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  • Thumbnail for Walter Cronkite
    Walter Leland Cronkite Jr. (November 4, 1916 – July 17, 2009) was an American broadcast journalist who served as anchorman for the CBS Evening News for...
    107 KB (12,342 words) - 05:09, 1 May 2024
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    Dr. Shriram Lagoo (16 November 1927 – 17 December 2019) was an Indian film and theatre actor, in Hindi and Marathi, in addition to being an ENT Surgeon...
    22 KB (2,283 words) - 17:25, 9 March 2024
  • Jure uxoris (a Latin phrase meaning "by right of (his) wife") describes a title of nobility used by a man because his wife holds the office or title suo...
    7 KB (1,055 words) - 16:28, 11 February 2024
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    A papal name or pontificial name is the regnal name taken by a pope. Both the head of the Catholic Church, usually known as the pope, and the pope of the...
    20 KB (1,328 words) - 17:29, 12 January 2024
  • Suo jure is a Latin phrase, used in English to mean 'in his own right' or 'in her own right'. In most nobility-related contexts, it means 'in her own right'...
    6 KB (698 words) - 13:36, 27 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for List of Aragonese monarchs
    This is a list of the kings and queens of Aragon. The Kingdom of Aragon was created sometime between 950 and 1035 when the County of Aragon, which had...
    16 KB (497 words) - 19:00, 25 February 2024
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    Franz Clemens Honoratus Hermann Josef Brentano (/brɛnˈtɑːnoʊ/; German: [bʁɛnˈtaːno]; 16 January 1838 – 17 March 1917) was a German philosopher and psychologist...
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  • Thumbnail for The Knife
    The Knife were a Swedish electronic music duo from Gothenburg, formed in 1999. The group consisted of siblings Karin and Olof Dreijer, who together also...
    20 KB (1,866 words) - 09:03, 11 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Howard Hobson
    Howard Andrew "Hobby" Hobson (July 4, 1903 – June 9, 1991) was an American basketball player and coach of football, basketball, and baseball. He served...
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    The Marquee Club was a music venue in London, England, which opened in 1958 with a range of jazz and skiffle acts. It was a small and relatively cheap...
    19 KB (2,205 words) - 09:44, 24 May 2024
  • Thumbnail for Hank Thompson (musician)
    Henry William Thompson (September 3, 1925 – November 6, 2007) was an American country music singer-songwriter and musician whose career spanned seven decades...
    28 KB (972 words) - 21:46, 2 May 2024
  • Donald "Don" Barker (November 29, 1929 – November 22, 2016) was a Canadian CFL referee. He officiated in more than 500 CFL games including 10 Grey Cup...
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  • A literary agent is an agent who represents writers and their written works to publishers, theatrical producers, film producers, and film studios, and...
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  • Thumbnail for Hermann Brill
    Dr. Hermann Louis Brill (9 February 1895 – 22 June 1959) was a German resistance fighter, doctor of law and politician (SPD). Brill was born in the small...
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  • Thumbnail for Harold Hughes
    Harold Everett Hughes (February 10, 1922 – October 23, 1996) was an American politician who served as the 36th Governor of Iowa from 1963 until 1969, and...
    20 KB (2,230 words) - 18:48, 16 April 2024
  • Thumbnail for G. Love & Special Sauce
    G. Love & Special Sauce is an American rock band from Philadelphia. They are known for their unique, "sloppy", and "laid back" sound that encompasses blues...
    16 KB (1,005 words) - 05:23, 2 April 2024
  • Amos Fortune, Free Man is a biographical novel by Elizabeth Yates that won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's literature in 1951....
    6 KB (587 words) - 23:13, 5 December 2023
  • Thumbnail for Peter and Gordon
    Peter and Gordon were a British pop duo, composed of Peter Asher (b. 1944) and Gordon Waller (1945–2009), who achieved international fame in 1964 with...
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  • Thumbnail for The 69 Eyes
    The 69 Eyes is a Finnish rock band. It was founded in 1989 in Helsinki by vocalist Jyrki 69 (who also writes the band's lyrics), guitarists Bazie, Timo-Timo...
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  • Thumbnail for Erich Fried
    Erich Fried (6 May 1921 – 22 November 1988) was an Austrian-born poet, writer, and translator. He initially became known to a broader public in both Germany...
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