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15244025 | Suzuki Shigehide (鈴木重秀 , born 1546, died after 1586) was the son of the reputed leader Suzuki Sadayu and final leading head of the Saika Ikki during the latter years of the Sengoku period of feudal Japan. He was also nicknamed as Saika Magoichi. He also was a friend of Ankokuji Ekei. |
15284958 | Leonid (Les) Stepanovych Tanyuk (Ukrainian: Леонід (Лесь) Танюк , August 7, 1938 – March 18, 2016) was a Ukrainian theatre and film director, Soviet dissident and after 1991's Ukrainian independence, a multi-term member of the Ukrainian parliament. |
15308894 | Jan Długosz (July 12, 1929, Warsaw, Poland - July 2, 1962 in High Tatras) was a Polish mountaineer and writer. He lived in Kraków (South Poland). In 1961 he participated in the first ascent of the Central Pillar of Frêney on Mont Blanc by a British-Polish team (with Don Whillans, Chris Bonington and Ian Clough). |
15311037 | Randy Fuller (born June 2, 1970 in Griffin, Georgia) is a former professional American football player who played cornerback for six seasons for the Denver Broncos, Pittsburgh Steelers. Atlanta Falcons, and Seattle Seahawks. He is known for breaking up the "Hail Mary" pass from Jim Harbaugh intended for Aaron Bailey in the 1995 AFC Championship Game to secure the Steelers victory, sending them to their fifth Super Bowl (XXX), and their first in 16 years. |
15354978 | The 1926 NCAA football season was the first in which an attempt was made to recognize a national champion after the season. |
15366770 | Duke Summer Stroud (born April 14, 1938) is an American actor who has appeared on screen since the 1970s. He is the brother of actor Don Stroud. |
15376530 | Karl Ritter von Stremayr (30 October 1832, Graz - 22 June 1904, Pottschach) was an Austrian statesman. He served as the 9th Minister-President of Cisleithania. |
15376992 | Jonathan Hyung-joon Kim (born 1960) is a South Korean film producer. He has produced five of the country's top 50 highest grossing films of all time including "Silmido", the first film to surpass 10 million domestic ticket sales. He has received the Daejong Award for Best Picture and Best Executive Producer. |
15396965 | Makara Naotaka (真柄 直隆 , 1536 – August 9, 1570) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Asakura clan. He was also known as Makara Jūrōzaemon (真柄 十郎左衛門 ) . Makara was famed for his skill with the nodachi. During the 1570 Battle of Anegawa, he served on the front lines, together with his son Naomoto. They supported the Asakura army's retreat from the forces of Oda Nobunaga and Tokugawa Ieyasu. As the Asakura continued to presently retreat to their original stronghold, Naotaka lost his blade, and after attempting to continue fighting bare-handed, was killed together with his son. |
15400913 | Mona McCluskey (also known as Meet Mona McCluskey) is an American sitcom that aired on NBC as part of its 1965-1966 schedule. The series stars Juliet Prowse in the title role, and aired from September 16, 1965 to April 14, 1966. |
15406838 | Mikogami Tenzen (神子上典膳 ) or Ono Jiroemon Tadaaki was a Japanese samurai of the early Edo period, who was renowned as a swordsman. He founded the Ono-ha Ittō-ryū style of swordsmanship after his teacher made him head master of the Ittō-ryū. He was one of two official sword masters for Tokugawa Ieyasu and his style, along with Yagyū Shinkage-ryū became one of the official ryūha of the Tokugawa Shogunate. |
15411023 | Courses are composed of numerous tiles, which are suspended high above ground. The ball must be bounced past walls and over enemies; coming into contact with either, or plummeting over the edge of the course, results in the loss of one of the player's seven lives. Courses feature power squares, which push the tennis ball forward and allow longer jumps, these must be utilized to complete the course. Power squares are also used to enable the tennis ball to reach mystery spaces, tiles with question marks, which contain extra lives and bonus jumps which are used on bonus screens. Mystery spaces can also destroy the tennis ball, resulting in the loss of a life, through instant destruction or by freezing the ball in place while a missile flies across the play area and explodes. |
15493810 | Philadelphia's Greek Mob, or the Greek Mafia, are a low-profile criminal organization of ethnic Greek Americans in Philadelphia with alleged connections to the Italian Philadelphia crime family. They were formed in southern Greece by the original boss Steve Kondonyanis. Kondonyanis also had strong ties with the Efthimiades family of Macedonia in Northern Greece. When the Efthimiades family was run out of power in the 1960s, Kondonyanis decided to move his operations to the culturally diverse America. When Kondonyanis was sentenced to jail to serve life for murder, mobster Chelsais Bouras took over. |
