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21,272,768 | Working on a Dream Tour | 1,164,196,255 | 2009 concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band | [
"2009 concert tours",
"Bruce Springsteen concert tours"
] | The Working on a Dream Tour was a concert tour by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, which began in April 2009 and ended in November 2009. It followed the late January 2009 release of the album Working on a Dream. This was the first full E Street Band tour without founding member Danny Federici, who died during t... |
491,316 | Unit fraction | 1,166,796,471 | One over a whole number | [
"1 (number)",
"Elementary arithmetic",
"Fractions (mathematics)",
"Integers"
] | A unit fraction is a positive fraction with one as its numerator, 1/n. It is the multiplicative inverse (reciprocal) of the denominator of the fraction, which must be a positive natural number. Examples are 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4, 1/5, etc. When an object is divided into equal parts, each part is a unit fraction of the who... |
13,478,040 | Elmer Stricklett | 1,166,621,504 | American baseball player (1876–1964) | [
"1876 births",
"1964 deaths",
"19th-century baseball players",
"Atchison Huskers players",
"Baseball players from Kansas",
"Binghamton Bingoes players",
"Brooklyn Superbas players",
"Chicago White Sox players",
"Dallas Colts players",
"Kansas City Blues (baseball) players",
"Los Angeles (minor l... | Elmer Griffin Stricklett (August 29, 1876 – June 7, 1964) was an American professional baseball pitcher. He pitched in Major League Baseball for the Chicago White Sox and Brooklyn Superbas from 1904 through 1907. Including his time in minor league baseball, Stricklett pitched professionally from 1897 through 1912.
Str... |
50,728,552 | Amir al-ʿarab | 1,096,767,160 | Leader of the Bedouin tribes in Syria | [
"Ayyubid Sultanate",
"Bedouins in Asia",
"Government of the Mamluk Sultanate",
"Medieval Syria",
"Ottoman Syria",
"Ottoman titles"
] | The amir al-ʿarab (Arabic: أمير العرب, also known as amir al-ʿurban, أمير العربان; lit. 'commander of the Bedouins') was the commander or leader of the Bedouin tribes in Syria under successive medieval Muslim states. The title was used as early as the 11th century to refer to Salih ibn Mirdas, but was formalized as a s... |
21,830 | Nature | 1,170,983,424 | Natural, physical, or material world and its phenomena | [
"Environmental science",
"Environmental social science concepts",
"Main topic articles",
"Nature"
] | Nature, in the broadest sense, is the physical world or universe. "Nature" can refer to the phenomena of the physical world, and also to life in general. The study of nature is a large, if not the only, part of science. Although humans are part of nature, human activity is often understood as a separate category from o... |
12,605,304 | Russian cruiser Vladimir Monomakh | 1,089,874,559 | Russian armoured cruiser | [
"1882 ships",
"Cruisers of the Imperial Russian Navy",
"Maritime incidents in 1905",
"Naval ships of Russia",
"Russo-Japanese War cruisers of Russia",
"Scuttled vessels",
"Ships built at the Baltic Shipyard",
"Shipwrecks in the Sea of Japan",
"Shipwrecks of the Russo-Japanese War"
] | Vladimir Monomakh (Russian: Владимир Мономах) was an armoured cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy during the 1880s. The vessel was named after Vladimir II Monomakh, Grand Prince of Kiev. She spent most of her career in the Far East, although the ship was in the Baltic Sea when the Russo-Japanese War began in 19... |
55,988,487 | Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia) | 1,135,803,854 | Former state park in West Virginia | [
"1949 establishments in West Virginia",
"1950s disestablishments in West Virginia",
"African-American history of West Virginia",
"African-American segregation in the United States",
"Booker T. Washington",
"Former state parks of West Virginia",
"History of racism in West Virginia",
"Protected areas di... | Booker T. Washington State Park is a former state park near the community of Institute in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The park was operated by the West Virginia Conservation Commission, Division of State Parks, from 1949 until the late 1950s.
The park was a day-use picnic area located on 7.43 acres (3 ha) of seco... |
40,675,889 | The Homosexual Matrix | 1,167,799,333 | 1975 book by Clarence Arthur Tripp | [
"1970s LGBT literature",
"1975 non-fiction books",
"American non-fiction books",
"Books about conversion therapy",
"Books about psychoanalysis",
"Books by Clarence Arthur Tripp",
"English-language books",
"LGBT literature in the United States",
"McGraw-Hill books",
"Non-fiction books about same-se... | The Homosexual Matrix is a book by American psychologist Clarence Arthur Tripp, in which the author discusses the biological and sociological implications of homosexuality, and also attempts to explain heterosexuality and bisexuality. The book was first published in 1975 by McGraw-Hill Book Company; it was republished ... |
15,849,948 | Vietnamese Cambodians | 1,171,023,024 | Ethnic Vietnamese people in Cambodia | [
"Cambodian people of Vietnamese descent",
"Ethnic groups in Cambodia",
"Vietnamese diaspora by country",
"Vietnamese diaspora in Asia"
] | Vietnamese Cambodians refer to ethnic group of Vietnamese living in Cambodia or Vietnamese who are of full or partial Khmer descent. According to Cambodian sources, in 2013 there are about 15,000 Vietnamese people living in Cambodia. Vietnamese source said there are 156,000 people living in Cambodia, while the actual n... |
19,681,262 | Give Me Your Eyes | 1,124,790,553 | null | [
"2008 singles",
"2008 songs",
"Brandon Heath songs",
"Song recordings produced by Dan Muckala",
"Songs written by Brandon Heath",
"Songs written by Jason Ingram"
] | "Give Me Your Eyes" is a song by contemporary Christian musician Brandon Heath from his second album, What If We. It was released in July 2008 as the album's lead single and quickly gained success. It sold nearly 6,000 downloads in the first week, and became 2008's highest-debuting Christian track at the time. It soon ... |
11,081,877 | Free Speech Flag | 1,167,295,638 | Banner symbolizing free expression | [
"Activism flags",
"Flags introduced in 2007",
"Freedom of speech",
"Internet memes",
"Political flags"
] | The Free Speech Flag is a symbol of personal liberty used to promote freedom of speech. Designed by artist John Marcotte, the flag and its colors correspond to a cryptographic key which enabled users to copy HD DVDs and Blu-ray Discs. It was created on May 1, 2007, during the AACS encryption key controversy.
