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- urban renewal project, a transformation of a large former disused docks ... Cabrini-Green housing project, one of many urban renewal efforts.]] ...41 KB (6,131 words) - 00:41, 13 January 2024
- The World Cup, sometimes called the FIFA World Cup, is an international ... The tournament's final phase is often called the World Cup Finals ...41 KB (6,235 words) - 19:26, 13 March 2024
- Nepal, known officially as the State of Nepal, is a landlocked Himalayan ... Although the country is the birthplace of Siddhartha Gautama, who ...47 KB (6,833 words) - 16:19, 11 November 2022
- Prague (Czech: Praha), is the capital and largest city of the Czech ... Since the fall of the Iron Curtain, Prague has become one of Europe ...35 KB (5,518 words) - 00:31, 12 April 2023
- The Mormon handcart pioneers were participants in the migration of ... in Utah, but lacking funds for full teams of oxen or horses, nearly 3,000 ...42 KB (6,112 words) - 13:14, 10 March 2023
- Nuclear fission is the splitting of the nucleus of an atom into parts ... Nuclear fission produces energy for nuclear power and to drive the ...31 KB (4,827 words) - 10:09, 11 March 2023
- North Macedonia (before 2019, Macedonia), officially the Republic ... The lands governed by the republic were the southernmost part of the ...50 KB (7,230 words) - 10:05, 11 March 2023
- Much of Dylan's most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when ... His later work has shown steadfast devotion to many traditions of ...41 KB (6,363 words) - 05:45, 16 November 2023
- North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ... The history of North Korea formally began with the establishment of ...72 KB (9,967 words) - 06:32, 16 November 2022
- The California Gold Rush (1848–1855) was a gold rush that began ... The news of gold brought approximately 300,000 people to California ...61 KB (8,925 words) - 18:25, 25 November 2023
- The Galápagos Islands (Spanish names: Islas de Colónumio or Islas ... The Galápagos archipelago is part of Ecuador, a country in northwestern ...33 KB (5,083 words) - 03:47, 18 April 2024
- Raffles (July 6, 1781 – July 5, 1826) was the founder of the city of Singapore ... Raffles was born on the ship Ann off the coast of Jamaica. Little ...33 KB (5,257 words) - 16:24, 8 February 2023
- Sociological research ranges from the analysis of short contacts ... public policy with rationales for the actions that they take. Sociology ...28 KB (3,873 words) - 15:03, 27 April 2023
- he spent his entire 20-year career with the Los Angeles Lakers in the ... The all-time leading scorer in Lakers history, Bryant was the first ...95 KB (13,365 words) - 03:58, 4 March 2023
- Identity politics refers to the idea that socially constructed identities ... Many contemporary advocates of identity politics take an intersectional ...40 KB (5,610 words) - 14:15, 4 February 2023
- and aeronautical engineer who became the first person to walk on the ... Armstrong was born and raised in Wapakoneta, Ohio. A graduate of Purdue ...110 KB (16,075 words) - 19:19, 31 July 2023
- and short-story writer who is considered one of the foremost figures in world ... and theology, but he was less concerned with the social and psychological anomie ...30 KB (4,829 words) - 03:14, 6 August 2022
- Zion National Park is a United States national park located in the ... A prominent feature in the 229-square-mile (593 square kilometer) ...32 KB (4,872 words) - 06:07, 13 June 2023
- colonial administration that lasted from 1952 to 1960. The core of ... and aspiration for independence provoked the rebellion, which the British ...44 KB (6,886 words) - 16:58, 7 November 2022
- The American Civil Rights Movement (1955-1968) was a biblically based ... The founding fathers of the United States had written of humanity ...74 KB (11,453 words) - 06:02, 16 June 2023
- "Respected Leader"), was one of the most prominent and highly ... His political views and the alliances he made with Nazi and other ...36 KB (5,476 words) - 21:09, 26 February 2023
- goff), was an Australian former politician and 21st Prime Minister ... However, despite the brevity of his premiership, his government left ...39 KB (5,698 words) - 00:11, 3 January 2024
- The Republic of India (Hindi: भारत गणराज्य ... ), commonly known as India, is a country in South Asia. The name India ...64 KB (9,559 words) - 13:04, 4 March 2024
- author, and public figure. He served as the Chief Rabbi of the United ... While widely recognized as a leading representative of Judaism in ...46 KB (6,319 words) - 07:34, 27 February 2023
- was a Fleet Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet of the Imperial ... Yamamoto, who had studied in the United States, and had spent time ...45 KB (7,129 words) - 05:57, 11 March 2024
- Protestants, Catholics, and a small number of Orthodox Christians. Although ... The Nestorians were accepted in China because of their ability to ...58 KB (8,323 words) - 21:09, 10 December 2023
- for his October 30, 1938 radio broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of ... Welles was born in 1915, in Kenosha, Wisconsin, the second son of ...56 KB (8,968 words) - 02:19, 18 November 2022