15499505 | Ada Limón (born March 28, 1976) is an American poet. |
15535509 | Mount Shelton ( ) is a mountain (2,485 m) located just west of the upper part of Rastorfer Glacier in the east-central portion of the Homerun Range, Admiralty Mountains. Mapped by United States Geological Survey (USGS) from surveys and U.S. Navy air photos, 1960–63. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) for John E. Shelton United States Antarctic Research Program (USARP) meteorologist at Hallett Station, 1964–65. |
15550663 | Gary Burtless (born April 11, 1950) is an American economist. He received his A.B. from Yale University in 1972 and his Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1977. He worked as an economist from the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare from 1977 to 1979 and the U.S. Department of Labor from 1979 to 1981. |
15595164 | Chris Maas is an American canoe sailor. |
15604779 | Bombay Bicycle Club are an English indie rock band from Crouch End, London, consisting of Jack Steadman (lead vocals, guitar, piano), Jamie MacColl (guitar), Suren de Saram (drums) and Ed Nash (bass). They are guitar-fronted and have experimented with different genres, including folk, electronica, world music and indie rock. |
15638285 | "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" is a song written by Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis and recorded by American recording artist Alexander O'Neal. It is the fifth single from the singer's second solo album, "Hearsay" (1987). The song's distinctive backing vocals were performed by Lisa Keith. Following the successful chart performances of the "Hearsay" singles "Fake", "Criticize", "Never Knew Love Like This", and "The Lovers", "(What Can I Say) To Make You Love Me" was released as the album's fifth single. |
15643991 | Urban legend normally refers to a modern folklore, compelling stories often thought to be factual by those who circulate them. |
15653093 | The Parachute Men were an indie pop/indie rock band from Leeds, England, formed in 1985. They released two albums and several singles before splitting up in the early 1990s. |
15655756 | The 2008 Clemson Tigers football team represented Clemson University in the 2008 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Tigers were led by head coach Tommy Bowden, who resigned six games into his tenth season. The interim head coach was assistant coach Dabo Swinney. The Tigers play their home games in Memorial Stadium. |
15687181 | The 2005 Alabama Crimson Tide football team represented the University of Alabama during the 2005 NCAA Division I-A football season. This was the team's 73rd season in the SEC. The 2005 squad collected a record of 10-2. Coach Mike Shula who was entericoach. The team started off the season at 9–0, which included wins over Florida and Tennessee. However, the team lost their two final regular season games against LSU and Auburn. The team received a bid to the 2006 Cotton Bowl Classic against Texas Tech. They defeated the Red Raiders on a last second field goal by Jamie Christensen. |
15732531 | The Lady Gambles is a 1949 film noir drama film directed by Michael Gordon starring Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Preston and Stephen McNally. |
15734575 | The Works is a remastered 3-CD retrospective of British girl group Bananarama's musical career from 1981 through 1993. This 48-track compilation album was issued by Rhino Records on 5 November 2007 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the group. It includes the group's best known singles, including "Venus" and "Cruel Summer". |
15769977 | Paolo Di Lauro (born August 23, 1953) is an Italian crime boss, leader of the Di Lauro Clan, a Camorra crime organization. He is also known as Ciruzzo 'o milionario (Neapolitan for "Ciruzzo the millionaire") among other aliases. In 2002 he was included in the list of most wanted fugitives in Italy and was captured in September 2005. |
15778028 | The Midnight Mission is a human services organization in downtown Los Angeles' skid row. The organization provides basic subsistence to the region's needy, drug and alcohol recovery services, "safe sleep" programs, educational training, a mobile kitchen, and family housing with an emphasis on developing self-sufficiency. |
15781437 | Giovanni Domenico da Nola (also Nolla) (c. 1510-1520May 1592) was an Italian composer and poet of the Renaissance. |