Marcotte ... |
71,536,498 | Al-Mufaddal ibn Umar al-Ju'fi | 1,170,217,503 | 8th-century Shi'i ghulat leader | [
"8th-century Islamic religious leaders",
"8th-century Shia Muslims",
"Ghulat leaders",
"People from Kufa",
"Year of birth unknown",
"Year of death unknown"
] | Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Mufaḍḍal ibn ʿUmar al-Juʿfī (Arabic: أبو عبد الله المفضل بن عمر الجعفي), died before 799, was an early Shi'i leader and the purported author of a number of religious and philosophical writings. A contemporary of the Imams Ja'far al-Sadiq (c. 700–765) and Musa al-Kazim (745–799), he belonged to those c... |
49,469,431 | Bx23 and Q50 buses | 1,169,688,158 | Bus routes in Queens and the Bronx, New York | [
"Bus routes in Queens, New York",
"Bus routes in the Bronx",
"Co-op City, Bronx",
"MTA Regional Bus routes",
"Transportation in the Bronx"
] | The Bx23 and Q50 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor in New York City, running from the Flushing neighborhood in Queens to the Pelham Bay and Co-op City neighborhoods in the Bronx. The Bx23 provides local service in Pelham Bay and Co-op City, while the Q50 provides limited-stop service between Co-op City an... |
70,704,323 | William C. Young | 1,171,576,525 | American minister, educator, and academic administrator | [
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"1896 deaths",
"19th-century American clergy",
"19th-century American educators",
"American Presbyterian ministers",
"Burials in Bellevue Cemetery (Danville, Kentucky)",
"Centre College alumni",
"Centre College faculty",
"People from Danville, Kentucky",
"Presidents of Centre Colleg... | William Clarke Young (April 23, 1842 – September 16, 1896) was an American minister, educator, and academic administrator who served as the eighth president of Centre College in Danville, Kentucky, from 1888 until his death in 1896. The son of Centre's fourth president, John C. Young, William attended Centre and the Da... |
32,709,998 | Cyclone Fay | 1,166,466,615 | Category 5 Australian region cyclone in 2004 | [
"2003–04 Australian region cyclone season",
"2004 in Australia",
"Category 5 Australian region cyclones",
"Retired Australian region cyclones",
"Tropical cyclones in 2004"
] | Severe Tropical Cyclone Fay was an intense late-season tropical cyclone which struck Western Australia during the 2003–04 Australian region cyclone season. Forming from an area of low pressure on 12 March, Fay was the only Category 5 cyclone during the season. The system had a minimum pressure of 910 mbar (hPa; 26.87 i... |
12,467,039 | Osorkon IV | 1,162,994,845 | Egyptian pharaoh | [
"8th-century BC Pharaohs",
"Pharaohs in the Bible",
"Pharaohs of the Twenty-second Dynasty of Egypt",
"Pharaohs of the Twenty-third Dynasty of Egypt"
] | Usermaatre Osorkon IV was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh during the late Third Intermediate Period. Traditionally considered the last king of the 22nd Dynasty, he was de facto little more than ruler in Tanis and Bubastis, in Lower Egypt. He is generally – though not universally – identified with the King Shilkanni mention... |
1,889,422 | French battleship Paris | 1,136,534,977 | French Courbet-class battleship | [
"1912 ships",
"Courbet-class battleships",
"Maritime incidents in 1922",
"Maritime incidents in July 1940",
"Ships of the Free French Naval Forces",
"World War I battleships of France",
"World War II battleships of France"
] | Paris was the third ship of four Courbet-class battleships, the first dreadnoughts built for the French Navy. She was completed before World War I as part of the 1911 naval building programme. She spent the war in the Mediterranean, spending most of 1914 providing gunfire support for the Montenegrin Army until her sist... |
4,155,035 | Maryland Route 222 | 1,161,762,044 | Highway in Maryland | [
"Roads in Cecil County, Maryland",
"State highways in Maryland"
] | Maryland Route 222 (MD 222) is a state highway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The highway runs 11.36 miles (18.28 km) from MD 7 in Perryville north to U.S. Route 1 (US 1) near Conowingo. MD 222 connects Perryville, Port Deposit, and Conowingo along its route paralleling the Susquehanna River in western Cecil County. Du... |
39,856,796 | Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 | 1,143,718,476 | null | [
"2014 in Austrian television",
"Articles containing video clips",
"Austria in the Eurovision Song Contest",
"Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014"
] | Austria participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014 with the song "Rise Like a Phoenix", written by Charlie Mason, Joey Patulka, Ali Zuckowski and Julian Maas. The song was performed by Conchita Wurst, the drag stage persona of Tom Neuwirth, who had risen to fame after taking part in an Austrian talent show in 201... |
31,114,631 | The Falcon and the D'ohman | 1,163,695,212 | null | [
"2011 American television episodes",
"Cultural depictions of Kim Jong Il",
"The Simpsons (season 23) episodes"
] | "The Falcon and the D'ohman" is the twenty-third season premiere of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on September 25, 2011. In the episode, the Springfield Nuclear Power Plant hires a new security guard named Wayne and Homer soon becomes f... |
26,864,257 | SNCASO Trident | 1,156,538,965 | French mixed-power interceptor aircraft | [
"1950s French fighter aircraft",
"Aircraft first flown in 1953",
"Cancelled military aircraft projects of France",
"Mixed-power aircraft",
"Rocket-powered aircraft",
"Shoulder-wing aircraft",
"Sud-Ouest aircraft",
"Trijets"
] | The SNCASO SO.9000 Trident is a French mixed-power interceptor aircraft built by aircraft manufacturer SNCASO during the 1950s. As part of a wider effort to re-build French military power during the late 1940s and to furnish France with advanced, new domestically produced designs, a request for a supersonic-capable poi... |
443,256 | Magnus Barefoot | 1,172,256,445 | King of Norway from 1093 to 1103 | [
"1073 births",
"1103 deaths",
"11th-century Norwegian monarchs",
"11th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles",
"12th-century Norwegian monarchs",
"12th-century rulers of the Kingdom of the Isles",
"House of Hardrada",
"Monarchs killed in action",
"Monarchs of Dublin",
"Monarchs of the Isle of... | Magnus III Olafsson (Old Norse: Magnús Óláfsson, Norwegian: Magnus Olavsson; 1073 – 24 August 1103), better known as Magnus Barefoot (Old Norse: Magnús berfœttr, Norwegian: Magnus Berrføtt), was the King of Norway from 1093 until his death in 1103. His reign was marked by aggressive military campaigns and conquest, par... |
31,436,194 | Portuguese ironclad Vasco da Gama | 1,149,924,539 | Portuguese ironclad | [
"1876 ships",
"Maritime incidents in 1907",
"Maritime incidents in 1913",
"Maritime incidents in 1915",
"Naval ships of Portugal",
"Ships built in Leamouth"
] | Vasco da Gama was an ironclad of the Portuguese Navy built in the 1870s by the Thames Iron Works in London. Ordered to strengthen the defenses of the Portuguese capital of Lisbon, Vasco da Gama was launched in 1876 and completed in 1878. She served as the flagship of the Portuguese fleet for the majority of her long an... |
32,819,895 | I Miss You (Beyoncé song) | 1,172,710,664 | null | [
"2010s ballads",
"2011 songs",
"Beyoncé songs",
"Contemporary R&B ballads",
"Song recordings produced by Beyoncé",
"Song recordings produced by Shea Taylor",
"Songs written by Beyoncé",
"Songs written by Frank Ocean",
"Songs written by Shea Taylor"
] | "I Miss You" is a song by American recording artist Beyoncé, taken from her fourth studio album, 4 (2011). It was written by Beyoncé, Frank Ocean and Shea Taylor, while production was handled by Beyoncé and Taylor. The song's development was motivated by the fact that Beyoncé wanted to focus on songs being classics, so... |
3,991,021 | Lola Álvarez Bravo | 1,167,796,805 | Mexican photographer (1903–1993) | [
"1903 births",
"1993 deaths",
"20th-century Mexican artists",
"20th-century Mexican photographers",
"20th-century Mexican women artists",
"20th-century women photographers",
"Artists from Jalisco",
"Mexican women photographers",
"People from Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco"
] | Lola Álvarez Bravo (3 April 1903 – 31 July 1993) was the first Mexican female photographer and a key figure in the post-revolution Mexican renaissance. Known for her high level of skill in composition, her works were seen by her peers as fine art. She was recognized in 1964 with the Premio José Clemente Orozco (José Cl... |
20,803,008 | Don Tallon with the Australian cricket team in England in 1948 | 1,172,486,344 | null | [
"The Invincibles (cricket)"
] | Don Tallon was a key member of Donald Bradman's famous Australian cricket team tour of England in 1948, in which Australia was undefeated in their 34 matches. This unprecedented feat by a Test side touring England earned them the sobriquet The Invincibles.