- topics. For nearly 60 years he traveled the world, pointing out to people ... India, and in 1909 met C.W. Leadbeater on the private beach at the Theosophical ...52 KB (7,928 words) - 12:38, 1 August 2022
- to logic, mathematics, philosophy, and the theory of signs, or semeiotic ... was scant until after World War II. Much of his huge output is still unpublished ...60 KB (9,018 words) - 22:24, 4 December 2023
- 2, 1869 – January 30, 1948) was one of the most important leaders ... As a member of a privileged and wealthy family, he studied law in ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- teamster, sometime buffalo hunter, officer of the law in various Western ... serves as a corrective over-and-against the way in which such outlaws ...59 KB (9,719 words) - 14:12, 20 May 2023
- Alaska, a state of the United States of America located in the extreme ... The area that became Alaska was purchased from Russian interests on ...74 KB (11,051 words) - 04:34, 17 June 2023
- book superhero widely considered to be one of the most famous and popular ... and an American cultural icon.Les Daniels. Superman: The Complete ...61 KB (9,123 words) - 13:55, 28 April 2023
- The Belle Époque or La Belle Époque ( bɛlepɔk|lang ; French for "Beautiful Epoch") is a period of French and ...38 KB (5,417 words) - 23:52, 28 April 2023
- The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, named after Soviet foreign minister Vyacheslav ... In addition to stipulations of non-aggression, the treaty included ...51 KB (7,700 words) - 13:06, 10 March 2023
- Feminism comprises a number of social, cultural and political movements ... Historians of feminism have identified three “waves” of feminist ...71 KB (9,858 words) - 17:15, 26 March 2024
- |+ The Rt Hon. Sir Winston Churchill |align="center" colspan ... |+Prime Minister of the United Kingdom |Periods in Office: ...65 KB (10,388 words) - 23:13, 17 May 2023
- in Indian culture and based on teachings of the Vedas. Hinduism is the ... Some Hindus dislike the name “Hinduism,” although many now use ...61 KB (9,460 words) - 19:05, 17 March 2022
- and mathematician, working mostly in the twentieth century. He and ... Russell was born at the height of Britain's economic and political ...75 KB (11,466 words) - 17:25, 29 September 2023
- The Qing Dynasty; Manchu: daicing gurun), sometimes known as the Manchu ... During its reign, the Qing Dynasty consolidated its grip on China ...45 KB (7,044 words) - 07:44, 3 July 2022
- Ecotourism, or ecological tourism, is a type of tourism in which the ... flora, fauna, and cultural heritage are the primary attractions. This ...36 KB (5,227 words) - 15:44, 5 July 2023
- an Academy Award for Special Effects. He was the director of a number of critically ... interpretations in viewers and critics. Many of Kubrick's films just as ...59 KB (9,500 words) - 19:51, 9 February 2023
- (and associated military operations) using the toxic properties of chemical ... Chemical weapons are classified as weapons of mass destruction by ...61 KB (9,020 words) - 14:48, 5 December 2023
- politician and revolutionary. He governed the Republic of Cuba for 47 years ... When the attempt to overthrow Cuban President Fulgencio Batista in ...103 KB (15,063 words) - 17:34, 26 March 2024
- The British East India Company, sometimes referred to as "John ... A close study of the history of the company shows how the British ...38 KB (6,054 words) - 02:25, 22 November 2023
- 7 (seven) is a number, numeral, and glyph that represents the number ... == Evolution of the glyph == In the beginning, various Hindus wrote ...35 KB (5,128 words) - 06:47, 13 June 2023
- Muslim minister and a national spokesman for the Nation of Islam. He was also ... As a fiery, socio-political critic of American Christianity's ...49 KB (7,838 words) - 06:35, 5 November 2022
- entrepreneur and inventor, best known as the co-founder, chairman, and ... Through Apple, Jobs was widely recognized as a charismatic pioneer ...55 KB (7,618 words) - 00:27, 26 February 2023
- The Battle of Leyte Gulf, also known as the Second Battle of the Philippine ... The "Battle" of Leyte Gulf was actually a campaign consisting ...48 KB (7,546 words) - 10:05, 22 September 2023
- novel, Things Fall Apart (1958), which is the most widely-read book in modern ... Raised by Christian parents in the Igbo village of Ogidi in south ...79 KB (12,034 words) - 17:05, 10 December 2023
- Adolf Hitler (April 20, 1889 – April 30, 1945) was Chancellor of ... in World War I in which many people resented the humiliating terms imposed ...75 KB (11,428 words) - 06:03, 15 June 2023
- North Pyeongan Province, which is now part of North Korea. He founded the ... religious teachings are published as the Exposition of the Divine Principle ...69 KB (10,533 words) - 13:50, 28 April 2023
- The Finnish Civil War was a part of the national and social turmoil ... Defeat in World War I and the February and October Revolutions in ...60 KB (8,826 words) - 19:50, 26 March 2024
