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- end of the Houses of Parliament building in Westminster, London. It is ... Hall. The design for Big Ben was, in fact, Pugin's last design ...22 KB (3,639 words) - 22:14, 23 November 2023
- the appliance, but some controllers emit radio frequency signals. ... One of the earliest examples of a remote control was developed in ...20 KB (3,126 words) - 03:59, 8 December 2022
- and gave outdoor concerts for the troops in Egypt, India, and Burma during ... She remained popular after the war, appearing on radio and television ...44 KB (6,146 words) - 18:00, 3 May 2023
- "The Father of English History." In addition to being a historian ... shtml The Venerable Bede] from In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). ...12 KB (1,884 words) - 10:20, 26 September 2023
- an American journalist and television and radio figure who reported for CBS ... continued to bring information to the public in candid yet accurate reports ...32 KB (5,062 words) - 23:47, 12 February 2024
- century. Lomax recorded thousands of songs in the United States, Great Britain ... Lomax was a long-time advocate for the civil rights and cultural recognition ...14 KB (2,084 words) - 04:32, 17 June 2023
- A Modest Proposal: For Preventing the Children of Poor People in Ireland ... of the greatest examples of sustained irony in the history of the English ...17 KB (2,706 words) - 07:08, 13 June 2023
- from 1978 until she was elected President in 2006. First elected to Parliament ... more egalitarian societies. More women in public life will not automatically ...21 KB (2,959 words) - 00:25, 12 April 2023
- Ndebele tribe. He was affectionately known in Zimbabwe as Father Zimbabwe ... In 1980, both Nkomo and Mugabe took part in the Lancaster House talks ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 07:40, 27 February 2023
- Andrei Sakharov, and the dissident movement in Russia, Yevtushenko, through ... his mother's last name, Yevtushenko) in the Irkutsk region of Siberia ...20 KB (2,819 words) - 11:11, 24 May 2023
- Cambridge and served as a lieutenant in World War I. He wrote nine ... He was a musical patriot who believed strongly in the importance of ...18 KB (2,733 words) - 00:30, 8 December 2022
- women, as designated by the United Nations. In others, the flavor of the day ... In the later half of the turbulent nineteenth century amid rapid world ...18 KB (2,637 words) - 10:37, 6 March 2024
- economic indicator. Almost every household in the United States has at least ... of the element selenium by Willoughby Smith in 1873 followed by the work on ...27 KB (3,983 words) - 05:35, 27 February 2023
- armed. The first recorded incident was in March 1912, and since then ... who are willing to sacrifice their own lives in suicide missions will not be ...26 KB (3,897 words) - 15:49, 25 January 2023
- 23, 2021) was an American television and radio host. His career in radio ... well known for his many marriages, eight in all to seven different women ...42 KB (5,955 words) - 06:55, 4 March 2023
- In astrophysics and cosmology, dark matter is a major component of ... accounts for the vast majority of mass in the observable universe. The ...31 KB (4,554 words) - 22:23, 25 January 2024
- ) was a series of protests and political events that took place in ... Yanukovych were rigged by the authorities in favor of the latter. The nationwide ...52 KB (6,953 words) - 10:39, 11 March 2023
- and commercially successful pop music band in music history. The innovative ... Kingdom based bands into the United States in the mid-1960s. Their impact ...38 KB (5,974 words) - 15:30, 30 April 2023
- Booker T. & the M.G.'s were an instrumental soul band popular ... quot; Dunn replaced Steinberg on bass in 1965. Keyboardist Isaac Hayes ...19 KB (2,889 words) - 19:23, 20 November 2023
- served from April 18, 1953 until his death in a plane crash on September 18, 1961. and undertook action, he always kept this in mind. Hammarskjöld was awarded ...15 KB (2,373 words) - 07:44, 12 January 2024
- c, the first extrasolar planet discovered in its star's habitable zone]] outside the planet Earth, the only place in the universe known to support ...28 KB (4,265 words) - 00:00, 25 March 2024
- women on the homefront, inspiring the public in both Britain and America during ... five consecutive nominations (1941–1945) in the actress category, winning ...27 KB (3,873 words) - 22:37, 26 July 2022
- nearly a century from 1915 until his death in 2003, and included success ... United States Presidents, his passion lay in serving his adopted country ...28 KB (4,249 words) - 05:46, 16 November 2023
- continue to be read by thousands of people in Jewish communities around the world. While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- actress of stage and screen. Her career in film, television, and the theatre ... greatest dramatic actors, being made a CBE in 1988 and a Dame in 1994 for ...38 KB (5,401 words) - 11:54, 29 January 2024