The team's first-choice wicket-keeper ahead of Ron Saggers, Ta... |
226,741 | Earth in science fiction | 1,168,915,384 | null | [
"Earth",
"Fiction about Earth",
"Fiction about terrestrial planets",
"Science fiction themes"
] | An overwhelming majority of fiction is set on or features the Earth, as the only planet home to humans. This also holds true of science fiction, despite perceptions to the contrary. Works that focus specifically on Earth may do so holistically, treating the planet as one semi-biological entity. Counterfactual depiction... |
1,868,990 | USS Freedom (ID-3024) | 1,094,586,701 | Cargo and transport ship in the United States Navy during World War I | [
"1894 ships",
"Ships built in Hamburg",
"Ships of Norddeutscher Lloyd",
"Transport ships of the United States Army",
"Transports of the United States Navy",
"World War I auxiliary ships of the United States"
] | USS Freedom (ID-3024) was a cargo and transport ship in the United States Navy during World War I. Originally SS Wittekind for the North German Lloyd line, the ship also served as USAT Iroquois and USAT Freedom after being seized by the United States in 1917.
SS Wittekind was built in Germany for the Bremen–New York s... |
24,237,138 | Solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 | 1,157,039,499 | 21st-century annular solar eclipse | [
"2012 in science",
"21st-century solar eclipses",
"Annular solar eclipses",
"Articles containing video clips",
"May 2012 events",
"Solar Eclipse Articles"
] | The solar eclipse of May 20, 2012 (May 21, 2012 local time in the Eastern Hemisphere) was an annular solar eclipse that was visible in a band spanning through Eastern Asia, the Pacific Ocean, and North America. As a partial solar eclipse, it was visible from northern Greenland to Hawaii, and from eastern Indonesia at s... |
339,307 | Gilbert Stuart | 1,172,466,476 | American painter (1755–1828) | [
"1755 births",
"1828 deaths",
"18th-century American male artists",
"18th-century American painters",
"19th-century American male artists",
"19th-century American painters",
"American male painters",
"American people of Scottish descent",
"American portrait painters",
"Burials in Boston",
"Hall ... | Gilbert Charles Stuart ( Stewart; December 3, 1755 – July 9, 1828) was an American painter from Rhode Island Colony who is widely considered one of America's foremost portraitists. His best-known work is an unfinished portrait of George Washington, begun in 1796, which is sometimes referred to as the Athenaeum Portrait... |
37,184,924 | Russian monitor Tifon | 1,092,640,809 | Russian Uragan-class monitor | [
"1864 ships",
"Ships built at Admiralty Shipyard",
"Uragan-class monitors"
] | Tifon (Russian: Тифон) was an Uragan-class monitor built for the Imperial Russian Navy in the mid-1860s. The design was based on the American Passaic-class monitor, but was modified to suit Russian engines, guns and construction techniques. Spending her entire career with the Baltic Fleet, the ship was only active when... |
43,580,346 | Meteorite (Mariah Carey song) | 1,138,155,214 | null | [
"2014 songs",
"Disco songs",
"Mariah Carey songs",
"Song recordings produced by Q-Tip (musician)",
"Songs written by Allan Felder",
"Songs written by Mariah Carey",
"Songs written by Norman Harris (musician)",
"Songs written by Q-Tip (musician)"
] | "Meteorite" is a song by the American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey from her fourteenth studio album, Me. I Am Mariah... The Elusive Chanteuse (2014). It was composed by Carey and Q-Tip. A disco track, it contains a sample of the recording "Goin' Up in Smoke" written by Allan Felder, Norman Harris, and Ron Tyson, ... |
3,781,433 | Politics of Svalbard | 1,173,862,403 | Political system of Svalbard | [
"Politics of Norway",
"Politics of Svalbard"
] | Svalbard lies under the sovereignty of Norway, but the Svalbard Treaty places several restrictions. Norway cannot use the archipelago for warlike purposes, cannot discriminate economic activity based on nationality and is required to conserve the natural environment. Uniquely, Svalbard is an entirely visa-free zone. Ev... |
3,134,301 | Gordon Gollob | 1,164,612,737 | German World War II flying ace | [
"1912 births",
"1987 deaths",
"Austrian military personnel of World War II",
"Austrian people of Greek descent",
"Austrian prisoners of war",
"Federation of Independents politicians",
"German World War II flying aces",
"Military personnel from Vienna",
"Recipients of the Knight's Cross of the Iron C... | Gordon Gollob (16 June 1912 – 7 September 1987) was an Austrian fighter pilot during World War II. A fighter ace, he was credited with 150 enemy aircraft shot down in over 340 combat missions. Gollob claimed the majority of his victories over the Eastern Front, and six over the Western Front.
