for MC Hammer before signing with A&M Records to release her debut studio album, The Way It Is (2005). | Finesse2Starz (talk) |
| 2024-08-27 06:04 | Bini (group) (Filipino girl group) | Bini (stylized in all caps; formerly Star Hunt Academy Girls or SHA Girls) is a Filipino girl group formed in 2019 through ABS-CBN's Star Hunt Academy (SHA). The group is composed of eight members: Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena. | Royiswariii (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 07:32 | Klerykal fiction (Subgenre of Polish science fiction) | Klerykal fiction (rarely, klerykal fantasy and science fiction, anti-klerykal fantasy and science fiction, or translated to English as clerical fiction) is a term for a subgenre of Polish fantasy and science fiction and broader religious fiction that addresses Christian themes. The term was coined in the early 1990s. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-12 15:53 | Peter Capaldi (Scottish actor and director (born 1958)) | Peter Dougan Capaldi (born 14 April 1958) is a Scottish actor and director. He portrayed the twelfth incarnation of the Doctor in the science fiction series Doctor Who and Malcolm Tucker in The Thick of It, for which he received four British Academy Television Award nominations, winning Best Male Comedy Performance in 2010. | Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | NBC Montana (Network of western Montana NBC affiliates) | NBC Montana is a regional network of three television stations in western Montana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is headquartered in Missoula, and serves as the NBC affiliate for the Missoula and Butte markets. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KCAU-TV (TV station in Sioux City, Iowa) | KCAU-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Gordon Drive in Sioux City, and its transmitter is located near Hinton, Iowa. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WTVJ (NBC TV station in Miami) | WTVJ (channel 6) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, serving as the market's NBC outlet. It is owned and operated by the network's NBC Owned Television Stations division alongside Fort Lauderdale–licensed WSCV (channel 51), a flagship station of Telemundo. The two stations share studios on Southwest 27th Street in Miramar; WTVJ's transmitter is located in Andover, Florida. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WKYT-TV (CBS/CW affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky) | WKYT-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Winchester Road (US 60) near I-75 on the east side of Lexington. In addition to WKYT-TV, Gray owns WYMT-TV (channel 57) in Hazard, Kentucky, a separate CBS affiliate serving eastern Kentucky with its own syndicated programming inventory and local newscasts. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KBDI-TV (PBS member station in Broomfield, Colorado) | KBDI-TV (channel 12), known as PBS12, is a PBS member television station licensed to Broomfield, Colorado, United States, serving the Denver area. The station is owned by Colorado Public Television, Inc. KBDI-TV's studios are located at Welton and 29th Streets in the Five Points neighborhood northeast of downtown Denver; its main transmitter is located atop Mestaa'ėhehe Mountain (just west of Evergreen, in Clear Creek County), and it is rebroadcast by translators throughout the Front Range and eastern Colorado. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-21 18:25 | The True Record (Chinese illustrated magazine, 1912-1913) | The True Record (Chinese: 真相畫報; pinyin: Zhēnxiāng Huàbào) was a pictorial magazine published in Shanghai, China, between June 1912 and March 1913. Established by brothers Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu as the nascent Republic of China was seeking to develop a new culture after centuries of Qing rule, it sought to monitor the new republic, report the welfare of the people, promote socialism, and distribute world knowledge. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | W leju po bombie (Science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski) | W leju po bombie (In the Bomb Crater) is a science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski, published in 1993, belonging to the genres of military and political fiction, as well as so-called klerykal fiction and politpunk. In 1994, the story won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 18:06 | The Yeezus Tour (2013–2014 concert tour by Kanye West) | The Yeezus Tour was the fifth concert tour by American rapper Kanye West, in support of his sixth studio album, Yeezus (2013). Announced with a promotional poster in September 2013, it served as West's first solo concert tour since the Glow in the Dark Tour (2007–08). West shared the opening North American dates that same month and in January 2014, he revealed an additional stint across the continent. | K. Peake |
| 2024-09-28 20:09 | WSVN (Fox affiliate in Miami) | WSVN (channel 7) is a television station in Miami, Florida, United States, affiliated with the Fox network. Serving as the flagship station of locally based Sunbeam Television, it has studios on the 79th Street Causeway in North Bay Village and a transmitter in Miami Gardens, Florida. | Nathan Obral • he/him • t • c • |
| 2024-10-07 05:18 | Stray Kids (South Korean boy band) | Stray Kids (Korean: 스트레이 키즈; RR: Seuteurei Kijeu; often abbreviated to SKZ) is a South Korean boy band that JYP Entertainment formed through the eponymous 2017 reality television show. The band has eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For undisclosed personal reasons, Woojin left the band in October 2019. | |
| 2024-10-09 11:56 | Festivali i Këngës 62 (62nd edition of Festivali i Këngës) | Festivali i Këngës 2023 was the 62nd edition of the annual Albanian music competition Festivali i Këngës. The contest was organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, Albania. It consisted of two semi-finals held on 19 and 20 December, followed by a nostalgia night on 21 December and concluded in the grand final on 22 December 2023. | Iaof2017 (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 09:46 | Sarah Geronimo (Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)) | Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo (born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer and actress. Her accolades include a Billboard Women in Music Award, 16 Awit Awards and 28 Myx Music Awards. Tatler magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021, and Billboard Philippines named her as the Woman of the Year in 2024. | ScarletViolet tc |
| 2024-10-12 12:01 | Naħseb Fik (2021 single by Aidan) | "Naħseb Fik" (transl. "I Think of You") is a song by Maltese singer Aidan released on 19 March 2021. It was his first song written in the Maltese language and was produced by Boban Apostolov. | Sahaib (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 01:43 | Tabyana Ali (American actress and author (born 2002)) | Tabyana Ali (born January 28, 2002) is an American actress and author. She was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas, but later moved to California with her mother to begin a career in the entertainment industry. She appeared in guest roles in various television shows, including New Girl (2015), Shimmer and Shine (2019) and The Big Show Show (2020), in addition to the Black horror film Horror Noire (2021). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 04:33 | Tamang Panahon (Special episode of Eat Bulaga!) | "Tamang Panahon" (lit. '"Right Time"') was a benefit concert and a special episode of Eat Bulaga!, as well as the 87th episode of its "Kalyeserye" portion that aired live on television in the Philippines and other countries on October 24, 2015 from the Philippine Arena. "Tamang Panahon" highlighted the no-restrictions meeting of the AlDub love team of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza. | Royiswariii |
Culture/Media/Books
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| 2024-03-25 16:05 | Tolkien, Race and Cultural History (Book of literary criticism by Dimitra Fimi) | Tolkien, Race, and Cultural History: From Fairies to Hobbits is a 2008 book by Dimitra Fimi about J. R. R. Tolkien's Middle-earth writings. Scholars largely welcomed the book, praising its accessibility and its skilful application of a biographical-historical method which sets the development of Tolkien's legendarium in the context of Tolkien's life and times. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-04-15 10:17 | Anarchism without adjectives (Doctrine of anarchism without any qualifying labels) | Anarchism without adjectives is a pluralist tendency of anarchism that opposes sectarianism and advocates for cooperation between different anarchist schools of thought. First formulated by the Spanish anarchists Ricardo Mella and Fernando Tarrida del Mármol, as a way to bridge the ideological divide between the collectivists and communist factions, it was later adopted by the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta and the American individualist Voltairine de Cleyre. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2024-05-23 08:21 | Editorial framing of The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | J. R. R. Tolkien decided to increase the reader's feeling that the story in his 1954–55 book The Lord of the Rings was real, by framing the main text with an elaborate editorial apparatus that extends and comments upon it. This material, mainly in the book's appendices, effectively includes a fictional editorial figure much like himself who is interested in philology, and who says he is translating a manuscript which has somehow come into his hands, having somehow survived the thousands of years since the Third Age. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 00:31 | Federalist No. 9 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton) | Federalist No. 9, titled "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the eighth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the Daily Advertiser and the Independent Journal on November 21, 1787, under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-06-17 08:30 | Old Straight Road (Concept in Tolkien writings) | The Old Straight Road, the Straight Road, the Lost Road, or the Lost Straight Road, is J. R. R. Tolkien's conception, in his fantasy world of Arda, of the route that his Elves are able to follow to reach the earthly paradise of Valinor, realm of the godlike Valar. The tale is mentioned in The Silmarillion and in The Lord of the Rings, and documented in The Lost Road and Other Writings. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 01:05 | Black holes in fiction (science fiction theme) | Black holes, objects whose gravity is so strong that nothing—including light—can escape them, have been depicted in fiction since at least the pulp era of science fiction, before the term black hole was coined. A common portrayal at the time was of black holes as hazards to spacefarers, a motif that has also recurred in later works. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 12:40 | Ontology (Philosophical study of being) | Ontology is the philosophical study of being. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every entity within it. To articulate the basic structure of being, ontology examines what all entities have in common and how they are divided into fundamental classes, known as categories. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 22:29 | Stars in fiction | Stars outside of the Solar System have been featured as settings in works of fiction since at least the 1600s, though this did not become commonplace until the pulp era of science fiction. Stars themselves are rarely a point of focus in fiction, their most common role being an indirect one as hosts of planetary systems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-17 07:59 | On Fairy-Stories (Essay by J. R. R. Tolkien) | "On Fairy-Stories" is a 1947 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy story as a literary form. It was written as a lecture entitled "Fairy Stories" for the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, on 8 March 1939. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 00:39 | Extrasolar planets in fiction (appearances of star and planetary systems in fictional stories) | Planets outside of the Solar System have appeared in fiction since at least the 1850s, long before the first real ones were discovered in the 1990s. Most of these fictional planets do not differ significantly from the Earth, and serve only as settings for the narrative. The majority host native lifeforms, sometimes with humans integrated into the ecosystems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-26 12:04 | Constructing The Lord of the Rings (Literary analysis) | The task of constructing The Lord of the Rings was long and complex, lasting from its start in 1937, soon after the success of J. R. R. Tolkien's children's book The Hobbit, until the novel's publication in 1954–1955. Tolkien began with no idea where the story would go, and made several false starts before the tale of the One Ring emerged. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-08-03 09:48 | The Fellowship of the Ring (1954 part of novel by J. R. R. Tolkien) | The Fellowship of the Ring is the first of three volumes of the epic novel The Lord of the Rings by the English author J. R. R. Tolkien; it is followed by The Two Towers and The Return of the King. The action takes place in the fictional universe of Middle-earth. The first edition was published on 29 July 1954 in the United Kingdom, and consists of a foreword in which the author discusses the writing of The Lord of the Rings, a prologue titled "Concerning Hobbits, and other matters", and the main narrative divided into two "books". | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-08-16 01:26 | Fictional planets of the Solar System (Solar System planets appearing only in fictional stories) | Fictional planets of the Solar System have been depicted since the 1700s—often but not always corresponding to hypothetical planets that have at one point or another been seriously proposed by real-world astronomers, though commonly persisting in fiction long after the underlying scientific theories have been refuted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-08-18 17:18 | Hell and Middle-earth (Theme in Tolkien's writings) | Scholars have seen multiple resemblances between the medieval Christian conception of hell and evil places in J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth. These include the industrial hells of Saruman's Isengard with its underground furnaces and labouring Orcs; the dark tunnels of Moria; Sauron's evil land of Mordor; and Morgoth's subterranean fortress of Angband. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 03:25 | Fu Wuji (Eastern Han dynasty scholar) | Fu Wuji (Chinese: 伏無忌, fl. 136–152) was an Eastern Han dynasty scholar. He is known for his Fuhou gujin zhu, an important historical encyclopedia, and his work on the Dongguan Hanji, the standard history of the Eastern Han until it was replaced by the Book of the Later Han. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 19:45 | A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets (1873 science fiction novel) | A Narrative of the Travels and Adventures of Paul Aermont among the Planets is an 1873 science fiction novel published under the pseudonym "Paul Aermont", the story's fictional main character who travels the Solar System in a balloon. After its initial publication, the book largely fell into obscurity and did not see a reprint until 2018. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 23:32 | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia (2021 reference work by Gary Westfahl) | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood. The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-18 09:38 | Tolkien's poetry | Tolkien's poetry is extremely varied, including both the poems and songs of Middle-earth, and other verses written throughout his life. Over 60 poems are embedded in the text of The Lord of the Rings; there are others in The Hobbit and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil; and many more in his Middle-earth legendarium and other manuscripts which remained unpublished in his lifetime, some of book length. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 14:57 | Na drugą planetę (Science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński) | Na drugą planetę (English: To the Second Planet, first editions titled W nieznane światy [In Unknown Worlds]) is a Polish science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński for young readers. It is one of the first Polish novels of this genre. The novel was serialized in a magazine in 1894 and published as a book the following year. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:26 | Zaziemskie światy (1948 science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński) | Zaziemskie światy. Pierwszy lot międzyplanetarny (Extraterrestrial Worlds. The First Interplanetary Flight) is a Polish science fiction novel by Władysław Umiński, completed in 1948 but published only in 1956. It is the last book published by Umiński and by the Gebethner and Wolff publishing house. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:36 | Wielka, większa i największa (Science fiction young adult novel by Jerzy Broszkiewicz) | Wielka, większa i największa (Great, Greater, and Greatest) is a Polish science fiction young adult novel by Jerzy Broszkiewicz, published in 1960 by Nasza Księgarnia. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-26 23:02 | Mesklin (Fictional planet) | Mesklin is a fictional planet created by Hal Clement and used in a number of his hard science fiction stories, starting with Mission of Gravity (1954). Alongside the novel's original 1953 serialization in Astounding Science Fiction, Clement published an essay titled "Whirligig World" detailing the process of designing the planet to have the properties he wanted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-28 04:23 | Carrie (novel) (1974 novel by Stephen King) | Carrie is a 1974 horror novel, the first by American author Stephen King. Set in Chamberlain, Maine, the plot revolves around Carrie White, a friendless, bullied high-school girl from an abusive religious household who discovers she has telekinetic powers. Remorseful for picking on Carrie, Sue Snell insists that she go to prom with Sue's boyfriend Tommy Ross, though a revenge prank pulled by one of Carrie's bullies on prom night humiliates Carrie, leading her to destroy the town with her powers out of revenge. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2024-09-30 23:48 | Magic (play) (1913 play by G. K. Chesterton) | Magic: A Fantastic Comedy In a Prelude and Three Acts is a 1913 comedy play by the English writer G. K. Chesterton. The plot centres around the conflict between a conjurer, a young woman who believes he is really magic, and her arrogant brother who rationalises everything. When the conjurer begins to do tricks that the brother cannot explain, he begins to go insane and the young woman and the other characters – a wealthy duke, a family doctor, and a local priest – attempt to convince the conjurer to divulge how the tricks were d ... | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
Culture/Media/Entertainment
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| 2024-07-01 19:18 | Buzz Lightyear (Fictional character in the Toy Story franchise) | Buzz Lightyear is a fictional character in the Disney–Pixar Toy Story franchise. He is a superhero action figure from an in-universe media franchise. Buzz is recognizable by his lime green, purple, and white space suit. Originating as a one-man band toy named Tinny, he evolved into a space ranger action figure during the development of Toy Story, a decision made by director John Lasseter. | Fieryninja (talk) |
| 2024-08-01 13:59 | Main Street Vehicles (Transport attraction at Disney theme parks) | Main Street Vehicles is a series of turn-of-the-20th-century-style vehicle attractions consisting of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramways with horse-drawn streetcars and free-roaming motor vehicles in Disney theme parks throughout the world. They usually operate in their respective Main Street, U.S.A. sections, transporting park guests on one-way trips between the Town Square at the park's entrance and the Central Plaza at the park's center. | Jackdude101 talk cont |
| 2024-09-10 17:04 | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007 film by Frank Nissen) | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is a 2007 American animated musical fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Directed by Frank Nissen from a screenplay written by Dan Berendsen, Margaret Heidenry, Colleen Ventimilia, and Eddie Guerlain, it is the third installment in Disney's Cinderella trilogy, and a sequel to Cinderella (1950) and Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002). | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:03 | If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others (1977 essay and speech by Philip K. Dick) | "If You Find This World Bad, You Should See Some of the Others", also known as the "Metz speech", is a 1977 essay and speech by science fiction writer Philip K. Dick that was delivered at the Second Metz International Science Fiction Festival in Metz, France, on September 24, 1977. Dick, the guest of honor at the festival, was asked to deliver a shorter version of the original speech due to time constraints. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 19:21 | Episode 6867 (Episode of EastEnders) | Episode 6867 is the 6867th episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It originally aired on 4 March 2024. The episode was the first of a two-part special set in Milton Keynes. In the episode, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and Zack Hudson (James Farrar) go there to visit Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer). They are soon introduced to a neglected young girl, Britney Wainwright (Lola Campbell). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
Culture/Media/Films
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| 2024-02-26 22:43 | New World Order (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (1st episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) | "New World Order" is the first episode of the American television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they adjust to life after returning from the Blip at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019). | Dcdiehardfan (talk) |
| 2024-04-24 17:11 | Raya (Raya and the Last Dragon) (Fictional character from Raya and the Last Dragon) | Raya is a fictional character in Walt Disney Animation Studios' animated film Raya and the Last Dragon (2021). Created by screenwriters Adele Lim and Qui Nguyen, Raya is the thirteenth official member of the Disney Princess line-up and Disney's first Southeast Asian princess. She is voiced by American actress Kelly Marie Tran. | Fieryninja (talk) |
| 2024-05-30 15:05 | Mushu (Fictional character) | Mushu is a fictional character in Disney's Mulan franchise, first appearing in the 1998 animated film Mulan. A small Chinese dragon, Mushu was a spiritual guardian of Mulan's family before he was demoted for failing to protect an ancestor. He plots to redeem himself by ensuring Mulan's safety and success when she enlists herself in the army in her father's place, ultimately becoming her closest confidant. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-07-01 15:42 | Jailson Mendes (Brazilian porn actor and YouTuber) | Jocione Mendonça (19 February 1970 – 29 June 2018), better known as Jailson Mendes and sometimes Pai de Família, was a Brazilian porn actor and YouTuber. He became an Internet meme for his performance in a pornographic film where he says the phrase "Ai, que delícia, cara" ("Oh, what a delight, man"). Retired due to health issues, Mendonça was invited to act in pornographic films while he was in São Paulo, and ended up making three of them. | Skyshiftertalk |
| 2024-07-12 11:59 | Migration (2023 film) (2023 Animated adventure film) | Migration is a 2023 American animated adventure comedy film produced by Universal Pictures and Illumination, and distributed by Universal. The film was directed by Benjamin Renner, co-directed by Guylo Homsy, and produced by Chris Meledandri, from a screenplay written by Mike White and a story by White and Renner. | Zingo156 (talk) |
| 2024-08-01 13:59 | Main Street Vehicles (Transport attraction at Disney theme parks) | Main Street Vehicles is a series of turn-of-the-20th-century-style vehicle attractions consisting of 3 ft (914 mm) narrow gauge tramways with horse-drawn streetcars and free-roaming motor vehicles in Disney theme parks throughout the world. They usually operate in their respective Main Street, U.S.A. sections, transporting park guests on one-way trips between the Town Square at the park's entrance and the Central Plaza at the park's center. | Jackdude101 talk cont |
| 2024-09-10 17:04 | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time (2007 film by Frank Nissen) | Cinderella III: A Twist in Time is a 2007 American animated musical fantasy film produced by DisneyToon Studios and distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment. Directed by Frank Nissen from a screenplay written by Dan Berendsen, Margaret Heidenry, Colleen Ventimilia, and Eddie Guerlain, it is the third installment in Disney's Cinderella trilogy, and a sequel to Cinderella (1950) and Cinderella II: Dreams Come True (2002). | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi Yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2024-09-27 23:16 | Pokémon Heroes (2002 film by Kunihiko Yuyama) | Pokémon Heroes (also known as Pokémon Heroes: The Movie) is a 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. Produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho, it is the fifth film in the Pokémon series. The film stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue Ōtani. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 15:48 | Alvin and the Chipmunks (film) (2007 film by Tim Hill) | Alvin and the Chipmunks is a 2007 American live-action animated jukebox musical comedy film directed by Tim Hill from a screenplay by Jon Vitti and the writing team of Will McRobb and Chris Viscardi. The film is dedicated in the memory of Ross Bagdasarian Sr., who created the titular Alvin and the Chipmunks characters. | 𝚈𝚘𝚟𝚝 (𝚝𝚊𝚕𝚔𝚟𝚝) |
| 2024-10-01 16:12 | Itim (1976 Philippine supernatural horror drama film) | Itim (Filipino for "black"), released overseas as The Rites of May, is a 1976 Philippine supernatural horror drama film and the feature directorial debut of Mike de Leon, with a screenplay by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. and Gil Quito. The film, that has been described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history", stars Tommy Abuel as a young photographer visiting his father (played by Mario Montenegro) in his provincial town during the Lenten season. | -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) |
| 2024-10-08 16:35 | Mufasa (The Lion King character) | Mufasa is a fictional character in Disney's The Lion King franchise. A wise, benevolent lion, the character first appears in the animated film The Lion King (1994) as the King of the Pride Lands and devoted father to Simba, who he is raising to inherit the kingdom. Mufasa is murdered by his younger brother, Scar, who kills Mufasa to usurp the throne. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 22:01 | Taylor Swift Productions (American production company) | Taylor Swift Productions, Inc. is the in-house visual media production company of the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift. The company was founded in 2008, being first credited in the concert film Speak Now World Tour – Live (2011). Taylor Swift Productions has produced all of Swift's visual media works since 2018, including her films and music videos. | Medxvo (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 07:28 | Death Race 2 (2010 action film directed by Roel Reiné) | Death Race 2 is a 2010 action film that was directed by Roel Reiné and written by Tony Giglio, who co-developed its story with Paul W. S. Anderson. The film is a co-production between South Africa and Germany, and is the prequel to Anderson's 2008 film Death Race—which itself is a prequel to 1975's Death Race 2000—and the second installment in the Death Race franchise. | Nineteen Ninety-Four guy (talk) |
Culture/Media/Music
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| 2024-03-15 16:28 | Pete Astudillo (American singer) | Pedro Astudillo (born on December 1, 1963), known as Pete Astudillo, is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and dancer. Referred to as "the Latino Babyface" by The Daily Journal, he is regarded as the architect behind Selena's sound, as he collaborated or coauthored the singer's top-selling and most popular recordings that cemented him into music history. | – jona ✉ |
| 2024-04-19 03:55 | Vince Gill (American musician (born 1957)) | Vincent Grant Gill (born April 12, 1957) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He began in a number of local bluegrass bands in the 1970s, and from 1978 to 1982, he achieved his first mainstream attention as lead singer of the soft rock band Pure Prairie League. Gill sang lead on their hit single "Let Me Love You Tonight" in addition to writing several songs of theirs. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-04-27 20:14 | Lucid (Aṣa album) (2019 studio album by Aṣa) | Lucid is the fourth studio album by French-Nigerian singer Aṣa, released on October 11, 2019, via Chapter Two Records and Wagram Music. Labeled a soul, folk, and rock album, Lucid incorporates elements of funk, folk rock, jazz, reggae and neo-soul. It is more personal and less political compared to her previous albums. | Versace1608 Wanna Talk? |
| 2024-04-28 17:16 | Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 (1724 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Wo gehest du hin? ("Where are you heading?", literally: "Where do you go?"), BWV 166, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Cantate Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter. Bach composed the work as part of his first cantata cycle for Leipzig and first performed it on 7 May 1724. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-04-29 12:10 | Slowcore (Subgenre of indie rock) | Slowcore, also known as sadcore, is a subgenre of indie rock characterised by its subdued tempos, somber vocal performances, and typically minimalist instrumentation. | Anarchyte (talk) |
| 2024-05-04 10:08 | Chapel Hart (Country music group from Mississippi) | Chapel Hart, originally known as Hyperphlyy, is an American country music vocal group from Poplarville, Mississippi. The group consists of sisters Danica Hart and Devynn Hart, and their cousin Trea Swindle, all three of whom are vocalists. Chapel Hart has independently released four studio albums and eleven singles. | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-05-15 14:59 | Born in the U.S.A. (1984 studio album by Bruce Springsteen) | Born in the U.S.A. is the seventh studio album by the American singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen, released on June 4, 1984, by Columbia Records. Produced by Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt, and Chuck Plotkin, the album was recorded in New York City with the E Street Band over two years between January 1982 and March 1984. | – zmbro (talk) (cont) and Moisejp (talk) |
| 2024-05-18 14:00 | Stronger (Kanye West song) (2007 single by Kanye West) | "Stronger" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his third studio album, Graduation (2007). The song was produced by West, with an extended outro handled by Mike Dean. It was written by West and Daft Punk were credited as co-writers due to their work being sampled, while Edwin Birdsong also received a credit from a master use of "Cola Bottle Baby". | K. Peake |
| 2024-05-27 02:23 | Something Else from The Move (1968 EP by the Move) | Something Else from The Move is a five-track live EP by the English pop band the Move, released on 21 June 1968 through Regal Zonophone. The Move established themselves with a series of singles that reached the top-five in the UK singles chart, generating hype for an album. After rumours about a live LP began circulating, the Move's manager Tony Secunda pitched an idea about recording an EP of live performances at the Marquee Club in central London. | VirreFriberg (talk) |
| 2024-06-02 18:13 | Quannnic (Musical artist) | Quannnic (born 2004 or 2005; stylized in all lowercase) is an American musician. Initially presenting a digicore sound, they began releasing music as Quannnic in 2020 and released their debut studio album, Kenopsia, in February the following year. A track from the album, "Life Imitates Life", unexpectedly became viral on TikTok and charted on Billboard's Hot Hard Rock Songs. | Skyshiftertalk |
| 2024-06-06 20:21 | I Wonder (Kanye West song) (2007 song by Kanye West) | "I Wonder" is a song by American rapper Kanye West, released as the fourth track on his third studio album, Graduation (2007). The song was written and produced by him, while Labi Siffre received a songwriting credit due to the sample of his work; West moves towards influences from rock and electronic music. | K. Peake |
| 2024-06-09 22:53 | Cómo Se Cura una Herida (2001 single by Jaci Velasquez) | "Cómo Se Cura una Herida" (transl. "How to Mend a Pain") is a song by American singer Jaci Velasquez for her fifth studio album Mi Corazón (2001). The song was written by Jorge Luis Piolto and Rudy Pérez with the latter handling its productions. It is a ballad, in which the narrator is devastated after being betrayed by her lover. | Erick (talk) |
| 2024-06-10 07:02 | The Alchemy (2024 song by Taylor Swift) | "The Alchemy" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift from her eleventh studio album, The Tortured Poets Department (2024). Swift wrote and produced the track with Jack Antonoff. A pop rock track with R&B influences, "The Alchemy" uses extensive football imagery to describe a burgeoning romance after going through heartbreak. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2024-06-20 06:39 | Daniel Vangarde (French songwriter and producer (born 1947)) | Daniel Bangalter (born 1947), known in his musical career as Daniel Vangarde, is a French former producer, lyricist and songwriter who co-wrote and produced several hit records in the 1970s and 1980s, including "Aie a Mwana" with Jean Kluger, "D.I.S.C.O." by Ottawan, and "Cuba" by the Gibson Brothers. | reppoptalk |
| 2024-06-26 22:16 | Not in Love (Crystal Castles song) (2010 single by Crystal Castles featuring Robert Smith) | "Not in Love" is the 1983 Platinum Blonde song "Not in Love", covered twice in 2010 by Canadian electronic music duo Crystal Castles. Of their cover versions, the second one – a re-recording that features English musician Robert Smith of the Cure – is much more widely known. Crystal Castles' first cover version appeared on their second studio album, Crystal Castles (2010), and the version with Robert Smith was digitally released as a single on October 26, 2010. | Skyshiftertalk |
| 2024-06-30 02:56 | Your Girl (2005 song by Mariah Carey) | "Your Girl" is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey for her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). She wrote the track with Marc Shemer and the latter produced it with her as Scram Jones. Lyrically, "Your Girl" is about Carey approaching a potential lover in a confident manner. | Heartfox (talk) |
| 2024-07-02 18:47 | Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) (Two Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg) | Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs), Op. 1 (1898–1903), are Lieder for baritone and piano. Each song sets a poem of Karl Michael von Levetzow. The songs bear the influence of both Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner, whose music was traditionally opposed. In their length, depth of expression, density of texture, and transcription-like piano writing, they approached the limits of the Lied genre and anticipated Gurre-Lieder. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 08:23 | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (American country music band) | Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (sometimes abbreviated NGDB), known as the Dirt Band from 1978 to 1983, is an American band founded in Long Beach, California, in 1966. Since 2018, the band has consisted of Jeff Hanna and his son Jaime Hanna, both guitarists and vocalists, along with Jimmie Fadden (drums, harmonica, vocals), Bob Carpenter (keyboards, accordion, vocals), Ross Holmes (fiddle, mandolin, vocals), and Jim Photoglo (bass guitar, vocals). | Ten Pound Hammer • (What did I screw up now?) |
| 2024-07-30 21:43 | Life Cycle (Sakerock album) (2005 studio album by Sakerock) | Life Cycle is the second studio album by Japanese instrumental band Sakerock. It was released on June 8, 2005, as their first full album under indie label Kakubarhythm. All four members share writing credits, though the majority of tracks were written by leader and guitarist Gen Hoshino and bassist Kei Tanaka. | IanTEB (talk) |
| 2024-08-01 18:11 | The American Dream Is Killing Me (2023 single by Green Day) | "The American Dream Is Killing Me" is a song by American rock band Green Day from their fourteenth studio album, Saviors (2024). The opening track of the album, the song was originally written by the band during the sessions of their previous studio album as a protest song against the presidency of Donald Trump. | Leafy46 (talk) |
| 2024-08-05 02:34 | Horses (album) (1975 studio album by Patti Smith) | Horses is the debut studio album by American musician Patti Smith. It was released by Arista Records on November 10, 1975. A fixture of the mid-1970s underground rock music scene in New York City, Smith signed to Arista in April 1975 and recorded Horses with her band at Electric Lady Studios that September. | Holiday56 (talk) |
| 2024-08-10 20:35 | Outside (Mariah Carey song) (Song by Mariah Carey) | "Outside" is a song recorded by American singer Mariah Carey for her sixth studio album, Butterfly (1997). She composed the music and produced the song with Walter Afanasieff. Situated within pop and soul music genres, the ballad's composition features drums, guitars, synthesizers, piano, and programming. | Heartfox (talk) |
| 2024-08-11 16:33 | Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113 (Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Lord Jesus Christ, O highest good), BWV 113, in Leipzig for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 20 August 1724. It is based on the eight stanzas of the 1588 hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, a penitential song. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-08-12 21:21 | I'm in It (2013 song by Kanye West) | "I'm In It" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his sixth studio album, Yeezus (2013). The song features additional vocals from Justin Vernon and Assassin. West served the role of lead producer and Evian Christ co-produced it with Dom $olo, while Noah Goldstein, Arca, and Mike Dean contributed additional production. | K. Peake |
| 2024-08-21 18:59 | Stayaway (2019 song by American band Muna) | "Stayaway" is a song by American band Muna from their second studio album, Saves the World (2019). The song was written by band members Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson, who produced it with John Hill. It was released by RCA Records as the albums third single, on August 16, 2019. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-08-24 13:59 | A Storm in Heaven (1993 studio album by Verve) | A Storm in Heaven is the debut studio album by the English rock band Verve, later the Verve, released on 21 June 1993 on Hut Records. The band had formed between school friends vocalist Richard Ashcroft, bassist Simon Jones, and drummer Peter Salisbury, with guitarist Nick McCabe joining shortly after. | MusicforthePeople (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 01:36 | Songs from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (2012 EP by Nick Jonas) | Songs from How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying is the first extended play (EP) by American singer-songwriter Nick Jonas, released on May 8, 2012, through Broadway Records. It was produced by Robert Sher and features guest appearance by Rob Bartlett, Rose Hemingway and Ellen Harvey. All tracks featured on the record were written by American songwriter Frank Loesser, who wrote several Broadway musicals. | Artmanha (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 05:06 | Alexander Goehr (English composer and academic (1932–2024)) | Peter Alexander Goehr (10 August 1932 – 25 August 2024) was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 20:34 | Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (What God does is well done), BWV 99, in Leipzig for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 17 September 1724. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" by Samuel Rodigast (1674). | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-12 15:51 | People...Hold On (1972 album by Eddie Kendricks) | People...Hold On is the second studio album by American singer Eddie Kendricks, released in May 1972 by Tamla Records. His second album after leaving the Temptations in 1971, and it proved to be his breakout album. The album took some time to gain traction, with sales gradually building, particularly in New York City, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C. Six months after its release, the album charted at number 131 on the Billboard Top LPs and Tape and number 13 on Soul LPs. | reppoptalk |