- sex education, but the nature varies widely. In some countries (such as Australia ... The world's major religions concur in viewing sexual intimacy ...26 KB (3,715 words) - 19:51, 21 April 2023
- the 2003 Iraq war, almost all of them lived in Iraq.Nathaniel Deutsch, October ... BBC News, Damascus, [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/6412453 ...22 KB (3,408 words) - 11:01, 9 March 2023
- of Guernsey and Jersey, and also take in the smaller islands, of Alderney ... the one hand, some islanders were courageous in defying the occupiers. On the ...28 KB (4,315 words) - 10:14, 11 March 2023
- Comedy. Old Comedy survives today largely in the form of the eleven surviving ... from a single personage to human foibles in general. The transition in ...16 KB (2,442 words) - 19:24, 26 July 2023
- in Paris named Fulbert, and by the age of 18 she had become the student ... shtml Abelard and Heloise] In Our Time (BBC Radio 4). www.bbc.co.uk ...20 KB (3,412 words) - 17:12, 6 February 2022
- and the moderates of its Hutu majority, in 1994. This was both the bloodiest ... With the genocide, and the resurgence in the civil war, Rwanda's ...45 KB (6,822 words) - 18:26, 22 December 2022
- translator. He received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature.[http://www.irishtimes ... Upon his death in 2013, The Independent described him as "probably ...80 KB (11,371 words) - 23:33, 1 August 2023
- that are not true. This type of news, found in traditional news, social media ... of news have a responsibility to act in the interest of the betterment ...44 KB (6,310 words) - 00:32, 25 March 2024
- who started off making 700 instruments in his first year, in the mid ... The harmonica is used in blues and American folk music, jazz, classical ...28 KB (4,396 words) - 13:30, 24 January 2023
- a technique of placing fictional characters in recognizable historical contexts ... Doctorow was born January 6, 1931 in the Bronx, the son of Rose (Levine ...37 KB (4,830 words) - 17:29, 12 February 2024
- The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) in Strasbourg was established ... nature of its decisions remain unique in international law. The ultimate ...17 KB (2,642 words) - 04:33, 23 March 2024
- As of March 21, 2008, Baidu is ranked 19th overall in Alexa's ... In December 2007 Baidu became the first Chinese company to be included ...20 KB (2,596 words) - 05:48, 26 August 2023
- by Vidhu Vinod Chopra, the second film in the popular Munna Bhai series ... Lage Raho Munna Bhai has had a strong cultural impact in India, popularizing ...43 KB (6,480 words) - 05:34, 4 March 2023
- In the context of spaceflight, a satellite is an object that has been ... The Brick Moon. The story was serialized in The Atlantic Monthly, starting ...35 KB (4,993 words) - 00:11, 8 January 2024
- L.S. Sparke and J.S. Gallagher III, Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction ... clouds. The Solar System is located in the Milky Way galaxy. ...57 KB (8,514 words) - 03:49, 18 April 2024
- members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically ... After World War II the name of the holiday was changed to Veterans ...26 KB (4,040 words) - 19:40, 16 April 2023
- soul, R&B, and gospel singer born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised ... Redding, and released by Atlantic Records in 1967, and her 1987 duet with ...28 KB (4,152 words) - 06:23, 12 August 2023
- public servant, most famous as a child star in the 1930s. Temple began her ... Following her Hollywood career she spent a brief time in television ...38 KB (5,692 words) - 14:21, 27 January 2023
- and Sleuth (2007). He also directed or acted in radio, stage, television and ... Pinter was born and raised in Hackney, east London, and educated at ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- recorded ballads, country music, and gospel. In a musical career spanning more ... Lennon, and Bruce Springsteen. At the same time, his blending of R&B and ...31 KB (4,709 words) - 17:51, 13 February 2024
- to feature unambiguous homosexuality at a time when it was considered a mental ... English language to state his views on life in no uncertain terms, which led ...42 KB (5,899 words) - 11:57, 24 January 2023
- This practice has been all too common in human history. Even biblical ... 1900–1959), a Polish Jewish legal scholar, in 1943, from the roots genos ...35 KB (5,250 words) - 06:50, 18 April 2024
- during his life, much of which was spent in France and the United States ... the lyrics for the hit song "Bill" in Kern's Show Boat (1927 ...26 KB (4,022 words) - 10:54, 11 March 2023
- ray particles arrive individually, not in the form of a ray or beam of ... can produce. There has been interest in investigating cosmic rays of ...37 KB (5,720 words) - 08:13, 10 January 2024
- she is primarily remembered for her role in the Second World War, in which ... proving that a woman was as capable as men in the daunting task of leading ...26 KB (3,973 words) - 12:30, 2 October 2020