15782460 | Hedwig and the Angry Inch is a 2001 American musical comedy-drama film written, adapted, and directed by John Cameron Mitchell, who also portrayed the title role, reprising his performance from the original production. Based on Mitchell's and Stephen Trask's stage musical of the same name, the film follows a fictional rock band fronted by an East German transgender singer who survives a botched sex change operation. Hedwig subsequently develops a relationship with a younger man, Tommy, becoming his mentor and musical collaborator, only to have Tommy steal her music and move on without her. The film follows Hedwig and her backing band, the Angry Inch, as they shadow Tommy's tour, while exploring Hedwig's past and complex gender identity. |
15792336 | The Mythical Beast, Krute is a large bird-man like creature found in Hindu and Buddhist scriptures. It is often linked to the Hindu creature Garuda. |
15795885 | In His Steps is a 1964 Christian film based on the novel of the same name by Charles Sheldon, written and directed by Ken Anderson. |
15832789 | The True Meaning of Smekday is a 2007 children's book by Adam Rex that was highly recommended by "The New York Times". The book was adapted into the 2015 animated feature film "Home". |
15842810 | Anna Lappé is an author and educator, known for her work as an expert on food systems and as a sustainable food advocate. The co-author or author of three books and the contributing author to over ten others, Anna's work has been widely translated internationally and featured in "The New York Times", "Gourmet", "O, The Oprah Magazine", "Domino", "Food & Wine", "Body+Soul", "Natural Health", "Utne Reader", and "Vibe", among other outlets. With her mother Frances Moore Lappé, Anna co-founded the Cambridge-based Small Planet Institute, an international network for research and popular education about the root causes of hunger and poverty. The Lappés are also co-founders of the Small Planet Fund, which has raised nearly $1 million for democratic social movements worldwide, two of which have won the Nobel Peace Prize since the Fund's founding in 2002. Anna's research on sustainable agriculture has taken her from Brooklyn to South Korea, China, Bangladesh, India, Poland, France, Italy, Mali, Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Botswana, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, and beyond. |
15864444 | Matsudaira Ienobu (松平 家信 ) (1565 – February 27, 1638), also known as Matsudaira Ietomi (松平家副 ) , was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period through early Edo period, who served the Tokugawa clan and later became a daimyo. He was the son of Matsudaira Ietada, and became the 6th head of the Katahara-Matsudaira clan. From an early age, he served Tokugawa Ieyasu, taking part in the major campaigns of the Tokugawa clan. He saw action against the Takeda clan in 1582, and succeeded to family headship in the same year, following the death of his father. In 1584, under the command of Sakai Tadatsugu, Ienobu fought at the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, taking the head of the enemy general Noro Magoichirō. |
15865163 | Embree Glacier is a 20 mi long glacier in the north-central part of Sentinel Range, Ellsworth Mountains, draining the eastern slopes of Mount Hale, Mount Davis and Mount Bentley, the northeast slopes of Mount Anderson, and the northwestern slopes of Probuda Ridge, flowing north-northeastwards and north of Mount Schmid turning east to join Rutford Ice Stream east of Mount Tegge. Named by the US-ACAN for Maj. Henry Embree, USAF, who participated in the establishment of the South Pole Station in 1956. |
15881917 | PAM Development, also known as Power and Magic Development, was a games developer based in Paris, France. Founded in 1995, they were bought by Take Two Interactive in 2006, with their cross-platform games since being published by the Take Two subsidiary 2K Games. |
15895863 | English alternative dance band Saint Etienne have released nine studio albums, two soundtrack albums, nine compilation albums, two remix albums, seven mix albums, two video albums, one box set, four extended plays, 38 singles (including one as a featured artist), and five promotional singles. |
15918748 | Stephen Marshall is a writer, film director, and internet entrepreneur from Canada. His work has been wide-ranging, including music videos, short format work, feature-length documentary, and political criticism. He is the nephew of singer and poet Ian Stephens, who died of AIDS related causes in 1996. |
15958476 | How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship, and Musical Theater |
15963928 | John "Johnny Boy" D'Amato (died January 1992) was a New Jersey mobster and former acting boss of the DeCavalcante crime family. After being recruited by Gambino crime family boss John Gotti to take over the family, he was suspected of engaging in homosexual activity and was murdered in January 1992. |