| 2024-09-13 05:02 | Tommy Villiers (Musical artist) | Thomas George Villiers is an English musician from Saffron Walden. After being introduced to dance music via his brother, he began producing drum and bass tracks and uploading them to SoundCloud. While at the Royal Northern College of Music, he joined See Thru Hands and cofounded Porij, with whom he released one and two EPs respectively. | Launchballer |
| 2024-09-13 20:04 | Moon (Kanye West song) (2021 song by Kanye West) | "Moon" is a song by American rapper Kanye West from his tenth studio album, Donda (2021). The song includes vocals from fellow rappers Don Toliver and Kid Cudi. The production was handled by West and E.Vax, with co-production from BoogzDaBeast and DJ Khalil. Alongside the vocalists, all the producers wrote the song. | K. Peake |
| 2024-09-14 02:01 | 80's Ladies (1987 studio album by K. T. Oslin) | 80's Ladies is the debut studio album by American country music artist K. T. Oslin, released on June 30, 1987, by RCA Records Nashville. The album marked her second major label debut, propelling her success into the mainstream country genre after her first failed attempt with Elektra Records, a Warner subdivision, had folded with two singles released there in 1982. | HereIGoAgain (talk) |
| 2024-09-17 00:19 | Bottle Pop (2009 single by the Pussycat Dolls featuring Snoop Dogg or Devolo) | "Bottle Pop" is a song by American girl group the Pussycat Dolls for their second studio album Doll Domination (2008). It was written and produced by Sean Garrett and Fernando Garibay, with additional songwriting by group's lead singer Nicole Scherzinger. The song features American rapper Snoop Dogg, whom they previously collaborated with on "Buttons" (2006). | MrHyacinth (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 16:12 | The Feminine Divine (2023 studio album by Dexys) | The Feminine Divine is the sixth studio album by the English band Dexys, released on 28 July 2023 by 100% Records. The tracks were written by Kevin Rowland, Sean Read, Mike Timothy and Jim Paterson, and the album was produced by Pete Schwier and Toby Chapman. It was the group's first album of original songs since One Day I'm Going to Soar (2012) and their first album in seven years since Let the Record Show (2016). | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-04 21:01 | Blood & Chocolate (1986 studio album by Elvis Costello and the Attractions) | Blood & Chocolate is the eleventh studio album by the English singer-songwriter Elvis Costello, and his ninth album with the Attractions—keyboardist Steve Nieve, bassist Bruce Thomas and drummer Pete Thomas (no relation). It was released on 15 September 1986 through Demon and Columbia Records. After mostly using outside musicians for his previous album King of America, Costello reunited the Attractions and his former producer Nick Lowe for Blood & Chocolate. | – zmbro (talk) (cont) |
| 2024-10-07 04:47 | The Tortured Poets Department (song) (2024 song by Taylor Swift) | "The Tortured Poets Department" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the title track of her eleventh studio album (2024). Swift wrote and produced the song with Jack Antonoff. A synth-pop song, "The Tortured Poets Department" incorporates hushed drums, sparkling synths arpeggios, and electronic sounds. | Ippantekina (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 09:56 | Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 (Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Bach) (Where shall I flee), BWV 5, in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 15 October 1724. It is based on the penitential hymn "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" by Johann Heermann. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:29 | If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind (Song written by John Cameron) | "If I Thought You'd Ever Change Your Mind" is a song written by British arranger John Cameron and initially recorded by Swedish pop band Blond (Tages) under the title "(I Will Bring You) Flowers in the Morning" in 1969. Cameron initially wrote the song in 1966 after signing with KPM Music and was inspired by a female friend he was feeling unreqruited love for. | VirreFriberg (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 16:12 | An Evening with Silk Sonic (2021 studio album by Silk Sonic) | An Evening with Silk Sonic is the debut studio album by American musical superduo Silk Sonic, composed of American singer-songwriter Bruno Mars and fellow singer and rapper Anderson .Paak. It was released by Aftermath Entertainment and Atlantic Records on November 12, 2021. Silk Sonic recruited American musician Bootsy Collins, who came up with the name for Mars and Paak's duo, for narration and American record producer D'Mile to compose the album. | MarioSoulTruthFan (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 22:21 | Marching Through Georgia (American marching song by Henry Clay Work) | "Marching Through Georgia" is an American Civil War-era marching song written and composed by Henry Clay Work in 1865. It is sung from the perspective of a Union soldier who had participated in Sherman's March to the Sea; he looks back on the momentous triumph after which Georgia became a "thoroughfare for freedom" and the Confederacy was left on its last legs. | DannyRogers800 (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 02:22 | Jean Shepard (American country singer (1933–2016)) | Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists. Her early successes during the 1950s decade were said to influence the future careers of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. | ChrisTofu11961 (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 02:16 | Jeanne Trevor (St. Louis jazz vocalist (died 2022)) | Jeanne Trevor (died 24 October 2022) was an American vocalist known as the "First Lady of St. Louis Jazz". Originally from Harlem, New York City, she moved to St. Louis in the early 1960s to perform in the Gaslight Square district. She played most of the district's top jazz clubs and recorded several singles. | LarstonMarston (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 09:56 | 212 (song) (2011 single by Azealia Banks featuring Lazy Jay) | "212" (pronounced "two-one-two") is the debut single by American rapper Azealia Banks. It features Lazy Jay, the alias of Belgian disc jockey Jef Martens and his brother Toon. Released on December 6, 2011, in the United Kingdom as the lead single for Banks' 2012 extended play 1991, "212" was later included in her debut studio album, Broke with Expensive Taste (2014). | 750h+ |
| 2024-10-16 13:08 | H.A.M. (2011 single by Jay-Z and Kanye West) | "H•A•M" is a song by American rappers Jay-Z and Kanye West from their collaborative studio album, Watch the Throne (2011). The song features additional vocals from Aude Cardona and Jacob Lewis Smith. It was produced by Lex Luger and co-produced by West, with additional production from Mike Dean and the three of them served as co-writers with Jay-Z. | K. Peake |
Culture/Media/Radio
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| 2024-05-21 18:10 | The Lord of the Rings (1955 radio series) (Radio play) | During 1955 and 1956, a condensed radio dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings, adapted and produced by Terence Tiller, was broadcast in two series of six episodes each on BBC Radio's the Third Programme. These radio broadcasts were the first dramatisation of The Lord of the Rings, a book by J. R. R. Tolkien, the final volume of which, The Return of the King, had been published in October 1955. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-06-30 16:57 | KEXC (Public radio station in Alameda, California) | KEXC (92.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station serving the San Francisco Bay Area, licensed to Alameda, California, United States. It is owned by the non-profit entity Friends of KEXP, an affiliate of the University of Washington, and broadcasts an AAA format specializing in indie music programmed by its disc jockeys as "KEXP Bay Area", a near-total simulcast of Seattle, Washington–licensed KEXP-FM. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
Culture/Media/Software
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| 2024-07-24 22:51 | Microsoft and unions (Relationship between Microsoft and trade unions around the world) | Microsoft recognizes 7 trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. US workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-08-17 14:42 | Infostealer (Malicious software used to steal information) | In computing, infostealers are a form of malicious software, created to breach computer systems to steal sensitive information—including login details, financial information, and other personally identifiable information. The stolen information is then packaged, sent to the attacker, and often traded on illicit markets to other cybercriminals. | Sohom (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 17:25 | IMac G5 (All-in-one personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc.) | The iMac G5 is a series of all-in-one personal computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 2004 to 2006. The iMac G5 returned to a more traditional design after the "sunflower" iMac G4, with the computer components fitted behind a liquid-crystal display and mounted on an aluminum foot. | Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk |
Culture/Media/Television
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| 2024-01-31 06:58 | Line of Duty series 3 (BBC police procedural TV show, 2016 series) | The third series of the British police procedural television programme Line of Duty, was broadcast on BBC Two between 24 March and 28 April 2016. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-02-26 22:43 | New World Order (The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) (1st episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier) | "New World Order" is the first episode of the American television miniseries The Falcon and the Winter Soldier, based on Marvel Comics featuring the characters Sam Wilson / Falcon and Bucky Barnes / Winter Soldier. It follows the pair as they adjust to life after returning from the Blip at the end of Avengers: Endgame (2019). | Dcdiehardfan (talk) |
| 2024-03-03 19:23 | The Americans (2013 American period spy drama television series) | The Americans is an American period spy drama television series created by Joe Weisberg for FX. It aired for six seasons from January 30, 2013, to May 30, 2018. Weisberg and Joel Fields also served as showrunners and executive producers. Set during the Cold War, the show follows Elizabeth (Keri Russell) and Philip Jennings (Matthew Rhys), two Soviet KGB intelligence officers posing a ... | Ktkvtsh (talk) |
| 2024-04-02 22:21 | Eurovision Song Contest 2000 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1999 contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-04-11 11:10 | Eurovision Song Contest 1975 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR), and presented by Karin Falck, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1974 contest with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-04-19 16:26 | Eurovision Song Contest 1984 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1984 in the Théâtre Municipal in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL), the contest was held in Luxembourg following the country's victory at the 1983 contest with the song "Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermès. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-04-26 16:39 | Cheryl Baker (British singer) | Rita Maria Stroud (née Crudgington; born 8 March 1954), known professionally as Cheryl Baker, is an English singer and television presenter. She was a member of pop group Bucks Fizz, which won the 1981 Eurovision Song Contest and, following legal disputes, now performs under the name the Fizz. Bucks Fizz had 20 singles reach the UK top 60 between 1981 and 1988, including three number one hits with "Making Your Mind Up" (1981), "The Land of Make Believe" (1981) and "My Camera Never Lies" (1982). | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-04-30 06:15 | Line of Duty series 4 (BBC police procedural TV show, 2017 series) | The fourth series of the British police procedural television programme Line of Duty was broadcast on BBC One between 26 March and 30 April 2017. It is the first series to air on the network after the first three were broadcast on BBC Two. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-05-01 16:19 | Eurovision Song Contest 1985 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1985 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), and presented by Lill Lindfors, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-05-10 08:12 | Line of Duty (British police procedural drama television series (2012–2021)) | Line of Duty is a British police procedural and serial drama created by Jed Mercurio and produced by World Productions for the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). It first began broadcasting on BBC Two on 26 June 2012. The programme performed well and was quickly commissioned for additional series that aired in 2014 and 2016. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-05-13 19:11 | Jane Fonda's Workout (Exercise video by Jane Fonda) | Jane Fonda's Workout, also known as Workout Starring Jane Fonda, is a 1982 exercise video by actress Jane Fonda, based on an exercise routine developed by Leni Cazden and refined by Cazden and Fonda at Workout, their exercise studio in Beverly Hills. The video release by Karl Home Video and RCA Video Productions was aimed primarily at women as a way to exercise at home. | Binksternet (talk) |
| 2024-06-05 05:55 | The Church on Ruby Road (2023 Doctor Who episode) | "The Church on Ruby Road" is an episode of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. The episode was broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2023 as the fourteenth Christmas special since the show's revival in 2005. It is the first Christmas special since "Twice Upon a Time" (2017) after which the show transitioned to New Year's specials. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-06-16 07:19 | The Legend of Ruby Sunday (2024 Doctor Who episode) | "The Legend of Ruby Sunday" is the seventh and penultimate episode of the fourteenth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was simultaneously released on Disney+ in the United States on 14 June 2024 and on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 15 June. A BBC One broadcast followed later in the day. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-06-19 04:57 | Zari (song) (2024 song by Marina Satti) | "Zari" (Greek: Ζάρι, ; transl. "Dice") is a song by Greek singer Marina Satti. It was co-written by Satti alongside eight other songwriters, and released on 7 March 2024 by Golden Records as the second single off her extended play P.O.P. It represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it placed 11th at the grand final with 126 points. | Cheers, mate! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:58 | WOGX (Fox TV station in Ocala, Florida) | WOGX (channel 51) is a television station licensed to Ocala, Florida, United States (in the Orlando television market), but primarily serving the Gainesville area as a Fox network outlet. Owned and operated by the network's Fox Television Stations division, the station maintains an advertising sales office on Northwest 53rd Avenue in Gainesville and a transmitter in unincorporated Marion County, between Williston and Fairfield. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:58 | KZJO (MyNetworkTV station in Seattle) | KZJO (channel 22), branded as Fox 13+, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Tacoma-licensed Fox outlet KCPQ (channel 13). The two stations share studios on Westlake Avenue in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood; KZJO's transmitter is located near the Capitol Hill section of Seattle. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:59 | WSJV (TV station in Elkhart, Indiana) | WSJV (channel 28) is a television station licensed to Elkhart, Indiana, United States, serving the South Bend area as an affiliate of the digital multicast network Heroes & Icons. It is owned by Gray Television alongside NBC affiliate WNDU-TV (channel 16). The two stations share studios on the University of Notre Dame campus along State Road 933 on South Bend's north side; WSJV's transmitter is co-located within the WSBT-TV (channel 22) site on Ironwood Road in South Bend. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-07-02 06:08 | Space Babies (2024 Doctor Who episode) | "Space Babies" is the first episode of the fourteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. It was written by Russell T. Davies and directed by Julie Anne Robinson. The episode was released alongside the next episode, "The Devil's Chord", on BBC iPlayer in the United Kingdom on 11 May 2024 and in the United States on Disney+ on 10 May 2024. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-08-03 04:39 | Doctor Who series 14 (2024 series of Doctor Who) | The fourteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who premiered on 11 May 2024, and aired through to 22 June. The marketing for the series refers to it as "Season One", following the production changes and the acquisition of Doctor Who's international broadcasting rights by Disney+. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 00:59 | Pokémon Concierge (2023 Japanese animated television series) | Pokémon Concierge is a Japanese stop motion original net animation (ONA) series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, that premiered on Netflix on December 28, 2023. The series focuses on a woman named Haru, who is down on her luck and visits a resort known as the Pokémon Resort. She becomes a concierge, working on the island in order to care for its Pokémon visitors. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-08-30 18:33 | Last Forever (23rd and 24th episodes of the 9th season of How I Met Your Mother) | "Last Forever" parts 1 and 2 are the 23rd and 24th and final episodes of the ninth season of the American sitcom television series How I Met Your Mother, and the series finale of the show as a whole. The episode, written by series creators Carter Bays and Craig Thomas and directed by Pamela Fryman. The episodes are the 207th and 208th overall. | Questions? four Olifanofmrtennant (she/her) |
| 2024-09-06 08:40 | Legend of the Sea Devils (2022 Doctor Who episode) | "Legend of the Sea Devils" is the second and penultimate of three special episodes that followed the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The episode was first broadcast on 17 April 2022 as an Easter Sunday special. It was written by Ella Road and Chris Chibnall and directed by Haolu Wang. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 16:54 | Regulations on children's television programming in the United States | The broadcast of educational children's programming by terrestrial television stations in the United States is mandated by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), under regulations colloquially referred to as the Children's Television Act (CTA), the E/I rules, or the Kid Vid rules. Since 1997, all full-power and Class A low-power broadcast television stations have been required to broadcast at least three hours (or more if they operate digital subchannels) per-week ... | ViperSnake151 Talk |
| 2024-09-10 08:14 | The Power of the Doctor (2022 Doctor Who episode) | "The Power of the Doctor" is the third and final story of three special episodes that follow the thirteenth series of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who. The episode was written by Chris Chibnall and directed by Jamie Magnus Stone. It was first broadcast on BBC One on 23 October 2022. | TheDoctorWho (talk) |
| 2024-09-17 08:32 | The Christmas Invasion (2005 Doctor Who episode) | "The Christmas Invasion" is a 60-minute special episode of the British science fiction television programme Doctor Who, first broadcast on BBC One on 25 December 2005. This episode features the first full-episode appearance of Tennant as the Doctor and is also the first specially produced Christmas special in the programme's history which was commissioned following the success of the first series earlier in the year to see how well the show could do at Christmas. | DoctorWhoFan91 (talk) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WPTD (PBS member station in Dayton, Ohio) | WPTD (channel 16) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, serving the Miami Valley as a member of PBS. The station broadcasts from studios in downtown Dayton and a transmitter near South Gettysburg Avenue in the Highview Hills neighborhood in southwest Dayton. Its signal is relayed by translator station W25FI-D in Maplewood, Ohio, which broadcasts to Celina, Lima, and Wapakoneta. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WTVX (TV station in Fort Pierce, Florida) | WTVX (channel 34) is a television station licensed to Fort Pierce, Florida, United States, serving the West Palm Beach area as an affiliate of The CW. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside CBS affiliate WPEC (channel 12) and two low-power, Class A stations: MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43) and TBD owned-and-operated station WWHB-CD (channel 48). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WPEC (TV station in West Palm Beach, Florida) | WPEC (channel 12) is a television station in West Palm Beach, Florida, United States, affiliated with CBS. It is owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group alongside Fort Pierce–licensed CW affiliate WTVX (channel 34) and two low-power, Class A stations: MyNetworkTV affiliate WTCN-CD (channel 43) and WWHB-CD (channel 48). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KTUL (TV station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.) | KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) in southwestern Tulsa, and its primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, in unincorporated southeastern Tulsa County (near Coweta). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WMYA-TV (TV station in Anderson, South Carolina) | WMYA-TV (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Anderson, South Carolina, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Dabl to Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Asheville, North Carolina–based ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate WLOS (channel 13). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-10-10 00:04 | Mel Bush (Fictional character in the TV series Doctor Who) | Melanie "Mel" Bush is a fictional character played by Bonnie Langford in the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. A computer programmer from the 20th century who is a companion of the Sixth and Seventh Doctors, she was a regular in the programme from 1986 to 1987 before Langford left the series. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 20:37 | San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | San Marino was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "11:11", performed by the Spanish band Megara. The song was written by Isra Dante Ramos Solomando, Roberto la Lueta Ruiz, and Sara Jiménez Moral. The nation's participating broadcaster, San Marino RTV (SMRTV), organised the national final format Una voce per San Marino in collaboration with Media Evolution S.r.l. to select its entry. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 19:21 | Episode 6867 (Episode of EastEnders) | Episode 6867 is the 6867th episode of the BBC soap opera EastEnders. It originally aired on 4 March 2024. The episode was the first of a two-part special set in Milton Keynes. In the episode, Whitney Dean (Shona McGarty) and Zack Hudson (James Farrar) go there to visit Bianca Jackson (Patsy Palmer). They are soon introduced to a neglected young girl, Britney Wainwright (Lola Campbell). | DaniloDaysOfOurLives (talk) |
Culture/Media/Video games
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| 2024-05-29 22:22 | Puff-puff (onomatopoeia) (Act of a woman's breasts being rubbed in someone's face) | is an onomatopoeia that conveys a woman's breasts being rubbed in someone's face. It was first created by Akira Toriyama, creator of Dragon Ball and lead artist of Dragon Quest, having it featured in both. In Dragon Quest, it appears in multiple games as a service a character may receive. It has been featured in a non-sexual way in Dragon Quest as well, such as two Slimes being used to simulate the act or swapping the performer for a man, which has been criticized for lacking consent by critics. | Cukie Gherkin (talk) |
| 2024-06-30 14:40 | Tina Armstrong (Dead or Alive character) | is a player character in the Dead or Alive fighting game franchise by Koei Tecmo. Originally conceived as a tropical "deadly dancer" character by lead developer Tomonobu Itagaki, she was later changed to a professional wrestler due to the development team's love for the sport. The daughter of fellow character Bass Armstrong, he wants her to follow in his footsteps as a wrestler, but she has ambitions to be a model and a movie star much to his dismay. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-08-04 19:58 | Kim Kitsuragi (Video game character) | Kim Kitsuragi is a character in the 2019 detective video game Disco Elysium. As a non-playable companion to the player character, he is defined by his Asian-inspired culture, private queerness, and calm, stoic personality. Kitsuragi is noted by journalists and academics for his reactions to the player's choices, ranging from deadpan quips to moments of approval and vulnerability. | Shooterwalker (talk) |
| 2024-08-05 16:14 | Miner 2049er (1982 video game) | Miner 2049er is a platform game game developed by Big Five Software and published in December 1982. It is set in a mine, where the player controls the Mountie Bounty Bob. The player controls Bounty Bob through multiple levels of a mine, with the goal of traversing all of the platforms in each level all while avoiding enemies and within a set amount of time. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 00:59 | Pokémon Concierge (2023 Japanese animated television series) | Pokémon Concierge is a Japanese stop motion original net animation (ONA) series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, that premiered on Netflix on December 28, 2023. The series focuses on a woman named Haru, who is down on her luck and visits a resort known as the Pokémon Resort. She becomes a concierge, working on the island in order to care for its Pokémon visitors. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 16:23 | Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (Super-hero character in Marvel Comics) | Black Widow (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova; Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964). | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-08-15 22:34 | Pixel Piracy (2014 video game) | Pixel Piracy is a 2014 side-scrolling action-adventure game with roguelike elements, developed by Quadro Delta and published by Re-Logic. In the indie game, players construct a pirate ship, hire and train a crew, and guide their crew toward notoriety by defeating the four pirate captains in a procedurally-generated world full of islands. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-08-17 08:22 | Ether One (2014 video game) | Ether One is a 2014 first-person adventure game developed and self-published by White Paper Games, a Manchester-based studio. The gameplay is set within a virtual world, where players assume the role of a "Restorer", tasked with reconstructing the memories of a dementia patient. As the studio's debut title, Ether One focuses on exploration, puzzle-solving, and narrative, featuring themes centered around mental illness and memory retrieval. | StewdioMACK (talk) |
| 2024-08-23 21:49 | Dr Disrespect (American live streamer (born 1982)) | Herschel "Guy" Beahm IV (born March 10, 1982), better known as Dr Disrespect or The Doc, is an American live streamer. He became known for playing battle royale games such as Call of Duty: Black Ops 4, H1Z1, and PUBG: Battlegrounds on Twitch and YouTube. | 2601AC47 (talk) |
| 2024-08-25 02:51 | Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass (2020 expansion pack for Pokémon Sword and Shield) | and Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra[c] are the two downloadable content expansion packs that make up the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass[d]. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 22:34 | Hotline Miami (2012 video game) | Hotline Miami is a 2012 top-down shooter game developed by Dennaton Games and published by Devolver Digital. In the game, players take on the role of an unnamed silent protagonist—known outside of the game as Jacket—while committing massacres against the local Russian mafia. In each level, the player must defeat every enemy through various means, ranging from firearms and melee weapons to more specific methods like knocking enemies out with doors. | λ NegativeMP1 |
| 2024-09-10 20:28 | Pokémon fan games (Video games by Pokémon fans) | Pokémon is a Japanese video game media franchise. The franchise takes place in a shared universe in which humans co-exist with creatures known as Pokémon, a large variety of species endowed with special powers. Pokémon are often used in the series to battle other Pokémon, both wild and trainer-owned, using the Pokémon's special abilities. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 03:02 | The Outer Worlds (2019 video game) | The Outer Worlds is a 2019 action role-playing game developed by Obsidian Entertainment and published by Private Division. Set in an alternate future, the game takes place in Halcyon, a distant star system colonized by megacorporations. In the game, the player assumes control of a passenger from a lost colony ship, who is revived by a mad scientist and tasked to rescue their fellow colonists and take down the corporations responsible for the colony's downfall. | OceanHok (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 01:23 | River Raid (1982 video game) | River Raid is a video game developed by Carol Shaw for the Atari Video Computer System (later renamed Atari 2600) and released in 1982 by Activision. The player controls a fighter jet over the River of No Return in a raid behind enemy lines. The goal is to navigate the flight by destroying enemy tankers, helicopters, fuel depots and bridges without running out of fuel or crashing. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 13:20 | The Great Giana Sisters (1987 video game) | The Great Giana Sisters is a platform game developed by the West German company Time Warp and published by Rainbow Arts in 1987 for home computers such as the Commodore 64, Amiga and Atari ST. Players control Giana (or her sister Maria in the multiplayer mode) to explore a magical world inside their dreams; to wake up, they must find a giant diamond. | Andrzejbanas (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 11:08 | Visions of Mana (2024 video game) | is a 2024 action role-playing game developed by Ouka Studios and published by Square Enix for PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, and Xbox Series X/S. The fifth main title in the Mana series, the story follows the young swordsman Val as he escorts a group of Alms, sacrifices chosen to renew the flow of Mana in the world, on a pilgrimage to the Mana Tree. | ProtoDrake (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 21:39 | Bejeweled (video game) (2000 match-three video game) | Bejeweled is a 2000 match-three video game developed and published by PopCap Games. Bejeweled involves lining up three or more multi-colored gems to clear them from the game board, with chain reactions potentially following. The game was inspired by a similar browser game titled Colors Game discovered by the PopCap team in 2000, at the time consisting of John Vechey, Brian Fiete, and Jason Kapalka. | Lazman321 (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 18:50 | Haunter (Pokémon) (Pokémon species) | Haunter, known in Japan as Ghost (Japanese: ゴースト, Hepburn: Gōsuto), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, Since Haunter's debut it has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 16:56 | Lavender Town (Fictional town in Pokémon universe) | is a fictional village in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to the Pokémon Tower, a burial ground for deceased Pokémon and a location to find Ghost-Type Pokémon. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 04:55 | Bit City (2017 video game) | Bit City is a 2017 city-building and clicker game developed and published by the American studio NimbleBit. In the game, the player must generate a steady coin income to build a city that meets a population quota. They may buy in-app purchases to boost their progress in the game and can prestige, which returns them back to the first city with their upgrades and the in-game currency Bux kept. | TWOrantulaTM (enter the web) |
| 2024-10-08 03:29 | Dendy (console) (Series of home video game consoles) | Dendy (Russian: Де́нди) is a series of home video game consoles that were unofficial hardware clones of Nintendo's third-generation Famicom system. Produced from late 1992, Dendy consoles were manufactured in Taiwan using Chinese components on behalf of the Russian company Steepler. These consoles were primarily sold in Russia. | Sleeps-Darkly (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 08:24 | SimsVille (Cancelled video game developed by Maxis) | SimsVille is a cancelled simulation video game game developed by Maxis. The game was conceived as a hybrid between the gameplay of The Sims and SimCity. Development of SimsVille was undertaken over two years by the Maxis development team for SimCity in an attempt to expand The Sims franchise. Following delays to the game's release window, Maxis discontinued development of SimsVille in September 2001, citing concerns with the quality of the gameplay experience. | ＶＲＸＣＥＳ (talk) |
Culture/Performing arts
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| 2024-07-02 18:47 | Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) (Two Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg) | Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs), Op. 1 (1898–1903), are Lieder for baritone and piano. Each song sets a poem of Karl Michael von Levetzow. The songs bear the influence of both Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner, whose music was traditionally opposed. In their length, depth of expression, density of texture, and transcription-like piano writing, they approached the limits of the Lied genre and anticipated Gurre-Lieder. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-07-25 16:24 | Golden Girls (play) (1984 play by Louise Page) | Golden Girls is a 1984 play by Louise Page that was commissioned by the Royal Shakespeare Company and was first performed at The Other Place, premiering on 20 June 1984, directed by Barry Kyle. Although Page's writing received a mixed critical reception, Kyle's direction was generally praised, and Josette Simon's performance as Dorcas Ableman was acclaimed. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 05:06 | Alexander Goehr (English composer and academic (1932–2024)) | Peter Alexander Goehr (10 August 1932 – 25 August 2024) was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-30 23:48 | Magic (play) (1913 play by G. K. Chesterton) | Magic: A Fantastic Comedy In a Prelude and Three Acts is a 1913 comedy play by the English writer G. K. Chesterton. The plot centres around the conflict between a conjurer, a young woman who believes he is really magic, and her arrogant brother who rationalises everything. When the conjurer begins to do tricks that the brother cannot explain, he begins to go insane and the young woman and the other characters – a wealthy duke, a family doctor, and a local priest – attempt to convince the conjurer to divulge how the tricks were d ... | ThaesOfereode (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 18:52 | Marina Kondratyeva (Russian ballet dancer (1934–2024)) | Marina Viktorovna Kondratyeva also Kondratieva (Russian: Марина Викторовна Кондратьева, ; 1 February 1934 – 8 July 2024) was a Russian ballerina at the Bolshoi Ballet. Described as "weightless, airy, poetic and spiritual", she is known for roles such as Juliet in Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet and as Adam's Giselle, but she also performed in contemporary ballets including world premieres. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
Culture/Philosophy and religion
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| 2024-04-15 10:17 | Anarchism without adjectives (Doctrine of anarchism without any qualifying labels) | Anarchism without adjectives is a pluralist tendency of anarchism that opposes sectarianism and advocates for cooperation between different anarchist schools of thought. First formulated by the Spanish anarchists Ricardo Mella and Fernando Tarrida del Mármol, as a way to bridge the ideological divide between the collectivists and communist factions, it was later adopted by the Italian anarchist Errico Malatesta and the American individualist Voltairine de Cleyre. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 12:40 | Ontology (Philosophical study of being) | Ontology is the philosophical study of being. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every entity within it. To articulate the basic structure of being, ontology examines what all entities have in common and how they are divided into fundamental classes, known as categories. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-07-26 13:16 | Crusading movement (Framework of Christian holy war) | The crusading movement encompasses the framework of ideologies and institutions that described, regulated, and promoted the Crusades. The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed during the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms that were based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage. | Norfolkbigfish (talk) |
| 2024-08-23 08:04 | Epistemology (Philosophical study of knowledge) | Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called theory of knowledge, it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowledge in the form of skills, and knowledge by acquaintance as a familiarity through experience. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-08-26 04:53 | Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) (American Jesuit priest (1912–1982)) | Michael Patrick Walsh SJ (February 28, 1912 – April 23, 1982) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and biologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1929, was ordained a priest in 1941, and received his doctorate in biology from Fordham University in 1948. | Ergo Sum |
| 2024-09-22 16:45 | Value theory (Systematic study of values) | Value theory is the systematic study of values. Also called axiology, it examines the nature, sources, and types of values. As a branch of philosophy, it has interdisciplinary applications in fields such as economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 06:32 | Ioveta (Latin princess and abbess of Bethany (c. 1120 – 1178)) | Ioveta (c. 1120 – 6 September 1178) was a Latin princess from the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Her name appears in various other forms, including Joveta, Yveta, Yvette, Ivetta, and Juditta. She headed the Convent of Saint Lazarus in Bethany, the richest abbey in the kingdom, from the late 1130s or early 1140s until her death. | Surtsicna (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 19:40 | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (High school seminary in the United States) | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (known also as Naz Hall) was a high school seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It was founded in 1923 by Archbishop Austin Dowling and was closed in 1971, being replaced by Saint John Vianney Seminary. The campus is now the site of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul. | ~Darth StabroTalk/Contribs |
Culture/Sports
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| 2024-01-19 22:50 | Frank Butler (American football) (American football player (1909–1979)) | Frank John Butler (May 3, 1909 – October 30, 1979) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. Prior to his professional football career, he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans, where he was named an All-Big Ten player. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Wuert Engelmann (American football player (1908–1979)) | Wuert Engelmann (also spelled Weert) (February 11, 1908 – January 8, 1979) was an American professional football player who played back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at South Dakota State University before playing professional football. After his career, he worked for 36 years for the Northern Paper Mill. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Hal Hinte (American football player (1920–1996)) | Harold Hinte (January 25, 1920 – February 3, 1996) was an American professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1942 NFL season. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. After his brief football career, he served in the United States Army during World War II and was a high school basketball and football coach. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-02-19 14:32 | Bryce Cotton (American basketball player) | Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, he is a four-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award and has won three championships. He is also a two-time grand final MVP, seven-time All-NBL First Team recipient, and has seven scoring titles. | DaHuzyBru (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 16:56 | Atlanta Braves (Major League Baseball team in Atlanta, Georgia) | The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. The club was known by various names until the franchise settled on the Boston Braves in 1912. | Nemov (talk) |