- Paris is the capital city of France, situated on the River Seine, ... between land and river trade routes in lands of abundant agriculture had made ...70 KB (10,606 words) - 13:20, 11 March 2023
- Venus is the second-closest planet to the Sun, orbiting it every 224 ... planet” or “Earth’s twin,” as the two are similar in size and ...45 KB (7,026 words) - 17:37, 3 May 2023
- an Old Bolshevik, and a leading figure in the Soviet government from the ... During the 1930s, he ranked second in the Soviet leadership, after ...67 KB (9,419 words) - 21:52, 3 May 2023
- ), officially the Republic of Austria ( Republik Österreich ... The origins of modern Austria date back to the ninth century, when ...90 KB (13,119 words) - 17:56, 22 August 2023
- ) (May 2, 1921–April 23, 1992) was an Indian filmmaker, one of the ... Along with Aparajito and Apur Sansar, the film forms the Apu trilogy ...43 KB (6,599 words) - 02:30, 21 April 2023
- Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun in our solar system and is ... Like the Earth, Mars has a rocky surface and polar ice caps. Its rotational ...47 KB (7,206 words) - 16:13, 6 November 2022
- was a Filipino polymath, nationalist and the most prominent advocate for ... The seventh of eleven children born to a wealthy family in the town ...46 KB (7,054 words) - 22:16, 9 December 2023
- actor. A Nobel Prize winner, Pinter was one of the most influential modern ... school plays and wrote poetry. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic ...89 KB (13,120 words) - 22:57, 30 March 2023
- The history of economic thought concerns thinkers and theories in ... Following Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations, classical economists ...51 KB (7,537 words) - 12:02, 1 February 2024
- physicist, cosmologist, author, and Director of Research at the Centre for ... Despite being diagnosed with a rare early-onset slow-progressing form ...67 KB (9,596 words) - 04:41, 28 April 2023
- naturalist who achieved fame as originator of the theory of evolution through ... Considered the "father of evolutionary theory," Darwin made ...55 KB (8,376 words) - 23:18, 22 January 2023
- Throughout his life, Fuller was concerned with the question of whether ... synergetics. He also created a large number of inventions, mostly in the fields ...36 KB (5,646 words) - 16:53, 22 November 2023
- singer and actress. She was cited as the most awarded female artist ... vocalist while in high school. With the guidance of Arista Records ...197 KB (27,840 words) - 23:40, 20 June 2019
- Philosophy of language is the reasoned inquiry into the nature, origins ... First, philosophers of language inquire into the nature of meaning ...51 KB (7,646 words) - 22:42, 28 March 2023
- Sultan Fateh Ali Tipu, also known as the Tiger of Mysore (November ... although his Hindu subjects (who were the majority) were staunchly loyal ...44 KB (6,987 words) - 23:40, 30 April 2023
- singer, songwriter, and dancer. Dubbed the "King of Pop", he ... The eighth child of the Jackson family, Michael made his professional ...200 KB (27,687 words) - 00:08, 13 March 2023
- Raccoon (sometimes racoon) is the common name for any of the New World ... The "common raccoon," P. lotor, also known simply as "the ...75 KB (11,261 words) - 20:56, 26 October 2023
- Marxism, in a narrow sense, refers to the thoughts and theories of ... thoughts, theories, and movements of Marxism have emerged since ...86 KB (12,847 words) - 15:58, 7 November 2022
- revolutionary and a founding father of the People's Republic ... Born the son of a wealthy farmer in Shaoshan, Hunan, Mao adopted a ...95 KB (14,231 words) - 15:44, 12 June 2023
- Cancer, or "malignant neoplasm," is a large category of ... If the spread of cancer is not controlled, it can result in death ...90 KB (13,223 words) - 19:16, 25 November 2023
- The Kingdom of Belgium is a country in northwest Europe bordered by ... Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe ...76 KB (10,944 words) - 08:52, 27 September 2023
- a French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays ... on how to portray emotion and connect with the audience. She played several ...103 KB (16,692 words) - 01:55, 22 March 2023
- :This article is about the mineral. {{Infobox mineral | name = Diamond ... Diamond is the hardest known natural material and the third-hardest ...81 KB (12,332 words) - 10:25, 29 January 2024
- | work_institution = University of Vienna | alma_mater = University of Vienna | doctoral_advisor = Jean-Martin ...58 KB (8,678 words) - 21:59, 29 January 2023
- ; a metropolis in northern China, is the capital of the People's ... Since its establishment in 723 B.C.E., Beijing has served as the capital ...59 KB (8,054 words) - 10:27, 26 September 2023
- ) is the capital and largest city of Mexico, and the most populous ... Mexico City is one of the most important cultural and financial centers ...184 KB (26,093 words) - 20:54, 1 February 2024
- There was systematic political abuse of psychiatry in the Soviet Union, ... based on the interpretation of political opposition or dissent as ...199 KB (24,192 words) - 20:08, 19 September 2022