15977647 | The 1980 Atlantic Coast Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held in Greensboro, North Carolina, at the Greensboro Coliseum from February 28 through March 1. Duke defeated Maryland 73–72 to win the championship. Maryland's Albert King was named the tournament MVP, becoming the last player to date (as of the 2015 tournament) to have been named MVP without playing on the tournament winners. Georgia Tech played in this event for the first time as the ACC returned to an eight-team configuration since the first time since the departure of South Carolina in 1971. |
15992439 | Onofrio Sciortino was an Italian-American mobster and boss of the San Jose crime family. |
15994842 | The discography of English recording artist Rick Astley consists of eight studio albums, five compilation albums, two remix albums, and seventeen singles. |
16002464 | Paul Mross (Paweł Mróz) (23 January 1910, Bismarckhütte (now Chorzów) – 17 January 1991, Düsseldorf) was a Polish–German chess master. |
16009187 | Andrea Kalin is an independent American filmmaker (writer, producer and director). She is also the principal and founder of Spark Media, Inc. and founder and Executive Director of Stone Soup Productions, Inc., a 501c3 non-profit foundation |
16010376 | The .375 Dakota is dangerous game cartridge designed by Don Allen, the founder of Dakota Arms of Sturgis, South Dakota. |
16017767 | Rure Ke Kalan or Rureke Kalan, is a small village with a population of about 5000 people located in Punjab, India. The village is situated on the Barnala-to-Mansa Road, approximately 17 km from Barnala. It lies within the Tapa subdivision of Barnala district in Punjab. Rure-Ke-Kalan has a polytechnic college, a degree college, one high school, two private model schools, one primary health dispensary, one veterinary dispensary, a post office, two banks and numerous business shops. |
16029268 | The 1994 Gator Bowl was an American college football bowl game between the Virginia Tech Hokies and the Tennessee Volunteers at Ben Hill Griffin Stadium in Gainesville, Florida, on December 30, 1994. The game was the final contest of the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season for both teams, and ended in a 45–23 victory for Tennessee. |
16044158 | Richard Michelson (born July 3, 1953) is a poet and a children's book author. |
16069416 | Ariel 3 was the first artificial satellite designed and constructed in the United Kingdom. it was launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base on 5 May 1967 aboard a Scout rocket. Ariel 3 had an orbital period of approximately 95 minutes, with an apogee of 608 km and a perigee of 497 km. It initially spun at 31 rpm for stability, though by the time the Ariel 3 deorbited, it had slowed to a rate of about 1 rpm. |
16079343 | The 2008 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was held from March 7–9 at the Binghamton University Events Center. The final was held March 15 at the Retriever Activities Center. As winners, the UMBC Retrievers win an automatic berth to the 2008 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament for the first time in their 22-year Division I history, with their win over Hartford. UMBC was given the 15th seed in the Midwest Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Georgetown 66–47. |
16113015 | Stella Dallas is a 1937 American film based on the Olive Higgins Prouty novel of the same name. It was directed by King Vidor, and stars Barbara Stanwyck, John Boles, and Anne Shirley. Stanwyck was nominated for Best Actress in a Leading Role, and Shirley for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. |
16113784 | California Governor & First Lady's Conference on Women |
16124873 | Simon Peter "Pete" Worden, (Brig. Gen., USAF, Ret., PhD) (born 1949, in Michigan) was Director of NASA's Ames Research Center (ARC) at Moffett Field, California, until his retirement on March 31, 2015. Prior to joining NASA, he held several positions in the United States Air Force and was research professor of astronomy at the University of Arizona, Tucson. He is a recognized expert on space issues – both civil and military. Worden has authored or co-authored more than 150 scientific papers in astrophysics, space sciences, and strategic studies. He served as a scientific co-investigator for two NASA space science missions, and received the NASA Outstanding Leadership Medal for the 1994 Clementine mission. He was named the 2009 Federal Laboratory Consortium Laboratory Director of the Year. |
16151004 | Steve Kirby (born May 23, 1956) is an American jazz bassist. |
16154412 | Jinichi Kawakami (川上仁一), head of Banke Shinobinoden, claims to be the last "sōke" and only heir to authentic ninjutsu. He says he is the 21st head of the Koga Ban family (Iga and Koga Ninjutsu) and is the honorary director of the Iga-ryu Ninja Museum. In 2011, he was specially appointed a professor at Mie University to research ninjutsu at the university's research cooperation center. |