| 2024-03-10 13:46 | Bob Gibson (American baseball player (1935–2020)) | Robert Gibson (November 9, 1935 – October 2, 2020), nicknamed "Gibby" and "Hoot", was an American baseball pitcher in Major League Baseball who played his entire career for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1959 to 1975. Known for his fiercely competitive nature, Gibson tallied 251 wins, 3,117 strikeouts, and a 2.91 earned run average. | Omnis Scientia (talk) |
| 2024-03-15 01:56 | Darren Moore (English footballer and manager (born 1974)) | Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of EFL League Two club Port Vale. He has performed extensive charity work for the Professional Footballers' Association, Show Racism the Red Card, and the Free Methodist Church. | EchetusXe |
| 2024-03-17 03:09 | Chris Kreider (American ice hockey player (born 1991)) | Christopher James Kreider (born April 30, 1991) is an American professional ice hockey winger and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). | HickoryOughtShirt?4 (talk) |
| 2024-03-18 15:38 | Cliff Christl (American sportswriter (born 1947)) | Clifford A. Christl (born in 1947) is an American sportswriter who is the team historian of the Green Bay Packers, a football team in the National Football League (NFL). Prior to this role, Christl worked as a newspaper reporter for over 30 years at newspapers in Wisconsin, including the Manitowoc Herald Times, the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal (which became the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel during his tenure). | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-03-22 12:50 | Charlie Joiner (American football player and coach (born 1947)) | Charles B. Joiner Jr. (born October 14, 1947) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. He played 11 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, with whom he earned all three of his Pro Bowl selections, and was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press in 1980. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-03-26 04:14 | New England Revolution in international competition | The New England Revolution is an American soccer club based in Foxborough, Massachusetts. The club has regularly taken part five times in international competitions organized by CONCACAF, the governing body of the sport in North America and the Caribbean. Their best result (as of March 2024) is the quarterfinals, which they have reached on three separate occasions. | Brindille1 (talk) |
| 2024-04-24 07:13 | Stephen Curry (American basketball player (born 1988)) | Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often considered the greatest shooter, and one of the greatest players of all time, Curry is credited with revolutionizing the sport by inspiring teams and players to take more three-point shots. | Beemer03 (talk) |
| 2024-05-05 11:12 | HC Ässät Pori (Ice hockey club in Pori, Finland) | Porin Ässät (Finnish for Pori Aces), officially named Hockey Club Ässät Pori and colloquially known as Pata, is a professional ice hockey club based in Pori, Finland. It competes in the SM-liiga, the highest-ranking league of ice hockey in Finland. Since 1971, Ässät has played its games in the Isomäki Ice Hall. | – Poriman55 - Meddela mig! |
| 2024-05-11 09:25 | Gedling Miners Welfare F.C. (Association football club in England) | Gedling Miners Welfare Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Mapperley, Nottingham, England. Founded in 1919 as the works team of Gedling Colliery, the club went into abeyance in 1935 due to a lack of support. It reformed in 1941 and soon began its most successful period, prompting the Daily Mirror to describe Gedling as "Nottinghamshire's leading amateur team" in 1956. | Curlymanjaro (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:21 | Traditional climbing (Type of rock climbing) | Traditional climbing (or trad climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber places the protection equipment while ascending the route; when the lead climber has completed the route, the second climber (or belayer) then removes the protection equipment as they climb the route. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:26 | Barbara Zangerl (Austrian rock climber) | Barbara Zangerl (born 24 May 1988) is an Austrian rock climber who is widely considered as one of the best all-round female climbers in the world. At various stages in her career, she has climbed at, or just below, the highest climbing grades achieved by a female in every major rock climbing discipline, including bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-26 12:02 | Ice climbing (Type of climbing with ice tools) | Ice climbing is a climbing discipline that involves ascending routes consisting of frozen water. To ascend, the ice climber uses specialist equipment, particularly double ice axes (or the more modern ice tools) and rigid crampons. To protect the route, the ice climber uses steel ice screws that require skill to employ safely and rely on the ice holding firm in any fall. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-26 12:04 | Deep-water soloing (Free solo rock-climbing over water) | Deep-water soloing (DWS), also known as psicobloc (from "psycho-bouldering"), is a form of free solo climbing where any fall should result in the climber landing safely into deep water below the route. DWS is therefore considered safer than normal free solo climbing, however, DWS brings several unique additional risks including trauma from uncontrolled high-speed water entry, injury from hitting hazards above and below the water while falling, and drowning in rough or tidal seas, and is thus considered riskier than normal bouldering. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-26 12:05 | Big wall climbing (Type of rock climbing) | Big wall climbing is a form of rock climbing that takes place on long multi-pitch routes (of at least 6–10 pitches or 300–500 metres) that normally require a full day, if not several days, to ascend. In addition, big wall routes are typically sustained and exposed, where the climbers remain suspended from the rock face, even sleeping hanging from the face, with limited options to sit down or escape unless they abseil back down the whole route, which is a complex and risky action. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 19:31 | History of the National Hockey League (2017–present) | The National Hockey League (NHL) began its second century in 2017. Since 2017, the NHL has added three new teams, with the Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle Kraken, and Utah Hockey Club joining the Western Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major disruption to the league during the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-06-07 01:57 | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (Australian rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin) | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games clubs champion, team silver medallist, and all-around bronze medallist. She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is a four-time Australian all-around champion (2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023). | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-06-10 20:42 | Climbing route (Path to scale a mountain, rock, or ice wall) | A climbing route (German: Kletterrouten) is a path by which a climber reaches the top of a mountain, a rock face or an ice-covered obstacle. The details of a climbing route are recorded in a climbing guidebook and/or in an online climbing-route database. Details recorded will include elements such as the type of climbing route (e.g. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-06-10 20:43 | Lead climbing (Technique of rock climbing) | Lead climbing (or leading) is a technique in rock climbing where the 'lead climber' clips their rope to the climbing protection as they ascend a pitch of the climbing route, while their 'second' (or 'belayer') remains at the base of the route belaying the rope to protect the 'lead climber' in the event that they fall. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-06-10 20:44 | Dry-tooling (Form of mixed climbing on bare rock) | Dry-tooling (or drytooling) is a form of mixed climbing that is performed on bare, ice-free, and snow-free, routes. As with mixed climbing, the climber uses ice tools and crampons to ascend the route, but uses only rock climbing equipment for protection; many modern dry-tooling routes are now fully bolted like sport climbing routes. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-06-11 20:34 | Snow Bowl (1985) (Notable NFL game) | The Snow Bowl was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 1, 1985, between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers. Contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, it is well known for its poor weather conditions, including heavy snow before and during the game. Only 19,856 fans were in attendance, with over 36,000 fans not showing up, making it the least attended game in Lambeau Field history up to that point; about two-thirds of the stadium was empty. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-13 16:59 | Miracle in Motown (Notable American football game) | The Miracle in Motown was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 3, 2015, between the NFC North divisional rivals Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. The game, which was broadcast on television nationally on Thursday Night Football, was contested at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, during the 2015 NFL season. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-14 19:13 | 4th and 26 (Notable NFL playoff game) | 4th and 26 was a National Football League (NFL) game played on January 11, 2004, between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles during the 2003–04 playoffs. The Packers travelled to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a divisional playoff game after beating the Seattle Seahawks in a wild card game the week prior. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-17 19:13 | Dez Caught It (Notable NFL playoff game) | Dez Caught It (also known as the No-Catch Game) was a National Football League (NFL) Divisional Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers on January 11, 2015. The game, which was played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gained notoriety after a play in which Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant attempted to catch a pass from quarterback Tony Romo in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-18 05:44 | India at the Cricket World Cup (Tournament Performance) | India is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been thirteen editions of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial event hosted by the ICC in the ODI format since 1975. India has participated in every edition of the Cricket World Cup since its introduction. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-06-21 20:19 | Taylor Ward (American baseball player (born 1993)) | Joseph Taylor Ward (born December 14, 1993) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). | Sewageboy (talk) |
| 2024-06-21 22:15 | The Catch II (Notable NFL playoff game) | The Catch II was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers on January 3, 1999. The game, which was played at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California, became notable after a completed pass with 8 seconds left in the 4th quarter won the game for the 49ers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-25 16:51 | 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay) (2004 American football postseason game) | The 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers on January 4, 2004. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable after Seahawks' quarterback Matt Hasselbeck proclaimed "we want the ball and we're going to score!" when the Seahawks won the coin toss before the start of the overtime period. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-07-04 13:45 | Jennifer Jones (curler) (Canadian curler) | Jennifer Judith Jones OM (born July 7, 1974) is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. | Allthegoldmedals (talk) |
| 2024-07-18 02:12 | 2022 Fiesta Bowl (December) (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2022 Fiesta Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona. The game was the 52nd annual playing of the Fiesta Bowl, one of the two semifinals of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP) semifinals, and was one of the bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-07-28 17:26 | 2022 Peach Bowl (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2022 Peach Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was the 55th annual playing of the Peach Bowl, one of the two semifinals of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP), and was one of the bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-08-24 10:55 | Suryakumar Yadav (Indian cricketer (born 1990)) | Suryakumar Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed lower middle-order batter. He represents the Indian national cricket team and He captains the T20I side. He was part of the Indian team that won the 2023 Asia Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-08-28 16:47 | Zoe Smith (English weightlifter (born 1994)) | Zoe Smith (born 26 April 1994) is an English weightlifter. In October 2010 she won a bronze medal in the women's 58 kg division at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, her first senior international competition, to become the first English woman to win a Commonwealth Games weightlifting medal. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-08-29 04:15 | Eric Bruntlett (American baseball player (born 1978)) | Eric Kevin Bruntlett (born March 29, 1978) is an American former professional baseball utility player. Between 2003 and 2009, he played seven seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Houston Astros and Philadelphia Phillies. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-08-30 13:33 | Thelma Carpenter (billiards player) (Female snooker and billiards player) | Thelma Carpenter (4 December 1911 – 1998) was an English player of English billiards and snooker player. She won the World Ladies Amateur Billiards Championship, now recognised as editions of the World Women's Billiards Championship, each year from 1932 to 1934. After turning professional in 1934, she won the Women's Professional Billiards Championship four times and the Women's Professional Snooker Championship once, retiring as the reigning champion of both games in 1950. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-08-30 18:50 | Bailey Falter (American baseball player (born 1997)) | Bailey Falter (born April 24, 1997) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Philadelphia Phillies. | — GhostRiver |
| 2024-09-03 07:25 | 2000 British Grand Prix (Motor car race) | The 2000 British Grand Prix (formally the LIII Foster's British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 23 April 2000 at the Silverstone Circuit, England, United Kingdom before between 60,000 and 140,000 spectators. It was the fourth round of the 2000 Formula One World Championship and was the 51st time that the British Grand Prix had been included in the championship since 1950. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 06:48 | Johnny Gaudreau (American ice hockey player (1993–2024)) | John Michael Gaudreau (August 13, 1993 – August 29, 2024) was an American professional ice hockey winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for the Division I ranked Boston College Eagles for three seasons beginning in 2011, and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-09-07 18:21 | Logan Drake (American baseball player (1899–1940)) | Logan Gaffney Drake (December 26, 1899 – June 1, 1940) was an American professional baseball pitcher, a right-hander who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1922 to 1924 for the Cleveland Indians. In 10 career games, Drake pitched 182⁄3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 0–1 with a 7.71 earned run average (ERA). | Wizardman |
| 2024-09-14 08:26 | Kasey Peters (American football player (born 1987)) | Kasey Peters (born May 20, 1987) is an American former professional football quarterback. He played college football at Saddleback, Santa Ana, Grand Valley State and Rocky Mountain. While at Rocky Mountain, he was the Frontier Conference co-offensive player of the year in both 2009 and 2010. Professionally, he was a member of the Tri-Cities Fever of the [[Indoor Football League ... | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 11:13 | 2024 Indian Premier League (17th edition of the Indian Premier League) | The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as TATA IPL 2024) was the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 26 May 2024. It was held across 13 cities in India, with Chennai hosting the opening ceremony and the final. | Vestrian24Bio (TALK) |
| 2024-09-27 20:39 | The Hungry Five (Group of businessman related to the Green Bay Packers) | The Hungry Five are the Green Bay, Wisconsin-area businessmen who were instrumental in keeping the Green Bay Packers franchise in operation during its early years. They raised funds, incorporated the team as a non-profit corporation, sold stock and otherwise promoted the franchise. The Five were Andrew B. Turnbull, Curly Lambeau, Gerald Francis Clifford, Lee Joannes and W. Webber Kelly. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-10-01 11:06 | Jonna Adlerteg (Swedish gymnast) | Jonna Eva-Maj Adlerteg (born 6 June 1995) is a Swedish retired artistic gymnast. She won Sweden's first European medal in over 50 years when she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships. She also won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 European Championships. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 21:14 | 2018 United States Grand Prix (Motor car race) | The 2018 United States Grand Prix (officially known as the Formula 1 Pirelli 2018 United States Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on October 21, 2018, at the Circuit of the Americas near Austin, Texas. It served as the eighteenth round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship and marked the forty-eighth running of the United States Grand Prix, the fortieth time that the race ran as a World Championship event, and the seventh time that it was held at this circuit. | Giraffer (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 17:26 | 2001 San Marino Grand Prix (Motor car race) | The 2001 San Marino Grand Prix (formally the Gran Premio Warsteiner di San Marino 2001) was a Formula One motor race held before between 80,000 and 100,000 spectators at the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari, Imola, Emilia-Romagna, Italy on 15 April 2001. It was the fourth race of the 2001 Formula One World Championship and the 21st San Marino Grand Prix. | EnthusiastWorld37 (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 12:08 | Jarriel King (American gridiron football player (born 1987)) | Jarriel King (born February 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Georgia Military College and the University of South Carolina. He signed with the New York Giants after going undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft but was waived before the start of the season. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 00:18 | Vern Freiburger (American baseball player) | Vern Donald Freiburger (December 19, 1923 – February 27, 1990) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who started two games for the Cleveland Indians on September 6 and September 15 during the 1941 season. At 17 years of age, he was the youngest player to appear in an American League game that season. | Wizardman |
| 2024-10-15 21:14 | Alpine climbing (Type of mountaineering) | Alpine climbing (German: Alpinklettern) is a type of mountaineering that uses any of a broad range of advanced climbing skills, including rock climbing, ice climbing, and/or mixed climbing, to summit typically large routes (e.g. multi-pitch or big wall) in an alpine environment. While alpine climbing began in the European Alps, it is used to refer to climbing in any remote mountainous area, including in the Himalayas and Patagonia. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 21:15 | Sport climbing (Type of rock climbing) | Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their protection while ascending a route. Sport climbing differs from the riskier traditional climbing where the lead climber has to insert temporary protection equipment while ascending. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 21:15 | Free solo climbing (Form of climbing without protection) | Free solo climbing, or free soloing, is a form of rock climbing where the climbers (or free soloists) climb solo (or alone) without ropes or other protective equipment, using only their climbing shoes and their climbing chalk. Free soloing is the most dangerous form of climbing, and, unlike bouldering, free soloists climb above safe heights, where a fall can be fatal. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 01:34 | Derrick Harden (American gridiron football player (born 1964)) | Derrick Harden (born April 21, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers (1987). He played at the collegiate level at Eastern New Mexico University. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2024-10-17 00:21 | Sylvester McGrew (American football player (born 1960)) | Sylvester Lee McGrew Sr. (born February 27, 1960) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts
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| 2024-02-19 09:48 | 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion (Industrial disaster in Washington, D.C.) | The 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. after the Arsenal's superintendent left hundreds of flares to dry in the hot summer sun near some of the Arsenal's buildings. When the explosion happened, some of the flares entered into a warehouse via an open window. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-03-17 18:24 | George Tutill (Banner manufacturer (1817–1887)) | George Tutill (16 April 1817—17 February 1887) was an artist, entrepreneur and manufacturer of banners. He was born in Howden, Yorkshire, he had founded his business by 1847 which became renowned for supplying trade unions, Sunday schools, chapels, and friendly societies with banners and regalia. The company, eventually located at 83 City Road, London, also offered a range of products including flags, badges, brooches and stationary. | Unexpectedlydian♯4talk‽ |
| 2024-07-07 04:57 | Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) (Plaza in Manhattan, New York) | Grand Army Plaza (formerly Fifth Avenue Plaza and Central Park Plaza) is a public square at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South (59th Street). It consists of two rectangular plots on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th streets. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 16:19 | Tudor City (Apartment complex in Manhattan, New York) | Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east. Designed and developed by the Fred F. French Company, the complex is named for its Tudor Revival architecture. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-22 03:37 | James Buchanan Memorial (Memorial by Hans Schuler in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The James Buchanan Memorial is a bronze, granite, and concrete memorial in the southeast corner of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., that honors U.S. President James Buchanan. It was designed by architect William Gorden Beecher, and sculpted by Maryland artist Hans Schuler. The memorial was commissioned in 1916, but not approved by the U.S. Congress until 1918. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Ted Weiss Federal Building (Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York) | The Ted Weiss Federal Building, also known as the Foley Square Federal Building, is a 34-story United States Federal Building at 290 Broadway in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1994, the building was developed by Linpro New York Realty and designed by Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), with Raquel Ramati Associates as the design consultant and Tishman Construction as the general contractor. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:36 | Park Avenue Plaza (Office building in Manhattan, New York) | Park Avenue Plaza is an office building at 55 East 52nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The 575-foot (175 m) tall, 44-story building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for development company Fisher Brothers and was completed in 1981. Despite its name, the building is not actually on Park Avenue, although it abuts the Racquet and Tennis Club building along the avenue. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 22:08 | La Nube (Museum in El Paso, Texas) | La Nube (Spanish for 'The Cloud') is a children's museum and science center in Downtown El Paso, Texas, United States. With more than 70,000 square feet of interactive areas and four stories of experiences to explore, La Nube offers something for everyone. Whether you’re forecasting the weather, climbing the largest indoor inclusive climber in Texas, coding a musical masterpiece, or designing a sustainable city, La Nube is the place for all ages—from the little ones to the kids at heart!. | Bsoyka (t • c • g) |
| 2024-08-29 23:31 | George W. Stoddard (American architect (1895–1967)) | George Wellington Stoddard (September 30, 1895 – September 28, 1967) was an American architect. Born in Detroit, he graduated from the University of Illinois shortly before being drafted into the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917. Upon his return to the United States, he traveled to Seattle and founded the architecture and construction firm Stoddard and Son with his father. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-15 05:54 | La Querida (mansion) (Palm Beach mansion) | La Querida ("the dear one"), also known as Castillo del Mar ("castle by the sea") for several years, is a residence in Palm Beach, Florida, located at 1095 N. Ocean Boulevard. Completed in 1923, it was built in the Mediterranean Revival-style by well-known architect Addison Mizner at a cost of $50,000. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2024-09-21 18:25 | The True Record (Chinese illustrated magazine, 1912-1913) | The True Record (Chinese: 真相畫報; pinyin: Zhēnxiāng Huàbào) was a pictorial magazine published in Shanghai, China, between June 1912 and March 1913. Established by brothers Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu as the nascent Republic of China was seeking to develop a new culture after centuries of Qing rule, it sought to monitor the new republic, report the welfare of the people, promote socialism, and distribute world knowledge. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:09 | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (Painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the Fogg Museum) | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (French: Gueule de Bois / La Buveuse), also known as The Drinker, is an oil on canvas painting by French post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created from 1887 to 1889, just before he became successful as an artist. The painting depicts a drunken woman drinking alone in a club, reflecting the counterculture of Montmartre and the specter of alcoholism among French women during the Belle Époque. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:20 | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons (Painting by Édouard Vuillard in the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec) | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons, sometimes referred to as Toulouse-Lautrec Cooking, is an 1898 painting by French artist Édouard Vuillard. The work depicts fellow artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec on holiday cooking in the kitchen at Les Relais, the country home of Vuillard's patron Thadée Natanson in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:58 | Sun in an Empty Room (1963 painting by Edward Hopper) | Sun in an Empty Room is a 1963 painting by American realist Edward Hopper (1882–1967). It is a late period painting completed at his Cape Cod summer home and studio in South Truro, Massachusetts, just four years before his death at age 84. The work depicts a room, seemingly empty, except for light coming through a window, reflecting along the walls and floor. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:59 | Intermission (Hopper) (1963 painting by Edward Hopper) | Intermission is a 1963 painting by American realist Edward Hopper (1882–1967). It is a late period painting completed between March and April at his New York home and studio in Washington Square Park, in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City, four years before his death at age 84. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-04 18:49 | Puck Building (Building in Manhattan, New York) | The Puck Building is a mixed-use building at 295–309 Lafayette Street in the SoHo and Nolita neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, United States. An example of the German Rundbogenstil style of architecture, the building was designed by Albert Wagner and is composed of two sections: the original seven-story building to the north and a nine-story southern annex. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 04:45 | John Hawks (architect) (British-born American architect) | John Hawks (c. 1731 – October 31, 1790) was an English-American architect active in the Province of North Carolina during the late colonial period. Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he worked under the Palladian architect Stiff Leadbetter. He accompanied William Tryon, the expectant governor of the Province of North Carolina, to New Bern in 1764. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-10-16 07:31 | Sam Kee Building (Narrow commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia) | The Sam Kee Building (Chinese: 三記號大樓), also known as the Jack Chow Building, is a two-storey commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located near the entrance to the city's Chinatown. It is noted for its narrow depth, which varies by floor. The ground floor is 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) wide, while the upper floor spans 6 feet (1.8 m) because of its overhanging bay windows. | Yue🌙 |
Culture/Visual arts/Architecture
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| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Hotel Belleclaire (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Hotel Belleclaire (also the Belleclaire Hotel) is a hotel at 2175 Broadway, on the corner with West 77th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Constructed between 1901 and 1903 as one of several apartment hotels along Broadway on the Upper West Side, the Belleclaire was one of the first large buildings designed by architect Emery Roth. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Mansfield Hotel (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Mansfield Hotel is a residential hotel at 12 West 44th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, the 12-story building was completed in 1902 as an apartment hotel. The Mansfield was developed by onetime Vermont governor John G. McCullough and lawyer Frederick B. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-08-29 23:30 | J. Lister Holmes (American architect (1891–1986)) | Joseph Lister Holmes (July 6, 1891 – July 18, 1986) was an American architect active in Seattle. After studying Beaux-Arts architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1910s, he worked at various architectural firms in Philadelphia, Montana, and Seattle before founding a private practice in 1922. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-11 00:26 | Piri Reis (Turkish admiral and cartographer) | Muhiddin Piri (c. 1470 – 1553), better known as Piri Reis (Turkish: Pîrî Reis), was an Ottoman corsair, navigator, geographer, and cartographer. He is primarily known today for his cartographic works, including his 1513 world map and the Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation), a book with detailed information on early navigational techniques as well as relatively accurate charts for their time, describing the ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea. | Rjjiii (talk) |
| 2024-09-14 22:51 | Edward S. Harkness House (House in Manhattan, New York) | The Edward S. Harkness House (also 1 East 75th Street and the Harkness Mansion) is a Modern Renaissance–style mansion at the northeastern corner of Fifth Avenue and 75th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built between 1907 and 1909, it was designed by James Gamble Rogers for the philanthropist and oil heir Edward Harkness and his wife Mary Harkness. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 13:29 | 45 East 66th Street (Building in Manhattan, New York) | 45 East 66th Street (also known as 777 Madison Avenue) is a cooperative apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was built between 1906 and 1908 and was designed by the firm of Harde & Short. The building is one of a few luxury apartment buildings that were developed in the surrounding area prior to World War I. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-23 15:59 | Kips Bay Towers (Residential buildings in Manhattan, New York) | Kips Bay Towers is a 1,118-unit, two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965. Originally known as Kips Bay Plaza, the project was developed by Webb & Knapp as middle-income rental apartments, but was converted to condominiums in the mid-1980s. | Epicgenius (talk) and Transpoman (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts/Comics and Anime
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| 2024-03-08 20:26 | Vinland Saga (TV series) (Japanese anime television series) | is a Japanese anime television series based on Makoto Yukimura's historical manga of the same name. The first season was produced by Wit Studio in 2019 and the second by MAPPA in 2023. The story follows the life of Thorfinn, who becomes involved with Vikings and war following his father's death at the hands of Askeladd. | Tintor2 (talk) |
| 2024-04-14 17:04 | Morph (X-Men: The Animated Series) (Fictional character) | Morph is a fictional superhero appearing in the American animated superhero series X-Men: The Animated Series—which aired on Fox Kids from 1992 to 1997—and its revival X-Men '97, which has been streaming on Disney+ since March 2024. Introduced as a member of the X-Men, Morph sacrificed themselves to protect Wolverine from a Sentinel in the show's premiere. | PanagiotisZois (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 09:58 | Frieren (Japanese manga series) | is a Japanese manga series written by Kanehito Yamada and illustrated by Tsukasa Abe. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's shōnen manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Sunday since April 2020, with its chapters collected in 13 tankōbon volumes as of April 2024. | KjjjKjjj (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 00:59 | Pokémon Concierge (2023 Japanese animated television series) | Pokémon Concierge is a Japanese stop motion original net animation (ONA) series, part of The Pokémon Company's Pokémon media franchise, that premiered on Netflix on December 28, 2023. The series focuses on a woman named Haru, who is down on her luck and visits a resort known as the Pokémon Resort. She becomes a concierge, working on the island in order to care for its Pokémon visitors. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 16:23 | Black Widow (Natasha Romanova) (Super-hero character in Marvel Comics) | Black Widow (Natalia Alianovna "Natasha" Romanova; Russian: Наталья Альяновна "Наташа" Романова) is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by editor and plotter Stan Lee, scripter Don Rico, and artist Don Heck, the character debuted as an enemy of Iron Man in Tales of Suspense #52 (1964). | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-08-25 02:51 | Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass (2020 expansion pack for Pokémon Sword and Shield) | and Pokémon Sword and Shield: The Crown Tundra[e] are the two downloadable content expansion packs that make up the Pokémon Sword and Shield Expansion Pass[f]. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 14:51 | Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi (Manga by Riyoko Ikeda) | Ten no Hate Made – Poland Hishi (Japanese: 天の涯まで～ポーランド秘史; Polish: Aż do nieba: tajemnicza historia Polski; lit. "Poland's Secret Story: To the Borders of Heaven") is a manga by Riyoko Ikeda depicting the life of Polish Prince Józef Poniatowski in the tourblulent last days of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-27 23:16 | Pokémon Heroes (2002 film by Kunihiko Yuyama) | Pokémon Heroes (also known as Pokémon Heroes: The Movie) is a 2002 Japanese animated film directed by Kunihiko Yuyama and written by Hideki Sonoda. Produced by OLM, Inc. and distributed by Toho, it is the fifth film in the Pokémon series. The film stars the regular television cast of Rica Matsumoto, Yuji Ueda, Mayumi Iizuka, Megumi Hayashibara, Shin-ichiro Miki and Ikue Ōtani. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-09-30 22:02 | Heavenly Delusion (Japanese manga series) | is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Masakazu Ishiguro. It has been serialized in Kodansha's seinen manga magazine Monthly Afternoon since January 2018 and its chapters have been published in ten tankōbon volumes as of February 2024. | Tintor2 (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 18:50 | Haunter (Pokémon) (Pokémon species) | Haunter, known in Japan as Ghost (Japanese: ゴースト, Hepburn: Gōsuto), is a Pokémon species in Nintendo and Game Freak's Pokémon franchise. First introduced in the video games Pokémon Red and Blue, Since Haunter's debut it has appeared in multiple games including Pokémon Go and the Pokémon Trading Card Game. | Kung Fu Man (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 22:18 | Point the Finger (1989 comic book story) | "Point the Finger" is a 1989 comic book story written and illustrated by American cartoonist Robert Crumb for Last Gasp. The story appeared in the third of the four issue series of his solo title Hup. In the story, Crumb goes after then real estate businessman Donald Trump and imagines having an argument with him. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 16:56 | Lavender Town (Fictional town in Pokémon universe) | is a fictional village in the 1996 video games Pokémon Red and Blue. Stylized as a haunted location, Lavender Town is home to the Pokémon Tower, a burial ground for deceased Pokémon and a location to find Ghost-Type Pokémon. | Has one ever considered Magneton? Pokelego999 (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 01:13 | Black Panther (character) (Marvel Comics fictional character) | Black Panther is a superhero appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by writer-editor Stan Lee and artist-coplotter Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Fantastic Four #52 (July 1966) in the Silver Age of Comic Books. Black Panther's birth name is T'Challa, and he is the son of the previous Black Panther, T'Chaka. | Wrangler1981 (talk) |
Culture/Visual arts/Fashion
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| 2024-09-11 02:47 | Model (art) (Person who poses for a visual artist) | An art model poses, often nude, for visual artists as part of the creative process, providing a reference for the human body in a work of art. As an occupation, modeling requires the often strenuous 'physical work' of holding poses for the required length of time, the 'aesthetic work' of performing a variety of interesting poses, and the 'emotional work' of maintaining a socially ambiguous role. | WriterArtistDC (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:15 | Hawaii series by Georgia O'Keeffe (Painting and photography series by Georgia O'Keeffe) | American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) created a series of 20 paintings and 17 photographs based on her more than nine-week visit to four of the Hawaiian Islands in the Territory of Hawaii in the summer of 1939. Her trip was part of an all-expenses paid commercial art commission from the Philadelphia advertising firm N. W. Ayer & Son on behalf of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, later known as Dole. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 04:22 | What a Merry-Go-Round (2001 fashion collection) | What a Merry-Go-Round is the eighteenth collection by British fashion designer Alexander McQueen, made for the Autumn/Winter 2001 season of his eponymous fashion house. The collection drew on imagery of clowns and carnivals, inspired by McQueen's feelings about childhood and his experiences in the fashion industry. | ♠PMC♠ (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:34 | Allbirds (Footwear company) | Allbirds, Inc. is a New Zealand and American public benefit company that sells footwear and apparel, co-founded in 2014 by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its business model has historically relied on direct-to-consumer commerce, though it has some brick and mortar commerce. | Ornov Ganguly TALK |
