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    The Racine Belles were one of the original teams of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League playing from 1943 through 1950 out of Racine, Wisconsin...
    14 KB (1,371 words) - 09:02, 30 October 2023
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    John Harrison (3 April [O.S. 24 March] 1693 – 24 March 1776) was an English carpenter and clockmaker who invented the marine chronometer, a long-sought-after...
    54 KB (6,878 words) - 18:22, 9 April 2024
  • The Women's National Basketball Association's Rookie of the Year Award is an annual Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) award given since the...
    11 KB (256 words) - 23:44, 11 May 2024
  • James Randolph Dudley (September 27, 1909 – February 12, 1999) was an American sportscaster, best known as the play-by-play voice of Major League Baseball's...
    4 KB (369 words) - 05:19, 12 November 2022
  • Bradley Phillip Smith (born 11 May 1979) is a former Australian rules footballer, who played for Subiaco in the West Australian Football League (WAFL)...
    4 KB (303 words) - 15:30, 14 March 2021
  • Clifford Senaka Ratwatte (19 March 1927 – 10 February 2009) was a Sri Lankan politician. He was a former Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Agriculture...
    6 KB (445 words) - 08:39, 15 July 2023
  • Jana Novotná was the reigning champion, but did not compete this year. Serena Williams won the title by defeating Denisa Chládková 6–1, 6–1 in the final...
    10 KB (108 words) - 21:16, 15 May 2023
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    Lovisa von Burghausen (1698 – 20 January 1733) was a Swedish memoirist who became famous for her story about her time in captivity as a slave in Russia...
    21 KB (3,213 words) - 00:13, 8 March 2024
  • Lucas Pouille was the defending champion, but lost in the second round to John Millman. Marco Cecchinato won his first ATP title, defeating Millman in...
    15 KB (177 words) - 16:57, 10 June 2022
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    Artur Nabantino Gonçalves de Azevedo (7 July 1855 – 22 October 1908) was a Brazilian playwright, short story writer, chronicler, journalist and Parnassian...
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  • Evgeniya Rodina and Arina Rodionova won the title by defeating Julia Cohen and Urszula Radwańska 2–6, 6–3, 6–1 in the final. Julia Cohen / Urszula Radwańska...
    14 KB (109 words) - 21:54, 20 June 2023
  • Florin Mergea and Aisam-ul-Haq Qureshi were the defending champions, but Mergea chose to compete in Budapest instead. Qureshi played alongside Jean-Julien...
    10 KB (205 words) - 16:39, 20 March 2022
  • Grigor Dimitrov was the defending champion, but chose not to participate this year. Guillermo García López won the title, defeating Jiří Veselý in the...
    18 KB (145 words) - 16:32, 28 June 2022
  • Juozas Karvelis (18 April 1934 – 12 April 2018) was a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the...
    2 KB (183 words) - 16:05, 30 July 2023
  • Gordon Onslow Ford (26 December 1912 – 9 November 2003) was one of the last surviving members of the 1930s Paris surrealist group surrounding André Breton...
    10 KB (1,438 words) - 03:58, 20 February 2024
  • The 2000–2001 FINA Swimming World Cup was a series of ten international short course (25m) swimming meets organized by FINA. The meets were held in ten...
    24 KB (213 words) - 02:57, 14 November 2022
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    Erik Belton Evers Bruhn (3 October 1928 – 1 April 1986) was a Danish ballet dancer, choreographer, artistic director, actor, and author. Erik Bruhn was...
    22 KB (2,753 words) - 18:18, 20 April 2024
  • Aneek, established on 09 October 1999, is a group theatre based in Kolkata, India. Aneek celebrates its Silver Jubilee this year. Aneek organises theatre...
    6 KB (531 words) - 08:41, 8 August 2023
  • L. Gundappa (1903-1986) was a distinguished professor of Kannada literature at Bangalore University who played a pivotal role in the revival of Kannada...
    6 KB (686 words) - 03:11, 30 September 2023
  • Angie Sage (born 20 June 1952) is an English author of children's literature, including the Septimus Heap series, the TodHunter Moon trilogy, and the Araminta...
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