16159966 | Ah Long Pte Ltd () is a 2008 action comedy film directed by Malaysian-Singaporean film director Jack Neo, starring Fann Wong and Mark Lee. Co-produced by Mediacorp Raintree Pictures, Scorpio East Pictures and Double Vision (Malaysia), the film was mostly shot in Malaysia, in the city of Kuala Lumpur, with a budget of S$1.2 million. This film is also the seventh collaboration between Mediacorp Raintree Pictures and Jack Neo. |
16169928 | Megan Marshall (born June 8, 1954) is an American scholar, writer, and biographer. |
16180899 | The Answering Machine were an indie rock band based in Manchester, England. |
16181998 | Night Light is the title of a 1985 studio album by 2nd Chapter of Acts. |
16200545 | The Case of the Night-Stalking Bone Monster is the 27th book in the "Hank the Cowdog" book series. |
16209540 | Stefan Zeniuk is a New York City based musician and filmmaker. |
16216149 | The 2003 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Boston University Terriers at Walter Brown Arena . The final was held at Case Gym on the campus of Boston University. Vermont gained its first ever America East Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Boston University. Vermont was given the 16th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Arizona 80–51. Boston University gained a bid to the NIT and lost in the first round to St. John's 73–57. |
16216518 | The 2002 America East Men's Basketball Tournament was hosted by the Northeastern Huskies at Matthews Arena . The final was held at Case Gym on the campus of Boston University. Boston University gained its fifth America East Championship and an automatic berth to the NCAA Tournament with its win over Maine. BU was given the 16th seed in the West Regional of the NCAA Tournament and lost in the first round to Cincinnati 90–52. |
16225682 | The Milbanke, later Noel, later Milbanke Baronetcy, of Halnaby in the County of York, was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 7 August 1661 for Mark Milbanke. His father was Mark Milbanke of Chirton, Northumberland (died 1677) a Newcastle on Tyne merchant and hostman who was Sheriff of the city in 1638, and Mayor in 1658 and 1672 and whose marriage brought him an estate at Halnaby, near Darlington, County Durham. The second Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland in 1678. The third Baronet was High Sheriff of Northumberland 1685 and Member of Parliament for Richmond. The fifth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Scarborough and Richmond. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for County Durham. He married Judith Noel and changed his surname in 1815, but he died leaving only a daughter Annabella who married the poet George, Lord Byron and so he was succeeded by his nephew. The tenth Baronet was awarded the Victoria Cross. The title became extinct on the death of the twelfth Baronet in 1949. |
16226344 | Soul Food is the second and final album by Def Jef. It was released on September 3, 1991, on Delicious Vinyl and featured production from the group, DJ Mark the 45 King, the Brand New Heavies, and Devastatin' of Funkytown Pros. Two singles were released, "Here We Go Again" and "Cali's All That," but neither made it to the "Billboard" charts. |
16226424 | The 1990 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 3 to March 5, 1990, and March 8, 1990, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except for the final that was played at McGonigle Hall in Philadelphia. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1990 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Temple University won the tournament. No other teams received bids to the NCAA Tournament. The top six teams in the conference received first-round byes. |
16230014 | The 1989 Atlantic 10 Men's Basketball Tournament was played from March 4 to March 6, 1989, and March 9, 1989, at the Palestra in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, except for the final that was played at Louis Brown Athletic Center in Piscataway, New Jersey. The winner was named champion of the Atlantic 10 Conference and received an automatic bid to the 1989 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament. Rutgers University won the tournament. West Virginia University also received a bid to the NCAA Tournament. The top six teams in the conference received first-round byes. |
16230202 | Rejoice! Musical Soul Food is a 24-hour music format independently and self-produced through Urban Choice Media. It draws an African American audience with a Gospel Music format from artists such as Marvin Sapp, Kirk Franklin, Clark Sisters, etc. |
16233283 | James Cook Boys Technology High School is a boys' secondary school situated on Princes Highway in Kogarah, Australia. The school is named after Captain James Cook, the first recorded European contact with the eastern coastline of Australia. |