Geography/Geographical
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| 2024-07-09 16:58 | Tennena Cone (Volcanic cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Tennena Cone, alternatively Icebridge Cone, is a small volcanic cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,390 metres (7,840 feet) and lies on the western flank of Ice Peak, the prominent south peak of Mount Edziza. The cone is almost completely surrounded by glacial ice of Mount Edziza's ice cap which covers an area of around 70 square kilometres (27 square miles). | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-07-25 17:40 | Spectrum Range (Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada) | The Spectrum Range, formerly gazetted as the Spectrum Mountains and the Rainbow Mountains, is a small mountain range in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located at the southern end of the Tahltan Highland, it borders the Skeena Mountains in the east and the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the west. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-08-18 20:15 | Big Raven Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Big Raven Plateau is an intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Kakiddi Creek, Chakima Creek, Walkout Creek and the Klastline River. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-08-31 20:00 | Nahta Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Nahta Cone is a small cinder cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,670 metres (5,480 feet) and lies near the northern edge of the Arctic Lake Plateau, a glacially scored plateau of the Tahltan Highland which in turn extends along the western side of the Stikine Plateau. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-09-20 23:17 | Kitsu Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Kitsu Plateau is a small intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Nagha Creek and Raspberry Creek. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
Geography/Regions/Africa
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| 2024-09-05 22:04 | Serekunda (City in the Gambia) | Serekunda or Serrekunda is the largest urban centre in The Gambia. It is situated close to the Atlantic coast, on the Gambia River, near the capital, Banjul. Serekunda and Banjul form an urban area known as the Kombos, with about half of the population of the Gambia. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-09-07 21:15 | Squatting in Liberia | Squatting in Liberia is one of three ways to access land, the other two being ownership by deed or customary ownership. The informal settlement West Point was founded in the capital Monrovia in the 1950s and is estimated to house between 29,500 and 75,000 people. During the First Liberian Civil War 1989–1997 and the Second Liberian Civil War 1999–2003, many people in Liberia were displaced and some ended up squatting in Monrovia. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 08:29 | Flag of Mozambique (national flag of Mozambique) | The national flag of Mozambique is a horizontal tricolour of green, black, and gold with white fimbriations and a red isosceles triangle at the hoist. The triangle is charged with a five-pointed gold star in its center, above which there is a bayonet-equipped AK-47 crossed by a hoe, superimposed on an open book. | Yue🌙 |
| 2024-10-16 09:11 | Abortion in Zambia | In Zambia, abortion is legal if the pregnancy would threaten the mother's life or physical or mental health or those of existing children, or if it would cause a birth defect. Zambia has one of the most permissive abortion laws in Africa, though its restrictions limit access. The Termination of Pregnancy Act, passed in 1972, legalizes abortion if approved by medical professionals. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-10-16 10:08 | Abortion in the Gambia | In the Gambia, abortion is illegal except to save the life of the mother or to prevent birth defects. Abortions in the Gambia have high rates of mortality and complications. Abortions are common among adolescents. There is a stigma surrounding extramarital pregnancy and abortion. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Central Africa
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| 2024-10-07 13:25 | Deolinda Rodrigues (Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator) | Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida (nom de guerre, Langidila; 10 February 1939 – 1968) was an Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator who also taught, wrote poetry, and worked as a radio host. | Spookyaki (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Northern Africa
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| 2024-07-02 03:20 | Israel–Morocco normalization agreement (2020 agreement between Israel and Morocco) | The Israel–Morocco normalization agreement is an agreement announced by the United States government on December 10, 2020, in which Israel and Morocco agreed to begin normalizing relations. On December 22, 2020, a joint declaration was signed pledging to quickly begin direct flights, promote economic cooperation, reopen liaison offices and establish full diplomatic relations between the two countries. | Mr. Lechkar (talk) |
| 2024-08-05 02:34 | Horses (album) (1975 studio album by Patti Smith) | Horses is the debut studio album by American musician Patti Smith. It was released by Arista Records on November 10, 1975. A fixture of the mid-1970s underground rock music scene in New York City, Smith signed to Arista in April 1975 and recorded Horses with her band at Electric Lady Studios that September. | Holiday56 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 22:08 | Regency of Algiers (1516–1830 autonomous Ottoman state in North Africa) | The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent early modern Ottoman tributary state on the Barbary Coast of North Africa from 1516 to 1830. Founded by the privateer brothers Aruj and Hayreddin Barbarossa, also known as Oruç and Khayr ad-Din, the Regency succeeded the crumbling Kingdom of Tlemcen as an infamous and formidable pirate base that plundered and waged maritime holy war on European Christian powers. | Nourerrahmane (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 22:13 | History of the Regency of Algiers | The history of the Regency of Algiers includes political, economic and military events in the Regency of Algiers from its founding in 1516 to the French invasion of 1830. The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Khayr ad-Din Barbarossa, it became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers, and was an important pirate base notorious for Barbary corsairs. | Nourerrahmane (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 07:36 | Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin | In 1173–1174, a conspiracy took place in Cairo in favour of restoring the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, which had been abolished by Saladin and replaced with the Ayyubid dynasty in 1171. The conspiracy, which is known only from sources favourable to Saladin, was led by elites of the fallen Fatimid regime, and aimed to seize control over Cairo by taking advantage Saladin's absence from the city on campaign. | Constantine ✍ |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Southern Africa
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| 2024-09-26 23:06 | Natives Representative Council | The Natives Representative Council (NRC) was an advisory body that existed in South Africa from 1936 to 1951. Its primary function was to provide representation for Black South Africans who had been disenfranchised following the passage of the Representation of Natives Act in 1936. The NRC was established with 22 members. | Iamawesomeautomatic (talk) |
| 2024-09-29 13:29 | Pandour Corps (Military unit of the Dutch Cape Colony) | The Pandour Corps (Dutch: Korps Pandoeren) was a light infantry unit raised in the Dutch Cape Colony in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. After the Dutch Republic became involved in the War of the First Coalition against France, the twin governors of the Cape Colony, Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frijkenius, raised the unit as an emergency measure to defend the colony against seaborne attack. | DonBeroni (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Africa/Western Africa
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| 2024-07-13 13:45 | Battle of Ekiokpagha (1255 military battle in Benin Empire) | The Battle of Ekiokpagha was a military conflict that took place in 1255 AD on the Plains of Ogboka, near Benin City, between Ewedo and Ogiamien III, the head of a royal family in the Benin Empire. The battle was a result of a power struggle between the two parties, who had different claims to the throne and territory of Benin. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 13:49 | Fred Binka (Ghanaian epidemiologist and academic) | Fred Newton Binka is a public health physician and researcher from Ghana. He serves as a distinguished professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho, Ghana, and has previously coordinated the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance in the Greater Mekong sub-region of Asia. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Americas/Central America
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| 2024-10-03 08:26 | Acelhuate River (River in El Salvador) | The Acelhuate River (Spanish: Río Acelhuate) is a river in El Salvador which originates in the San Salvador Department and flows north into the Lempa River and the Cerrón Grande Reservoir. The city of San Salvador was established along the river in the mid-1500s for its clear waters, but it has since become one of El Salvador's most polluted rivers due to improper waste disposal from San Salvador beginning in the mid-1900s. | PizzaKing13 (¡Hablame!) 🍕👑 |
| 2024-10-03 18:08 | Columbian exchange (Transfers between the Old and New Worlds) | The Columbian exchange, also known as the Columbian interchange, was the widespread transfer of plants, animals, and diseases between the New World (the Americas) in the Western Hemisphere, and the Old World (Afro-Eurasia) in the Eastern Hemisphere, in the late 15th and following centuries. It is named after the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus and is related to the European colonization and global trade following his 1492 voyage. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Americas/North America
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| 2024-01-19 22:50 | Frank Butler (American football) (American football player (1909–1979)) | Frank John Butler (May 3, 1909 – October 30, 1979) was an American professional football player who was an offensive lineman for four seasons in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. Prior to his professional football career, he played college football for the Michigan State Spartans, where he was named an All-Big Ten player. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Wuert Engelmann (American football player (1908–1979)) | Wuert Engelmann (also spelled Weert) (February 11, 1908 – January 8, 1979) was an American professional football player who played back for four seasons for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football at South Dakota State University before playing professional football. After his career, he worked for 36 years for the Northern Paper Mill. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-01-19 22:51 | Hal Hinte (American football player (1920–1996)) | Harold Hinte (January 25, 1920 – February 3, 1996) was an American professional football player who was an end in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers and Pittsburgh Steelers during the 1942 NFL season. He played college football for the Pittsburgh Panthers. After his brief football career, he served in the United States Army during World War II and was a high school basketball and football coach. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-02-19 09:48 | 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion (Industrial disaster in Washington, D.C.) | The 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. after the Arsenal's superintendent left hundreds of flares to dry in the hot summer sun near some of the Arsenal's buildings. When the explosion happened, some of the flares entered into a warehouse via an open window. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 16:56 | Atlanta Braves (Major League Baseball team in Atlanta, Georgia) | The Atlanta Braves are an American professional baseball team based in the Atlanta metropolitan area. The Braves compete in Major League Baseball (MLB) as a member club of the National League (NL) East Division. The Braves were founded in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1871, as the Boston Red Stockings. The club was known by various names until the franchise settled on the Boston Braves in 1912. | Nemov (talk) |
| 2024-03-07 17:56 | Dick Simpson (politician) (American professor (born 1940)) | Dick Weldon Simpson (born 1940) is an American professor, author, politician, activist, political consultant, and filmmaker who formerly served as a Chicago alderman from 1971 through 1979. | SecretName101 (talk) |
| 2024-03-18 15:38 | Cliff Christl (American sportswriter (born 1947)) | Clifford A. Christl (born in 1947) is an American sportswriter who is the team historian of the Green Bay Packers, a football team in the National Football League (NFL). Prior to this role, Christl worked as a newspaper reporter for over 30 years at newspapers in Wisconsin, including the Manitowoc Herald Times, the Green Bay Press-Gazette and the Milwaukee Journal (which became the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel during his tenure). | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-03-22 12:50 | Charlie Joiner (American football player and coach (born 1947)) | Charles B. Joiner Jr. (born October 14, 1947) is an American former professional football wide receiver who played in the American Football League (AFL) and National Football League (NFL) for 18 seasons. He played 11 seasons with the San Diego Chargers, with whom he earned all three of his Pro Bowl selections, and was named first-team All-Pro by the Associated Press in 1980. | Harper J. Cole (talk) |
| 2024-04-16 06:01 | United States' Telegraph (Defunct newspaper published in Washington, D.C.) | The United States' Telegraph was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century. It was first published in 1814 as the Washington City Gazette by Jonathan Elliot, but ceased publication the same year due to the burning of Washington. It was revived the following year as the Washington City Weekly Gazette, and advocated strongly for William H. Crawford's 1816 candidacy for presidency. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-04-25 11:02 | Conestoga wagon (Type of covered wagon) | The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries. It is a heavy and large horse-drawn vehicle which, while largely elusive in origin, originated most likely from German immigrants of Pennsylvanian Dutch culture in the Province of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-05-14 01:07 | CherryRoad Media (American newspaper publisher) | CherryRoad Media is an American newspaper publisher and commercial printer based in New Jersey. It is the communications division of CherryRoad Technologies and was founded in 2020 by its CEO Jeremy Gulban. The company specializes in weekly publications in rural communities. It has received national media attention for rapidly buying and launching new titles amid the decline of newspapers. | Eric Schucht (talk) |
| 2024-05-17 21:56 | 2020–2022 catalytic converter theft ring (American organized criminal group) | From 2020 to 2022, an organized criminal group stole and then resold catalytic converters through the United States. The interstate ring is believed to have generated $545 million, with the majority earned through the DG Auto Parts corporation. The money earned would then be divided between the owners of the company, with the rest being paid out to several regional theft rings supplying the catalytic converters. | CommissarDoggoTalk? |
| 2024-05-21 21:29 | John Koerner (American singer-songwriter (1938–2024)) | "Spider" John Koerner (August 31, 1938 – May 18, 2024) was an American guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was best known as a guitarist and vocalist in the blues trio Koerner, Ray & Glover, with Dave Ray and Tony Glover. He also made albums as a solo performer and with Willie Murphy, and was an important mentor to the young Bob Dylan. | Mehendri Solon (talk) |
| 2024-05-27 19:18 | Inland Steel Company (American steel company) | The Inland Steel Company was an American steel company active in 1893–1998. Its history as an independent firm thus spanned much of the 20th century. It was headquartered in Chicago at the landmark Inland Steel Building. | BoatnerdJenn (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 19:31 | History of the National Hockey League (2017–present) | The National Hockey League (NHL) began its second century in 2017. Since 2017, the NHL has added three new teams, with the Vegas Golden Knights, Seattle Kraken, and Utah Hockey Club joining the Western Conference. The COVID-19 pandemic was a major disruption to the league during the 2019–20, 2020–21 and 2021–22 seasons. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-06-09 04:07 | Walter W. White (Canadian politician) | Walter Woodworth White FRCS (December 14, 1862 – July 10, 1952) was a Canadian physician as well as a municipal and provincial politician in New Brunswick. He served as the Mayor of Saint John between 1902 and 1906, and again from 1926 until 1932. In provincial politics, White served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Conservative Party, representing Saint John City from 1931 to 1935. | B3251(talk) |
| 2024-06-11 20:34 | Snow Bowl (1985) (Notable NFL game) | The Snow Bowl was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 1, 1985, between the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and the Green Bay Packers. Contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, it is well known for its poor weather conditions, including heavy snow before and during the game. Only 19,856 fans were in attendance, with over 36,000 fans not showing up, making it the least attended game in Lambeau Field history up to that point; about two-thirds of the stadium was empty. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-13 16:59 | Miracle in Motown (Notable American football game) | The Miracle in Motown was a National Football League (NFL) game played on December 3, 2015, between the NFC North divisional rivals Green Bay Packers and Detroit Lions. The game, which was broadcast on television nationally on Thursday Night Football, was contested at Ford Field in Detroit, Michigan, during the 2015 NFL season. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-14 19:13 | 4th and 26 (Notable NFL playoff game) | 4th and 26 was a National Football League (NFL) game played on January 11, 2004, between the Green Bay Packers and Philadelphia Eagles during the 2003–04 playoffs. The Packers travelled to Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, for a divisional playoff game after beating the Seattle Seahawks in a wild card game the week prior. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-14 19:48 | Eric Mays (American politician (1958–2024)) | Eric Bradford Mays (September 16, 1958 – February 24, 2024) was an American auto worker and politician. Mays served as a member of the Flint City Council from November 2013 until his death in 2024, representing northwest Flint as the councilor from the city's first ward. During his tenure, Mays was known to be highly controversial due to several incidents where he was suspended and escorted out of city council meetings. | Microplastic Consumer (talk) |
| 2024-06-17 19:13 | Dez Caught It (Notable NFL playoff game) | Dez Caught It (also known as the No-Catch Game) was a National Football League (NFL) Divisional Playoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and the Green Bay Packers on January 11, 2015. The game, which was played at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, gained notoriety after a play in which Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant attempted to catch a pass from quarterback Tony Romo in the closing minutes of the 4th quarter. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-21 20:19 | Taylor Ward (American baseball player (born 1993)) | Joseph Taylor Ward (born December 14, 1993) is an American professional baseball left fielder for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). | Sewageboy (talk) |
| 2024-06-21 22:15 | The Catch II (Notable NFL playoff game) | The Catch II was a National Football League (NFL) Wild Card Playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the San Francisco 49ers on January 3, 1999. The game, which was played at 3Com Park in San Francisco, California, became notable after a completed pass with 8 seconds left in the 4th quarter won the game for the 49ers. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-25 16:51 | 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game (Seattle–Green Bay) (2004 American football postseason game) | The 2003 NFC Wild Card playoff game was a National Football League (NFL) playoff game between the Seattle Seahawks and Green Bay Packers on January 4, 2004. The game, which was contested at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, became notable after Seahawks' quarterback Matt Hasselbeck proclaimed "we want the ball and we're going to score!" when the Seahawks won the coin toss before the start of the overtime period. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-06-30 16:57 | KEXC (Public radio station in Alameda, California) | KEXC (92.7 FM) is a non-commercial radio station serving the San Francisco Bay Area, licensed to Alameda, California, United States. It is owned by the non-profit entity Friends of KEXP, an affiliate of the University of Washington, and broadcasts an AAA format specializing in indie music programmed by its disc jockeys as "KEXP Bay Area", a near-total simulcast of Seattle, Washington–licensed KEXP-FM. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:58 | WNAC-TV (TV station in Providence, Rhode Island) | WNAC-TV (channel 64), branded on-air as Fox Providence, is a television station in Providence, Rhode Island, United States, affiliated with Fox and The CW. It is owned by Mission Broadcasting, which maintains a local marketing agreement (LMA) with Nexstar Media Group, owner of dual CBS/MyNetworkTV affiliate WPRI-TV (channel 12), for the provision of certain services. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:58 | KZJO (MyNetworkTV station in Seattle) | KZJO (channel 22), branded as Fox 13+, is a television station in Seattle, Washington, United States, broadcasting the MyNetworkTV programming service. It is owned and operated by Fox Television Stations alongside Tacoma-licensed Fox outlet KCPQ (channel 13). The two stations share studios on Westlake Avenue in Seattle's Westlake neighborhood; KZJO's transmitter is located near the Capitol Hill section of Seattle. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-06-30 16:59 | WUVN (TV station in Hartford, Connecticut) | WUVN (channel 18) is a television station licensed to Hartford, Connecticut, United States, serving the Hartford–New Haven market as an affiliate of the Spanish-language network Univision. It is owned by Entravision Communications alongside low-power UniMás affiliate WUTH-CD (channel 47). The two stations share studios at Constitution Plaza in downtown Hartford and transmitter facilities on Birch Mountain Road in Glastonbury, Connecticut. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-07-04 13:45 | Jennifer Jones (curler) (Canadian curler) | Jennifer Judith Jones OM (born July 7, 1974) is a Canadian curler. She was the Olympic champion in curling as skip of the Canadian team at the 2014 Sochi Games. Jones is the first female skip to go through the Games undefeated. The only male skip to achieve this was fellow Canadian Kevin Martin in 2010. | Allthegoldmedals (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 20:43 | Mother Solomon (Wyandot nanny (1816–1890)) | Margaret Grey Eyes Solomon (November 1816 – August 18, 1890), better known as Mother Solomon, was a Wyandot nanny. She was born along Owl Creek, Ohio, and her father took her to Indigenous sites as a child. After moving to the Big Spring Reservation in 1822, she learned housekeeping and English at a mission school and began attending the Wyandot Mission Church. | Averageuntitleduser (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 04:57 | Grand Army Plaza (Manhattan) (Plaza in Manhattan, New York) | Grand Army Plaza (formerly Fifth Avenue Plaza and Central Park Plaza) is a public square at the southeast corner of Central Park in Manhattan, New York City, near the intersection of Fifth Avenue and Central Park South (59th Street). It consists of two rectangular plots on the west side of Fifth Avenue between 58th and 60th streets. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 16:19 | Tudor City (Apartment complex in Manhattan, New York) | Tudor City is an apartment complex on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, bordering the Turtle Bay and Murray Hill neighborhoods. It lies on a low cliff east of Second Avenue, between 40th and 43rd Streets, and overlooks First Avenue to the east. Designed and developed by the Fred F. French Company, the complex is named for its Tudor Revival architecture. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 21:16 | Eastern Parkway (Boulevard in Brooklyn, New York) | Eastern Parkway is a major east–west boulevard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Designed by Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux, it was built between 1870 and 1874 and has been credited as the world's first parkway. At the time of its construction, Eastern Parkway extended to the eastern edge of the then-independent city of Brooklyn. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-22 03:37 | James Buchanan Memorial (Memorial by Hans Schuler in Washington, D.C., U.S.) | The James Buchanan Memorial is a bronze, granite, and concrete memorial in the southeast corner of Meridian Hill Park, Washington, D.C., that honors U.S. President James Buchanan. It was designed by architect William Gorden Beecher, and sculpted by Maryland artist Hans Schuler. The memorial was commissioned in 1916, but not approved by the U.S. Congress until 1918. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-07-23 00:14 | Metropolitan Club (New York City) (Social club in New York City) | The Metropolitan Club is a private social club on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was founded as a gentlemen's club in March 1891 by a group of wealthy New Yorkers led by the financier John Pierpont Morgan. The clubhouse at Fifth Avenue and 60th Street was designed by McKim, Mead & White and is a New York City designated landmark. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-27 20:17 | Interstate 85 in North Carolina (Section of Interstate Highway in North Carolina, United States) | Interstate 85 (I-85) is a part of the Interstate Highway System that runs from Montgomery, Alabama, to Petersburg, Virginia. In North Carolina, I-85 travels 231.23 miles (372.13 km) from the South Carolina state line near Grover to the Virginia state line near Wise. Despite being signed north–south, I-85 physically travels in a southwest–northeast direction across the state. | NoobThreePointOh (talk) |
| 2024-07-28 17:26 | 2022 Peach Bowl (Postseason college football bowl game) | The 2022 Peach Bowl (officially known as the College Football Playoff Semifinal at the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl for sponsorship reasons) was a college football bowl game played on December 31, 2022, at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia. The game was the 55th annual playing of the Peach Bowl, one of the two semifinals of the 2022–23 College Football Playoff (CFP), and was one of the bowl games concluding the 2022 FBS football season. | PCN02WPS (talk | contribs) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Hotel Belleclaire (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Hotel Belleclaire (also the Belleclaire Hotel) is a hotel at 2175 Broadway, on the corner with West 77th Street, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. Constructed between 1901 and 1903 as one of several apartment hotels along Broadway on the Upper West Side, the Belleclaire was one of the first large buildings designed by architect Emery Roth. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Mansfield Hotel (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Mansfield Hotel is a residential hotel at 12 West 44th Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed in the Beaux-Arts style by the architectural firm of Renwick, Aspinwall & Owen, the 12-story building was completed in 1902 as an apartment hotel. The Mansfield was developed by onetime Vermont governor John G. McCullough and lawyer Frederick B. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:35 | Ted Weiss Federal Building (Office skyscraper in Manhattan, New York) | The Ted Weiss Federal Building, also known as the Foley Square Federal Building, is a 34-story United States Federal Building at 290 Broadway in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan in New York City. Opened in 1994, the building was developed by Linpro New York Realty and designed by Hellmuth Obata & Kassabaum (HOK), with Raquel Ramati Associates as the design consultant and Tishman Construction as the general contractor. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:36 | Park Avenue Plaza (Office building in Manhattan, New York) | Park Avenue Plaza is an office building at 55 East 52nd Street in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. The 575-foot (175 m) tall, 44-story building was designed by Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) for development company Fisher Brothers and was completed in 1981. Despite its name, the building is not actually on Park Avenue, although it abuts the Racquet and Tennis Club building along the avenue. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-08-03 17:20 | Solid South (1877–1964 U.S. Democratic voting bloc) | The Solid South was the electoral voting bloc for the Democratic Party in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. During this period, the Democratic Party controlled southern state legislatures and most local, state and federal officeholders in the South were Democrats. | JohnAdams1800 (talk) |
| 2024-08-07 19:52 | Brendan Fraser (Canadian-American actor (born 1968)) | Brendan James Fraser (born December 3, 1968) is an American-Canadian actor. Fraser had his breakthrough in 1992 with the comedy Encino Man and the drama School Ties. He gained further prominence for his starring roles in the comedies With Honors (1994) and George of the Jungle (1997) and emerged as a star playing Rick O'Connell in The Mummy trilogy (1999–2008). | Lisha2037 (talk) |
| 2024-08-21 16:07 | Mystique Summers Madison (American drag performer) | Mystique Summers Madison (or simply Mystique Summers) is the stage name of Donté Sims, an African-American drag performer who competed on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Based in Texas, Mystique Summers Madison continues to perform in drag shows and participate in Drag Race-related events such as RuPaul's DragCon LA. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-08-22 03:58 | Pioneer Courthouse Square Christmas tree (Christmas tree in Portland, Oregon) | In Portland, Oregon, Christmas trees have been installed at Pioneer Courthouse Square annually since the public space opened in 1984. The trees have been donated by Stimson Lumber Company since 2002, and are delivered the week of Veterans Day (November 11). With some exceptions, the trees are 75-foot-tall Douglas firs, decorated with thousands of multi-colored LED lights. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-08-25 17:16 | United States Pavilion (Building in Queens, New York (1964–77)) | The United States Pavilion (also known as the U.S. Pavilion and Federal Pavilion) was a pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. Themed to the "challenge to greatness", it was designed for the 1964 New York World's Fair by Leon Deller of the architectural firm Charles Luckman Associates. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-08-26 04:53 | Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) (American Jesuit priest (1912–1982)) | Michael Patrick Walsh SJ (February 28, 1912 – April 23, 1982) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and biologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1929, was ordained a priest in 1941, and received his doctorate in biology from Fordham University in 1948. | Ergo Sum |
| 2024-08-26 14:13 | 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse (1972 bridge collapse in Brunswick, Georgia, US) | On November 7, 1972, at 9:50 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of bridge and caused 24 people and ten automobiles to fall into the river. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2024-08-29 23:29 | Henry Donch (German-American bandleader (1834–1919)) | Henry Donch (1834 – March 10, 1919) was a German-American bandleader and music instructor. Born in Hesse-Kassel, he immigrated to Philadelphia in 1854. Shortly afterwards, he became organist for the United States Naval Academy Band in Annapolis. He joined the United States Marine Band as a clarinet player shortly before the outbreak of the American Civil War. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-08-29 23:30 | J. Lister Holmes (American architect (1891–1986)) | Joseph Lister Holmes (July 6, 1891 – July 18, 1986) was an American architect active in Seattle. After studying Beaux-Arts architecture at the University of Pennsylvania in the early 1910s, he worked at various architectural firms in Philadelphia, Montana, and Seattle before founding a private practice in 1922. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-08-29 23:31 | George W. Stoddard (American architect (1895–1967)) | George Wellington Stoddard (September 30, 1895 – September 28, 1967) was an American architect. Born in Detroit, he graduated from the University of Illinois shortly before being drafted into the American Expeditionary Forces in 1917. Upon his return to the United States, he traveled to Seattle and founded the architecture and construction firm Stoddard and Son with his father. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-01 21:06 | Bakewell, Pears and Company (Defunct glassware company in the U.S) | Bakewell, Pears and Company was Pittsburgh's best known glass manufacturer. The company was most famous for its lead crystal glass, which was often decorated by cutting or engraving. It also made window glass, bottles, and lamps. The company was one of the first American glass manufacturers to produce glass using mechanical pressing. | TwoScars (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 23:24 | Dewey–Stassen debate (1948 United States presidential debate) | Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and former governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen engaged in the first United States presidential debate on May 17, 1948. The two candidates were competing for the Republican Party nomination for the 1948 presidential election and held the debate shortly before the Oregon primary election. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-09-04 19:06 | 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado (Powerful late-season EF4 tornado in Illinois) | The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an unusually powerful and violent tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 06:48 | Johnny Gaudreau (American ice hockey player (1993–2024)) | John Michael Gaudreau (August 13, 1993 – August 29, 2024) was an American professional ice hockey winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played college ice hockey for the Division I ranked Boston College Eagles for three seasons beginning in 2011, and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. | The Kip (contribs) |
| 2024-09-05 17:58 | Wisconsin Pavilion (Structure in Neillsville, Wisconsin) | The Wisconsin Pavilion is a modernist–style building at 1201 East Division Street in Neillsville, Wisconsin, United States. Designed by John Steinmann, the building was erected for the 1964 New York World's Fair at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York. The current structure was originally the rotunda for Wisconsin's exhibit at the World's Fair. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 18:21 | Logan Drake (American baseball player (1899–1940)) | Logan Gaffney Drake (December 26, 1899 – June 1, 1940) was an American professional baseball pitcher, a right-hander who played in Major League Baseball (MLB) from 1922 to 1924 for the Cleveland Indians. In 10 career games, Drake pitched 182⁄3 innings and posted a win–loss record of 0–1 with a 7.71 earned run average (ERA). | Wizardman |
| 2024-09-10 03:21 | Queens Zoo (Zoo in Queens, New York) | The Queens Zoo (formerly the Flushing Meadows Zoo and Queens Wildlife Center) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-14 22:51 | Edward S. Harkness House (House in Manhattan, New York) | The Edward S. Harkness House (also 1 East 75th Street and the Harkness Mansion) is a Modern Renaissance–style mansion at the northeastern corner of Fifth Avenue and 75th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. Built between 1907 and 1909, it was designed by James Gamble Rogers for the philanthropist and oil heir Edward Harkness and his wife Mary Harkness. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 05:54 | La Querida (mansion) (Palm Beach mansion) | La Querida ("the dear one"), also known as Castillo del Mar ("castle by the sea") for several years, is a residence in Palm Beach, Florida, located at 1095 N. Ocean Boulevard. Completed in 1923, it was built in the Mediterranean Revival-style by well-known architect Addison Mizner at a cost of $50,000. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 21:28 | Death of Richard Swanson (Death during a long-distance soccer dribbling attempt) | Richard Swanson was a 42-year-old American man who tried to dribble a soccer ball from the U.S. city of Seattle, Washington, to São Paulo, Brazil. On May 14, 2013, he died after being hit by a pickup truck alongside U.S. Route 101 just outside Lincoln City, Oregon, 270 miles into his planned journey of roughly 10,000 miles. | -- Tamzin[cetacean needed] (they|xe) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WPTD (PBS member station in Dayton, Ohio) | WPTD (channel 16) is a television station in Dayton, Ohio, United States, serving the Miami Valley as a member of PBS. The station broadcasts from studios in downtown Dayton and a transmitter near South Gettysburg Avenue in the Highview Hills neighborhood in southwest Dayton. Its signal is relayed by translator station W25FI-D in Maplewood, Ohio, which broadcasts to Celina, Lima, and Wapakoneta. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KTUL (TV station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.) | KTUL (channel 8) is a television station in Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. The station's studios are located at Lookout Mountain (near South 29th West Avenue, west of Interstate 244) in southwestern Tulsa, and its primary transmitter is located on South 321st Avenue East, adjacent to the Muskogee Turnpike, in unincorporated southeastern Tulsa County (near Coweta). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | NBC Montana (Network of western Montana NBC affiliates) | NBC Montana is a regional network of three television stations in western Montana, United States, affiliated with NBC and owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group. It is headquartered in Missoula, and serves as the NBC affiliate for the Missoula and Butte markets. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WMYA-TV (TV station in Anderson, South Carolina) | WMYA-TV (channel 40) is a television station licensed to Anderson, South Carolina, United States, broadcasting the digital multicast network Dabl to Upstate South Carolina and Western North Carolina. It is owned by Cunningham Broadcasting and operated under a local marketing agreement (LMA) by Sinclair Broadcast Group, owner of Asheville, North Carolina–based ABC/MyNetworkTV affiliate WLOS (channel 13). | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KCAU-TV (TV station in Sioux City, Iowa) | KCAU-TV (channel 9) is a television station in Sioux City, Iowa, United States, affiliated with ABC and owned by Nexstar Media Group. The station's studios are located on Gordon Drive in Sioux City, and its transmitter is located near Hinton, Iowa. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | WKYT-TV (CBS/CW affiliate in Lexington, Kentucky) | WKYT-TV (channel 27) is a television station in Lexington, Kentucky, United States, affiliated with CBS and The CW. The station is owned by Gray Television, and maintains studios and transmitter facilities on Winchester Road (US 60) near I-75 on the east side of Lexington. In addition to WKYT-TV, Gray owns WYMT-TV (channel 57) in Hazard, Kentucky, a separate CBS affiliate serving eastern Kentucky with its own syndicated programming inventory and local newscasts. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-17 17:33 | KBDI-TV (PBS member station in Broomfield, Colorado) | KBDI-TV (channel 12), known as PBS12, is a PBS member television station licensed to Broomfield, Colorado, United States, serving the Denver area. The station is owned by Colorado Public Television, Inc. KBDI-TV's studios are located at Welton and 29th Streets in the Five Points neighborhood northeast of downtown Denver; its main transmitter is located atop Mestaa'ėhehe Mountain (just west of Evergreen, in Clear Creek County), and it is rebroadcast by translators throughout the Front Range and eastern Colorado. | Sammi Brie (she/her • t • c) |