Gollob volunteered for mi... |
5,640,856 | Longfin mako shark | 1,126,439,308 | Species of shark | [
"Fish described in 1966",
"Fish of the Dominican Republic",
"Isurus"
] | The longfin mako shark (Isurus paucus) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae, with a probable worldwide distribution in temperate and tropical waters. An uncommon species, it is typically lumped together under the name "mako" with its better-known relative, the shortfin mako shark (I. oxyrinchus). The l... |
18,952,041 | Small shelly fauna | 1,173,166,664 | Fossils from the Ediacaran and Cambrian periods | [
"Cambrian extinctions",
"Cambrian fossil record",
"Cambrian invertebrates",
"Ediacaran first appearances",
"Ediacaran fossil record",
"Ediacaran life",
"Fossil record of animals",
"Index fossils",
"Prehistoric marine animals"
] | The small shelly fauna, small shelly fossils (SSF), or early skeletal fossils (ESF) are mineralized fossils, many only a few millimetres long, with a nearly continuous record from the latest stages of the Ediacaran to the end of the Early Cambrian Period. They are very diverse, and there is no formal definition of "sma... |
44,425,607 | The Boat Race 1923 | 999,275,803 | null | [
"1923 in English sport",
"1923 sports events in London",
"March 1923 sports events",
"The Boat Race"
] | The 75th Boat Race took place on 24 March 1923. Held annually, the Boat Race is a side-by-side rowing race between crews from the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge along the River Thames. Cambridge's crew was marginally heavier than Oxford's, the latter included an Olympic silver medallist. Cambridge went into the r... |
5,758,444 | James the Deacon | 1,115,516,583 | 7th- and 8th-century missionary to Britain and saint | [
"7th-century Christian clergy",
"7th-century Christian saints",
"7th-century English clergy",
"7th-century English people",
"Gregorian mission",
"History of Yorkshire",
"Northumbrian saints",
"Roman Catholic deacons"
] | James the Deacon (died after 671) was a Roman deacon who accompanied Paulinus of York on his mission to Northumbria. He was a member of the Gregorian mission, which went to England to Christianise the Anglo-Saxons from their native Anglo-Saxon paganism. However, when he arrived in England is unknown. After Paulinus lef... |
2,443,834 | Can't Hold Us Down | 1,165,123,400 | 2003 single by Christina Aguilera | [
"2002 songs",
"2003 singles",
"African-American cultural appropriation",
"American hip hop songs",
"Christina Aguilera songs",
"Lil' Kim songs",
"Manhattan in fiction",
"Music videos directed by David LaChapelle",
"RCA Records singles",
"Song recordings produced by Scott Storch",
"Songs with fem... | "Can't Hold Us Down" is a song recorded by American singer Christina Aguilera and rapper Lil' Kim for the former's fourth studio album Stripped (2002). It was released by RCA Records on July 8, 2003, as the fourth single from the album. The track was written and produced by Scott Storch, with additional songwriting by ... |
35,760,056 | United States v. More | 1,128,007,916 | null | [
"1805 in United States case law",
"Criminal cases in the Marshall Court",
"Exceptions Clause case law",
"Good Behavior Clause case law",
"Legal history of the District of Columbia",
"United States Constitution Article Three case law",
"United States Supreme Court cases",
"United States Supreme Court c... | United States v. More, 7 U.S. (3 Cranch) 159 (1805), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that it had no jurisdiction to hear appeals from criminal cases in the circuit courts by writs of error. Relying on the Exceptions Clause, More held that Congress's enumerated grants of appellate jurisdic... |
707,867 | Malvern railway station, Melbourne | 1,172,159,081 | Railway station in Melbourne, Australia | [
"Heritage-listed buildings in Melbourne",
"Listed railway stations in Australia",
"Railway stations in Australia opened in 1879",
"Railway stations in the City of Stonnington"
] | Malvern railway station is a commuter railway station that is part of the Melbourne railway network in Victoria, Australia. The station is located on the southern border of Malvern, a suburb of Melbourne, and was opened on 7 May 1879. The station complex consists of an island platform and two side platforms all accesse... |
2,580,223 | Fly Like a Bird | 1,172,248,092 | 2006 promotional single by Mariah Carey | [
"2000s ballads",
"2005 songs",
"2006 singles",
"Contemporary R&B ballads",
"Gospel songs",
"Island Records singles",
"Mariah Carey songs",
"Songs written by Mariah Carey",
"Soul ballads"
] | "Fly Like a Bird" is a song by American singer and songwriter Mariah Carey, released on March 13, 2006, by Island Records as a single from her tenth studio album, The Emancipation of Mimi (2005). Written and produced by Carey and James "Big Jim" Wright, the song is influenced by Gospel, soul, and R&B music genres. Its ... |
37,658,639 | Adaptive Coloration in Animals | 1,153,269,863 | 1940 textbook on camouflage, mimicry and aposematism by Hugh Cott | [
"1940 non-fiction books",
"Animal coat colors",
"Camouflage",
"Mimicry",
"Natural history books",
"Zoology books"
] | Adaptive Coloration in Animals is a 500-page textbook about camouflage, warning coloration and mimicry by the Cambridge zoologist Hugh Cott, first published during the Second World War in 1940; the book sold widely and made him famous.
The book's general method is to present a wide range of examples from across the an... |
43,291,344 | Nimco Ali | 1,171,821,145 | British social activist | [
"1983 births",
"21st-century Somalil women politicians",
"Activists against female genital mutilation",
"Alumni of the University of Bristol",
"English health activists",
"English people of Somali descent",
"English women activists",
"Ethnic Somali people",
"Living people",
"Officers of the Order ... | Nimko Ali OBE (Somali: Nimco Cali), alternatively spelled Nimco (born ), is a British social activist of Somali heritage. She is the co-founder and CEO of The Five Foundation, a global partnership to end female genital mutilation (FGM).
Ali underwent female genital mutilation in Djibouti, and later went on to form the... |
3,074,047 | George Kenney | 1,173,406,297 | United States Army Air Forces general | [
"1889 births",
"1977 deaths",
"20th-century American biographers",
"20th-century American memoirists",
"Air Corps Tactical School alumni",
"American military writers",
"Brookline High School alumni",
"Honorary Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire",
"Military personnel from Brookline,... | George Churchill Kenney (August 6, 1889 – August 9, 1977) was a United States Army general during World War II. He is best known as the commander of the Allied Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area (SWPA), a position he held between August 1942 and 1945.
Kenney enlisted as a flying cadet in the Aviation Section, U.... |
43,854,466 | Spider-Man Unlimited (video game) | 1,162,653,688 | 2014 endless runner video game | [
"2014 video games",
"Android (operating system) games",
"Endless runner games",
"Gameloft games",
"IOS games",
"Single-player video games",
"Superhero video games",
"Video games about parallel universes",
"Video games based on Spider-Man",
"Video games developed in France",
"Video games set in N... | Spider-Man Unlimited is a discontinued endless runner video game developed and published by Gameloft based on the Marvel Comics superhero Spider-Man. The player controls the title character and his alternate versions during his fight against the members of the Sinister Six and their multiverse counterparts. The game's ... |
26,353,067 | Flesh and Stone | 1,157,025,808 | Episode of Doctor Who | [
"2010 British television episodes",
"Eleventh Doctor episodes",
"Fiction set in 2010",
"Fiction set in the 6th millennium",
"Television episodes written by Steven Moffat"
] | "Flesh and Stone" is the fifth episode of the fifth series of the British science fiction television series Doctor Who. Written by Steven Moffat and directed by Adam Smith, the episode was first broadcast on 1 May 2010 on BBC One. Featuring the Weeping Angels as primary villains and the recurring character River Song (... |
7,808,892 | Battle of Kinburn (1855) | 1,170,742,310 | 1855 battle of the Crimean War | [
"1855 in France",
"19th-century battles",
"Conflicts in 1855",
"Military history of the Black Sea",
"Naval battles involving France",
"Naval battles involving Russia",
"Naval battles involving the United Kingdom",
"Naval battles of the Crimean War",
"October 1855 events"
] | The Battle of Kinburn, a combined land-naval engagement during the final stage of the Crimean War, took place on the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula (on the south shore of the Dnieper–Bug estuary in what is now Ukraine) on 17 October 1855. During the battle a combined fleet of vessels from the French Navy and the British ... |
