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- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ) 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
- (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 ...35 KB (4,836 words) - 23:02, 15 May 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- ), 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 (8,081 words) - 20:53, 1 May 2024
- 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