| 2024-09-20 13:29 | 45 East 66th Street (Building in Manhattan, New York) | 45 East 66th Street (also known as 777 Madison Avenue) is a cooperative apartment building on the Upper East Side of Manhattan in New York City, United States. It was built between 1906 and 1908 and was designed by the firm of Harde & Short. The building is one of a few luxury apartment buildings that were developed in the surrounding area prior to World War I. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 23:48 | Uncommitted National Movement (American anti-war protest campaign) | The Uncommitted National Movement is a protest campaign aimed mainly to pressure Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to achieve a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war and impose an arms embargo on Israel. The group received some support in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. | Personisinsterest (talk) |
| 2024-09-23 15:59 | Kips Bay Towers (Residential buildings in Manhattan, New York) | Kips Bay Towers is a 1,118-unit, two-building condominium complex in the Kips Bay neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The complex was designed by architects I.M. Pei and S. J. Kessler, with the involvement of James Ingo Freed, in the brutalist style and completed in 1965. Originally known as Kips Bay Plaza, the project was developed by Webb & Knapp as middle-income rental apartments, but was converted to condominiums in the mid-1980s. | Epicgenius (talk) and Transpoman (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 17:46 | 1939 New York World's Fair (World's fair held in New York City) | The 1939 New York World's Fair (also known as the 1939–1940 New York World's Fair) was an international exposition at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, United States. The fair included exhibitions, activities, performances, films, art, and food presented by 62 nations, 35 U.S. states and territories, and 1,400 organizations and companies. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 20:39 | The Hungry Five (Group of businessman related to the Green Bay Packers) | The Hungry Five are the Green Bay, Wisconsin-area businessmen who were instrumental in keeping the Green Bay Packers franchise in operation during its early years. They raised funds, incorporated the team as a non-profit corporation, sold stock and otherwise promoted the franchise. The Five were Andrew B. Turnbull, Curly Lambeau, Gerald Francis Clifford, Lee Joannes and W. Webber Kelly. | « Gonzo fan2007 (talk) @ |
| 2024-09-30 15:05 | Harlow Fire (1961 wildfire in Central California) | The Harlow Fire was a large wildfire in Central California's Mariposa and Madera counties in mid-July, 1961. The fire ignited on July 10 and burned rapidly, spreading to 43,329 acres (17,535 hectares) before it was fully surrounded by containment lines on July 13 and fully controlled on July 15. During those six days the Harlow Fire destroyed 106 buildings, devastating the rural communities of Ahwahnee and Nipinnawasee in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the west of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest. | Penitentes (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 13:35 | Connecticut Colony (British colony in North America (1636–1776)) | The Connecticut Colony, originally known as the Connecticut River Colony, was an English colony in New England which later became the state of Connecticut. It was organized on March 3, 1636 as a settlement for a Puritan congregation of settlers from the Massachusetts Bay Colony led by Thomas Hooker. The English would secure their control of the region in the Pequot War. | Gazingo (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:15 | Hawaii series by Georgia O'Keeffe (Painting and photography series by Georgia O'Keeffe) | American artist Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) created a series of 20 paintings and 17 photographs based on her more than nine-week visit to four of the Hawaiian Islands in the Territory of Hawaii in the summer of 1939. Her trip was part of an all-expenses paid commercial art commission from the Philadelphia advertising firm N. W. Ayer & Son on behalf of the Hawaiian Pineapple Company, later known as Dole. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 04:45 | John Hawks (architect) (British-born American architect) | John Hawks (c. 1731 – October 31, 1790) was an English-American architect active in the Province of North Carolina during the late colonial period. Born in Shipston-on-Stour, he worked under the Palladian architect Stiff Leadbetter. He accompanied William Tryon, the expectant governor of the Province of North Carolina, to New Bern in 1764. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-10-07 04:31 | Catherine Pugh (American politician (born 1950)) | Catherine Elizabeth Pugh (born March 10, 1950) is an American former politician who served as the 51st mayor of Baltimore, Maryland's largest city, from 2016 to 2019. She resigned from office amid a scandal that eventually led to criminal charges, three years in prison, and three years probation in 2020. | Micahmikhl (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 12:46 | Delbert Cowsette (American football player and coach (born 1977)) | Delbert Ray Cowsette (born September 3, 1977) is an American former professional football defensive tackle who played in the National Football League (NFL) and Arena Football League (AFL). He is currently the defensive line coach for the Howard Bison. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 16:20 | State Voting Rights Act | In the United States, a State Voting Rights Act (SVRA) is a state-level provision (either state constitutional amendment or state statute) that addresses racial discrimination in voting and provides protections beyond those offered by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. SVRAs seek to mitigate the impact of court decisions that have weakened the federal VRA, such as the 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder. | 1zcv8 (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 00:38 | Riverside Drive (Manhattan) (Avenue in Manhattan, New York) | Riverside Drive is a north–south avenue in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The road runs on the west side of Upper Manhattan, generally paralleling the Hudson River and Riverside Park between 72nd Street and the vicinity of the George Washington Bridge at 181st Street. North of 96th Street, Riverside Drive is a wide divided roadway. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 22:11 | Rodney, Mississippi (Extinct settlement, Jefferson County) | Rodney is a ghost town in Jefferson County, Mississippi, United States. Most of the buildings are gone and the remaining structures are in various states of disrepair. The town regularly floods and buildings have extensive flood damage. The Rodney History And Preservation Society is restoring Rodney Presbyterian Church, whose damaged facade from the American Civil War that includes a replica cannonball embedded above its balcony windows, has been maintained as part of the historical preservation. | Rjjiii (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 02:22 | Jean Shepard (American country singer (1933–2016)) | Ollie Imogene "Jean" Shepard (November 21, 1933 – September 25, 2016), was an American country singer who was considered by many writers and authors to be one of the genre's first significant female artists. Her early successes during the 1950s decade were said to influence the future careers of Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. | ChrisTofu11961 (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 12:08 | Jarriel King (American gridiron football player (born 1987)) | Jarriel King (born February 27, 1987) is an American former professional football player who was an offensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL) and Canadian Football League (CFL). He played college football at Georgia Military College and the University of South Carolina. He signed with the New York Giants after going undrafted in the 2011 NFL draft but was waived before the start of the season. | ~WikiOriginal-9~ (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 00:18 | Vern Freiburger (American baseball player) | Vern Donald Freiburger (December 19, 1923 – February 27, 1990) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman who started two games for the Cleveland Indians on September 6 and September 15 during the 1941 season. At 17 years of age, he was the youngest player to appear in an American League game that season. | Wizardman |
| 2024-10-16 01:34 | Derrick Harden (American gridiron football player (born 1964)) | Derrick Harden (born April 21, 1964) is a former American football wide receiver in the National Football League for the Green Bay Packers (1987). He played at the collegiate level at Eastern New Mexico University. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 07:31 | Sam Kee Building (Narrow commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia) | The Sam Kee Building (Chinese: 三記號大樓), also known as the Jack Chow Building, is a two-storey commercial building in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, located near the entrance to the city's Chinatown. It is noted for its narrow depth, which varies by floor. The ground floor is 4 feet 11 inches (1.50 m) wide, while the upper floor spans 6 feet (1.8 m) because of its overhanging bay windows. | Yue🌙 |
| 2024-10-16 13:06 | 2020 Cookeville tornado (2020 EF4 tornado in Tennessee) | The 2020 Cookeville tornado was an extremely destructive and fast-moving tornado tracked across Putnam County, Tennessee, directly impacting the cities of Baxter and Cookeville in the early morning hours of March 3, 2020. The National Weather Service forecast office in Nashville, Tennessee, rated the worst of the damage from the tornado EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated at 175 miles per hour (282 km/h). | SirMemeGod |
| 2024-10-16 19:08 | Metrovino (Defunct restaurant in Portland, Oregon, U.S.) | Metrovino was a restaurant in Portland, Oregon, in the United States. It opened in northwest Portland's Pearl District in 2009, with Greg Denton as executive chef. Todd Steele and his mother were co-owners. Other chefs included Denton's wife Gabrielle Quiñonez Denton and later Victor Deras and Dustin See, after the Dentons left in 2012. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-10-16 19:40 | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (High school seminary in the United States) | Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary (known also as Naz Hall) was a high school seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, serving the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. It was founded in 1923 by Archbishop Austin Dowling and was closed in 1971, being replaced by Saint John Vianney Seminary. The campus is now the site of the University of Northwestern – St. Paul. | ~Darth StabroTalk/Contribs |
| 2024-10-17 00:21 | Sylvester McGrew (American football player (born 1960)) | Sylvester Lee McGrew Sr. (born February 27, 1960) is an American former professional football defensive end who played one season in the National Football League (NFL) for the Green Bay Packers. He played college football for the Tulane Green Wave. | BeanieFan11 (talk) |
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| 2024-06-14 18:25 | Patricia Bullrich (Argentine politician (born 1956)) | Patricia Bullrich (born 11 June 1956) is an Argentine professor and politician who was appointed Minister of Security in 2023 under president Javier Milei, having previously held the office under president Mauricio Macri from 2015 to 2019. She was the chairwoman of Republican Proposal, until 2024. | Cambalachero (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 14:37 | Victor Macedo (Peruvian Amazon Company administrator) | Victor Macedo was employed by Julio César Arana and his rubber firm as an administrator between 1903 and 1910 during the Putumayo genocide. Macedo was the general manager of the Peruvian Amazon Company's agency at La Chorrera on the Igara Paraná River, Colombia, between 1907 and 1911. In June 1911, 215 arrest warrants were issued against employees of La Chorrera for their role in perpetrating the Putumayo genocide. | Arawoke (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 14:39 | Augusto Jiménez Seminario (Agent of the Peruvian Amazon Company) | Augusto Jiménez Seminario was an agent of the Peruvian Amazon Company employed in the Putumayo River basin by Julio César Arana from 1903 to 1911, during the Putumayo genocide. His role in the genocide was investigated by Benjamin Saldana Rocca, Walter Ernest Hardenburg, Roger Casement, and two Peruvian judges in 1911. | Arawoke (talk) |
| 2024-08-06 00:24 | Justiniano Borgoño (Peruvian brigadier general and politician (1836–1921)) | Justiniano Borgoño Castañeda (5 September 1836 – 27 January 1921) was a Peruvian brigadier general and politician who served as the 29th President of Peru, an office he held for four months. The son of a brigadier general in the Peruvian Army, Borgoño left behind agricultural administration to join the Army following the outbreak of the Peruvian Civil War of 1856–1858. | Kimikel (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:42 | Paulina Luisi (Argentine-born Uruguayan doctor and feminist) | Paulina Luisi Janicki (1875–1950) was a leader of the feminist movement in Uruguay. She was born in Colón, Argentina on 22 September 1875 into a family of educators. In 1909, she became the first Uruguayan woman to earn a medical degree. | Spookyaki (talk) |
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| 2024-06-26 02:39 | Ghazi Muhammad (Imam of Dagestan) | Ghāzī Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿil al-Gimrāwī al-Dāghistānī (Arabic: غازي محمد ابن إسماعيل الڮمراوي الداغستاني; Avar: ГъазимухIамад; c. 1790 – 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1832), called Kazi-Mulla (Кази-Мулла) or Kazi-Magoma (Кази-Магома) in Russian sources, was a Dagestani religious and political leader who served as the first imam (religious, political, and military leader) of Dagestan and Chechnya from 1828 to 1832. | Revolution Saga (talk) |
| 2024-08-04 19:58 | Kim Kitsuragi (Video game character) | Kim Kitsuragi is a character in the 2019 detective video game Disco Elysium. As a non-playable companion to the player character, he is defined by his Asian-inspired culture, private queerness, and calm, stoic personality. Kitsuragi is noted by journalists and academics for his reactions to the player's choices, ranging from deadpan quips to moments of approval and vulnerability. | Shooterwalker (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 17:51 | I Wanna Be Your Ghost (2022 single by Gen Hoshino) | is a song by Japanese singer-songwriter and musician Gen Hoshino, released as a digital-exclusive single through Speedstar Records on July 18, 2022. It was written and produced by Hoshino, who co-arranged and programmed it with Mabanua. A J-pop and dance track with electronic instrumentation, the song was used as the main theme to the film Yokaipedia (2022), a live-action adaptation of a children's book series by Kodansha. | IanTEB (talk) |
| 2024-08-27 06:04 | Bini (group) (Filipino girl group) | Bini (stylized in all caps; formerly Star Hunt Academy Girls or SHA Girls) is a Filipino girl group formed in 2019 through ABS-CBN's Star Hunt Academy (SHA). The group is composed of eight members: Aiah, Colet, Maloi, Gwen, Stacey, Mikha, Jhoanna, and Sheena. | Royiswariii (talk) |
| 2024-09-19 04:12 | Zemstvo (Institution of local government in the Russian Empire) | A zemstvo (Russian: земство, , pl. земства, zemstva) was an institution of local government set up during the emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexander II of Russia. Nikolay Milyutin elaborated the idea of the zemstvo, and the first zemstvo laws went into effect in 1864. | Czarking0 (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 07:54 | 1957 Farsinaj earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1957 Farsinaj earthquake struck Hamadan province, Iran on 13 December at 05:15 local time. The moment magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the seismically active Zagros Mountains. The mountain range was also the location for several historic earthquakes. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-09-23 02:17 | 1958 Firuzabad earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1958 Firuzabad earthquake was the second destructive earthquake to strike Hamadan province, Iran, in nine months. The Mw 6.7 earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi) on 16 August at 22:43 local time. It caused severe damage to over 170 villages in the province. Due to several strong foreshocks, most of the population fled their homes and the death toll only stood at 132 and another 948 were injured. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-10-05 19:17 | Tessa Davidson (English snooker player) | Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 1999, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/Central Asia
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| 2024-04-09 18:00 | Mohammad Shah Qajar (Shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848) | Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمدشاه قاجار; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. | Amir Ghandi (talk) |
| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 22:22 | Western Air Lines Flight 34 (1954 aviation accident) | Western Air Lines Flight 34 was a scheduled flight between Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles and Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis with intermediate stops in Las Vegas, Cedar City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Casper, Wyoming, and Rapid City, South Dakota. On February 26, 1954, the Convair CV-240 performing the flight crashed while flying through storms over Wyoming, killing all nine occupants of the plane. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/East Asia
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| 2024-06-07 23:38 | Book of Wu (Lost history of Eastern Wu (c. 250)) | The Book of Wu or Wu shu (Chinese: 吳書) is a lost history of the state of Eastern Wu (229–280). It was compiled by the official historians of the Wu court under orders from the Wu emperors. Portions of the text survive only as quotations preserved in Pei Songzhi's Annotations to the Records of the Three Kingdoms (429). | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 03:25 | Fu Wuji (Eastern Han dynasty scholar) | Fu Wuji (Chinese: 伏無忌, fl. 136–152) was an Eastern Han dynasty scholar. He is known for his Fuhou gujin zhu, an important historical encyclopedia, and his work on the Dongguan Hanji, the standard history of the Eastern Han until it was replaced by the Book of the Later Han. | Kzyx (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 21:52 | Shunten (Legendary king of Chūzan) | Shunten (舜天, traditionally dated c. 1165 – 1237) was the legendary first king of Chūzan and human ruler of Okinawa. The official histories of the Ryukyu Kingdom claim that he was the son of the samurai Minamoto no Tametomo and a local noblewoman during his exile following the Hōgen rebellion. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-14 07:03 | Sinhanch'on (1911–1937 Korean enclave in Vladivostok) | Sinhanch'on was an enclave of Koreans in Vladivostok that existed between 1911 and 1937, during which time the city was controlled for periods by the Russian Empire, Far Eastern Republic and finally the Soviet Union. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2024-09-21 18:25 | The True Record (Chinese illustrated magazine, 1912-1913) | The True Record (Chinese: 真相畫報; pinyin: Zhēnxiāng Huàbào) was a pictorial magazine published in Shanghai, China, between June 1912 and March 1913. Established by brothers Gao Qifeng and Gao Jianfu as the nascent Republic of China was seeking to develop a new culture after centuries of Qing rule, it sought to monitor the new republic, report the welfare of the people, promote socialism, and distribute world knowledge. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi Yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2024-09-27 22:41 | Sun Jianai (Qing dynasty official (1827–1909)) | Sun Jianai (7 April 1827 – 29 November 1909) was a Qing dynasty official and educator, noted as an advisor and tutor to the Guangxu Emperor. Born in Anhui, he passed the imperial examinations and became a jinshi in 1859. After service as an education director in Hubei and at the Palace School for Princes, he was appointed as the tutor of the young Guangxu Emperor alongside Weng Tonghe. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-30 01:59 | Soda Kaichi (Japanese social worker and missionary (1867–1962)) | was a Japanese Protestant missionary and social worker. He is remembered in South Korea for his charitable work in Korea under Japanese rule, particularly through the Kamakura Orphanage (鎌倉保育園; now Youngnak Borinwon), which he led from 1921 to 1945. During this time, he cared for around a thousand Korean orphans. | seefooddiet (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 05:18 | Stray Kids (South Korean boy band) | Stray Kids (Korean: 스트레이 키즈; RR: Seuteurei Kijeu; often abbreviated to SKZ) is a South Korean boy band that JYP Entertainment formed through the eponymous 2017 reality television show. The band has eight members: Bang Chan, Lee Know, Changbin, Hyunjin, Han, Felix, Seungmin, and I.N. For undisclosed personal reasons, Woojin left the band in October 2019. | |
| 2024-10-09 20:22 | Typhoon Thelma (1977) (Pacific typhoon in 1977) | Typhoon Thelma, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Goring, was a deadly and destructive typhoon which impacted the Philippines, Taiwan, and China during July 1977. The twelfth tropical depression, fourth tropical storm, and second typhoon of the inactive 1977 Pacific typhoon season, Thelma originated from a tropical depression near the Philippines. | Tavantius (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 20:32 | Xifeng concentration camp (Kuomintang concentration camp in Guizhou, China) | The Xifeng concentration camp (Chinese: 息烽集中營; pinyin: Xīfēng jízhōngyíng) was a concentration camp in Xifeng County, Guizhou, China. Established by the Kuomintang (KMT) following the Marco Polo Bridge incident in 1937, the camp – the largest of the KMT's internment sites – was constructed primarily to discipline staff the Bureau of Investigation and Statistics (Juntong) and hold members of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/North Asia
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| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 18:42 | Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (Ottoman destroyer) | Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. | e (talk) |
| 2024-09-29 15:53 | David of Sassoun (statue) (Copper equestrian statue in Yerevan, Armenia) | David of Sassoun (Armenian: «Սասունցի Դավիթ») is a copper equestrian statue depicting David of Sassoun (Sasuntsi Davit’) in Yerevan, Armenia. Erected by Yervand Kochar in 1959, it depicts the protagonist of the Armenian national epic Daredevils of Sassoun. It is placed on a rock-like basalt pedestal in the middle of a large square in front of Yerevan's main railway station. | --Երևանցի talk |
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| 2024-02-01 15:16 | Lakshadweep (Union territory of India) | Lakshadweep is a union territory of India. It is an archipelago of 36 islands divided into three island subgroups: the Amindivi Islands in the north separated from the Laccadive Islands roughly by the 11th parallel north and the atoll of Minicoy to the south of the Nine Degree Channel along the 9th parallel north. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-04-11 10:39 | Chennai Super Kings (Indian Premier League cricket franchise) | Chennai Super Kings (CSK) is an Indian professional cricket franchise based in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. The team competes in the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was one of the eight franchises incorporated when the league was established in 2008. The team plays its home matches at the M. A. Chidambaram Stadium and is owned by Chennai Super Kings Cricket. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-06-15 11:40 | Chennai International Airport (Airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) | Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, around 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the city centre. The first air service was operated in 1915 and the airport was commissioned in 1930. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-06-18 05:44 | India at the Cricket World Cup (Tournament Performance) | India is one of the full members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), the governing body of cricket. There have been thirteen editions of the Cricket World Cup, a quadrennial event hosted by the ICC in the ODI format since 1975. India has participated in every edition of the Cricket World Cup since its introduction. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-08-05 14:22 | Rai dynasty (Dynasty of Sindh (489–632)) | The Rai dynasty (c. 489–632 CE) was a dynasty that ruled the Sindh region. All that is known about the dynasty comes from the Chachnama, a 13th-century Persian work about Sindhi history. | TrangaBellam (talk) |
| 2024-08-24 10:55 | Suryakumar Yadav (Indian cricketer (born 1990)) | Suryakumar Yadav (born 14 September 1990) is an Indian international cricketer. He is a right-handed lower middle-order batter. He represents the Indian national cricket team and He captains the T20I side. He was part of the Indian team that won the 2023 Asia Cup and the 2024 T20 World Cup. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 05:32 | Malik Hasan Bahri (Statesman and general of the Bahmani Sultanate) | Malik Hasan Bahri (died 1486) or Nizam-ul-Mulk Bahri was a noble of the Bahmani Sultanate who served as the prime minister from 1481 until his murder in 1486. He was the father of Malik Ahmad Nizam Shah I, founder of the Ahmadnagar Sultanate, one of the secessionist kingdoms from the Bahmani Sultanate, and its ruling dynasty's primogenitor. | Flemmish Nietzsche (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 11:13 | 2024 Indian Premier League (17th edition of the Indian Premier League) | The 2024 Indian Premier League (also known as IPL 17 and branded as TATA IPL 2024) was the 17th edition of the Indian Premier League The tournament featured ten teams competing in 74 matches from 22 March to 26 May 2024. It was held across 13 cities in India, with Chennai hosting the opening ceremony and the final. | Vestrian24Bio (TALK) |
| 2024-09-22 15:15 | 1936 North Indian Ocean cyclone season | The 1936 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an above-average cyclone season, featuring eighteen depressions, eight of which intensified into deep depressions. Of those eight systems, six intensified into cyclonic storms. Of these six, three intensified further, becoming severe cyclonic storms and very severe cyclonic storms. | Tavantius (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 08:56 | Curry (Spicy Asian-influenced dishes) | Curry is an international dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese and followed by the Dutch and British. Many dishes that would be described as curries in English are found in the native cuisines of countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 16:16 | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (President of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008) | Maumoon Abdul Gayoom (born Abdulla Maumoon Khairi; 29 December 1937) is an Maldivian statesman, diplomat and scholar who served as the 3rd president of the Maldives from 1978 to 2008. He previously served as the Minister of Transport from 1977 to 1978, and as the Permanent Representative of the Maldives to the United Nations from 1976 to 1977. | MAL MALDIVE (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 19:36 | Abdul Ahad Azad (Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic (1903–1948)) | Abdul Ahad Dar (1903 – 4 April 1948), popularly known as Abdul Ahad Azad, was a Kashmiri poet, historian and literary critic. Born in the Rangar village of Chadoora in Budgam district, Azad is considered to be the first revolutionary poet and is credited with laying the foundations of literary criticism in Kashmiri literature. | --Ratekreel (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 18:01 | Daud Shah Bahmani (Ruler of Bahmani Sultanate) | Daud Shah Bahmani (reigned 1378), also spelled as Dawud, was the fourth ruler of the Bahmani Kingdom. He succeeded his nephew Mujahid Shah after assassinating him. After ascending the throne, Daud Shah's brief reign was marked with turbulence and instability over his regicide of his nephew, which culminated in the creation of court factions. | Noorullah (talk) |
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| 2021-11-15 10:14 | Bonny Hicks (Singaporean model (1968-1997)) | Bonny Susan Hicks (5 January 1968 – 19 December 1997) was a Singaporean model and writer. After garnering local fame as a model, she gained worldwide recognition for her contributions to Singaporean post-colonial literature and the anthropic philosophy conveyed in her works. Her first book, Excuse Me, Are You A Model?, is recognised as a significant milestone in the literary and cultural history of Singapore. | Leomk0403 (talk) |
| 2024-02-15 03:55 | Seberang Perai (City in the Malaysian state of Penang) | Seberang Perai is a city in the Malaysian state of Penang. Located on the Malay Peninsula and separated from Penang Island by the Penang Strait, it shares borders with Kedah to the north and east, and Perak to the south. The city spans an area of 748 km2 (289 sq mi) and had a population of 946,092 as of 2020[update], making it the third largest city in Malaysia.[1] | hundenvonPG (talk) |
| 2024-05-16 16:04 | Kasman Singodimedjo (Indonesian politician (1904–1982)) | Kasman Singodimedjo (25 February 1904 – 25 October 1982) was an Indonesian nationalist, politician, and National Hero who served as the second Attorney General of Indonesia between November 1945 and May 1946, and as the first chairman of the Central Indonesian National Committee (KNIP) in 1945. | Juxlos (talk) |
| 2024-06-14 13:15 | Little India MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Little India MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) interchange station on the North East (NEL) and Downtown (DTL) lines. The station is located at the junction of Bukit Timah Road and Race Course Road, and serves the ethnic neighbourhood of Little India. Several landmarks surrounding the station include KK Women's and Children's Hospital, Tekka Market, and the Land Transport Authority headquarters. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-24 01:05 | Bayshore MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Bayshore MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Bedok, Singapore. Located along Bayshore Road, the station serves various private residential estates and landmarks such as Calvary Assembly of God Church and Holy Grace Presbyterian Church. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-24 03:29 | Tanjong Rhu MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Tanjong Rhu MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Kallang, Singapore. Situated at the junction of Tanjong Rhu Road and Tanjong Rhu Place, the station serves nearby condominiums such as Pebble Bay and Casuarina Cove. Other surrounding landmarks include the Tanjong Rhu Lookout Tower, Singapore Sports Hub and the Tanjong Rhu Footbridge. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-27 12:08 | Katong Park MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Katong Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Situated along Meyer Road and adjacent to Katong Park, the station serves Dunman High School and Singapore Swimming School alongside nearby residential developments. The station is operated by SMRT Trains. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 03:07 | Marine Parade MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Marine Parade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Marine Parade, Singapore. Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station serves nearby residential and commercial developments including Parkway Parade, Roxy Square and I12 Katong. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-08-31 07:22 | Risa Hontiveros (Senator of the Philippines since 2016) | Ana Theresia "Risa" Navarro Hontiveros–Baraquel (born February 24, 1966) is a Filipino politician, community leader, and journalist serving as a Senator since 2016. She previously served as a party-list representative for Akbayan from 2004 to 2010. | Royiswariii (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 19:20 | Fisheries in the Philippines (Capture fisheries and aquaculture) | Fisheries in the Philippines consist of both capture fisheries and aquaculture. The Philippines is an archipelagic country with a large coastal population. In many areas, communities rely heavily on fisheries for subsistence and livelihoods. Both capture fisheries and aquaculture occur inland and at sea, producing various fish, shellfish, other invertebrates, and seaweed. | CMD (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 16:12 | Itim (1976 Philippine supernatural horror drama film) | Itim (Filipino for "black"), released overseas as The Rites of May, is a 1976 Philippine supernatural horror drama film and the feature directorial debut of Mike de Leon, with a screenplay by Clodualdo del Mundo Jr. and Gil Quito. The film, that has been described as "one of the most remarkable debuts in cinema history", stars Tommy Abuel as a young photographer visiting his father (played by Mario Montenegro) in his provincial town during the Lenten season. | -My, oh my! (Mushy Yank) |
| 2024-10-08 08:56 | Curry (Spicy Asian-influenced dishes) | Curry is an international dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly derived from the interchange of Indian cuisine with European taste in food, starting with the Portuguese and followed by the Dutch and British. Many dishes that would be described as curries in English are found in the native cuisines of countries in Southeast Asia and East Asia. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 09:46 | Sarah Geronimo (Filipino singer and actress (born 1988)) | Sarah Asher Tua Geronimo (born July 25, 1988) is a Filipino singer and actress. Her accolades include a Billboard Women in Music Award, 16 Awit Awards and 28 Myx Music Awards. Tatler magazine named her one of the most influential people in Asia in 2021, and Billboard Philippines named her as the Woman of the Year in 2024. | ScarletViolet tc |
| 2024-10-14 04:33 | Tamang Panahon (Special episode of Eat Bulaga!) | "Tamang Panahon" (lit. '"Right Time"') was a benefit concert and a special episode of Eat Bulaga!, as well as the 87th episode of its "Kalyeserye" portion that aired live on television in the Philippines and other countries on October 24, 2015 from the Philippine Arena. "Tamang Panahon" highlighted the no-restrictions meeting of the AlDub love team of Alden Richards and Maine Mendoza. | Royiswariii |
| 2024-10-15 09:29 | Aquaculture in the Philippines | Aquaculture in the Philippines makes up a substantial proportion of the overall output of Philippine fisheries. Aquaculture has a long history in the archipelago, with wild-caught milkfish being farmed in tidally-fed fish ponds for centuries. Modern aquaculture is carried out in freshwater, brackish water, and seawater throughout the country through a variety of methods. | CMD (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 10:44 | Benjamin Sheares (President of Singapore from 1971 to 1981) | Benjamin Henry Sheares (12 August 1907 – 12 May 1981) was a Singaporean physician and academic who served as the second president of Singapore from 1971 until his death in 1981. Of Eurasian descent, Sheares was born in the Straits Settlements and graduated from the King Edward VII College of Medicine. | Actuall7 (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Asia/West Asia
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| 2024-04-09 18:00 | Mohammad Shah Qajar (Shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848) | Mohammad Shah (Persian: محمدشاه قاجار; born Mohammad Mirza; 5 January 1808 – 5 September 1848) was the third Qajar shah of Iran from 1834 to 1848, inheriting the throne from his grandfather, Fath-Ali Shah. From a young age, Mohammad Mirza was under the tutelage of Haji Mirza Aqasi, a local dervish from Tabriz whose teachings influenced the young prince to become a Sufi-king later in his life. | Amir Ghandi (talk) |
| 2024-04-19 07:42 | First Republic of Armenia (1918–1920 country in Western Asia) | The First Republic of Armenia, officially known at the time of its existence as the Republic of Armenia, was an independent Armenian state that existed from May (28th de jure, 30th de facto) 1918 to 2 December 1920 in the Armenian-populated territories of the former Russian Empire known as Eastern or Russian Armenia. | Olympian loquere |
| 2024-04-19 07:43 | Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour (1919 peace agreement) | The Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour was a peace agreement between the short-lived Armenian and Azerbaijani republics signed on 23 November 1919 in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) and brokered by Georgia. The peace treaty came as a result of an unsuccessful Azerbaijani military campaign to absorb the Zangezur region controlled by local Armenians, in order to reach and support the Azerbaijanis in control of neighbouring Nakhchivan. | Olympian loquere |
| 2024-05-16 22:59 | Ibrahim I of Ramadan (Beg of Ramadan from 1354 to 1384) | Sarim al-Din Ibrahim I (died 1384) was Beg of Ramadan by June 1354 to 1383. Following his father Ramadan's death, Ibrahim arrived in Damascus and honored the Mamluk Sultan, securing the regional authority the Mamluks had granted Ramadan. Soon after, Ibrahim allied himself with Ghars al-Din Khalil (r. 1353–86), the ruler of the Dulkadirids, in an attempt to seize Sis. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-05-23 02:21 | Agacheri (Turkmen tribe in Turkey and Iran) | Agacheri was a Turkmen tribe that inhabited parts of Anatolia until the 14th century. They were allied with the Qara Qoyunlu during the 14–15th centuries but shifted their allegiance to the Aq Qoyunlu upon the downfall of the former. A portion of the tribe remained in Anatolia, while another migrated to Iran, where they additionally incorporated Lurs. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-06-13 01:15 | Farrokh Khan (High-ranking Iranian official from the Ghaffari family) | Farrokh Khan (Persian: فرخ خان; 1812 – 5 May 1871), also known as Amin ol-Dowleh (امینالدوله), was a high-ranking Iranian official from the Ghaffari family. Between 1855–1857, he served as the Iranian ambassador to the French court in Paris, where he assisted in signing the Treaty of Paris, thus ending the losing Anglo-Persian War and withdrawing the Iranian army from Herat. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2024-08-10 01:08 | Tel al-Sultan attack (2024 Israeli airstrike on refugee camp in Gaza) | On 26 May 2024, the Israeli Air Force bombed a displacement camp in Tel al-Sultan, Rafah. The attack set the camp on fire, killing between 45 and 50 Palestinians, and injuring over 200. Sometimes referred to as the Rafah tent massacre (مجزرة الخيم), it was the deadliest incident of the Rafah offensive. | Personisinsterest (talk) |