845,636 | USS Johnston (DD-557) | 1,162,035,001 | Fletcher-class destroyer that helped stop a large Japanese fleet in WWII | [
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"2019 archaeological discoveries",
"Fletcher-class destroyers of the United States Navy",
"Maritime incidents in October 1944",
"Ships built in Seattle",
"Shipwrecks of the Philippines",
"World War II destroyers of the United States",
"World War II shipwrecks in the Philippine Sea"
] | USS Johnston (DD-557) was a Fletcher-class destroyer built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was named after Lieutenant John V. Johnston, an officer of the US Navy during the American Civil War. Johnston was laid down in May 1942 and was launched on 25 March 1943. She entered active duty in October 19... |
778,423 | Dreamland (Coney Island, 1904) | 1,173,033,278 | Former amusement park in Brooklyn, New York | [
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"Coney Island",
"Cultural history of New York City",
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2,956,898 | Operation Eastern Exit | 1,110,038,037 | 1991 US embassy evacuation in Somalia | [
"1991 in Somalia",
"Military expeditions of the United States",
"Non-combat military operations involving the United States",
"Non-combatant evacuation operations",
"Somalia–United States relations",
"United States Marine Corps in the 20th century"
] | Operation Eastern Exit was the codename given to the military evacuation of the United States embassy in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia, in January 1991. In late December 1990, violence quickly enveloped the city as armed militants began clashing with government soldiers. On 1 January 1991, the US Ambassador to Soma... |
37,880,792 | Cabell Breckinridge | 1,172,484,491 | American politician | [
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"1823 deaths",
"19th-century American lawyers",
"19th-century American politicians",
"American Presbyterians",
"American religion academics",
"Breckinridge family",
"Colby–Sawyer College alumni",
"Fathers of vice presidents of the United States",
"Infectious disease deaths in Kentuc... | Joseph Cabell Breckinridge (July 14, 1788 – September 1, 1823) was a lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician in the U.S. state of Kentucky. From 1816 to 1819, he represented Fayette County in the Kentucky House of Representatives, and fellow members elected him as their speaker (1817 to 1819). In 1820, Governor Joh... |
3,025,484 | Beat of My Heart | 1,157,036,916 | 2005 single by Hilary Duff | [
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"2005 songs",
"2006 singles",
"EMI Records singles",
"Electropop songs",
"Hilary Duff songs",
"Hollywood Records singles",
"Music videos directed by Phil Harder",
"Song recordings produced by the Dead Executives",
"Songs written by Benji Madden",
"Songs written by Hilary Duff",
... | "Beat of My Heart" is a song by American actress and singer Hilary Duff from her first compilation album Most Wanted (2005). It was written by Duff and the Dead Executives, a record production team consisting of Jason Epperson, Joel and Benji Madden. Along with the three other new songs on Most Wanted, "Beat of My Hear... |
2,351,893 | Field marshal (India) | 1,172,319,365 | Highest Military rank of Indian Army | [
"Five-star officers",
"Indian Army",
"Indian generals",
"Military insignia",
"Military ranks of the Indian Army"
] | Field marshal (abbreviated as FM) is a five–star general officer rank and the highest attainable rank in the Indian Army. Field marshal ranks immediately above general, but is not in use in the army's current structure. Awarded only twice, field marshal is a rank bestowed on generals for ceremonial purposes or during t... |
460,835 | William Montagu, 1st Earl of Salisbury | 1,169,332,597 | English nobleman | [
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"1344 deaths",
"14th-century English nobility",
"Barons Montagu",
"Burials at Bisham Abbey",
"De Montagu family",
"Earls of Salisbury (1337 creation)",
"Knights banneret of England",
"Male Shakespearean characters",
"Medieval governors of Guernsey",
"Monarchs of the Isle of Man",
... | William Montagu, alias de Montacute, 1st Earl of Salisbury, 3rd Baron Montagu, King of Man (1301 – 30 January 1344) was an English nobleman and loyal servant of King Edward III.
The son of William Montagu, 2nd Baron Montagu, he entered the royal household at an early age and became a close companion of the young Princ... |
42,637,802 | Golden Age of Trucking Museum | 1,107,222,837 | null | [
"Defunct museums in Connecticut",
"Middlebury, Connecticut",
"Museums disestablished in 2010",
"Museums established in 1998"
] | The Golden Age of Trucking Museum is a defunct trucking museum in Middlebury, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1998 by Richard and Frances Guerrera, it was non-profit organization dedicated to trucking that focused on trucks of the 1950s. The museum was dedicated on September 23, 2002 and housed in a 32,000 squar... |
30,025,002 | French cruiser Sully | 1,136,843,079 | French Navy's Gloire-class armored cruiser | [
"1901 ships",
"Gloire-class cruisers",
"Maritime incidents in 1905",
"Ships built in France",
"Ships sunk with no fatalities",
"Shipwrecks in the South China Sea"
] | The French cruiser Sully was one of five armored cruisers of the Gloire class that were built for the French Navy (Marine Nationale) in the early 1900s. Fitted with a mixed armament of 194-millimeter (7.6 in) and 164.7-millimeter (6.5 in) guns, the ships were designed for service with the battle fleet. Completed in 190... |
68,198 | Tottenham Hotspur F.C. | 1,173,897,697 | Association football club in London, England | [
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"Articles containing video clips",
"Association football clubs established in 1882",
"EFL Cup winners",
"English Football League clubs",
"FA Cup winners",
"Football clubs in England",
"Football clubs in London",
"History of the London Borough of Haringey",
"Multi-... | Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as simply Tottenham (/ˈtɒtənəm/) or Spurs, is a professional football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English football. The team has played its home matches in the 62,850-capacity Tottenham Hotspur Stadi... |
61,919,665 | Floating Clouds (artwork) | 1,173,353,079 | Artwork by Alexander Calder | [
"1953 sculptures",
"Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas",
"Sculptures by Alexander Calder"
] | Floating Clouds (sometimes called Flying Saucers by the artist) is a work of art by American sculptor Alexander Calder, located in the Aula Magna of the University City of Caracas in Venezuela. The 1953 work comprises many 'cloud' panels that are renowned both artistically and acoustically. The piece is seen as "one of... |
4,119,567 | The Ansonia | 1,170,840,579 | Residential building in Manhattan, New York | [
"Apartment buildings in New York City",
"Bowman-Biltmore Hotels",
"Broadway (Manhattan)",
"Condominiums and housing cooperatives in Manhattan",
"Defunct hotels in Manhattan",
"Hotel buildings completed in 1904",
"New York City Designated Landmarks in Manhattan",
"Residential buildings on the National ... | The Ansonia (formerly the Ansonia Hotel) is a condominium building at 2109 Broadway, between 73rd and 74th Streets, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. The 17-story structure was designed by French architect Paul Emile Duboy in the Beaux-Arts style. It was built between 1899 and 1903 as a residential ... |
53,509,992 | Mogilev Conference | 1,164,658,786 | 1941 German army conference | [
"1941 conferences",
"The Holocaust in Belarus",
"The Holocaust in Russia",
"War crimes of the Wehrmacht",
"Wehrmacht conferences",
"World War II conferences"
] | The Mogilev Conference was a September 1941 Wehrmacht training event aimed at improving security in the rear of Army Group Centre during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. The event was organised by General Max von Schenckendorff, commander of Army Group Centre Rear Area, in cooperation with the officials of the ... |
40,598,116 | 2nd Army (Kingdom of Yugoslavia) | 1,153,745,346 | Royal Yugoslav Army formation (1941) | [
"Field armies of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia",
"Military units and formations disestablished in 1941",
"Military units and formations established in 1941",
"Military units and formations of Yugoslavia in World War II"
] | The 2nd Army (Serbo-Croatian Latin: 2. armija) was a Royal Yugoslav Army formation commanded by Armijski đeneral Dragoslav Miljković that opposed the German-led Axis invasion of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia in April 1941 during World War II. It consisted of three infantry divisions and one horsed cavalry regiment along wi... |