- The Republic of Malawi is a landlocked nation in Southern Africa, ... nonviolent. They rejected a one-party state in a 1993 referendum and peacefully ...23 KB (3,242 words) - 10:56, 9 March 2023
- for a small coast on the Atlantic Ocean in the west. The River Gambia ... groups that live together harmoniously. In his 1977 Pulitzer Prize-winning ...24 KB (3,469 words) - 15:37, 30 April 2023
- and the only full-scale clash of battleships in that war. It was fought on ... to cut the Germans off from their base in hopes of continuing the battle ...56 KB (8,672 words) - 09:48, 22 September 2023
- consider the age of Earth to be around 4.54 billion years (4.54 ... radiometric age dating, measurements of lead in uranium-rich minerals showed ...34 KB (5,149 words) - 06:44, 16 June 2023
- that lasted for roughly nine months in 1971. The war resulted in Bangladesh ... Pakistan's partition from India in 1947 had arisen from the ...42 KB (6,477 words) - 03:31, 17 September 2023
- Philip was born into the Greek and Danish royal families. He was born ... official announcement of their engagement in July 1947, he abandoned his ...61 KB (8,760 words) - 00:36, 12 April 2023
- Opus Dei was founded in Spain in 1928 by the Roman Catholic priest ... and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church (Doubleday ...43 KB (6,418 words) - 15:47, 27 March 2024
- Ghana, officially the Republic of Ghana, is a country in West Africa ... It was inhabited in pre-colonial times by a number of ancient kingdoms ...16 KB (2,385 words) - 20:13, 14 December 2023
- and journalists have a responsibility to act in the interest of the betterment ... of current events, the profession involved in writing the content of newspapers ...45 KB (6,779 words) - 14:13, 9 September 2023
- popular song with "Because of You" in 1951. Several popular tracks ... Despite having been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2016 ...61 KB (9,033 words) - 20:13, 12 September 2023
- ) is an equilateral cross with its arms bent at right angles, in either ... without stigma, because of its iconic usage in Nazi Germany the symbol has ...40 KB (5,959 words) - 00:36, 27 February 2023
- to control and adapt to its environment. In human society, it is a consequence ... Technology has affected society and its surroundings in a number of ...30 KB (4,303 words) - 17:50, 14 November 2022
- poet, and novelist. His artistry is grounded in the relationship between the ... and was awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2010. He was inducted into ...66 KB (10,062 words) - 21:06, 11 January 2024
- heroic figure. It typically occurs in a totalitarian or authoritarian ... usually by the state or the party in one-party states and dominant ...57 KB (8,108 words) - 06:45, 11 January 2024
- on gravitational singularity theorems in the framework of general relativity ... Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian award in the United States. He was the ...67 KB (9,596 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- and temperature. The term is also used in a narrower sense to describe ... proportional to each galaxy's distance in a relationship described by ...58 KB (8,668 words) - 03:46, 1 October 2023
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is ... to those of the Earth. Of all the planets in the Solar System, it has the ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- Pierre Abélard (in English, Peter Abelard) or Abailard (in English ... shtml Abelard and Heloise] from In Our Time (BBC Radio 4) ...23 KB (3,725 words) - 01:06, 24 November 2022
- guitarist who achieved international success in folk, folk-rock, and country ... with Marty Robbins's cover in 1965—and "Black Day in July ...65 KB (9,151 words) - 15:55, 15 May 2023
- realms from February 6, 1952 until her death in 2022. She was queen regnant ... In November 1947, she married Philip Mountbatten, a former prince ...84 KB (12,053 words) - 16:21, 13 February 2024
- including 74.5 million albums in the United States alone. and was one of the most popular bands in the London underground music ...51 KB (7,954 words) - 20:40, 9 April 2023
- (December 5, 1927 - October 13, 2016), born in the Year of the Rabbit), was ... The root of Bhumibol's longevity and endurance lay in his popularity ...37 KB (5,123 words) - 12:44, 14 April 2024
- The Islamic Republic of Mauritania, or Mauritania, is a country in ... longitudinally bisecting these plains in the center of the country. ...28 KB (4,027 words) - 09:19, 10 March 2023
- philosopher and writer who specialized in aesthetics and political philosophy ... witnessing the May 1968 student protests in France. From 1971 to 1992 he ...58 KB (8,069 words) - 21:36, 16 April 2023
- ), archaically spelled Luxemburg, is a small landlocked country in ... Luxembourg is one of the smallest countries in Europe, and ranked ...46 KB (6,759 words) - 03:09, 5 November 2022