| 2024-08-31 07:22 | Risa Hontiveros (Senator of the Philippines since 2016) | Ana Theresia "Risa" Navarro Hontiveros–Baraquel (born February 24, 1966) is a Filipino politician, community leader, and journalist serving as a Senator since 2016. She previously served as a party-list representative for Akbayan from 2004 to 2010. | Royiswariii (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-09-19 15:51 | 1957 Alborz earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1957 Alborz earthquake struck northern Iran's Mazandaran province at 04:12 local time on 2 July. It had a moment magnitude (Mw ) of 7.1 and occurred at a focal depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The thrust-faulting shock was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It devastated 120 villages in the Alborz Mountains and caused an estimated 1,500 fatalities. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-09-29 15:53 | David of Sassoun (statue) (Copper equestrian statue in Yerevan, Armenia) | David of Sassoun (Armenian: «Սասունցի Դավիթ») is a copper equestrian statue depicting David of Sassoun (Sasuntsi Davit’) in Yerevan, Armenia. Erected by Yervand Kochar in 1959, it depicts the protagonist of the Armenian national epic Daredevils of Sassoun. It is placed on a rock-like basalt pedestal in the middle of a large square in front of Yerevan's main railway station. | --Երևանցի talk |
| 2024-09-30 11:34 | Cuisine of Jerusalem (Local cuisine in and around the city of Jerusalem) | The cuisine of Jerusalem reflects the long history of Jerusalem as a crossroads of cultures and religions. Millennia of trade, conquest, and migration have resulted in a unique fusion of culinary traditions, with significant influences from Jewish (predominantly Sephardic, but also Kurdish, Ashkenazi, and other communities) and Levantine Arab cuisine (especially Palestinian). | PeleYoetz (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 22:45 | Battle of Köse Dağ (1243 battle during the Mongol invasions of Anatolia) | The Battle of Köse Dağ took place on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later formally annexed by the Mongol Ilkhanate. | ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 14:43 | Forests in Turkey (Woodland and maquis in the Eurasian country) | Forests cover almost a third of Turkey. They are almost all state-owned, and vary from temperate rainforest in the north-east to maquis in the south and west. Pine, fir, oak and beech are common. | Chidgk1 (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:23 | Mirza Ali-Akbar Sabir (Azerbaijani poet) | Mirza Ali-Akbar Tahirzada (Azerbaijani: میرزا علی اکبر صابر: 30 May 1862 – 12 July 1911), commonly known by his pseudonym Sabir (صابر), was a satirist and poet in the Russian Empire, who played a leading role in development of Azerbaijani literature. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
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| 2024-03-17 18:24 | George Tutill (Banner manufacturer (1817–1887)) | George Tutill (16 April 1817—17 February 1887) was an artist, entrepreneur and manufacturer of banners. He was born in Howden, Yorkshire, he had founded his business by 1847 which became renowned for supplying trade unions, Sunday schools, chapels, and friendly societies with banners and regalia. The company, eventually located at 83 City Road, London, also offered a range of products including flags, badges, brooches and stationary. | Unexpectedlydian♯4talk‽ |
| 2024-04-02 22:21 | Eurovision Song Contest 2000 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 2000 was the 45th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 13 May 2000 at the Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT) and presented by Kattis Ahlström and Anders Lundin, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1999 contest with the song "Take Me to Your Heaven" by Charlotte Nilsson. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-04-11 11:10 | Eurovision Song Contest 1975 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1975 was the 20th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 22 March 1975 in the Sankt Eriks-Mässan in Stockholm, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Radio (SR), and presented by Karin Falck, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1974 contest with the song "Waterloo" by ABBA. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-04-19 16:26 | Eurovision Song Contest 1984 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1984 was the 29th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 5 May 1984 in the Théâtre Municipal in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Radio Télévision Luxembourg (RTL), the contest was held in Luxembourg following the country's victory at the 1983 contest with the song "Si la vie est cadeau" by Corinne Hermès. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-05-01 16:19 | Eurovision Song Contest 1985 (International song competition) | The Eurovision Song Contest 1985 was the 30th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest, held on 4 May 1985 in the Scandinavium in Gothenburg, Sweden. Organised by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and host broadcaster Sveriges Television (SVT), and presented by Lill Lindfors, the contest was held in Sweden following the country's victory at the 1984 contest with the song "Diggi-Loo Diggi-Ley" by Herreys. | Sims2aholic8 (talk) |
| 2024-05-05 11:12 | HC Ässät Pori (Ice hockey club in Pori, Finland) | Porin Ässät (Finnish for Pori Aces), officially named Hockey Club Ässät Pori and colloquially known as Pata, is a professional ice hockey club based in Pori, Finland. It competes in the SM-liiga, the highest-ranking league of ice hockey in Finland. Since 1971, Ässät has played its games in the Isomäki Ice Hall. | – Poriman55 - Meddela mig! |
| 2024-05-25 21:26 | Barbara Zangerl (Austrian rock climber) | Barbara Zangerl (born 24 May 1988) is an Austrian rock climber who is widely considered as one of the best all-round female climbers in the world. At various stages in her career, she has climbed at, or just below, the highest climbing grades achieved by a female in every major rock climbing discipline, including bouldering, traditional climbing, sport climbing, multi-pitch climbing and big wall climbing. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-30 15:05 | Mushu (Fictional character) | Mushu is a fictional character in Disney's Mulan franchise, first appearing in the 1998 animated film Mulan. A small Chinese dragon, Mushu was a spiritual guardian of Mulan's family before he was demoted for failing to protect an ancestor. He plots to redeem himself by ensuring Mulan's safety and success when she enlists herself in the army in her father's place, ultimately becoming her closest confidant. | Changedforbetter (talk) |
| 2024-06-21 21:52 | 2023 Serbian election protests (Protests in Serbia) | On 18 December 2023, a series of mass protests began in Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, after the parliamentary and Belgrade City Assembly elections on 17 December. The protests were organised by the opposition Serbia Against Violence (SPN) coalition, the Students Against Violence (later Struggle) youth organisation, and the ProGlas initiative. | Vacant0 (talk) |
| 2024-07-01 20:13 | People's Movement for the State (Political movement in Serbia) | The People's Movement for the State (Serbian: Народни покрет за државу, romanized: Narodni pokret za državu, abbr. NPZD), also referred to as the Movement for the People and the State (Serbian: Покрет за народ и државу, romanized: Pokret za narod i državu, abbr. PZND), are the working names of the political movement in Serbia initiated by Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia and then-president of the Serbian Progressive Party (SNS), in March 2023. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-07-02 18:47 | Zwei Gesänge, Op. 1 (Schoenberg) (Two Lieder by Arnold Schoenberg) | Arnold Schoenberg's Zwei Gesänge (Two Songs), Op. 1 (1898–1903), are Lieder for baritone and piano. Each song sets a poem of Karl Michael von Levetzow. The songs bear the influence of both Johannes Brahms and Richard Wagner, whose music was traditionally opposed. In their length, depth of expression, density of texture, and transcription-like piano writing, they approached the limits of the Lied genre and anticipated Gurre-Lieder. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-07-14 23:16 | S1/S2 (Amsterdam Metro) (Former rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro) | S1 and S2 units, collectively called S1/S2, were electric multiple unit trains used on the Amsterdam Metro in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Built by La Brugeoise et Nivelles (BN), 13 of these units were ordered by the GVB in 1988 (S1), as well as an additional 12 later in 1991 (S2), for a new line from Amsterdam Centraal station to the suburb of Amstelveen. | Styyx (talk) |
| 2024-07-26 13:16 | Crusading movement (Framework of Christian holy war) | The crusading movement encompasses the framework of ideologies and institutions that described, regulated, and promoted the Crusades. The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed during the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms that were based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage. | Norfolkbigfish (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 05:06 | Alexander Goehr (English composer and academic (1932–2024)) | Peter Alexander Goehr (10 August 1932 – 25 August 2024) was a German-born English composer of contemporary classical music and academic teacher. A long-time professor of music at the University of Cambridge, Goehr influenced many notable contemporary composers, including Thomas Adès, Julian Anderson, George Benjamin and Robin Holloway. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 18:42 | Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (Ottoman destroyer) | Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. | e (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | W leju po bombie (Science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski) | W leju po bombie (In the Bomb Crater) is a science fiction short story by Andrzej Sapkowski, published in 1993, belonging to the genres of military and political fiction, as well as so-called klerykal fiction and politpunk. In 1994, the story won the Janusz A. Zajdel Award. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-09-24 15:31 | Jason Kwan (Hong Kong cinematographer and film director) | Jason Kwan Chi Yiu (Chinese: 關智耀; born 1964) is a Hong Kong filmmaker. Debuting as a cinematographer in the Hong Kong cinema with All About Love (2005), Kwan was known for his collaborations with director Pang Ho-cheung, which include Love in a Puff (2010), its sequel Love in the Buff, Vulgaria (both 2012), and Aberdeen (2014). | Prince of Erebor（The Book of Mazarbul） |
| 2024-09-25 22:46 | Mink Nutcharut (Thai snooker player) | Nutcharut Wongharuthai (Thai: ณัชชารัตน์ วงศ์หฤทัย, RTGS: natcharat wongharuethai; born 7 November 1999), better known as Mink Nutcharut, is a Thai snooker player who competes on both the professional World Snooker Tour and the World Women's Snooker Tour. She is the only woman known to have made a maximum break, having achieved the feat during a practice match in March 2019. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-09-28 17:59 | Nicolinas (Series of festivities celebrating Saint Nicholas that occur in Guimarães, Portugal) | The Nicolinas (Portuguese: Festas Nicolinas) are a series of festivities to honor Saint Nicholas that occur in the Portuguese city of Guimarães. Held between November 29th and December 7th, they celebrate the old traditions and camaraderie of the inhabitants of Guimarães, predominantly among its students. | V.B.Speranza (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 11:06 | Jonna Adlerteg (Swedish gymnast) | Jonna Eva-Maj Adlerteg (born 6 June 1995) is a Swedish retired artistic gymnast. She won Sweden's first European medal in over 50 years when she won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2013 European Championships. She also won the silver medal on the uneven bars at the 2018 European Championships. | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 09:56 | Wo soll ich fliehen hin, BWV 5 (Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (Bach) (Where shall I flee), BWV 5, in Leipzig for the 19th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 15 October 1724. It is based on the penitential hymn "Wo soll ich fliehen hin" by Johann Heermann. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 20:37 | San Marino in the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 | San Marino was represented at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024 with the song "11:11", performed by the Spanish band Megara. The song was written by Isra Dante Ramos Solomando, Roberto la Lueta Ruiz, and Sara Jiménez Moral. The nation's participating broadcaster, San Marino RTV (SMRTV), organised the national final format Una voce per San Marino in collaboration with Media Evolution S.r.l. to select its entry. | Grk1011 (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 21:15 | Sport climbing (Type of rock climbing) | Sport climbing (or bolted climbing) is a type of free climbing in rock climbing where the lead climber clips into pre-drilled permanent bolts for their protection while ascending a route. Sport climbing differs from the riskier traditional climbing where the lead climber has to insert temporary protection equipment while ascending. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
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| 2024-08-10 05:06 | Rico Krieger (German saboteur for Belarusian opposition) | Rico Krieger is a German citizen, most notable for his reported sabotage work inside Belarus for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment, subsequent detainment, and release during the 2024 Russian prisoner exchange. | Johnson524 |
| 2024-09-02 11:12 | Grigor Parlichev (Bulgarian writer (1830–1893)) | Grigor Stavrev Parlichev was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he is regarded as a pioneer of national awakening. | StephenMacky1 (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 06:09 | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist) | Jerzy Broszkiewicz (June 6, 1922 – October 4, 1993) was a Polish prose writer, playwright, essayist and publicist. He is best known for his dramas as well as young adult literature; the latter usually took forms of historical or science fiction novels. | Piotr Konieczny aka Prokonsul Piotrus| reply here |
| 2024-10-05 19:07 | South Downtown, Warsaw (Neighbourhood in Warsaw, Poland) | The South Downtown (Polish: Śródmieście Południowe) is a neighbourhood, and a City Information System area, in Warsaw, Poland, located within the Downtown district. It mostly consists of mid-rise residential area, predominantly made of tenements and multifamily residential buildings, as well as, to a lesser extent, office and commercial spaces. | Artemis Andromeda (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 17:28 | Polish–Lithuanian relations during World War II | The issue of Polish–Lithuanian relations during World War II is a controversial one, and some modern Lithuanian and Polish historians still differ in their interpretations of the related events, many of which are related to the Lithuanian collaboration with Nazi Germany and the operations of Polish resistance organization of Armia Krajowa on territories inhabited by Lithuanians and Poles. | Setergh (talk) |
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| 2024-03-15 01:56 | Darren Moore (English footballer and manager (born 1974)) | Darren Mark Moore (born 22 April 1974) is a professional football manager and former player who played as a centre-back. He is the manager of EFL League Two club Port Vale. He has performed extensive charity work for the Professional Footballers' Association, Show Racism the Red Card, and the Free Methodist Church. | EchetusXe |
| 2024-03-22 15:51 | 2022 Fife Council election (Fife Council election) | Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference. | Stevie fae Scotland (talk) |
| 2024-05-09 16:29 | Kesteven and Sleaford High School (Selective school in Lincolnshire, England) | Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy, commonly known as Kesteven and Sleaford High School (KSHS), is a selective school with academy status in Sleaford, an English market town in Lincolnshire. It caters for girls aged between eleven and sixteen in Years 7 to 11, and girls and boys aged sixteen to eighteen in its coeducational Sixth Form. | Noswall59 (talk) |
| 2024-05-09 19:52 | 2006 World Snooker Championship (Snooker tournament) | The 2006 World Snooker Championship (officially the 2006 888.com World Snooker Championship) was a professional snooker tournament. It was held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. It was the 30th consecutive year that the World Snooker Championship was staged at the venue. It started on 15 April 2006 and was scheduled to finish on 1 May 2006, but continued into the early hours of 2 May. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-05-11 09:25 | Gedling Miners Welfare F.C. (Association football club in England) | Gedling Miners Welfare Football Club is a semi-professional football club based in Mapperley, Nottingham, England. Founded in 1919 as the works team of Gedling Colliery, the club went into abeyance in 1935 due to a lack of support. It reformed in 1941 and soon began its most successful period, prompting the Daily Mirror to describe Gedling as "Nottinghamshire's leading amateur team" in 1956. | Curlymanjaro (talk) |
| 2024-05-14 17:26 | Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (Sixth form consortium in Sleaford, England) | Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (SJSF) is a partnership in Sleaford, England, between Carre's Grammar School, Kesteven and Sleaford High School and St George's Academy. It enables sixth-formers based at them to study individual courses offered at any of the schools. This makes provision more economical and gives students a choice of approximately 60 A-Level or Level 3 vocational courses. | Noswall59 (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:27 | Mick Fowler (British mountain and alpine climber) | Michael Fowler (born 1956) is a British rock climber, ice climber, mountaineer and climbing author. He is internationally noted for his alpine climbing and was awarded the Piolet d'Or three times, with Paul Ramsden, in 2003, 2013, and 2016, for alpine-style first ascents of faces in the Himalayas. Fowler was one of the first British rock climbers to free an E6-graded traditional rock climbing route (Linden, 1976), and the first ice climber to free a consensus grade VI mixed Scottish winter route (The Shield Direct, 1979). | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-28 18:55 | Holdingham (Hamlet in Lincolnshire, England) | Holdingham is a hamlet in the civil parish and built-up area of Sleaford, in the North Kesteven district of Lincolnshire, England. It is bisected by Lincoln Road (B1518) which joins the A17 and A15 roads immediately north of the settlement; those roads connect it to Lincoln, Newark, Peterborough and King's Lynn. | Noswall59 (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 21:57 | 2024 Tour Championship (Snooker tournament) | The 2024 Tour Championship (officially the 2024 Johnstone's Paint Tour Championship) was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 1 to 7 April 2024 at the Manchester Central in Manchester, England. The 16th and penultimate ranking event of the 2023–24 season, it preceded the World Championship. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-06-08 23:42 | 2024 World Snooker Championship (Snooker tournament, held April and May 2024) | The 2024 World Snooker Championship was a professional snooker tournament that took place from 20 April to 6 May 2024. Organised by the World Snooker Tour, it was the 17th and final ranking event of the 2023–24 season. The tournament's title sponsor was car retailer Cazoo, so the event was promoted as the 2024 Cazoo World Snooker Championship. | Lee Vilenski (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-06-22 22:43 | David Fishwick (English businessman (born 1971)) | David Fishwick (born March 1971) is an English businessman. Born in Nelson in Lancashire, he left school at sixteen with no qualifications, before opening David Fishwick Minibus Sales and becoming the biggest minibus supplier in Britain. After finding that big banks were no longer willing to lend his customers money following the 2007–2008 financial crisis, he opened Burnley Savings and Loans, which used the advertising slogan "Bank on Dave". | Launchballer |
| 2024-07-05 09:38 | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (Irish aristocrat (died 1619)) | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (before 1574 - 15 March 1619) was an Irish aristocrat. Born Catherine Magennis, she was the fourth and final wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, a leading Gaelic lord in Ireland during the late Elizabethan and early Stuart eras. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 16:13 | A9 dualling project (Infrastructure project in Scotland) | In 2011, Transport Scotland envisioned a plan to upgrade the remaining 90 miles (145 km) of the A9, a trunk road in Scotland, between Perth and Inverness from a single carriageway to a dual carriageway. According to this plan, the road will be widened from one to two lanes per direction (two to four lanes total), and will also have a central reservation. | JuniperChill (talk) |
| 2024-07-18 15:46 | Murder of Jastine Valdez (24 year old Ireland based Filipina who was abducted and murdered in 2018) | Jastine Valdez was a Filipina woman living in Ireland, who was abducted near Bray in County Wicklow and whose body was discovered strangled to death the next day near Puck's Castle in County Dublin, after the suspect in her abduction had earlier been shot and killed by armed police investigating her disappearance. | WorldTravleerAndPhotoTaker (talk) |
| 2024-07-19 11:13 | 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election) | Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles') took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using the single transferable vote (STV) system – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward, and voters rank candidates in order of preference. | Stevie fae Scotland (talk) |
| 2024-08-13 11:22 | Fagoppositionens Sammenslutning (Danish syndicalist organisation) | The Trade Union Opposition Federation (Danish: Fagoppositionens Sammenslutning; FS) was a Danish trade union federation. Established in 1910 by syndicalist opponents of the social-democratic dominance over trade unions, the FS pursued a strategy of dual unionism and worked within existing trade unions with the intention of radicalising them. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 00:22 | Tim Barrow (British diplomat (born 1964)) | Sir Timothy Earle Barrow GCMG LVO MBE (born 15 February 1964) is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser. | LibStar (talk) |
| 2024-08-28 10:57 | Black and Tans (Recruits supporting the Royal Irish Constabulary) | The Black and Tans (Irish: Dúchrónaigh) were constables recruited into the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) as reinforcements during the Irish War of Independence. Recruitment began in Great Britain in January 1920, and about 10,000 men enlisted during the conflict. The majority were unemployed former British soldiers from England who had fought in the First World War. | John Cummings (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 21:14 | Kevan Thakrar (Prisoner in UK) | Kevan Thakrar (born c. 1987) is an English prisoner who has spent over a decade in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSCs) in various UK prisons. Thakrar received a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years under joint enterprise in 2008 after his brother Miran murdered three men in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2024-09-11 13:56 | Jackie Rea (Northern Irish snooker player (1921–2013)) | John Joseph Rea (6 April 1921 – 20 October 2013) was a Northern Irish snooker player. He was the leading Irish snooker player until the emergence of Alex Higgins and held the Irish Professional title almost continuously from 1947 to 1972. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-05 19:17 | Tessa Davidson (English snooker player) | Tessa Davidson (born 22 April 1969) is an English snooker player from Banbury, Oxfordshire. She competed on the women's tour from 1988 to 1995 and again from 1998 to 1999, during which time she won three UK Women's Championships and achieved a highest ranking of fourth in the women's rankings. She competed on the main professional tour during the 1992–93 snooker season. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 17:40 | John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar (Welsh peer and landowner) | Frederic Charles John Morgan, 6th Baron Tredegar, OstJ, (26 October 1908 — 17 November 1962), styled the Honourable John Morgan between 1949 and 1954, was a Welsh peer and landowner. On 21 August 1954, he succeeded to the titles of 6th Baron Tredegar and 8th baronet following the death of his father, Frederic George Morgan, 5th Baron Tredegar. | Mac Edmunds (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 17:26 | Kingsley Kennerley (English billiards and snooker player (1913–1982)) | Kingsley Kennerley (27 December 1913 – 26 June 1982) was an English billiards and snooker player. From 1937 to 1940, he appeared in each English Amateur Snooker Championship and English Amateur Billiards Championship final. He won the Billiards Championship for those four consecutive years, and the Snooker title in 1937 and 1940. | BennyOnTheLoose (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 17:28 | Polish–Lithuanian relations during World War II | The issue of Polish–Lithuanian relations during World War II is a controversial one, and some modern Lithuanian and Polish historians still differ in their interpretations of the related events, many of which are related to the Lithuanian collaboration with Nazi Germany and the operations of Polish resistance organization of Armia Krajowa on territories inhabited by Lithuanians and Poles. | Setergh (talk) |
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| 2024-04-24 07:13 | Stephen Curry (American basketball player (born 1988)) | Wardell Stephen Curry II (born March 14, 1988) is an American professional basketball player and point guard for the Golden State Warriors of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Often considered the greatest shooter, and one of the greatest players of all time, Curry is credited with revolutionizing the sport by inspiring teams and players to take more three-point shots. | Beemer03 (talk) |
| 2024-05-16 10:45 | Codex Monacensis (X 033) (New Testament manuscript) | Codex Monacensis, designated by X or 033 (in the Gregory-Aland numbering of New Testament manuscripts), A3 (in the von Soden numbering of New Testament manuscripts), is a Greek uncial manuscript of the four Gospels written on parchment. The manuscript contains commentary from several church fathers. | Stephen Walch (talk) |
| 2024-06-19 04:57 | Zari (song) (2024 song by Marina Satti) | "Zari" (Greek: Ζάρι, ; transl. "Dice") is a song by Greek singer Marina Satti. It was co-written by Satti alongside eight other songwriters, and released on 7 March 2024 by Golden Records as the second single off her extended play P.O.P. It represented Greece at the Eurovision Song Contest 2024, where it placed 11th at the grand final with 126 points. | Cheers, mate! Nascar9919 (he/him • t • c) |
| 2024-06-22 15:53 | 2023 Serbian parliamentary election (election in Serbia) | Parliamentary elections were held in Serbia on 17 December 2023 to elect members of the National Assembly. While they were initially scheduled to be held by 30 April 2026, Aleksandar Vučić, the president of Serbia, called a snap election in November 2023. In addition to the parliamentary elections, the Vojvodina provincial and local elections were held in 65 cities and municipalities, including the capital, Belgrade. | Vacant0 (talk) |
| 2024-07-03 18:11 | Ivo Rojnica (Croatian fascist official (1915–2007)) | Ivo Rojnica (20 August 1915 – 1 December 2007) was a Croatian Ustaše official and intelligence agent who was active in the World War II Axis puppet state known as the Independent State of Croatia (NDH) from 1941 to 1945. After the war, he escaped to Argentina, where he reinvented himself as a businessman and diplomat. | Amanuensis Balkanicus (talk) |
| 2024-07-03 21:11 | Liberal Democratic Party (Serbia, 1989) (Political party in Serbia) | The Liberal Democratic Party (Serbian: Либерално демократска странка, romanized: Liberalno demokratska stranka, abbr. LDS), known as the Liberal Party (Serbian: Либерална странка, romanized: Liberalna stranka, abbr. LS) until 1997, was a political party in Serbia. Founded in 1989, its first president was Aleksandar Stefanović. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-07-06 06:39 | Yugoslav Committee (South Slavic unification ad-hoc body) | The Yugoslav Committee (Croatian: Jugoslavenski odbor, Slovene: Jugoslovanski odbor, Serbian: Југословенски одбор) was a World War I-era, unelected, ad-hoc committee that largely consisting of émigré Croat, Slovene, and Bosnian Serb politicians and political activists, whose aim was the detachment of Austro-Hungarian lands inhabited by South Slavs and unification of those lands with the Kingdom of Serbia. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2024-07-06 17:27 | National Gathering (Serbia) (Political coalition in Serbia) | National Gathering (Serbian: Национално окупљање, romanized: Nacionalno okupljanje, abbr. NO), initially known as the Serbian State-Building Bloc (Serbian: Српски државотворни блок, romanized: Srpski državotvorni blok, abbr. SDB), was a far-right political coalition in Serbia, composed of Serbian Party Oathkeepers (SSZ) and Dveri. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-07-06 18:48 | Serbia Against Violence (coalition) (Political coalition in Serbia) | Serbia Against Violence (Serbian: Србија против насиља, romanized: Srbija protiv nasilja, abbr. SPN) was a political coalition of opposition political parties in Serbia. Formalised in October 2023, SPN took part in the parliamentary, Vojvodina provincial, Belgrade City Assembly elections and elections for city assemblies in other cities, all of which were held on 17 December 2023. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-07-20 18:50 | Croatian state right (Legal concept in Croatian law) | The Croatian state right (Croatian: Hrvatsko državno pravo) is a legal concept in Croatian law that represents the entirety of Croatia's rules on the establishment and functioning of government and public administrative bodies. It is also used to argue for Croatia's sovereignty, referring to the legal status of Croatia as an independent polity within the framework of various states throughout its history. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2024-07-30 12:24 | 1990 Serbian general election | General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990 to elect the president of Serbia and members of the National Assembly. The presidential election and the first round of the parliamentary elections were held on 9 December, with the second round of the parliamentary elections taking place on 23 December. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-08-25 16:37 | Miguel Junyent Rovira (Spanish Catalan publisher and politician) | Miguel Junyent Rovira (Catalan: Miquel Junyent i Rovira) (1871–1936) was a Spanish Catalan publisher and politician. He is best known as director of El Correo Catalán, the newspaper he periodically owned and managed between 1903 and 1933. As a politician he was active within Carlism; he remained the regional Catalan party leader in 1915–1916 and in 1919–1933. | Ktkvtsh (talk) |
| 2024-09-02 11:12 | Grigor Parlichev (Bulgarian writer (1830–1893)) | Grigor Stavrev Parlichev was a Bulgarian writer, teacher and translator. In North Macedonia and Bulgaria, he is regarded as a pioneer of national awakening. | StephenMacky1 (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 15:07 | Perdiccas (Macedonian general (355 – 321/320 BC)) | Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; c. 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a Macedonian general, successor of Alexander the Great, and regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas. Initially the most pre-eminent of the successors, Perdiccas effectively ruled Alexander's increasingly unstable empire from Babylon for three years, until his assassination, as the kings he ruled for were incapable. | Harren the Red (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 11:56 | Festivali i Këngës 62 (62nd edition of Festivali i Këngës) | Festivali i Këngës 2023 was the 62nd edition of the annual Albanian music competition Festivali i Këngës. The contest was organised by Radio Televizioni Shqiptar (RTSH) at the Palace of Congresses in Tirana, Albania. It consisted of two semi-finals held on 19 and 20 December, followed by a nostalgia night on 21 December and concluded in the grand final on 22 December 2023. | Iaof2017 (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 12:01 | Naħseb Fik (2021 single by Aidan) | "Naħseb Fik" (transl. "I Think of You") is a song by Maltese singer Aidan released on 19 March 2021. It was his first song written in the Maltese language and was produced by Boban Apostolov. | Sahaib (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 18:00 | 2022 Albanian presidential election | The 2022 Albanian presidential election marked the ninth presidential election held in Albania, taking place from 10 May to 4 June 2022. The election process commenced with the nomination of candidates by the parliament of Albania, necessitating a total of four rounds of voting. The initial three rounds of voting, held on 16, 23, and 30 May, did not result in the election of a president due to an insufficient number of candidates, largely attributed to the internal leadership crisis of the Democratic Party (P ... | Iaof2017 (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Europe/Western Europe
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| 2024-04-28 17:16 | Wo gehest du hin? BWV 166 (1724 church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Wo gehest du hin? ("Where are you heading?", literally: "Where do you go?"), BWV 166, is a church cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach for Cantate Sunday, the fourth Sunday after Easter. Bach composed the work as part of his first cantata cycle for Leipzig and first performed it on 7 May 1724. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-05-19 19:15 | Louis Malet de Graville (French military officer, Admiral of France, politician and art patron) | Louis Malet de Graville (Around 1440 – 30 October 1516) was a French military officer, Admiral of France, politician and art patron. He came from an old family from Normandy; one of his ancestors was William Malet, a companion of William the Conqueror who took part in the Battle of Hastings in 1066. Louis Malet de Gravile's father was a counsellor and chamberlain to King Charles VII and Louis XI. | Yakikaki (talk) |
| 2024-07-14 23:17 | Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro) (Metro line in Amsterdam) | Metro Line 51 (Dutch: Metrolijn 51), also known as the Ring Line (Ringlijn), is an Amsterdam Metro line running from Amsterdam Centraal station to Isolatorweg metro station, almost creating a full circle through Amsterdam. It was opened in December 1990 as a metro/tram hybrid line named sneltram ('express tram') and served the suburb of Amstelveen. | Styyx (talk) |
| 2024-07-25 21:19 | Reichsgesetzblatt (Government gazette of the German Empire (1871–1945)) | The Reichsgesetzblatt (lit. 'Reich Law Gazette[2]' or 'Imperial Law Gazette[3]'; abbreviated RGBl.), was the government gazette of the German Reich from 1871 to 1945, thus covering the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany. | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2024-07-27 06:35 | Preußisches Obertribunal (Prussian supreme court (1703–1879)) | The Preußisches Obertribunal, abbreviated PrObTr (English: Prussian Supreme Tribunal), was between 1703 and 1879 either the sole or one of the supreme courts of the Kingdom of Prussia. The court played a significant role in shaping Prussia's legal system and had major influence on the administration of justice in the kingdom. | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2024-08-11 16:33 | Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut, BWV 113 (Chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut (Lord Jesus Christ, O highest good), BWV 113, in Leipzig for the eleventh Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 20 August 1724. It is based on the eight stanzas of the 1588 hymn "Herr Jesu Christ, du höchstes Gut" by Bartholomäus Ringwaldt, a penitential song. | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 17:36 | Le Touquet (Beach community in northwest France) | Le Touquet-Paris-Plage (Picard: Ech Toutchet-Paris-Plache), commonly referred to as Le Touquet, is a commune near Étaples, in the Pas-de-Calais department, northern France. It has a permanent population of 4,213 (2021), but it welcomes up to 250,000 people during the summer, so the population at any given time during high season in summer swells to about 30,000. | Szmenderowiecki (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 20:34 | Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99 (chorale cantata by Johann Sebastian Bach) | Johann Sebastian Bach composed the church cantata (What God does is well done), BWV 99, in Leipzig for the 15th Sunday after Trinity and first performed it on 17 September 1724. The chorale cantata is based on the hymn "Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan" by Samuel Rodigast (1674). | Gerda Arendt (talk) |
| 2024-09-21 16:28 | The Great Mecca Feast (1928 documentary film by George Krugers) | The Great Mecca Feast (Dutch: Het Groote Mekka-Feest) is a 1928 documentary film by George Krugers. Divided into four acts, it opens with a group of Muslim men from the Dutch East Indies who undertake the hajj pilgrimage, then showcases elements of everyday life and worship in the Hejaz – including the hajj pilgrimage itself. | — Chris Woodrich (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 16:19 | Italian Campaign of 1796–1797 (Campaign of the War of the First Coalition) | The Italian campaign of 1796–1797 (Italian: Campagna d'Italia), also known as the First Italian Campaign, was a series of military operations in Italy during the War of the First Coalition. Led by Napoleon Bonaparte, the First French Republic's Army of Italy fought and defeated the armies of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Papal States, as well as various revolts, notably in the Republic of Venice. | SirMemeGod |
| 2024-09-29 21:27 | Central Powers (Military coalition in World War I) | The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance. | History6042 (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 18:38 | Petit-Clamart attack (1962 attempted assassination of French President Charles de Gaulle) | The Petit-Clamart attack, also referred to by its perpetrators as Operation Charlotte Corday after Charlotte Corday, was an assassination attempt organized by Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Bastien-Thiry with the Organisation armée secrète (OAS) that aimed to kill Charles de Gaulle, president of France at the time. | SirMemeGod |
| 2024-10-03 20:09 | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (Painting by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec in the Fogg Museum) | The Hangover (Suzanne Valadon) (French: Gueule de Bois / La Buveuse), also known as The Drinker, is an oil on canvas painting by French post-Impressionist artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, created from 1887 to 1889, just before he became successful as an artist. The painting depicts a drunken woman drinking alone in a club, reflecting the counterculture of Montmartre and the specter of alcoholism among French women during the Belle Époque. | Viriditas (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 20:20 | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons (Painting by Édouard Vuillard in the Musée Toulouse-Lautrec) | Portrait of Toulouse Lautrec, in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne, with the Natansons, sometimes referred to as Toulouse-Lautrec Cooking, is an 1898 painting by French artist Édouard Vuillard. The work depicts fellow artist Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec on holiday cooking in the kitchen at Les Relais, the country home of Vuillard's patron Thadée Natanson in Villeneuve-sur-Yonne. | Viriditas (talk) |
Geography/Regions/Oceania
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| 2024-02-19 14:32 | Bryce Cotton (American basketball player) | Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, he is a four-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award and has won three championships. He is also a two-time grand final MVP, seven-time All-NBL First Team recipient, and has seven scoring titles. | DaHuzyBru (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 04:59 | Premier of Victoria (Head of government in the state of Victoria) | The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria and must be a member of and command confidence in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, meaning the support of a majority of Legislative Assembly members. | GMH Melbourne (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 01:57 | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (Australian rhythmic gymnast of Russian origin) | Alexandra Kiroi-Bogatyreva (born 4 March 2002) is an Australian rhythmic gymnast. She is the 2022 Commonwealth Games clubs champion, team silver medallist, and all-around bronze medallist. She also won two bronze medals at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. She is a four-time Australian all-around champion (2018, 2019, 2022, and 2023). | Riley1012 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 21:01 | Margaret Reid (politician) (Australian politician) | Margaret Elizabeth Reid AO (née McLachlan; born 28 May 1935) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1981 to 2003, representing the Liberal Party. She held her seat for nearly 22 years, winning eight consecutive elections. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 21:22 | 1994 Kiribati presidential election | Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 30 September 1994. The result was a victory for Teburoro Tito, who received 51.1% of the vote. The election was held following a motion of no confidence that dissolved the government of incumbent president Teatao Teannaki while an investigation was opened in the possible misuse of travel expense claims by its ministers. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
