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  • Thumbnail for Ray Bradbury
    Ray Douglas Bradbury (US: /ˈbrædbɛri/ BRAD-berr-ee; August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated...
    98 KB (10,883 words) - 16:36, 11 July 2024
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    Sir Robert Peel, 2nd Baronet FRS (5 February 1788 – 2 July 1850), was a British Conservative statesman who twice was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom...
    82 KB (8,358 words) - 03:04, 9 July 2024
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    Samuel Goldwyn (/ˈɡoʊldwɪn/; born Szmuel Gelbfisz; Yiddish: שמואל געלבפֿיש; August 27, 1882 (claimed but most likely July 1879) – January 31, 1974), also...
    22 KB (2,342 words) - 19:29, 30 June 2024
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    Carlos de Dios Murias, OFM Conv. (10 October 1945 – 18 July 1976) and his two companions Gabriel Longueville (18 March 1931 – 18 July 1976) and Wenceslao...
    19 KB (1,893 words) - 03:30, 17 April 2024
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    The Western canon is the body of high-culture literature, music, philosophy, and works of art that are highly valued in the West, works that have achieved...
    79 KB (8,874 words) - 23:53, 15 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Friedrich Hölderlin
    Johann Christian Friedrich Hölderlin (UK: /ˈhɜːldərliːn/, US: /ˈhʌl-/; German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈhœldɐliːn] ; 20 March 1770 – 7 June 1843) was a German poet...
    45 KB (5,471 words) - 21:12, 27 June 2024
  • John Julius Cooper, 2nd Viscount Norwich, CVO (15 September 1929 – 1 June 2018), known as John Julius Norwich, was an English popular historian, travel...
    24 KB (2,297 words) - 13:52, 25 May 2024
  • In a number of Christian traditions, including Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Lutheranism, and Anglicanism, a confessor is a priest who hears the confessions...
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  • Up-Front Group Co., Ltd. (株式会社アップフロントグループ, Kabushiki gaisha Appu-Furonto Gurūpu) is a Japanese holding company for various entertainment companies. Its...
    25 KB (1,186 words) - 19:33, 25 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Edvard Beneš
    Edvard Beneš (Czech pronunciation: [ˈɛdvard ˈbɛnɛʃ] ; 28 May 1884 – 3 September 1948) was a Czech politician and statesman who served as the president...
    83 KB (8,758 words) - 23:43, 11 June 2024
  • Salamanes Hermias Sozomenos (Greek: Σαλαμάνης Ἑρμείας Σωζομενός; Latin: Sozomenus; c. 400 – c. 450 AD), also known as Sozomen, was a Roman lawyer and historian...
    14 KB (1,811 words) - 08:05, 25 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Leslie Grantham
    Leslie Michael Grantham (30 April 1947 – 15 June 2018) was an English actor, best known for his role as "Dirty" Den Watts in the BBC soap opera EastEnders...
    28 KB (3,122 words) - 01:44, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Wayne Dyer
    Wayne Walter Dyer (May 10, 1940 – August 29, 2015) was an American self-help author and a motivational speaker. Dyer completed a Ed.D. in guidance and...
    20 KB (2,181 words) - 20:56, 24 June 2024
  • Thumbnail for Juscelino Kubitschek
    Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (Portuguese pronunciation: [ʒuseˈlinu kubiˈʃɛk(i) dʒi oliˈve(j)ɾɐ]; 12 September 1902 – 22 August 1976), also known by...
    32 KB (3,104 words) - 17:09, 4 July 2024
  • Thumbnail for Jim Stynes
    James Peter Stynes OAM (23 April 1966 – 20 March 2012) was an Irish-born footballer who converted from Gaelic football to Australian rules football. Playing...
    47 KB (4,133 words) - 05:00, 16 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Seven Cities of Gold
    The myth of the Seven Cities of Gold, also known as the Seven Cities of Cíbola (/ˈsiːbələ/), was popular in the 16th century and later featured in several...
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  • Thumbnail for List of Caracol Televisión telenovelas and series
    The following is a list of telenovelas and television series produced by Caracol Televisión. First season rating Unlike its original broadcast that were...
    89 KB (4,212 words) - 03:34, 11 July 2024
  • Delta Delta Delta (ΔΔΔ), also known as Tri Delta, is a global women's fraternity and Greek life organization founded on November 27, 1888 at Boston University...
    31 KB (3,367 words) - 18:57, 8 July 2024
  • Robert Sanderson Mulliken ForMemRS (June 7, 1896 – October 31, 1986) was an American physicist and chemist, primarily responsible for the early development...
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  • Thumbnail for Gyula Gömbös
    Gyula Gömbös de Jákfa (26 December 1886 – 6 October 1936) was a Hungarian military officer and politician who served as Prime Minister of Hungary from...
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