- resources. Located at the Presidio in San Francisco, California, ... Machine," a popular digital time capsule, in collaboration ...28 KB (4,060 words) - 10:40, 6 March 2024
- and he was a member of twelve cabinets in a political career spanning ... First elected to the Knesset in November 1959, Peres served continuously ...47 KB (6,756 words) - 19:59, 21 April 2023
- The Soviet War in Afghanistan was a nine-year period involving the ... The initial Soviet deployment of the 40th Army in Afghanistan began ...40 KB (5,946 words) - 15:41, 4 February 2023
- War, or the Imposed War (جنگتحمیلی) in Iran, was a war between the ... 2003. The war irrevocably altered politics in the area, playing into wider ...36 KB (5,506 words) - 17:42, 29 January 2024
- 16, 1977) was one of the leading figures in the development of rocket technology ... Wernher von Braun was born in Wirsitz, Province of Posen, in the German ...47 KB (7,340 words) - 17:15, 4 May 2023
- 1882 – March 5, 1967) was a major figure in modern Iranian history who ... Mosaddeq was removed from power on August 19, 1953, in a coup d'état ...33 KB (4,921 words) - 19:30, 9 November 2022
- is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system and the tenth ... a binary system because they are closer in size than any of the other ...42 KB (6,097 words) - 17:02, 26 September 2023
- and diplomat. Poitier's family lived in the Bahamas, then still a Crown ... In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of ...42 KB (5,991 words) - 14:35, 27 January 2023
- The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich ... The participation of an Israeli team in an Olympic Games held in Germany ...51 KB (8,065 words) - 02:35, 11 March 2023
- In India, he enjoyed excellent relations with Jawaharlal Nehru and ... Mountbatten was born in Frogmore House, Windsor, in England, as His ...36 KB (5,344 words) - 04:07, 4 November 2022
- Service Order (DSO) and two bars, Mentioned-in-Despatches (MID) (February ... some moral issues that remain of concern in situations involving unconventional ...43 KB (6,762 words) - 01:10, 18 November 2022
- object represented by a symbol that is used in counting and measuring. A symbol ... 'V'. An important development in the history of numerals was ...37 KB (5,685 words) - 00:43, 17 November 2022
- as Bombay, is the the most populous city in India and capital of the state ... of the Hindu goddess Mumbadevi, and Aai—mother in Marathi. ...39 KB (5,723 words) - 02:34, 11 March 2023
- British and American actress and singer. In a career spanning eight decades ... After studying acting in New York City. she moved to Hollywood and ...63 KB (9,615 words) - 18:04, 27 July 2023
- Netherlands from 1980 until her abdication in 2013, after a reign of exactly ... during her childhood so Beatrix followed in the footsteps of four remarkable ...28 KB (3,868 words) - 10:18, 26 September 2023
- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto (January 5, 1928 - April 4, 1979) was a Pakistani ... Bhutto was executed in 1979 for allegedly authorizing the murder of ...37 KB (5,508 words) - 06:14, 13 June 2023
- familiarly known as "Gabo" in his native country, is considered ... Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) and Love in the Time of Cholera (1985) ...51 KB (8,034 words) - 07:37, 15 April 2024
- split the British and American Allied line in half, capturing Antwerp and ... The Ardennes attack was planned in total secrecy in almost total radio ...55 KB (8,725 words) - 01:44, 26 September 2023
- Barack Hussein Obama II (born August 4, 1961) served as the 44th President ... Law Review. He was a community organizer in Chicago before earning his ...70 KB (9,939 words) - 08:02, 20 September 2023
- and strongman, Marcos led his country in its post-war reconstruction ... became corrupted by power, and measures set in place to curb student protest ...51 KB (7,579 words) - 17:20, 26 March 2024
- both his spiritual and colonial roots in his writing. He received the ... Walcott was born and raised in Castries, Saint Lucia, in the West ...47 KB (6,423 words) - 09:51, 29 January 2024
- system's mass. Energy from the Sun—in the form of insolation from ... elements. The Sun is thought to be about 4.6 billion years old and about ...52 KB (7,953 words) - 22:23, 26 February 2023
- statesman and civil-rights leader who served in the United States House of ... Lewis fulfilled many critical roles in the civil rights movement and ...59 KB (8,105 words) - 02:31, 9 February 2023
- flew the Command Module Columbia alone in lunar orbit while they were ... and Aldrin then moved into Eagle and landed in the Sea of Tranquility on July ...97 KB (14,466 words) - 15:45, 11 August 2023
- the energy on Earth. Other stars are visible in the night sky, when they are ... mass of a star is the principal determinant in its evolution and eventual ...80 KB (12,078 words) - 15:50, 27 April 2023