History and Society/Business and economics
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| 2024-07-24 22:51 | Microsoft and unions (Relationship between Microsoft and trade unions around the world) | Microsoft recognizes 7 trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. US workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-08-13 11:22 | Fagoppositionens Sammenslutning (Danish syndicalist organisation) | The Trade Union Opposition Federation (Danish: Fagoppositionens Sammenslutning; FS) was a Danish trade union federation. Established in 1910 by syndicalist opponents of the social-democratic dominance over trade unions, the FS pursued a strategy of dual unionism and worked within existing trade unions with the intention of radicalising them. | Grnrchst (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 19:35 | IBM and unions (Relationship between IBM and trade unions) | Trade unions have historically been unrecognized by IBM. Since the company's foundation in 1911, it has not recognized any in the United States, despite efforts by workers to establish them from 1970 onward. In Australia, Germany and Italy, several trade unions have limited recognition from IBM. IBM has been able to minimize union membership even in traditional union strongholds in Western Europe.: 60 | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-09-01 21:06 | Bakewell, Pears and Company (Defunct glassware company in the U.S) | Bakewell, Pears and Company was Pittsburgh's best known glass manufacturer. The company was most famous for its lead crystal glass, which was often decorated by cutting or engraving. It also made window glass, bottles, and lamps. The company was one of the first American glass manufacturers to produce glass using mechanical pressing. | TwoScars (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:34 | Allbirds (Footwear company) | Allbirds, Inc. is a New Zealand and American public benefit company that sells footwear and apparel, co-founded in 2014 by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. Its business model has historically relied on direct-to-consumer commerce, though it has some brick and mortar commerce. | Ornov Ganguly TALK |
History and Society/Education
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| 2024-05-09 16:29 | Kesteven and Sleaford High School (Selective school in Lincolnshire, England) | Kesteven and Sleaford High School Selective Academy, commonly known as Kesteven and Sleaford High School (KSHS), is a selective school with academy status in Sleaford, an English market town in Lincolnshire. It caters for girls aged between eleven and sixteen in Years 7 to 11, and girls and boys aged sixteen to eighteen in its coeducational Sixth Form. | Noswall59 (talk) |
| 2024-05-14 17:26 | Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (Sixth form consortium in Sleaford, England) | Sleaford Joint Sixth Form (SJSF) is a partnership in Sleaford, England, between Carre's Grammar School, Kesteven and Sleaford High School and St George's Academy. It enables sixth-formers based at them to study individual courses offered at any of the schools. This makes provision more economical and gives students a choice of approximately 60 A-Level or Level 3 vocational courses. | Noswall59 (talk) |
| 2024-08-26 04:53 | Michael P. Walsh (Jesuit) (American Jesuit priest (1912–1982)) | Michael Patrick Walsh SJ (February 28, 1912 – April 23, 1982) was an American Catholic priest, Jesuit, and biologist. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he entered the Society of Jesus in 1929, was ordained a priest in 1941, and received his doctorate in biology from Fordham University in 1948. | Ergo Sum |
History and Society/History
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| 2024-02-19 09:48 | 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion (Industrial disaster in Washington, D.C.) | The 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. after the Arsenal's superintendent left hundreds of flares to dry in the hot summer sun near some of the Arsenal's buildings. When the explosion happened, some of the flares entered into a warehouse via an open window. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-05-23 02:21 | Agacheri (Turkmen tribe in Turkey and Iran) | Agacheri was a Turkmen tribe that inhabited parts of Anatolia until the 14th century. They were allied with the Qara Qoyunlu during the 14–15th centuries but shifted their allegiance to the Aq Qoyunlu upon the downfall of the former. A portion of the tribe remained in Anatolia, while another migrated to Iran, where they additionally incorporated Lurs. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 09:38 | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (Irish aristocrat (died 1619)) | Catherine O'Neill, Countess of Tyrone (before 1574 - 15 March 1619) was an Irish aristocrat. Born Catherine Magennis, she was the fourth and final wife of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone, a leading Gaelic lord in Ireland during the late Elizabethan and early Stuart eras. | SkywalkerEccleston (talk) |
| 2024-07-05 20:43 | Mother Solomon (Wyandot nanny (1816–1890)) | Margaret Grey Eyes Solomon (November 1816 – August 18, 1890), better known as Mother Solomon, was a Wyandot nanny. She was born along Owl Creek, Ohio, and her father took her to Indigenous sites as a child. After moving to the Big Spring Reservation in 1822, she learned housekeeping and English at a mission school and began attending the Wyandot Mission Church. | Averageuntitleduser (talk) |
| 2024-07-06 06:39 | Yugoslav Committee (South Slavic unification ad-hoc body) | The Yugoslav Committee (Croatian: Jugoslavenski odbor, Slovene: Jugoslovanski odbor, Serbian: Југословенски одбор) was a World War I-era, unelected, ad-hoc committee that largely consisting of émigré Croat, Slovene, and Bosnian Serb politicians and political activists, whose aim was the detachment of Austro-Hungarian lands inhabited by South Slavs and unification of those lands with the Kingdom of Serbia. | Tomobe03 (talk) |
| 2024-07-26 13:16 | Crusading movement (Framework of Christian holy war) | The crusading movement encompasses the framework of ideologies and institutions that described, regulated, and promoted the Crusades. The crusades were religious wars that the Christian Latin church initiated, supported, and sometimes directed during the Middle Ages. The members of the church defined this movement in legal and theological terms that were based on the concepts of holy war and pilgrimage. | Norfolkbigfish (talk) |
| 2024-07-30 12:24 | 1990 Serbian general election | General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990 to elect the president of Serbia and members of the National Assembly. The presidential election and the first round of the parliamentary elections were held on 9 December, with the second round of the parliamentary elections taking place on 23 December. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-09-10 18:42 | Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (Ottoman destroyer) | Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. | e (talk) |
| 2024-09-11 00:26 | Piri Reis (Turkish admiral and cartographer) | Muhiddin Piri (c. 1470 – 1553), better known as Piri Reis (Turkish: Pîrî Reis), was an Ottoman corsair, navigator, geographer, and cartographer. He is primarily known today for his cartographic works, including his 1513 world map and the Kitab-ı Bahriye (Book of Navigation), a book with detailed information on early navigational techniques as well as relatively accurate charts for their time, describing the ports and cities of the Mediterranean Sea. | Rjjiii (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 15:07 | Perdiccas (Macedonian general (355 – 321/320 BC)) | Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; c. 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a Macedonian general, successor of Alexander the Great, and regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas. Initially the most pre-eminent of the successors, Perdiccas effectively ruled Alexander's increasingly unstable empire from Babylon for three years, until his assassination, as the kings he ruled for were incapable. | Harren the Red (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 13:25 | Deolinda Rodrigues (Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator) | Deolinda Rodrigues Francisco de Almeida (nom de guerre, Langidila; 10 February 1939 – 1968) was an Angolan nationalist, militant, writer, and translator who also taught, wrote poetry, and worked as a radio host. | Spookyaki (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 13:39 | Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (British activist organisation) | The Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) was an activist organisation that focused on issues affecting Black and Asian women in Britain. It was the first national black women's organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1978 by key figures in the British black women's movement Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris, it was active until 1983. | Medievalfran (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 22:45 | Battle of Köse Dağ (1243 battle during the Mongol invasions of Anatolia) | The Battle of Köse Dağ took place on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later formally annexed by the Mongol Ilkhanate. | ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) |
| 2024-10-11 06:32 | Ioveta (Latin princess and abbess of Bethany (c. 1120 – 1178)) | Ioveta (c. 1120 – 6 September 1178) was a Latin princess from the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem. Her name appears in various other forms, including Joveta, Yveta, Yvette, Ivetta, and Juditta. She headed the Convent of Saint Lazarus in Bethany, the richest abbey in the kingdom, from the late 1130s or early 1140s until her death. | Surtsicna (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 07:36 | Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin | In 1173–1174, a conspiracy took place in Cairo in favour of restoring the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, which had been abolished by Saladin and replaced with the Ayyubid dynasty in 1171. The conspiracy, which is known only from sources favourable to Saladin, was led by elites of the fallen Fatimid regime, and aimed to seize control over Cairo by taking advantage Saladin's absence from the city on campaign. | Constantine ✍ |
History and Society/Military and warfare
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| 2024-02-19 09:48 | 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion (Industrial disaster in Washington, D.C.) | The 1864 Washington Arsenal explosion occurred on June 17, 1864, at the Washington Arsenal (now known as Fort Lesley J. McNair) in Washington, D.C. after the Arsenal's superintendent left hundreds of flares to dry in the hot summer sun near some of the Arsenal's buildings. When the explosion happened, some of the flares entered into a warehouse via an open window. | APK hi :-) (talk) |
| 2024-04-19 07:43 | Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour (1919 peace agreement) | The Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour was a peace agreement between the short-lived Armenian and Azerbaijani republics signed on 23 November 1919 in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) and brokered by Georgia. The peace treaty came as a result of an unsuccessful Azerbaijani military campaign to absorb the Zangezur region controlled by local Armenians, in order to reach and support the Azerbaijanis in control of neighbouring Nakhchivan. | Olympian loquere |
| 2024-05-29 03:01 | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt (Beg of Dulkadir from 1480 to 1515) | Ala al-Dawla Bozkurt Beg (Turkish: Alaüddevle Bozkurt Bey; 1428 – 13 June 1515) was the ruler of Dulkadir from late 1480 until his death. Championed by the Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II (r. 1444–46, 1451–81), Bozkurt ousted his brother Shah Budak (r. 1465–66, 1472–80) and claimed the throne. | Aintabli (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 18:42 | Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (Ottoman destroyer) | Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. | e (talk) |
| 2024-09-27 16:19 | Italian Campaign of 1796–1797 (Campaign of the War of the First Coalition) | The Italian campaign of 1796–1797 (Italian: Campagna d'Italia), also known as the First Italian Campaign, was a series of military operations in Italy during the War of the First Coalition. Led by Napoleon Bonaparte, the First French Republic's Army of Italy fought and defeated the armies of the Kingdom of Sardinia, the Habsburg monarchy, and the Papal States, as well as various revolts, notably in the Republic of Venice. | SirMemeGod |
| 2024-09-29 13:29 | Pandour Corps (Military unit of the Dutch Cape Colony) | The Pandour Corps (Dutch: Korps Pandoeren) was a light infantry unit raised in the Dutch Cape Colony in 1793 during the French Revolutionary Wars. After the Dutch Republic became involved in the War of the First Coalition against France, the twin governors of the Cape Colony, Sebastiaan Cornelis Nederburgh and Simon Hendrik Frijkenius, raised the unit as an emergency measure to defend the colony against seaborne attack. | DonBeroni (talk) |
| 2024-09-29 15:53 | David of Sassoun (statue) (Copper equestrian statue in Yerevan, Armenia) | David of Sassoun (Armenian: «Սասունցի Դավիթ») is a copper equestrian statue depicting David of Sassoun (Sasuntsi Davit’) in Yerevan, Armenia. Erected by Yervand Kochar in 1959, it depicts the protagonist of the Armenian national epic Daredevils of Sassoun. It is placed on a rock-like basalt pedestal in the middle of a large square in front of Yerevan's main railway station. | --Երևանցի talk |
| 2024-09-29 21:27 | Central Powers (Military coalition in World War I) | The Central Powers, also known as the Central Empires, were one of the two main coalitions that fought in World War I (1914–1918). It consisted of the German Empire, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria; this was also known as the Quadruple Alliance. | History6042 (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 22:13 | History of the Regency of Algiers | The history of the Regency of Algiers includes political, economic and military events in the Regency of Algiers from its founding in 1516 to the French invasion of 1830. The Regency of Algiers was a largely independent tributary state of the Ottoman Empire. Founded by the corsair brothers Aruj and Khayr ad-Din Barbarossa, it became involved in numerous armed conflicts with European powers, and was an important pirate base notorious for Barbary corsairs. | Nourerrahmane (talk) |
| 2024-10-02 15:07 | Perdiccas (Macedonian general (355 – 321/320 BC)) | Perdiccas (Greek: Περδίκκας, Perdikkas; c. 355 BC – 321/320 BC) was a Macedonian general, successor of Alexander the Great, and regent of Alexander's empire after his death. When Alexander was dying, he entrusted his signet ring to Perdiccas. Initially the most pre-eminent of the successors, Perdiccas effectively ruled Alexander's increasingly unstable empire from Babylon for three years, until his assassination, as the kings he ruled for were incapable. | Harren the Red (talk) |
| 2024-10-08 22:45 | Battle of Köse Dağ (1243 battle during the Mongol invasions of Anatolia) | The Battle of Köse Dağ took place on 26 June 1243 when an army of the Sultanate of Rum, led by Sultan Kaykhusraw II, confronted an invading Mongol army under the general Baiju and was decisively defeated. The battle was the pivotal event of the Mongol conquest of Anatolia: Rum, previously a significant independent power in the eastern Mediterranean, was reduced to the status of a client kingdom, and its territories were later formally annexed by the Mongol Ilkhanate. | ~~ AirshipJungleman29 (talk) |
| 2024-10-13 07:36 | Pro-Fatimid conspiracy against Saladin | In 1173–1174, a conspiracy took place in Cairo in favour of restoring the Isma'ili Shi'a Fatimid Caliphate, which had been abolished by Saladin and replaced with the Ayyubid dynasty in 1171. The conspiracy, which is known only from sources favourable to Saladin, was led by elites of the fallen Fatimid regime, and aimed to seize control over Cairo by taking advantage Saladin's absence from the city on campaign. | Constantine ✍ |
| 2024-10-15 05:10 | Lockheed Martin FB-22 (Proposed bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force derived from the F-22 Raptor) | The Lockheed Martin/Boeing FB-22 was a proposed supersonic stealth bomber aircraft marketed to the United States Air Force. Its design was derived from the F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighter. Lockheed Martin proposed its unsolicited design in the early 2000s as an interim "regional bomber" to complement the aging U.S. | Steve7c8 (talk) |
History and Society/Politics and government
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| 2024-02-19 14:32 | Bryce Cotton (American basketball player) | Bryce Jiron Cotton (born August 11, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Perth Wildcats of the National Basketball League (NBL). In the NBL, he is a four-time winner of the Most Valuable Player Award and has won three championships. He is also a two-time grand final MVP, seven-time All-NBL First Team recipient, and has seven scoring titles. | DaHuzyBru (talk) |
| 2024-02-22 04:59 | Premier of Victoria (Head of government in the state of Victoria) | The premier of Victoria is the head of government of the state of Victoria in Australia. The premier leads the Cabinet of Victoria and selects its ministers. The premier is appointed by the governor of Victoria and must be a member of and command confidence in the Victorian Legislative Assembly, the lower house of the Parliament of Victoria, meaning the support of a majority of Legislative Assembly members. | GMH Melbourne (talk) |
| 2024-03-22 15:51 | 2022 Fife Council election (Fife Council election) | Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference. | Stevie fae Scotland (talk) |
| 2024-04-16 06:01 | United States' Telegraph (Defunct newspaper published in Washington, D.C.) | The United States' Telegraph was a newspaper published in Washington, D.C., in the early 19th century. It was first published in 1814 as the Washington City Gazette by Jonathan Elliot, but ceased publication the same year due to the burning of Washington. It was revived the following year as the Washington City Weekly Gazette, and advocated strongly for William H. Crawford's 1816 candidacy for presidency. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-05-11 10:19 | Centre-right politics (Political orientation) | Centre-right politics is the set of right-wing political ideologies that lean closer to the political centre. It is commonly associated with conservatism, Christian democracy, liberal conservatism, and conservative liberalism. Conservative and liberal centre-right parties have historically been more successful in the Anglosphere, while Christian democracy has been the primary centre-right ideology in Europe. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-06-07 00:31 | Federalist No. 9 (Federalist Paper by Alexander Hamilton) | Federalist No. 9, titled "The Union as a Safeguard Against Domestic Faction and Insurrection", is a political essay by Alexander Hamilton and the eighth of The Federalist Papers. It was first published in the Daily Advertiser and the Independent Journal on November 21, 1787, under the pseudonym used for all Federalist Papers, Publius. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-07-19 11:13 | 2022 Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election (Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election) | Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Scottish Gaelic for 'Council of the Western Isles') took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using the single transferable vote (STV) system – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward, and voters rank candidates in order of preference. | Stevie fae Scotland (talk) |
| 2024-07-30 12:24 | 1990 Serbian general election | General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990 to elect the president of Serbia and members of the National Assembly. The presidential election and the first round of the parliamentary elections were held on 9 December, with the second round of the parliamentary elections taking place on 23 December. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-08-03 17:20 | Solid South (1877–1964 U.S. Democratic voting bloc) | The Solid South was the electoral voting bloc for the Democratic Party in the Southern United States between the end of the Reconstruction era in 1877 and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. During this period, the Democratic Party controlled southern state legislatures and most local, state and federal officeholders in the South were Democrats. | JohnAdams1800 (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 00:22 | Tim Barrow (British diplomat (born 1964)) | Sir Timothy Earle Barrow GCMG LVO MBE (born 15 February 1964) is a British diplomat who served as Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom to the European Union from 2017 to 2020 and as the British Ambassador to the European Union from 2020 to 2021. He currently serves as National Security Adviser. | LibStar (talk) |
| 2024-08-24 19:30 | Centrism (Political orientation) | Centrism is the range of political ideologies that exist between left-wing politics and right-wing politics on the left–right political spectrum. It is associated with moderate politics, including people who strongly support moderate policies and people who are not strongly aligned with left-wing or right-wing policies. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 23:24 | Dewey–Stassen debate (1948 United States presidential debate) | Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and former governor of Minnesota Harold Stassen engaged in the first United States presidential debate on May 17, 1948. The two candidates were competing for the Republican Party nomination for the 1948 presidential election and held the debate shortly before the Oregon primary election. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 21:14 | Kevan Thakrar (Prisoner in UK) | Kevan Thakrar (born c. 1987) is an English prisoner who has spent over a decade in solitary confinement in Close Supervision Centres (CSCs) in various UK prisons. Thakrar received a sentence of life imprisonment with a minimum term of 35 years under joint enterprise in 2008 after his brother Miran murdered three men in Bishop's Stortford, Hertfordshire. | Mujinga (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 23:48 | Uncommitted National Movement (American anti-war protest campaign) | The Uncommitted National Movement is a protest campaign aimed mainly to pressure Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to achieve a ceasefire in the Israel–Hamas war and impose an arms embargo on Israel. The group received some support in the 2024 Democratic presidential primaries. | Personisinsterest (talk) |
| 2024-09-26 23:06 | Natives Representative Council | The Natives Representative Council (NRC) was an advisory body that existed in South Africa from 1936 to 1951. Its primary function was to provide representation for Black South Africans who had been disenfranchised following the passage of the Representation of Natives Act in 1936. The NRC was established with 22 members. | Iamawesomeautomatic (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 21:01 | Margaret Reid (politician) (Australian politician) | Margaret Elizabeth Reid AO (née McLachlan; born 28 May 1935) is an Australian former politician who served as a Senator for the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) from 1981 to 2003, representing the Liberal Party. She held her seat for nearly 22 years, winning eight consecutive elections. | Reidgreg (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 16:20 | State Voting Rights Act | In the United States, a State Voting Rights Act (SVRA) is a state-level provision (either state constitutional amendment or state statute) that addresses racial discrimination in voting and provides protections beyond those offered by the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965. SVRAs seek to mitigate the impact of court decisions that have weakened the federal VRA, such as the 2013 decision in Shelby County v. Holder. | 1zcv8 (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 18:00 | 2022 Albanian presidential election | The 2022 Albanian presidential election marked the ninth presidential election held in Albania, taking place from 10 May to 4 June 2022. The election process commenced with the nomination of candidates by the parliament of Albania, necessitating a total of four rounds of voting. The initial three rounds of voting, held on 16, 23, and 30 May, did not result in the election of a president due to an insufficient number of candidates, largely attributed to the internal leadership crisis of the Democratic Party (P ... | Iaof2017 (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 21:22 | 1994 Kiribati presidential election | Presidential elections were held in Kiribati on 30 September 1994. The result was a victory for Teburoro Tito, who received 51.1% of the vote. The election was held following a motion of no confidence that dissolved the government of incumbent president Teatao Teannaki while an investigation was opened in the possible misuse of travel expense claims by its ministers. | Thebiguglyalien (talk) |
History and Society/Society
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| 2024-02-22 21:57 | LGBTQ culture in Puerto Vallarta (LGBT+ culture in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico) | The city of Puerto Vallarta in Jalisco, Mexico, is a popular destination for LGBT+ tourists. CNN has described Puerto Vallarta as Mexico's "top LGBT destination" with "one of the best week-long Pride festivals in the world". According to The Independent, the city is "the gay capital of Mexico, with a whole district of hotels and restaurants catering to the LGBT+ community". | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-04-19 07:43 | Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour (1919 peace agreement) | The Agreement between Armenia and Azerbaijan respecting the District of Zanghezour was a peace agreement between the short-lived Armenian and Azerbaijani republics signed on 23 November 1919 in Tiflis (present-day Tbilisi) and brokered by Georgia. The peace treaty came as a result of an unsuccessful Azerbaijani military campaign to absorb the Zangezur region controlled by local Armenians, in order to reach and support the Azerbaijanis in control of neighbouring Nakhchivan. | Olympian loquere |
| 2024-06-26 02:39 | Ghazi Muhammad (Imam of Dagestan) | Ghāzī Muḥammad ibn Ismāʿil al-Gimrāwī al-Dāghistānī (Arabic: غازي محمد ابن إسماعيل الڮمراوي الداغستاني; Avar: ГъазимухIамад; c. 1790 – 29 October [O.S. 17 October] 1832), called Kazi-Mulla (Кази-Мулла) or Kazi-Magoma (Кази-Магома) in Russian sources, was a Dagestani religious and political leader who served as the first imam (religious, political, and military leader) of Dagestan and Chechnya from 1828 to 1832. | Revolution Saga (talk) |
| 2024-07-17 07:59 | On Fairy-Stories (Essay by J. R. R. Tolkien) | "On Fairy-Stories" is a 1947 essay by J. R. R. Tolkien which discusses the fairy story as a literary form. It was written as a lecture entitled "Fairy Stories" for the Andrew Lang lecture at the University of St Andrews, Scotland, on 8 March 1939. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-08-10 05:06 | Rico Krieger (German saboteur for Belarusian opposition) | Rico Krieger is a German citizen, most notable for his reported sabotage work inside Belarus for the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and Kastuś Kalinoŭski Regiment, subsequent detainment, and release during the 2024 Russian prisoner exchange. | Johnson524 |
| 2024-08-21 16:07 | Mystique Summers Madison (American drag performer) | Mystique Summers Madison (or simply Mystique Summers) is the stage name of Donté Sims, an African-American drag performer who competed on the second season of RuPaul's Drag Race. Based in Texas, Mystique Summers Madison continues to perform in drag shows and participate in Drag Race-related events such as RuPaul's DragCon LA. | --Another Believer (Talk) |
| 2024-09-02 08:57 | Vavilovian mimicry (Type of biological mimicry in plants) | In plant biology, Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed evolves to share characteristics with a crop plant through generations of involuntary artificial selection. It is named after the Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-05 08:52 | Marcus Klingberg (Israeli scientist and Soviet spy (1918–2015)) | Avraham Marek Klingberg (7 October 1918 – 30 November 2015), known as Marcus Klingberg (Hebrew: מרקוס קלינגברג), was a Polish-born, Israeli epidemiologist and the highest ranking Soviet spy ever uncovered in Israel. Klingberg made major contributions in the fields of infectious and noninfectious disease epidemiology and military medicine, but he is most widely known for passing intelligence to the Soviet Union regarding Israel's biological and chemical warfare capacities. | Goldsztajn (talk) |
| 2024-09-19 04:12 | Zemstvo (Institution of local government in the Russian Empire) | A zemstvo (Russian: земство, , pl. земства, zemstva) was an institution of local government set up during the emancipation reform of 1861 carried out in Imperial Russia by Emperor Alexander II of Russia. Nikolay Milyutin elaborated the idea of the zemstvo, and the first zemstvo laws went into effect in 1864. | Czarking0 (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 19:20 | Fisheries in the Philippines (Capture fisheries and aquaculture) | Fisheries in the Philippines consist of both capture fisheries and aquaculture. The Philippines is an archipelagic country with a large coastal population. In many areas, communities rely heavily on fisheries for subsistence and livelihoods. Both capture fisheries and aquaculture occur inland and at sea, producing various fish, shellfish, other invertebrates, and seaweed. | CMD (talk) |
| 2024-10-07 13:39 | Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (British activist organisation) | The Organisation of Women of African and Asian Descent (OWAAD) was an activist organisation that focused on issues affecting Black and Asian women in Britain. It was the first national black women's organisation in the United Kingdom. Founded in 1978 by key figures in the British black women's movement Stella Dadzie and Olive Morris, it was active until 1983. | Medievalfran (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 20:22 | Typhoon Thelma (1977) (Pacific typhoon in 1977) | Typhoon Thelma, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Goring, was a deadly and destructive typhoon which impacted the Philippines, Taiwan, and China during July 1977. The twelfth tropical depression, fourth tropical storm, and second typhoon of the inactive 1977 Pacific typhoon season, Thelma originated from a tropical depression near the Philippines. | Tavantius (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 23:23 | Mirza Ali-Akbar Sabir (Azerbaijani poet) | Mirza Ali-Akbar Tahirzada (Azerbaijani: میرزا علی اکبر صابر: 30 May 1862 – 12 July 1911), commonly known by his pseudonym Sabir (صابر), was a satirist and poet in the Russian Empire, who played a leading role in development of Azerbaijani literature. | HistoryofIran (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 09:29 | Aquaculture in the Philippines | Aquaculture in the Philippines makes up a substantial proportion of the overall output of Philippine fisheries. Aquaculture has a long history in the archipelago, with wild-caught milkfish being farmed in tidally-fed fish ponds for centuries. Modern aquaculture is carried out in freshwater, brackish water, and seawater throughout the country through a variety of methods. | CMD (talk) |
History and Society/Transportation
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| 2024-03-22 15:51 | 2022 Fife Council election (Fife Council election) | Elections to Fife Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference. | Stevie fae Scotland (talk) |
| 2024-05-27 19:18 | Inland Steel Company (American steel company) | The Inland Steel Company was an American steel company active in 1893–1998. Its history as an independent firm thus spanned much of the 20th century. It was headquartered in Chicago at the landmark Inland Steel Building. | BoatnerdJenn (talk) |
| 2024-06-15 11:40 | Chennai International Airport (Airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) | Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, around 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the city centre. The first air service was operated in 1915 and the airport was commissioned in 1930. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-06-24 01:05 | Bayshore MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Bayshore MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Bedok, Singapore. Located along Bayshore Road, the station serves various private residential estates and landmarks such as Calvary Assembly of God Church and Holy Grace Presbyterian Church. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-24 03:29 | Tanjong Rhu MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Tanjong Rhu MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Kallang, Singapore. Situated at the junction of Tanjong Rhu Road and Tanjong Rhu Place, the station serves nearby condominiums such as Pebble Bay and Casuarina Cove. Other surrounding landmarks include the Tanjong Rhu Lookout Tower, Singapore Sports Hub and the Tanjong Rhu Footbridge. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-27 12:08 | Katong Park MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Katong Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Situated along Meyer Road and adjacent to Katong Park, the station serves Dunman High School and Singapore Swimming School alongside nearby residential developments. The station is operated by SMRT Trains. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 03:07 | Marine Parade MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Marine Parade MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Marine Parade, Singapore. Located underneath Marine Parade Road, the station serves nearby residential and commercial developments including Parkway Parade, Roxy Square and I12 Katong. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-07-14 23:16 | S1/S2 (Amsterdam Metro) (Former rolling stock of the Amsterdam Metro) | S1 and S2 units, collectively called S1/S2, were electric multiple unit trains used on the Amsterdam Metro in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Built by La Brugeoise et Nivelles (BN), 13 of these units were ordered by the GVB in 1988 (S1), as well as an additional 12 later in 1991 (S2), for a new line from Amsterdam Centraal station to the suburb of Amstelveen. | Styyx (talk) |
| 2024-07-14 23:17 | Line 51 (Amsterdam Metro) (Metro line in Amsterdam) | Metro Line 51 (Dutch: Metrolijn 51), also known as the Ring Line (Ringlijn), is an Amsterdam Metro line running from Amsterdam Centraal station to Isolatorweg metro station, almost creating a full circle through Amsterdam. It was opened in December 1990 as a metro/tram hybrid line named sneltram ('express tram') and served the suburb of Amstelveen. | Styyx (talk) |
| 2024-08-26 14:13 | 1972 Sidney Lanier Bridge collapse (1972 bridge collapse in Brunswick, Georgia, US) | On November 7, 1972, at 9:50 p.m. EST, three sections of the Sidney Lanier Bridge across the Brunswick River in Brunswick, Georgia, United States, collapsed after a cargo ship, the SS African Neptune, struck the bridge. The collapse affected roughly 450 feet (140 m) of bridge and caused 24 people and ten automobiles to fall into the river. | JJonahJackalope (talk) |
| 2024-09-02 17:40 | Redhill–Tonbridge line (Railway line in South East England) | The Redhill–Tonbridge line is a 19-mile-56-chain (31.70 km) railway line in South East England. It runs from the Brighton Main Line at Redhill in Surrey to the South Eastern Main Line at Tonbridge in Kent. There are five intermediate stations: Nutfield, Godstone, Edenbridge, Penshurst and Leigh. | Mertbiol (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 18:42 | Ottoman destroyer Yarhisar (Ottoman destroyer) | Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. | e (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 19:18 | Columbus Airport (Georgia) (Airport in Georgia, United States) | Columbus Airport (IATA: CSG, ICAO: KCSG, FAA LID: CSG) (formerly named Columbus Metropolitan Airport and originally named Muscogee County Airport) is four miles northeast of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. The airport covers 680 acres (275 ha) and has two intersecting runways. Serving Georgia's second largest city, it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport. | ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ |
| 2024-10-14 22:22 | Western Air Lines Flight 34 (1954 aviation accident) | Western Air Lines Flight 34 was a scheduled flight between Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles and Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis with intermediate stops in Las Vegas, Cedar City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Casper, Wyoming, and Rapid City, South Dakota. On February 26, 1954, the Convair CV-240 performing the flight crashed while flying through storms over Wyoming, killing all nine occupants of the plane. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 05:10 | Lockheed Martin FB-22 (Proposed bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force derived from the F-22 Raptor) | The Lockheed Martin/Boeing FB-22 was a proposed supersonic stealth bomber aircraft marketed to the United States Air Force. Its design was derived from the F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighter. Lockheed Martin proposed its unsolicited design in the early 2000s as an interim "regional bomber" to complement the aging U.S. | Steve7c8 (talk) |
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| 2024-04-25 11:02 | Conestoga wagon (Type of covered wagon) | The Conestoga wagon, also simply known as the Conestoga, is an obsolete transport vehicle that was used exclusively in North America, primarily the United States, mainly from the early 18th to mid-19th centuries. It is a heavy and large horse-drawn vehicle which, while largely elusive in origin, originated most likely from German immigrants of Pennsylvanian Dutch culture in the Province of Pennsylvania in the early 18th century. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-05-17 21:56 | 2020–2022 catalytic converter theft ring (American organized criminal group) | From 2020 to 2022, an organized criminal group stole and then resold catalytic converters through the United States. The interstate ring is believed to have generated $545 million, with the majority earned through the DG Auto Parts corporation. The money earned would then be divided between the owners of the company, with the rest being paid out to several regional theft rings supplying the catalytic converters. | CommissarDoggoTalk? |
| 2024-06-24 01:05 | Bayshore MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Bayshore MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL) in Bedok, Singapore. Located along Bayshore Road, the station serves various private residential estates and landmarks such as Calvary Assembly of God Church and Holy Grace Presbyterian Church. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-06-27 12:08 | Katong Park MRT station (Mass Rapid Transit station in Singapore) | Katong Park MRT station is an underground Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) station on the Thomson–East Coast line (TEL). Situated along Meyer Road and adjacent to Katong Park, the station serves Dunman High School and Singapore Swimming School alongside nearby residential developments. The station is operated by SMRT Trains. | ZKang123 (talk) |