16233994 | Don Quixote (1933) is the English title of a film adaptation of the classic Miguel de Cervantes novel, directed by Georg Wilhelm Pabst, starring the famous operatic bass Feodor Chaliapin. Although the film stars Chaliapin, it is not an opera. However, he does sing four songs in it. It is the first sound film version of the Spanish classic. The supporting cast in the English version includes George Robey, René Donnio, Miles Mander, Lydia Sherwood, Renée Valliers, and Emily Fitzroy. The film was made in three versions—French, English, and German—with Chaliapin starring in all three versions. |
16235225 | Midnight Robber is a science fiction bildungsroman (coming-of-age novel) by Jamaican-Canadian writer Nalo Hopkinson. Warner Aspect published the novel in 2000. |
16257326 | Moon Safari are a Swedish progressive rock band formed in Skellefteå in 2003. They gained recognition after they recorded a demo tape that caught the attention of keyboardist Tomas Bodin of The Flower Kings. Their genre is predominantly symphonic rock, though their music incorporates many different styles. Common characteristics of their sound include intricate vocal harmonization, acoustic or smoothly electric instrumentals, and pervasive tonal structures in the major and minor modes. |
16270809 | Peter John Grubb (born 9 August 1935 in Ilford, London) is a British ecologist and emeritus professor of botany at Cambridge University. He took his Ph.D. at Cambridge University in 1960 supervised by G.E. Briggs. He subsequently joined the staff of Magdalene College, later becoming a full professor (retired in 2001). His early work was mentored by E.J.H. Corner and A.S. Watt, and especially influenced by the latter. He has written a very lively account on his becoming a plant ecologist. |
16271436 | Captain Cook Memorial Museum is in Whitby, North Yorkshire, England, 43 mi north of York. The Museum is in Walker’s House which belonged to Captain John Walker to whom the great explorer, Captain Cook was apprenticed in 1746, and to which Cook returned in the winter of 1771–72 after his First Voyage. |
16342570 | Peter James Tolan III (born July 5, 1958) is an American television producer, director, and screenwriter. |
16351118 | Applications Technology Satellite 3, or ATS-3, was a long-lived American experimental geostationary weather and communications satellite, operated by NASA from 1967 to 2001. It was at one time reputed to be the oldest satellite still in operation; , NASA referred to the ATS-3 as "The oldest active communications satellite by a wide margin." |
16387327 | Sugari No Ontachi (須賀利御太刀 ) is a sword which represents the regalia of Japan. It is being held at the Ise Shrine in the Mie Prefecture and only taken out when a new emperor ascends the throne. During this ceremony, a feather from a crested ibis is also used. The last time the sword was taken out for ceremonial purposes, in 1995, the endangered status of the crested ibis caused worry that the ceremony would also eventually be impossible, so a stock of feathers from the crested ibis was gathered for use until the year 2013. |
16388548 | It won Best Film, Best Screenplay and Best Supporting Actress at the 9th Hong Kong Film Awards. |
16427964 | 1275 Cimbria, provisional designation 1932 WG, is a main-belt asteroid discovered on November 30, 1932, by astronomer Karl Reinmuth at Heidelberg Observatory, Germany. The X-type asteroid measures approximately 29 kilometers in diameter. |
16443678 | Chris Bowers is a blogger with OpenLeft . |
16494827 | Kaganoi Shigemochi (加賀井 重望 , 1561 – August 27, 1600) was a Japanese samurai of the Azuchi-Momoyama period, who served the Oda clan. He ruled Kaganoi Castle. During the Battle of Komaki and Nagakute, Shigemochi fought under his father Shigemune, who was attached to the forces of Oda Nobukatsu. Soon after, Kaganoi Castle was surrounded by the forces of Toyotomi Hideyoshi; Shigemune surrendered, and Shigemochi was employed by Hideyoshi as a messenger, receiving a stipend of 10,000 "koku". He also possessed a blade made by Muramasa, which Hideyoshi bestowed on him in 1598. |
16517577 | Chris Kelly (born September 7, 1983) is an American writer and director known for his work on "Saturday Night Live", and writing and directing the autobiographical film "Other People" that premiered at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival. He has received five Emmy nominations for his work on "SNL". |
16539888 | 3350 Scobee, provisional designation 1980 PJ, is a stony Florian asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt, approximately 3 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 8 August 1980 by American astronomer Edward Bowell at Lowell's Anderson Mesa Station near Flagstaff, Arizona. It was named for Dick Scobee, commander of the ill-fated "Challenger" crew. |