101,730 | Atal Bihari Vajpayee | 1,171,549,405 | 10th Prime Minister of India in 1996 and from 1998–2004 | [
"1924 births",
"2018 deaths",
"20th-century Indian non-fiction writers",
"20th-century prime ministers of India",
"21st-century prime ministers of India",
"Atal Bihari Vajpayee",
"Bharatiya Jana Sangh politicians",
"Bharatiya Janata Party politicians",
"Commerce and industry ministers",
"Dr. Bhimr... | Atal Bihari Vajpayee (; 25 December 1924 – 16 August 2018) was an Indian politician and poet who served three terms as the 10th Prime Minister of India, first for a term of 13 days in 1996, then for a period of 13 months from 1998 to 1999, followed by a full term from 1999 to 2004. Vajpayee was one of the co-founders a... |
23,053,480 | 1980 National League West tie-breaker game | 1,172,292,194 | 1980 Major League Baseball tie-breaker game | [
"1980 Major League Baseball season",
"1980 in Los Angeles",
"1980 in sports in California",
"Houston Astros postseason",
"Los Angeles Dodgers postseason",
"Major League Baseball tie-breaker games",
"October 1980 sports events in the United States"
] | The 1980 National League West tie-breaker game was a one-game extension to Major League Baseball's (MLB) 1980 regular season, played between the Houston Astros and Los Angeles Dodgers to decide the winner of the National League's (NL) West Division. The game was played on October 6, 1980, at Dodger Stadium in Los Angel... |
26,620,481 | Don Geiss, America and Hope | 1,173,636,289 | null | [
"2010 American television episodes",
"30 Rock (season 4) episodes",
"Television episodes about funerals"
] | "Don Geiss, America, and Hope" is the fifteenth episode of the fourth season of the American television comedy series 30 Rock, and the 73rd overall episode of the series. It was directed by Stephen Lee Davis, and written by Jack Burditt and Tracey Wigfield. The episode originally aired on NBC in the United States on Ma... |
42,501,001 | The Hawking Excitation | 1,158,935,870 | null | [
"2012 American television episodes",
"The Big Bang Theory episodes"
] | "The Hawking Excitation" is the 21st episode of the fifth season of The Big Bang Theory that first aired on CBS on April 5, 2012. It is the 108th episode overall. After learning that Stephen Hawking is coming to lecture at Caltech, Howard (Simon Helberg) is hired to maintain his wheelchair equipment. When Sheldon (Jim ... |
85,768 | Casimir Pulaski | 1,173,769,254 | Polish nobleman and American Revolutionary War general (1745–1779) | [
"1745 births",
"1779 deaths",
"Bar confederates",
"Burials in Georgia (U.S. state)",
"Casimir Pulaski",
"Continental Army officers from Poland",
"Intersex men",
"Intersex military personnel",
"Intersex people and military service in the United States",
"Military personnel from Warsaw",
"Nobility... | Kazimierz Michał Władysław Wiktor Pułaski of the Ślepowron coat of arms (; Casimir Pulaski /ˈkæ.zɪ.ˌmɪər pəˈlæ.skiː/; March 4 or March 6, 1745 – October 11, 1779) was a Polish nobleman, soldier, and military commander who has been called the "father of the American cavalry."
Born in Warsaw and following in his fathe... |
10,157,131 | Diego Costa | 1,173,866,759 | Spanish footballer (born 1988) | [
"1988 births",
"2014 FIFA World Cup players",
"2018 FIFA World Cup players",
"Albacete Balompié players",
"Atlético Madrid footballers",
"Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas players",
"Brazil men's international footballers",
"Brazilian emigrants to Spain",
"Brazilian expatriate men's footballers",
"Bra... | Diego da Silva Costa (, ; born 7 October 1988), is a Brazilian-born Spanish professional footballer who plays as a striker for Campeonato Brasileiro Série A club Botafogo.
Costa began his football career in his native Brazil before joining Braga in Portugal in 2006, aged 17. He never played for the club but spent time... |
137,069 | South Jordan, Utah | 1,165,902,249 | City in Salt Lake County, Utah, United States | [
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"Cities in Salt Lake County, Utah",
"Cities in Utah",
"Populated places established in 1859",
"Salt Lake City metropolitan area",
"South Jordan, Utah",
"Wasatch Front"
] | South Jordan is a city in south central Salt Lake County, Utah, United States, 18 miles (29 km) south of Salt Lake City. Part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, the city lies in the Salt Lake Valley along the banks of the Jordan River between the 10,000-foot (3,000 m) Oquirrh Mountains and the 11,000-foot (3,400 ... |
59,081,428 | Hypericum sechmenii | 1,173,816,792 | Species of flowering perennial herb in the family Hypericaceae | [
"Endemic flora of Turkey",
"Flora of Asia",
"Hypericum",
"Plants described in 2009"
] | Hypericum sechmenii, or Seçmen's St John's wort, is a rare species of flowering plant of the St John's wort family (Hypericaceae) that is found only in the Eskişehir Province of central Turkey. Its appearance and characteristics were first described in 2009 by Turkish botanists Atila Ocak and Onur Koyuncu, who named th... |
65,455,356 | Ethel Maynard | 1,172,954,318 | American politician | [
"1905 births",
"1980 deaths",
"20th-century African-American politicians",
"20th-century African-American women",
"20th-century American politicians",
"20th-century American women politicians",
"African-American nurses",
"African-American state legislators in Arizona",
"African-American women in pol... | Ethel Reed Maynard (November 23, 1905 – May 20, 1980) was an American politician, activist, and registered nurse who served in the Arizona House of Representatives as a member of the Democratic Party. She was the first black woman to serve in the Arizona Legislature.
Maynard was born in Waterbury, Connecticut, and spe... |
62,850,877 | Black Swan (song) | 1,172,666,079 | 2020 single by BTS | [
"2020 singles",
"2020 songs",
"2020s ballads",
"BTS songs",
"Contemporary R&B ballads",
"Hybe Corporation singles",
"Music videos directed by Lumpens",
"Number-one singles in Malaysia",
"Pop ballads",
"Songs about music",
"Songs written by August Rigo",
"Songs written by Pdogg",
"Songs writt... | "Black Swan" is a song by South Korean boy band BTS from their fourth Korean-language studio album, Map of the Soul: 7 (2020). The song was written by RM, August Rigo, Vince Nantes, Clyde Kelly and Pdogg, with the latter of the five also handling production. It was released on January 17, 2020, as the first single by B... |
4,833,652 | New York State Route 812 | 1,076,576,715 | State highway in the North Country of New York, USA | [
"State highways in New York (state)",
"Transportation in Lewis County, New York",
"Transportation in St. Lawrence County, New York"
] | New York State Route 812 (NY 812) is a state highway in the North Country of New York in the United States. The southern terminus of the route is at an intersection with NY 12 and NY 26 in the Lewis County village of Lowville. Its northern terminus is at the Canada–United States border in Ogdensburg, where it crosses t... |
12,538,627 | Space Channel 5: Part 2 | 1,164,856,028 | 2002 video game | [
"2002 video games",
"2003 video games",
"Agetec games",
"Dreamcast games",
"Michael Jackson-related games",
"Multiplayer and single-player video games",
"Music video games",
"PlayStation 2 games",
"PlayStation Network games",
"Sega video games",
"Space Channel 5",
"Video games developed in Jap... | is a music video game developed by United Game Artists. A direct sequel to the 1999 game Space Channel 5, the game was published for Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 in Japan in February 2002 by Sega. The PS2 version released worldwide in 2003 by SCEE (Mainland Europe) and Agetec (North America). The game later received a h... |
49,348,447 | Lexa (The 100) | 1,171,424,546 | Character from The CW's TV series The 100 | [
"Fictional LGBT characters in television",
"Fictional lesbians",
"Fictional murderers",
"LGBT-related controversies in television",
"Science fiction television characters",
"Television characters introduced in 2014",
"The 100 (TV series)"
] | Lexa is a fictional character from the post-apocalyptic science fiction television series The 100, portrayed by Alycia Debnam-Carey. The recurring character does not appear in the books on which the series is loosely based. The commander of the allied Grounder clans, Lexa is portrayed as a reasonable leader and strong ... |
40,958,118 | Ye Qianyu | 1,138,182,474 | Chinese painter, manhua artist | [
"1907 births",
"1995 deaths",
"Academic staff of the Central Academy of Fine Arts",
"Artists from Hangzhou",
"Chinese comics artists",
"Chinese magazine editors",
"Victims of the Cultural Revolution"
] | Ye Qianyu (or Yeh Ch'ien-yü; 31 March 1907 – 5 May 1995) was a Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist. In 1928, he cofounded Shanghai Manhua, one of the earliest and most influential manhua magazines, and created Mr. Wang, one of China's most famous comic strips.
Ye was also a master of traditional Chinese paint... |
71,491 | Hepatitis C | 1,172,032,547 | Human viral infection | [
"Healthcare-associated infections",
"Hepatitis",
"Hepatitis C",
"Infectious causes of cancer",
"Wikipedia emergency medicine articles ready to translate",
"Wikipedia medicine articles ready to translate (full)"
] | Hepatitis C is an infectious disease caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV) that primarily affects the liver; it is a type of viral hepatitis. During the initial infection period, people often have mild or no symptoms. Early symptoms can include fever, dark urine, abdominal pain, and yellow tinged skin. The virus persis... |
25,828,381 | Gypsy (Shakira song) | 1,157,507,737 | null | [
"2009 songs",
"2010 singles",
"Epic Records singles",
"Monitor Latino Top General number-one singles",
"Shakira songs",
"Songs written by Amanda Ghost",
"Songs written by Carl Sturken and Evan Rogers",
"Songs written by Ian Dench",
"Songs written by Jorge Drexler",
"Songs written by Shakira"
] | "Gypsy" is a song by Colombian singer-songwriter Shakira, from her eighth studio album She Wolf (2009). The song was chosen as the fourth and final single from the album by Epic Records. It was released internationally on 26 March 2010; in the United States, "Gypsy" was released as a CD single on 12 April 2010. The Spa... |
33,506,887 | History of the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1972–1977) | 1,095,695,777 | Late history of the Rhodesian Light Infantry | [
"Military history of Rhodesia",
"Rhodesian Light Infantry"
] | The 1st Battalion, The Rhodesian Light Infantry, commonly the Rhodesian Light Infantry (1RLI or RLI), served in the Rhodesian Bush War as part of the Rhodesian Security Forces between 1964 and 1979, under the unrecognised government of Rhodesia following its 1965 Unilateral Declaration of Independence from Britain. Dur... |
2,595,727 | Homer vs. Patty and Selma | 1,172,122,622 | null | [
"1995 American television episodes",
"Film and television memes",
"The Simpsons (season 6) episodes"
] | "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" is the seventeenth episode of the sixth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 26, 1995. In the episode, Homer loses all his money in pumpkin futures and must turn to Patty and Selma for a loan. ... |
6,147,214 | CSS Muscogee | 1,114,045,712 | Confederate river warship of American Civil War | [
"1864 ships",
"Georgia (U.S. state) in the American Civil War",
"Ironclad warships of the Confederate States Navy",
"Maritime incidents in April 1865",
"National Register of Historic Places in Muscogee County, Georgia",
"Scuttled vessels",
"Ships built in Georgia (U.S. state)",
"Shipwrecks in rivers",... | CSS Muscogee was an casemate ironclad built in Columbus, Georgia for the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War. Her original paddle configuration was judged a failure when she could not be launched on the first attempt in 1864. She had to be rebuilt to use dual propeller propulsion. Later renamed CSS Ja... |
157,096 | Battle of Fontenoy | 1,171,063,081 | 1745 battle | [
"1745 in France",
"1745 in Great Britain",
"1745 in the Dutch Republic",
"1745 in the Habsburg monarchy",
"Battles involving Austria",
"Battles involving France",
"Battles involving Great Britain",
"Battles involving Hanover",
"Battles involving the Dutch Republic",
"Battles of the War of the Aust... | The Battle of Fontenoy took place on 11 May 1745 during the War of the Austrian Succession, near Tournai, then part of the Austrian Netherlands, now in Belgium. A French army of 50,000 under Marshal Saxe defeated a Pragmatic Army of roughly the same size, led by the Duke of Cumberland.
By 1745, five years of war had b... |
22,697,171 | Cantor's first set theory article | 1,164,792,078 | First article on transfinite set theory | [
"Georg Cantor",
"History of mathematics",
"Real analysis",
"Set theory"
] | Cantor's first set theory article contains Georg Cantor's first theorems of transfinite set theory, which studies infinite sets and their properties. One of these theorems is his "revolutionary discovery" that the set of all real numbers is uncountably, rather than countably, infinite. This theorem is proved using Cant... |
39,590,618 | Tropical Storm Andrea (2013) | 1,171,670,301 | Atlantic Tropical storm in the 2013 | [
"2013 Atlantic hurricane season",
"Atlantic tropical storms",
"Hurricanes in Florida",
"Hurricanes in Georgia (U.S. state)",
"Tropical cyclones in 2013"
] | Tropical Storm Andrea brought flooding to Cuba, the Yucatan Peninsula, and portions of the East Coast of the United States in June 2013. The first tropical cyclone and named storm of the annual hurricane season, Andrea originated from an area of low pressure in the eastern Gulf of Mexico on June 5. Despite strong wind ... |
18,185,601 | UEFA Euro 1968 final | 1,168,382,170 | European football tournament final match | [
"1960s in Rome",
"Football in Rome",
"Italy at UEFA Euro 1968",
"Italy national football team matches",
"Italy–Yugoslavia relations",
"June 1968 sports events in Europe",
"Sports competitions in Rome",
"UEFA Euro 1968",
"UEFA European Championship finals",
"Yugoslavia at UEFA Euro 1968",
"Yugosl... | The UEFA Euro 1968 final consisted of two football matches at the Stadio Olimpico, Rome, on 8 and 10 June 1968, to determine the winner of the UEFA Euro 1968 tournament. It was the third UEFA European Championship final, UEFA's top football competition for national teams. The match was contested by Italy and Yugoslavia... |
45,322,073 | Action of 15 November 1810 | 1,096,740,266 | Minor naval engagement during the French Revolutionary Wars | [
"Conflicts in 1810",
"Naval battles involving France",
"Naval battles involving the United Kingdom",
"Naval battles of the Napoleonic Wars",
"November 1810 events"
] | The action of 15 November 1810 was a minor naval engagement fought during the British Royal Navy blockade of the French Channel ports in the Napoleonic Wars. British dominance at sea, enforced by a strategy of close blockade, made it difficult for the French Navy to operate even in their own territorial waters. In the ... |
1,063,701 | Jonas Quinn | 1,170,150,913 | Fictional character from the Stargate franchise | [
"Fictional characters with precognition",
"Fictional scientists in television",
"Stargate alien characters",
"Television characters introduced in 2002"
] | Jonas Quinn is a fictional character in the Canadian-American television series Stargate SG-1, a science fiction show about a military team exploring the galaxy via a network of alien transportation devices. Played by Corin Nemec, Jonas is introduced in the season 5 episode "Meridian." Jonas fills Daniel Jackson's empt... |
3,427,382 | Love (Destiny) | 1,075,866,992 | null | [
"1999 singles",
"1999 songs",
"2001 singles",
"Ayumi Hamasaki songs",
"Japanese television drama theme songs",
"Oricon Weekly number-one singles",
"Songs written by Ayumi Hamasaki",
"Songs written by Tsunku"
] | "Love (Destiny)" (stylized as "LOVE \~Destiny\~") is a song recorded by Japanese recording artist Ayumi Hamasaki, serving as the second single for her second studio album, Loveppears (1999). It was released by Avex Trax in Japan and Taiwan on April 14, 1999, and through Avex Entertainment Inc. worldwide in September 20... |
13,857,776 | KQQZ | 1,167,011,638 | Radio station in Fairview Heights, Illinois (1968–2020) | [
"1968 establishments in Missouri",
"2020 disestablishments in Missouri",
"Defunct mass media in Illinois",
"Defunct radio stations in the United States",
"Radio stations disestablished in 2020",
"Radio stations established in 1968",
"Radio stations in Illinois"
] | KQQZ was a commercial AM radio station that was licensed to serve Fairview Heights, Illinois, on , and broadcast from 1968 to 2020.
KQQZ first broadcast in 1968 as KHAD, a station licensed to De Soto, Missouri. For its first 30 years, KHAD primarily broadcast country music and talk shows. A potential sale to the Rev. ... |
22,344,717 | Charles A. May | 1,166,982,883 | United States Army officer (1818-1864) | [
"1818 births",
"1864 deaths",
"American military personnel of the Indian Wars",
"American military personnel of the Mexican–American War",
"Military personnel from New York City",
"Military personnel from Washington, D.C.",
"United States Army officers"
] | Charles Augustus May (1818–1864) was an American officer of the United States Army who served in the Mexican War and other campaigns over a 25-year career. He is best known for successfully leading a cavalry charge against Mexican artillery at the Battle of Resaca de la Palma.
May spent most of his career in the Secon... |
4,029,501 | Virgin Islands at the 2006 Winter Olympics | 1,090,712,904 | null | [
"2006 in United States Virgin Islands sports",
"Nations at the 2006 Winter Olympics",
"Virgin Islands at the Winter Olympics by year"
] | The United States Virgin Islands (USVI) sent a delegation to compete at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy from 10 to 26 February 2006. The only competitor sent by the USVI was Anne Abernathy, who broke her wrist in a practice run and was therefore unable to compete.
## Background
The Virgin Islands Olympic Com... |
12,724,443 | Hurricane Flossie (2007) | 1,167,976,584 | Category 4 Pacific hurricane in 2007 | [
"2007 Pacific hurricane season",
"2007 in Hawaii",
"Category 4 Pacific hurricanes",
"Hurricanes in Hawaii",
"Tropical cyclones in 2007"
] | Hurricane Flossie was a powerful Pacific tropical cyclone that brought squally weather and light damage to Hawaii in August 2007. The sixth named storm, second hurricane, first and only major hurricane of the inactive 2007 Pacific hurricane season, Flossie originated from a tropical wave that emerged off Africa on July... |
17,541,559 | Kaunas Fortress | 1,160,720,731 | Fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania | [
"19th-century fortifications",
"Buildings and structures completed in 1915",
"Buildings and structures in Kaunas",
"Castles in Lithuania",
"Forts in Lithuania",
"History of Kaunas",
"Holocaust locations in Lithuania",
"Objects listed in Lithuanian Registry of Cultural Property",
"Ruins in Lithuania"... | Kaunas Fortress (Lithuanian: Kauno tvirtovė, Russian: Кοвенская крепость, German: Festung Kowno) is the remains of a fortress complex in Kaunas, Lithuania. It was constructed and renovated between 1882 and 1915 to protect the Russian Empire's western borders, and was designated a "first-class" fortress in 1887. During ... |
6,211,800 | Michael Ingham (footballer) | 1,170,272,905 | Association football player | [
"1980 births",
"Carlisle United F.C. players",
"Cliftonville F.C. players",
"Darlington F.C. players",
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"Men's ... | Michael Gerard Ingham (born 9 July 1980) is a semi-professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Tadcaster Albion. He has played in the Football League for Carlisle United, Darlington, York City, Wrexham, Doncaster Rovers and Sunderland and at senior international level for the Northern Ireland national te... |
4,620,378 | Gospić massacre | 1,152,921,671 | 1991 mass killings of civilians in Gospić, Croatia | [
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"Massacres in the Croatian War of Indep... | The Gospić massacre was the mass killing of 100–120 predominantly Serb civilians in Gospić, Croatia during the last two weeks of October 1991, during the Croatian War of Independence. The majority of the victims were ethnic Serbs arrested in Gospić and the nearby coastal town of Karlobag. Most of them were arrested on ... |
56,374,860 | Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) | 1,170,602,660 | Series of military conflicts between Germanic tribes and the Romans (12 BC – 16 AD) | [
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... | The Roman campaigns in Germania (12 BC – AD 16) were a series of conflicts between the Germanic tribes and the Roman Empire. Tensions between the Germanic tribes and the Romans began as early as 17/16 BC with the Clades Lolliana, where the 5th Legion under Marcus Lollius was defeated by the tribes Sicambri, Usipetes, a... |
1,736,582 | Luis Posada Carriles | 1,147,166,219 | Cuban terrorist and CIA agent | [
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"Escapees from Venezuelan detentio... | Luis Clemente Posada Carriles (February 15, 1928 – May 23, 2018) was a Cuban exile militant and Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) agent. He was considered a terrorist by the United States' Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Government of Cuba, among others.
Born in Cienfuegos, Cuba, Posada fled to the Unite... |
158,480 | New Jersey Route 62 | 1,160,783,463 | State highway in Passaic County, New Jersey, US | [
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"State highways in the United States shorter than one mile",
"Transportation in Passaic County, New Jersey"
] | Route 62 is a 0.47-mile-long (0.76 km) state highway in the U.S. state of New Jersey. It begins at the centerline of U.S. Route 46 (US 46) along Union Boulevard (Passaic County Route 646) in the community of Totowa and continues northward to the merge of the Interstate 80 (I-80) westbound off-ramp at Exit 55B, where Ro... |
4,323,722 | A Fish Called Selma | 1,160,471,843 | null | [
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"Planet of the Apes",
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] | "A Fish Called Selma" is the nineteenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on March 24, 1996. The episode features Troy McClure, who tries to resurrect his acting career and squelch the rumors about his perso... |
12,994,572 | Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211 | 1,039,414,228 | Prototype Soviet high-altitude fighter aircraft | [
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] | The Mikoyan-Gurevich I-211 was a prototype high-altitude Soviet fighter aircraft built during World War II. It was a version of the Mikoyan-Gurevich I-210, itself a variant of the Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-3, fitted with a Shvetsov ASh-82F radial engine. Its development was quite prolonged, although successful, but by the t... |
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