| 2024-07-07 12:40 | Ontology (Philosophical study of being) | Ontology is the philosophical study of being. As one of the most fundamental concepts, being encompasses all of reality and every entity within it. To articulate the basic structure of being, ontology examines what all entities have in common and how they are divided into fundamental classes, known as categories. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-07-12 22:29 | Stars in fiction | Stars outside of the Solar System have been featured as settings in works of fiction since at least the 1600s, though this did not become commonplace until the pulp era of science fiction. Stars themselves are rarely a point of focus in fiction, their most common role being an indirect one as hosts of planetary systems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-21 00:39 | Extrasolar planets in fiction (appearances of star and planetary systems in fictional stories) | Planets outside of the Solar System have appeared in fiction since at least the 1850s, long before the first real ones were discovered in the 1990s. Most of these fictional planets do not differ significantly from the Earth, and serve only as settings for the narrative. The majority host native lifeforms, sometimes with humans integrated into the ecosystems. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-07-25 21:19 | Reichsgesetzblatt (Government gazette of the German Empire (1871–1945)) | The Reichsgesetzblatt (lit. 'Reich Law Gazette[2]' or 'Imperial Law Gazette[3]'; abbreviated RGBl.), was the government gazette of the German Reich from 1871 to 1945, thus covering the German Empire, the Weimar Republic, and Nazi Germany. | WatkynBassett (talk) |
| 2024-08-16 01:26 | Fictional planets of the Solar System (Solar System planets appearing only in fictional stories) | Fictional planets of the Solar System have been depicted since the 1700s—often but not always corresponding to hypothetical planets that have at one point or another been seriously proposed by real-world astronomers, though commonly persisting in fiction long after the underlying scientific theories have been refuted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 19:35 | IBM and unions (Relationship between IBM and trade unions) | Trade unions have historically been unrecognized by IBM. Since the company's foundation in 1911, it has not recognized any in the United States, despite efforts by workers to establish them from 1970 onward. In Australia, Germany and Italy, several trade unions have limited recognition from IBM. IBM has been able to minimize union membership even in traditional union strongholds in Western Europe.: 60 | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-08-23 08:04 | Epistemology (Philosophical study of knowledge) | Epistemology is the branch of philosophy that examines the nature, origin, and limits of knowledge. Also called theory of knowledge, it explores different types of knowledge, such as propositional knowledge about facts, practical knowledge in the form of skills, and knowledge by acquaintance as a familiarity through experience. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 21:06 | Bakewell, Pears and Company (Defunct glassware company in the U.S) | Bakewell, Pears and Company was Pittsburgh's best known glass manufacturer. The company was most famous for its lead crystal glass, which was often decorated by cutting or engraving. It also made window glass, bottles, and lamps. The company was one of the first American glass manufacturers to produce glass using mechanical pressing. | TwoScars (talk) |
| 2024-09-01 23:03 | Parabolic subgroup of a reflection group | In the mathematical theory of reflection groups, the parabolic subgroups are a special kind of subgroup. The precise definition of which subgroups are parabolic depends on context—for example, whether one is discussing general Coxeter groups or complex reflection groups—but in all cases the collection of parabolic subgroups exhibits important good behaviors. | JBL (talk) |
| 2024-09-07 17:15 | New York Hall of Science (Museum in Queens, New York) | The New York Hall of Science, branded as NYSCI, is a science museum at 47-01 111th Street, within Flushing Meadows–Corona Park, in the Corona neighborhood of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It occupies one of the few remaining structures from the 1964 New York World's Fair, along with two annexes completed in 1996 and 2004. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 03:21 | Queens Zoo (Zoo in Queens, New York) | The Queens Zoo (formerly the Flushing Meadows Zoo and Queens Wildlife Center) is an 11-acre (4.5 ha) zoo at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, New York City, between Grand Central Parkway and 111th Street. The zoo is managed by the Wildlife Conservation Society and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-09-19 15:51 | 1957 Alborz earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1957 Alborz earthquake struck northern Iran's Mazandaran province at 04:12 local time on 2 July. It had a moment magnitude (Mw ) of 7.1 and occurred at a focal depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The thrust-faulting shock was assigned a maximum Modified Mercalli intensity of IX (Violent). It devastated 120 villages in the Alborz Mountains and caused an estimated 1,500 fatalities. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-09-22 16:45 | Value theory (Systematic study of values) | Value theory is the systematic study of values. Also called axiology, it examines the nature, sources, and types of values. As a branch of philosophy, it has interdisciplinary applications in fields such as economics, sociology, anthropology, and psychology. | Phlsph7 (talk) |
| 2024-09-24 05:56 | Binary tiling (Tiling of the hyperbolic plane) | In geometry, a binary tiling (sometimes called a Böröczky tiling) is a tiling of the hyperbolic plane, resembling a quadtree over the Poincaré half-plane model of the hyperbolic plane. The tiles are congruent, each adjoining five others. They may be convex pentagons, or non-convex shapes with four sides, alternatingly line segments and horocyclic arcs, meeting at four right angles. | —David Eppstein (talk) |
| 2024-09-26 00:49 | Balto (Alaskan husky and sled dog (1919–1933)) | Balto (c. 1919 – March 14, 1933) was an Alaskan husky and sled dog belonging to musher and breeder Leonhard Seppala. He achieved fame when he led a team of sled dogs driven by Gunnar Kaasen on the final leg of the 1925 serum run to Nome, in which diphtheria antitoxin was transported from Anchorage, Alaska, to Nenana, Alaska, by train and then to Nome by dog sled to combat an outbreak of the disease. | Nathan Obral • he/him • t • c • |
| 2024-09-26 23:02 | Mesklin (Fictional planet) | Mesklin is a fictional planet created by Hal Clement and used in a number of his hard science fiction stories, starting with Mission of Gravity (1954). Alongside the novel's original 1953 serialization in Astounding Science Fiction, Clement published an essay titled "Whirligig World" detailing the process of designing the planet to have the properties he wanted. | TompaDompa (talk) |
| 2024-09-30 15:05 | Harlow Fire (1961 wildfire in Central California) | The Harlow Fire was a large wildfire in Central California's Mariposa and Madera counties in mid-July, 1961. The fire ignited on July 10 and burned rapidly, spreading to 43,329 acres (17,535 hectares) before it was fully surrounded by containment lines on July 13 and fully controlled on July 15. During those six days the Harlow Fire destroyed 106 buildings, devastating the rural communities of Ahwahnee and Nipinnawasee in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the west of Yosemite National Park and the Sierra National Forest. | Penitentes (talk) |
| 2024-10-03 13:49 | Fred Binka (Ghanaian epidemiologist and academic) | Fred Newton Binka is a public health physician and researcher from Ghana. He serves as a distinguished professor of clinical epidemiology at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) in Ho, Ghana, and has previously coordinated the World Health Organization (WHO) Emergency Response to Artemisinin Resistance in the Greater Mekong sub-region of Asia. | Vanderwaalforces (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 05:22 | Boyd Exell (Australian carriage driving competitor) | Boyd Exell (born July 29, 1972, in Bega) is an Australian horse driver, trainer, judge and horse owner who specialises in competing with four-in-hand teams in the combined driving sport, has won the World Cup indoor driving finals ten times, and won eight world champion titles during his career. As of October 2024, Exell is ranked #1 in the world for his sport. | ▶ I am Grorp ◀ |
| 2024-10-16 10:08 | Abortion in the Gambia | In the Gambia, abortion is illegal except to save the life of the mother or to prevent birth defects. Abortions in the Gambia have high rates of mortality and complications. Abortions are common among adolescents. There is a stigma surrounding extramarital pregnancy and abortion. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
STEM/Biology
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| 2024-09-02 08:57 | Vavilovian mimicry (Type of biological mimicry in plants) | In plant biology, Vavilovian mimicry (also crop mimicry or weed mimicry) is a form of mimicry in plants where a weed evolves to share characteristics with a crop plant through generations of involuntary artificial selection. It is named after the Russian plant geneticist Nikolai Vavilov. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:12 | Catodontherium (Extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls) | Catodontherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the family Anoplotheriidae. It was endemic to Western Europe and had a temporal range exclusive to the middle Eocene, although its earliest appearance depends on whether C. argentonicum is truly a species of Catodontherium. It was first named Catodus by the French palaeontologist Charles Depéret in 1906, who created two species for the genus and later changed the genus name to Catodontherium in 1908. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Duerotherium (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Duerotherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls known only from the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Eocene, which contains one species D. sudrei. It, like other members of the Anoplotheriidae, was endemic to Western Europe. The anoplotheriine was described from a left fragment of a maxilla from the Mazaterón Formation of the Duero Basin (where its name derives from) in 2009. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Ephelcomenus (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Ephelcomenus is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls endemic to Western Europe. It contains one species E. filholi, which was first described by Richard Lydekker in 1889 but eventually classified to its own genus by the Swiss palaeontologist Johannes Hürzeler in 1938. It has an uncertain stratigraphic range, but some sources suggest that it was present in the Oligocene after the Grande Coupure turnover event of western Europe. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Robiatherium (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Robiatherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls containing one species R. cournovense. The genus name derives from the locality of Robiac in France where some of its fossil were described plus the Greek θήρ/therium meaning "beast" or "wild animal". It was known only from the middle Eocene and, like other anoplotheriids, was endemic to Western Europe. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-16 15:58 | Gilbertian mimicry | In evolutionary biology, Gilbertian mimicry is a rare type of mimicry in plants involving only two species, a host or prey animal which is the mimic, and its parasite or predator, which is both the model for the mimicry, and the dupe that is deceived by it. The mechanism provides a measure of protection for the mimic, as parasites and predators rarely attack their own species. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 09:42 | Myrmecophyte (Plants that live in association with ants) | Myrmecophytes (literally "ant-plant") are plants that live in a mutualistic association with a colony of ants. There are over 100 different genera of myrmecophytes. These plants possess structural adaptations in the form of domatia where ants can shelter, and food bodies and extrafloral nectaries that provide ants with food. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-09 07:01 | Enchylium polycarpon (Species of fungus) | Enchylium polycarpon, commonly known as the shaly jelly lichen, is a species of foliose lichen in the family Collemataceae. Formerly known as Collema polycarpon, it was renamed in 2013 as part of a taxonomic revision. This lichen has a widespread global distribution, occurring in various regions of North America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. | X (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 00:34 | Ovalipes catharus (Species of crab) | Ovalipes catharus, commonly known as the paddle crab, swimming crab, or Māori: pāpaka, is a species of crab of the family Portunidae which prey predominantly on molluscs and crustaceans and can use their paddle-shaped rear legs to swim and burrow. They are found around the coasts of New Zealand, the Chatham Islands, and in east and south Australia. | TheTechnician27 (Talk page) |
| 2024-10-12 09:38 | Argiope keyserlingi (St Andrew's cross spider) | Argiope keyserlingi is a species of orb-web spider found on the east coast of Australia, from Victoria to northern Queensland. It is very similar in appearance to a closely related north Queensland species, Argiope aetherea. A. keyserlingi is commonly found in large populations in suburban parks and gardens, particularly among the leaves of Lomandra longifolia. | Yeapix (talk) |
| 2024-10-12 15:03 | Chili pepper (Varieties of peppers of Capsicum genus) | Chili peppers, also spelled chile or chilli (from Classical Nahuatl chīlli ), are varieties of the berry-fruit of plants from the genus Capsicum, which are members of the nightshade family Solanaceae, cultivated for their pungency. Chili peppers are widely used in many cuisines as a spice to add "heat" to dishes. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
| 2024-10-14 15:10 | Deception in animals (Deception by non-human animals) | Deception in animals is the voluntary or involuntary transmission of misinformation by one animal to another, of the same or different species, in a way that misleads the other animal. Robert Mitchell identifies four levels of deception in animals. At the first level, as with protective mimicry like false eyespots and camouflage, the action or display is inbuilt. | Chiswick Chap (talk) |
STEM/Chemistry
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| 2024-08-25 04:41 | Functional dyspepsia (Gastrointestinal disorder) | Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common gastrointestinal disorder defined by symptoms arising from the gastroduodenal region in the absence of an underlying organic disease that could easily explain the symptoms. Characteristic symptoms include epigastric burning, epigastric pain, postprandial fullness, and early satiety. | CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 04:13 | Adrenal crisis (Medical emergency due to insufficient steroid production) | Adrenal crisis, also known as Addisonian crisis or acute adrenal insufficiency, is a life-threatening complication of adrenal insufficiency. Hypotension, and hypovolemic shock, are the main symptoms of an adrenal crisis. Other symptoms include weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, abnormal electrolytes, confusion, and coma. | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:12 | Vitamin E (Generic descriptor for all tocopherols and tocotrienols that exhibit alpha-tocopherol activity) | Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E functions as a fat-soluble antioxidant which may help protect cell membranes from reactive oxygen species. Various government organizations recommend that adults consume between 3 and 15 mg per day, whereas a worldwide review reported a median dietary intake of 6.2 mg per day. | David notMD (talk) |
STEM/Computing
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| 2024-06-30 09:59 | Donald Davies (Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer (1924–2000)) | Donald Watts Davies, CBE FRS (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). | Whizz40 (talk) |
| 2024-08-17 14:42 | Infostealer (Malicious software used to steal information) | In computing, infostealers are a form of malicious software, created to breach computer systems to steal sensitive information—including login details, financial information, and other personally identifiable information. The stolen information is then packaged, sent to the attacker, and often traded on illicit markets to other cybercriminals. | Sohom (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 17:25 | IMac G5 (All-in-one personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc.) | The iMac G5 is a series of all-in-one personal computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 2004 to 2006. The iMac G5 returned to a more traditional design after the "sunflower" iMac G4, with the computer components fitted behind a liquid-crystal display and mounted on an aluminum foot. | Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk |
STEM/Earth and environment
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| 2024-04-09 03:24 | 1873 Atlantic hurricane season (hurricane season in the Atlantic Ocean) | The 1873 Atlantic hurricane season was quiet, featuring only five known tropical cyclones, but all of them made landfall, causing significant impacts in some areas of the basin. Of these five systems, three intensified into a hurricane, while two of those attained major hurricane status. However, in the absence of modern satellite and other remote-sensing technologies, only storms that affected populated land areas or encountered ships at sea were recorded, so the actual total could be higher. | 12george1 (talk) |
| 2024-07-09 16:58 | Tennena Cone (Volcanic cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Tennena Cone, alternatively Icebridge Cone, is a small volcanic cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 2,390 metres (7,840 feet) and lies on the western flank of Ice Peak, the prominent south peak of Mount Edziza. The cone is almost completely surrounded by glacial ice of Mount Edziza's ice cap which covers an area of around 70 square kilometres (27 square miles). | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-07-25 17:40 | Spectrum Range (Mountain range in British Columbia, Canada) | The Spectrum Range, formerly gazetted as the Spectrum Mountains and the Rainbow Mountains, is a small mountain range in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. Located at the southern end of the Tahltan Highland, it borders the Skeena Mountains in the east and the Boundary Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the west. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-07-27 00:20 | 2020 Sparta earthquake (Earthquake in North Carolina, U.S.) | The 2020 Sparta earthquake occurred in North Carolina on August 9 at 08:07 EDT. The epicenter of this relatively uncommon intraplate earthquake was near the small town of Sparta, Alleghany County. The thrust-faulting earthquake had a moment magnitude of 5.1, occurring at a shallow depth of 4.7 miles (7.6 km). | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-08-18 20:15 | Big Raven Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Big Raven Plateau is an intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Kakiddi Creek, Chakima Creek, Walkout Creek and the Klastline River. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-08-31 20:00 | Nahta Cone (Cinder cone in British Columbia, Canada) | Nahta Cone is a small cinder cone in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It has an elevation of 1,670 metres (5,480 feet) and lies near the northern edge of the Arctic Lake Plateau, a glacially scored plateau of the Tahltan Highland which in turn extends along the western side of the Stikine Plateau. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-09-04 19:06 | 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado (Powerful late-season EF4 tornado in Illinois) | The 2013 Washington, Illinois tornado was an unusually powerful and violent tornado that caused catastrophic damage to the city of Washington and several farmsteads in rural central Illinois during the early afternoon of November 17, 2013. The tornado resulted in three fatalities and injured 125 people. | Hoguert (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:12 | Catodontherium (Extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls) | Catodontherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls belonging to the family Anoplotheriidae. It was endemic to Western Europe and had a temporal range exclusive to the middle Eocene, although its earliest appearance depends on whether C. argentonicum is truly a species of Catodontherium. It was first named Catodus by the French palaeontologist Charles Depéret in 1906, who created two species for the genus and later changed the genus name to Catodontherium in 1908. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Duerotherium (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Duerotherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls known only from the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Eocene, which contains one species D. sudrei. It, like other members of the Anoplotheriidae, was endemic to Western Europe. The anoplotheriine was described from a left fragment of a maxilla from the Mazaterón Formation of the Duero Basin (where its name derives from) in 2009. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Ephelcomenus (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Ephelcomenus is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls endemic to Western Europe. It contains one species E. filholi, which was first described by Richard Lydekker in 1889 but eventually classified to its own genus by the Swiss palaeontologist Johannes Hürzeler in 1938. It has an uncertain stratigraphic range, but some sources suggest that it was present in the Oligocene after the Grande Coupure turnover event of western Europe. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-08 15:13 | Robiatherium (Extinct genus of endemic Palaeogene European artiodactyls) | Robiatherium is an extinct genus of Palaeogene artiodactyls containing one species R. cournovense. The genus name derives from the locality of Robiac in France where some of its fossil were described plus the Greek θήρ/therium meaning "beast" or "wild animal". It was known only from the middle Eocene and, like other anoplotheriids, was endemic to Western Europe. | PrimalMustelid (talk) |
| 2024-09-20 07:54 | 1957 Farsinaj earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1957 Farsinaj earthquake struck Hamadan province, Iran on 13 December at 05:15 local time. The moment magnitude 6.5 earthquake struck at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi). The epicenter of the earthquake was located in the seismically active Zagros Mountains. The mountain range was also the location for several historic earthquakes. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-09-20 23:17 | Kitsu Plateau (Plateau in British Columbia, Canada) | The Kitsu Plateau is a small intermontane plateau in Cassiar Land District of northwestern British Columbia, Canada. It lies on the Tahltan Highland and is surrounded by several valleys, including those of Mess Creek, Nagha Creek and Raspberry Creek. The plateau is drained by many small streams that flow into these neighbouring valleys and, unlike the valleys, it is relatively barren of vegetation. | Volcanoguy |
| 2024-09-22 15:15 | 1936 North Indian Ocean cyclone season | The 1936 North Indian Ocean cyclone season was an above-average cyclone season, featuring eighteen depressions, eight of which intensified into deep depressions. Of those eight systems, six intensified into cyclonic storms. Of these six, three intensified further, becoming severe cyclonic storms and very severe cyclonic storms. | Tavantius (talk) |
| 2024-09-23 02:17 | 1958 Firuzabad earthquake (Natural disaster in Iran) | The 1958 Firuzabad earthquake was the second destructive earthquake to strike Hamadan province, Iran, in nine months. The Mw 6.7 earthquake occurred at a depth of 15 km (9.3 mi) on 16 August at 22:43 local time. It caused severe damage to over 170 villages in the province. Due to several strong foreshocks, most of the population fled their homes and the death toll only stood at 132 and another 948 were injured. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-10-09 10:10 | 1987 Superstition Hills earthquakes (Earthquakes in California and Baja California) | The 1987 Superstition Hills earthquake affected the Imperial Valley of California and Baja California on November 24, nearly 12 hours after a Mw 6.0 foreshock, called the Elmore Ranch earthquake. The mainshock, measuring Mw 6.5, struck at 17:54 PST, along the Superstition Hills segment of the San Jacinto Fault Zone. | Dora the Axe-plorer (explore) |
| 2024-10-09 20:22 | Typhoon Thelma (1977) (Pacific typhoon in 1977) | Typhoon Thelma, also known in the Philippines as Typhoon Goring, was a deadly and destructive typhoon which impacted the Philippines, Taiwan, and China during July 1977. The twelfth tropical depression, fourth tropical storm, and second typhoon of the inactive 1977 Pacific typhoon season, Thelma originated from a tropical depression near the Philippines. | Tavantius (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 13:06 | 2020 Cookeville tornado (2020 EF4 tornado in Tennessee) | The 2020 Cookeville tornado was an extremely destructive and fast-moving tornado tracked across Putnam County, Tennessee, directly impacting the cities of Baxter and Cookeville in the early morning hours of March 3, 2020. The National Weather Service forecast office in Nashville, Tennessee, rated the worst of the damage from the tornado EF4 on the Enhanced Fujita scale with winds estimated at 175 miles per hour (282 km/h). | SirMemeGod |
STEM/Engineering
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| 2024-05-27 19:18 | Inland Steel Company (American steel company) | The Inland Steel Company was an American steel company active in 1893–1998. Its history as an independent firm thus spanned much of the 20th century. It was headquartered in Chicago at the landmark Inland Steel Building. | BoatnerdJenn (talk) |
| 2024-06-15 11:40 | Chennai International Airport (Airport in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) | Chennai International Airport (IATA: MAA, ICAO: VOMM) is an international airport serving the city of Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, India. It is located in Tirusulam in Chengalpattu district, around 21 km (13 mi) southwest of the city centre. The first air service was operated in 1915 and the airport was commissioned in 1930. | Magentic Manifestations (talk) |
| 2024-10-06 19:18 | Columbus Airport (Georgia) (Airport in Georgia, United States) | Columbus Airport (IATA: CSG, ICAO: KCSG, FAA LID: CSG) (formerly named Columbus Metropolitan Airport and originally named Muscogee County Airport) is four miles northeast of Columbus, in Muscogee County, Georgia, United States. The airport covers 680 acres (275 ha) and has two intersecting runways. Serving Georgia's second largest city, it is Georgia's fourth busiest airport. | ❯❯❯ Mccunicano☕️ |
| 2024-10-14 22:22 | Western Air Lines Flight 34 (1954 aviation accident) | Western Air Lines Flight 34 was a scheduled flight between Los Angeles International Airport in Los Angeles and Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport in Minneapolis with intermediate stops in Las Vegas, Cedar City, Utah, Salt Lake City, Casper, Wyoming, and Rapid City, South Dakota. On February 26, 1954, the Convair CV-240 performing the flight crashed while flying through storms over Wyoming, killing all nine occupants of the plane. | RecycledPixels (talk) |
| 2024-10-15 05:10 | Lockheed Martin FB-22 (Proposed bomber aircraft for the U.S. Air Force derived from the F-22 Raptor) | The Lockheed Martin/Boeing FB-22 was a proposed supersonic stealth bomber aircraft marketed to the United States Air Force. Its design was derived from the F-22 Raptor stealth air superiority fighter. Lockheed Martin proposed its unsolicited design in the early 2000s as an interim "regional bomber" to complement the aging U.S. | Steve7c8 (talk) |
STEM/Libraries & Information
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| 2024-09-05 23:32 | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia (2021 reference work by Gary Westfahl) | Science Fiction Literature through History: An Encyclopedia is a 2021 reference work written by science fiction scholar Gary Westfahl and published by ABC-Clio/Greenwood. The book contains eight essays on the history of science fiction, eleven thematic essays on how different topics relate to science fiction, and 250 entries on various science fiction subgenres, authors, works, and motifs. | TompaDompa (talk) |
STEM/Mathematics
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| 2024-07-30 12:24 | 1990 Serbian general election | General elections were held in Serbia, a constituent federal unit of SFR Yugoslavia, in December 1990 to elect the president of Serbia and members of the National Assembly. The presidential election and the first round of the parliamentary elections were held on 9 December, with the second round of the parliamentary elections taking place on 23 December. | Vacant0 (talk • contribs) |
| 2024-08-29 04:11 | Arrow's impossibility theorem (Proof all ranked voting rules have spoilers) | Arrow's impossibility theorem is a key result in social choice theory, showing that no ranking-based decision rule can satisfy the requirements of rational choice theory. Most notably, Arrow showed that no such rule can satisfy independence of irrelevant alternatives, the principle that a choice between two alternatives A and B should not depend on the quality of some third, unrelated option C. | – Closed Limelike Curves (talk) |
STEM/Medicine & Health
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| 2024-08-25 04:41 | Functional dyspepsia (Gastrointestinal disorder) | Functional dyspepsia (FD) is a common gastrointestinal disorder defined by symptoms arising from the gastroduodenal region in the absence of an underlying organic disease that could easily explain the symptoms. Characteristic symptoms include epigastric burning, epigastric pain, postprandial fullness, and early satiety. | CursedWithTheAbilityToDoTheMath (talk) |
| 2024-09-03 04:13 | Adrenal crisis (Medical emergency due to insufficient steroid production) | Adrenal crisis, also known as Addisonian crisis or acute adrenal insufficiency, is a life-threatening complication of adrenal insufficiency. Hypotension, and hypovolemic shock, are the main symptoms of an adrenal crisis. Other symptoms include weakness, anorexia, nausea, vomiting, fever, fatigue, abnormal electrolytes, confusion, and coma. | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-09-10 04:23 | Abdominal angina (Medical condition) | Abdominal angina is abdominal pain after eating caused by a reduction of blood flow to the celiac trunk, superior mesenteric arteries (SMA), inferior mesenteric artery (IMA), or the surrounding organs. Symptoms include abdominal pain, weight loss, diarrhea, nausea, vomiting, and an aversion or fear of eating caused by the pain associated with eating. | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-09-15 14:18 | Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (Medical condition) | Desquamative interstitial pneumonia (DIP) is a type of idiopathic interstitial pneumonia featuring elevated numbers of macrophages within the alveoli of the lung. DIP is a chronic disorder with insidious onset, characterized by shortness of breath, coughing, fever, weakness, weight loss, fatigue, respiratory failure, chest pain, digital clubbing, cyanosis, and hemoptysis, with rare asymptomatic cases. | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-09-26 03:08 | Spondyloarthritis (Joint diseases of the vertebral column) | Spondyloarthritis (SpA), also known as spondyloarthropathy, is a collection of clinical syndromes that are connected by genetic predisposition and clinical manifestations. The best-known clinical subtypes are enteropathic arthritis (EA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and reactive arthritis (ReA). | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-09-26 03:14 | Functional abdominal pain syndrome (Medical condition) | Functional abdominal pain syndrome (FAPS), chronic functional abdominal pain (CFAP), or centrally mediated abdominal pain syndrome (CMAP) is a pain syndrome of the abdomen, that has been present for at least six months, is not well connected to gastrointestinal function, and is accompanied by some loss of everyday activities. | IntentionallyDense (talk) |
| 2024-10-10 21:12 | Vitamin E (Generic descriptor for all tocopherols and tocotrienols that exhibit alpha-tocopherol activity) | Vitamin E is a group of eight fat soluble compounds that include four tocopherols and four tocotrienols. Vitamin E functions as a fat-soluble antioxidant which may help protect cell membranes from reactive oxygen species. Various government organizations recommend that adults consume between 3 and 15 mg per day, whereas a worldwide review reported a median dietary intake of 6.2 mg per day. | David notMD (talk) |
| 2024-10-16 09:11 | Abortion in Zambia | In Zambia, abortion is legal if the pregnancy would threaten the mother's life or physical or mental health or those of existing children, or if it would cause a birth defect. Zambia has one of the most permissive abortion laws in Africa, though its restrictions limit access. The Termination of Pregnancy Act, passed in 1972, legalizes abortion if approved by medical professionals. | — Vigilant Cosmic Penguin 🐧 (talk | contribs) |
STEM/Space
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| 2024-07-29 02:31 | J1407b (Free-floating substellar object with a dust disk) | J1407b is a substellar object, either a free-floating planet or brown dwarf, with a massive circumplanetary disk or ring system. It was first detected by automated telescopes in 2007 when its disk eclipsed the star V1400 Centauri, causing a series of dimming events for 56 days. The eclipse by J1407b was not discovered until 2010, by Mark Pecaut and Eric Mamajek, and was announced in 2012. | Nrco0e (talk • contribs) |
STEM/Technology
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| 2024-03-02 15:27 | R/The Donald (Subreddit in support of U.S. president Donald Trump) | r/The_Donald was a subreddit where participants created discussions and Internet memes in support of U.S. president Donald Trump. Initially created in June 2015 following the announcement of Trump's presidential campaign, the community grew to over 790,000 subscribers who described themselves as "Patriots". | Yoshiman6464 ♫🥚 |
| 2024-06-30 09:59 | Donald Davies (Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer (1924–2000)) | Donald Watts Davies, CBE FRS (7 June 1924 – 28 May 2000) was a Welsh computer scientist and Internet pioneer who was employed at the UK National Physical Laboratory (NPL). | Whizz40 (talk) |
| 2024-07-16 08:04 | Afşin-Elbistan power stations (Coal fired power stations in Turkey) | The Afşin-Elbistan power stations are two coal-fired power stations in Turkey, in Afşin District in Kahramanmaraş Province. Both Afşin-Elbistan A, built in the 1980s, and the newer Afşin-Elbistan B burn lignite from the nearby Elbistan coalfield. | Chidgk1 (talk) |
| 2024-07-24 22:51 | Microsoft and unions (Relationship between Microsoft and trade unions around the world) | Microsoft recognizes 7 trade unions representing 1,750 workers in the United States at its video game subsidiaries Activision Blizzard and ZeniMax Media. US workers have been vocal in opposing military and law-enforcement contracts with Microsoft. | ~ 🦝 Shushugah (he/him • talk) |
| 2024-08-17 14:42 | Infostealer (Malicious software used to steal information) | In computing, infostealers are a form of malicious software, created to breach computer systems to steal sensitive information—including login details, financial information, and other personally identifiable information. The stolen information is then packaged, sent to the attacker, and often traded on illicit markets to other cybercriminals. | Sohom (talk) |
| 2024-08-19 17:25 | IMac G5 (All-in-one personal computer that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer, Inc.) | The iMac G5 is a series of all-in-one personal computers that was designed, manufactured and sold by Apple Computer from 2004 to 2006. The iMac G5 returned to a more traditional design after the "sunflower" iMac G4, with the computer components fitted behind a liquid-crystal display and mounted on an aluminum foot. | Der Wohltemperierte Fuchs talk |
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| 2024-03-20 06:26 | UNICEF club (International high school and college club) | A UNICEF club is a student-led grassroots club present at high school and college levels of education, formed for the purpose of promoting the values of the parent organization the United Nations Children's Fund or UNICEF. The stated goal of the club is to "to empower youth [...] with the resources and skills to be effective global citizens" and "to support the world's most vulnerable children" through advocacy, education, community building, and fundraising.: 3 | Johnson524 |
| 2024-05-25 21:22 | Traverse (climbing) (Section of lateral movement on a climbing route) | In climbing and mountaineering, a traverse is a section of a climbing route where the climber moves laterally (or horizontally), as opposed to in an upward direction. The term has broad application, and its use can range from describing a brief section of lateral movement on a pitch of a climbing route, to large multi-pitch climbing routes that almost entirely consist of lateral movement such as girdle traverses that span the entire rock face of a crag, to mountain traverses that span entire ridges connecting chains of mountain peaks. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-05-25 21:22 | Beta (climbing) (Climbing term for route information) | Beta is a climbing term that designates information about how to ascend a climbing route, and the specific climbing techniques required—and how to apply them—to overcome the key challenges encountered. Traditionally sourced in climbing guidebooks, online databases and apps now provide detailed climbing beta. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-06-10 20:40 | Grade (climbing) (Degree of difficulty of a climbing route) | Many climbing routes have a grade that reflects the technical difficulty—and in some cases the risks and commitment level—of the route. The first ascensionist can suggest a grade, but it will be amended to reflect the consensus view of subsequent ascents. While many countries with a strong tradition of climbing developed grading systems, a small number of grading systems have become internationally dominant for each type of climbing, which has contributed to the standardization of grades worldwide. | Aszx5000 (talk) |
| 2024-07-31 22:36 | Royalton Hotel (Hotel in Manhattan, New York) | The Royalton Hotel is a hotel at 44 West 44th Street in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. The hotel, opened in 1898, was designed by architecture firm Rossiter & Wright and developed by civil engineer Edward G. Bailey. The 13-story building is made of brick, stone, terracotta, and iron. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-08-29 23:28 | William P. Dole (American politician (1811–1889)) | William Palmer Dole (December 3, 1811 – September 30, 1889) was an American politician who served as the Commissioner of Indian Affairs from 1861 to 1865. Born in Danville, Vermont, he moved to Ohio at a young age before attending school near Terre Haute, Indiana. After leaving home, he worked as a grocer and pork packer in Clinton, Indiana, making trips via flatboat to sell produce along the Mississippi. | Generalissima (talk) (it/she) |
| 2024-09-27 14:59 | University Village (Manhattan) (Development in Manhattan, New York) | University Village is a building complex owned by New York University in the Greenwich Village neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S. University Village includes three residential towers built in the 1960s: 505 LaGuardia Place, a housing cooperative, and 100 Bleecker Street and 110 Bleecker Street (collectively referred to as the Silver Towers), which house NYU faculty and graduate students. | Epicgenius (talk) |
| 2024-10-01 21:59 | Ianto's Shrine (Shrine in Cardiff) | Ianto's Shrine is a shrine dedicated to the fictional character Ianto Jones, located in Cardiff, Wales. Established after the character's death in a 2009 episode of Torchwood, the shrine is visited by fans who often leave tributes in the form of notes, photos, flowers, and memorabilia. It began as flowers laid at a location used to depict the Torchwood Institute, and was later featured in an episode of Torchwood. | Suntooooth, it/he (talk/contribs) |
| 2024-10-06 14:40 | Philippine Spanish (Variety of Spanish spoken and native to the Philippines) | Philippine Spanish (Spanish: español filipino or castellano filipino) is the variety of standard Spanish spoken in the Philippines, used primarily by Spanish Filipinos. | Sky Harbor (talk) |
References
- ^ "Key Findings of Population and Housing Census of Malaysia 2020" (pdf) (in Malay and English). Department of Statistics, Malaysia. ISBN 978-967-2000-85-3.
- ^ a b Omlor 2022.
- ^ a b Institute for Transnational Law 2023.
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