16547084 | The 2007–08 Clemson Tigers men's basketball team represents Clemson University. The Head Coach is Oliver Purnell. The team plays its home games in Littlejohn Coliseum in Clemson, South Carolina. |
16563555 | High School Confidential is an eight-part documentary television series created by Sharon Liese, following twelve high school teenagers from Blue Valley Northwest High. The series airs on (WE TV). The original run began on March 10, 2008, and concluded on April 28, 2008. |
16569193 | Agent Provocateur were a British electronica band, consisting of John Gosling, Matthew Ashman (Bow Wow Wow), Dan Peppe, Danny Saber (Black Grape) and Cleo Torez. When Ashman died in 1995 he was replaced on guitar by Lance Burman (formerly of Chiefs of Relief). |
16584254 | Sean Tiedeman (born November 17, 1972) is an American film director, producer, musician, and actor. |
16589905 | William Glennie (7 April 1761 – 7 January 1828) was a teacher to Lord Byron and father to a number of Australian pioneers. |
16597840 | Kakizaki Kageie (柿崎景家 , 1513? – 1575) was a Japanese samurai of the Sengoku period, who served the Uesugi clan of Echigo Province. He was one of the chief generals of Uesugi Kenshin. |
16621925 | Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet (ca. 1651 – 3 November 1720) was the only son of the Right Reverend Herbert Croft, Bishop of Hereford and Anne Browne, the only daughter of the Very Rev. Dr. Jonathan Browne and Anne Barne Lovelace. Her half-brothers were Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) an English poet in the seventeenth century and Francis Lovelace (1621–1675), who was the second governor of the New York Colony appointed by the Duke of York, later King James II of England. |
16629374 | "Wonderland by Night" (German title ""Wunderland bei Nacht"") is a popular song by Bert Kaempfert that was a "Billboard" number one hit for three weeks, starting January 9, 1961. The song was written by Klaus-Günter Neumann with English lyrics by Lincoln Chase. It was Kaempfert's first hit with his orchestra. The song featured Charly Tabor on trumpet. The original version of "Wonderland by Night" also crossed over to the R&B chart where it peaked at number five. Another cover, recorded and released by Louis Prima, also charted in the same year, reaching #15 on the Billboard charts. Anita Bryant's version, which included orchestrations by Lew Douglas, reached #18 on the US Pop Chart. Engelbert Humperdinck also recorded a vocal version of the song in his 1968 album "A Man Without Love." |
16633337 | 84882 Table Mountain, provisional designation 2003 CN, is a bright asteroid from the central region of the asteroid belt, approximately 5 kilometers in diameter. It was discovered on 1 February 2003, by American astronomer James Whitney Young at the Table Mountain Observatory near Wrightwood, California. The asteroid was later named after the discovering observatory. |
16635546 | The 1955–1956 season was the 57th completed season of The Football League. |
16635769 | Wacław Szymanowski (23 August 185922 July 1930) was a Polish sculptor and painter. He is best known for his statue of composer Frédéric Chopin in Warsaw's Royal Baths Park (Łazienki Park). |
16641853 | The Byron Review (titled "Safer Children in a Digital World") was a report ordered in September 2007 by the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown and delivered on the 27 March 2008 to the UK Department for Children, Schools and Families. It was authored and overseen by Dr Tanya Byron. The Review focussed on the use of video games and the Internet (particularly social networking websites) by children, and discussed the use of classification and the role of parenting in policing these. |
16656922 | Lili Mirojnick (born April 9, 1984) is an American film and television actress. |
16669534 | o is Tilly and the Wall's third studio album, released on June 17, 2008 through Team Love Records. The album was engineered and produced by Mike Mogis. |
16742341 | Comedy Slapdown is an Australian television improvised comedy program produced by FremantleMedia, that first aired on The Comedy Channel from 8 November 2008 at 7:30pm. The show is hosted by H.G. Nelson and features a variety of comedians participating in theatresports Matt Parkinson heads up the judging panel which includes one other celebrity judge and one judge selected from the audience. Notable guest comedians include Corinne Grant, Tom Gleeson, Natalie Garonzi, Matt Tilley and Julia Zemiro. |
16763662 | Ian Condry (born 1965) is a cultural anthropologist and author. He graduated from Harvard University in 1987 with a B.A. in Government and received his Ph.D. in Anthropology from Yale University in 1999. He is currently a Professor of Japanese Cultural Studies at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |