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Encyclopedia - 1982: Encyclopedia - 1982
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. 1982 - Events. 1982 - January. January 6 - William Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Drought: Encyclopedia - Drought
A drought or an extreme dry periodic climate is an extended period where water availability falls below the statistical requirements for ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982 Lebanon War: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 Lebanon War - Outcome Of The War
1982 Lebanon War - Casualties. It is estimated that around 17,825 Arabs were killed during the war. There are different estimates of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pi: Encyclopedia - Pi
The mathematical constant π is a real number which may be defined as the ratio of a circle's circumference (Greek περιφέρεια, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Omen: Encyclopedia Ii - Omen - Astrology
In various forms of astrology both past and present, solar and lunar eclipses are thought to be omens for notable births, deaths, or othe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Decapitation: Encyclopedia Ii - Decapitation - Some Famous Persons Who Have Been Beheaded
Decapitation - Biblical. Goliath John the Baptist in the Gospels Holofernes in the deuterocanonical Book of Judith Apostle James, trad...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uss Barry Dd-933: Encyclopedia Ii - Uss Barry Dd-933 - 1956 – 1959
Barry fitted out at the Boston Naval Shipyard through November, testing her new electronics, ASW gear and gunnery systems into December. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - R.e.m. Band: Encyclopedia Ii - R.e.m. Band - Discography
R.E.M. band - Studio Albums. Murmur (12 April 1983) #36 US US: Gold Reckoning (14 April 1984) #27 US; #91 UK US: Gold Fables of the Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Diana Princess Of Wales: Encyclopedia Ii - Diana Princess Of Wales - Family And Marriage
Diana's family, the Spencers, had been close to the British Royal Family for decades. Her maternal grandmother, Ruth, Lady Fermoy, was a ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Sharon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ariel Sharon - Political Career
When Sharon joined Begin's government he had relatively little political experience. He avoided Begin's Herut party in the 1940s and 1950...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brisbane: Encyclopedia Ii - Brisbane - Demographics
The population of the Brisbane City is estimated at 957,010 (as of June 2004). Brisbane has an estimated urban population of 1.8 million ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Xenu: Encyclopedia Ii - Xenu - Other Versions Of The Xenu Story
Hubbard wrote the Revolt in the Stars film script, an extended version of the story of OT III, in the late 1970s. It states Xenu's full n...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Sivaji Ganesan: Encyclopedia Ii - Sivaji Ganesan - Death
Suffering from respiratory problems, Ganesan was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Madras on July 12, 2001. He also had been suffering f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Harold Bloom: Encyclopedia Ii - Harold Bloom - Bibliography
Harold Bloom - Miscellaneous Books. (Editor) English Romantic Poetry, An Anthology, Doubleday, 1961, two-volume revised edition, Ancho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Hawking: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Hawking - Losing An Old Bet
Hawking was in the news in July 2004 for presenting a new theory about black holes which goes against his own long-held belief about thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Special Air Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Special Air Service - Northern Ireland
In Northern Ireland, the SAS was involved from the early days in what became known as 'The Troubles', which started in 1969. Indeed, in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community: Encyclopedia Ii - Ahmadiyya Muslim Community - Organization And Size
Figures for the total numbers of adherents vary greatly among different sources. The Association's own figures range from around 10 milli...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Brisbane: Encyclopedia Ii - Brisbane - Trivia
Tongue-in-cheek nicknames for the city include Brissie, Brizzy, Bris Vegas and Brisneyland. In the Doctor Who story "Castrovalva", the re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Billy Joel: Encyclopedia Ii - Billy Joel - Marriages
Joel married his business manager, Elizabeth Weber, on May 20, 1971. The marriage ended in divorce on July 20, 1983. Joel went on to marr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Led Zeppelin: Encyclopedia Ii - Led Zeppelin - Members
The band has often cited influential manager Peter Grant as a "fifth member" ... See also:Led Zeppelin, Led Zeppelin - Their History, ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1933: Encyclopedia Ii - 1933 - Events
1933 - January. January 3 - Japanese troops occupy Shanghai January 5 - Construction of the Golden Gate Bridge begins in San Francisco...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Estefan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Estefan - Discography
Releases with the Miami Sound Machine: Renacer (1977) Miami Sound Machine (1978) Imported (1979) MSM (1980) Otra Vez (1981) Rio (1982) A...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1977 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 1977 In Baseball - Champions
1977 in baseball - Major League Baseball. World Series: New York Yankees over Los Angeles Dodgers (4-2); Reggie Jackson, MVP American...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hulk Hogan: Encyclopedia Ii - Hulk Hogan - Career
Hogan was born to Italian-American Pete Bollea and Ruth Bollea, who is of French, Italian and Panamanian descent. Early in life, Terry Bo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Iran-iraq War: Encyclopedia Ii - Iran-iraq War - War Of The Cities
Toward the end of the war, the land conflict regressed into stalemate. Both Iraq and Iran lacked sufficient self-propelled artillery to s...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hank Aaron: Encyclopedia Ii - Hank Aaron - Trivia
Hank Aaron is an Eagle Scout and recipient of the Silver Buffalo Award, the highest adult award given by the Boy Scouts of America. Despi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Asia Television Limited: Encyclopedia - Asia Television Limited
Asia Television Limited (ATV) (亞洲電視有限公司; pinyin: Yàzhōu Diànshì Yǒuxiàn Gōngsī) is the first television station i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Duran Duran: Encyclopedia Ii - Duran Duran - Influence
Although they began their career as an interesting New Wave art-school band in the tradition of Roxy Music, the band's quick rise to star...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ariel Sharon: Encyclopedia Ii - Ariel Sharon - Six-day War And Yom Kippur War
The Mitla incident hindered Sharon's military career for several years. In the meantime, he occupied the position of an infantry brigade ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Hawking: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Hawking - Biography
Stephen was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942, exactly 300 years after the death of Galileo Galilei. His parents were Frank Haw...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 2003 In Baseball: Encyclopedia Ii - 2003 In Baseball - Major League Baseball Final Standings
  * The asterisk denotes the club that won the Wild card for its respective league. ... See also:2003 in baseball, 2003 in baseba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1986 In Baseball: Encyclopedia - 1986 In Baseball
The following are the baseball events of the year 1986 throughout the world.   2000s 2009 • 2008 • 2007 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hulk Hogan: Encyclopedia Ii - Hulk Hogan - In Wrestling
Hulk Hogan - Previous managers. Billy Spears "Classy" Freddie Blassie Jimmy Hart Miss Elizabeth Ted DiBiase Eric Bischoff Hulk Hogan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Crass: Encyclopedia Ii - Crass - Dissolution
Crass all but retired from the public eye after becoming a particularly irritating thorn in the side of Margaret Thatcher's government fo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hulk Hogan: Encyclopedia Ii - Hulk Hogan - In Wrestling
Hulk Hogan - Previous managers. Billy Spears "Classy" Freddie Blassie Jimmy Hart Miss Elizabeth Ted DiBiase Eric Bischoff Hulk Hogan...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Tv-fm Dx: Encyclopedia Ii - Tv-fm Dx - Meteor Scatter Propagation
Meteor scatter occurs when a signal bounces off a meteor's ionised trail. When a meteor strikes the Earth's atmosphere, a cylindrical reg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ai Otsuka: Encyclopedia - Ai Otsuka
Ai Otsuka (大塚愛 Ōtsuka Ai, born September 9, 1982) is a Japanese pop female singer-songwriter from Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan. ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bob Geldof: Encyclopedia Ii - Bob Geldof - Early Career
Geldof was educated at Blackrock College near Dublin, a school whose staunch Catholic nationalist ethos he disliked. He started as a musi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Karl Popper: Encyclopedia Ii - Karl Popper - Influence
By all accounts, Popper has played a vital role in establishing the philosophy of science as a vigorous, autonomous discipline within ana...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - United Nations: Encyclopedia Ii - United Nations - Membership And Structure
Main articles: United Nations member states, United Nations General Assembly observers, United Nations System, and Reform of the United N...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - William Shatner: Encyclopedia Ii - William Shatner - Post-star Trek Career
Shatner had a long dry spell in the decade between the original Star Trek series and the first Trek film, which he believes was due to hi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Peru: Encyclopedia Ii - Peru - Sports
Soccer: The most popular Peruvian sport is soccer (World Cup appeareances: 1930,1970,1978,1982 two Copa America tournaments). Although th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Cleveland Ohio: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Cleveland Ohio - Early Years: 1796–1860
As one of thirty-six founders of the Connecticut Land Company, General Moses Cleaveland was selected as one of its seven directors and wa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Barbara Stanwyck: Encyclopedia - Barbara Stanwyck
Barbara Stanwyck (July 16, 1907 – January 20, 1990) was an American film and television actress. Born Ruby Katherine Stevens in New Yor...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gibraltar: Encyclopedia Ii - Gibraltar - Demographics
Gibraltar has a population of approximately 27,884 as of July 2005. The Gibraltarians' origins are Andalusian Spaniards, British, and set...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gorilla Monsoon: Encyclopedia Ii - Gorilla Monsoon - Career
Gorilla Monsoon - Amateur career. Marella attended Jefferson High School in Rochester, New York, becoming a standout athlete in footbal...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Hall & Oates: Encyclopedia Ii - Hall & Oates - Later Work
The duo's occasional songwriting collaborator, Janna Allen (sister of Sara), died of leukemia in 1993. Hall and Oates released the Marigo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ferruginous Hawk: Encyclopedia Ii - Ferruginous Hawk - Behavior
The flight of the ferruginous hawk is active, with slow wing beats much like that of a small eagle. Soaring with the wings held in a stro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 4′33″: Encyclopedia Ii - 4′33″ - Other Cultural References
The anarchist punk band Crass alluded to 4′33″ with their song "They've Got A Bomb", which includes a silent gap in the music. The ba...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Christopher Adams: Encyclopedia Ii - Christopher Adams - Early Career
Before entering professional wrestling, Chris was involved in judo exclusively for 12 years, beginning at the age of 11. Chris and younge...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Michelle Phillips: Encyclopedia - Michelle Phillips
Michelle Phillips (born June 4, 1944) is an American singer and actress. She was born Holly Michelle Gilliam in Long Beach, California. S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cary Grant: Encyclopedia Ii - Cary Grant - Hollywood
After some success in light Broadway comedies, he came to Hollywood in 1931, where he acquired the name "Cary Grant". In 1932 he met fell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Alban Berg: Encyclopedia - Alban Berg
Alban Maria Johannes Berg (February 9, 1885 – December 24, 1935) was an Austrian composer. He was a member of the Second Viennese Schoo...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Stephen Hawking: Encyclopedia Ii - Stephen Hawking - Distinction
Hawking took up Einstein's mantle and solved many of the paradoxes of relativity by theorising the existence of objects with very high ma...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints - Reacting And Adapting To The Postmodern World C. 1960 And Later
By the 1960s and 1970s, as a consequence of its massive, international growth in the post-World War II era, the Church was no longer prim...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Constitution Of Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Constitution Of Japan - Historical Origins
Constitution of Japan - Meiji Constitution. The Constitution of the Empire of Japan of 1889, more commonly known as the Imperial or Mei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Pet Shop Boys: Encyclopedia Ii - Pet Shop Boys - Discography
Studio albums by Pet Shop Boys include: Please (1986) Actually (1987) Introspective (1988) Behaviour (1990) Very (1993) Bilingual (1996)...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Mui: Encyclopedia - Anita Mui
Anita Mui Yim-fong (Traditional: 梅艷芳; Simplified: 梅艳芳; Hanyu Pinyin: Méi Yànfāng; Cantonese Yale: muìh yihm fòng; Octobe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor Doom: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor Doom - Appearances In Other Media
Doctor Doom has appeared in several video games. He was the final boss in the 1989 computer game "Spider-Man and Captain America in Docto...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Voting Rights Act: Encyclopedia - Voting Rights Act
The Voting Rights Act of 1965 (Public Law 89-10) outlawed the requirement that would-be voters in the United States take literacy tests t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Neil Young: Encyclopedia Ii - Neil Young - Health Scare Recovery And Prairie Wind
On March 31, 2005, Young was admitted to a hospital in New York for treatment for a brain aneurysm. He was treated successfully by a mini...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Cassidy: Encyclopedia - David Cassidy
David Bruce Cassidy (born April 12, 1950) is an American actor and musician who starred in the television series The Partridge Family fro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientology: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientology - Origins
Immediately prior to his first Dianetics publications, Hubbard was involved with occultist Jack Parsons in performing rites developed by ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fireworks: Encyclopedia Ii - Fireworks - Fireworks Events
Fireworks - Bonfire night in Britain. In 1605 Guy Fawkes and his fellow conspirators attempted to blow up the British Parliament with 3...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - May 18: Encyclopedia Ii - May 18 - Births
May 18 - 1048 to 1899. 1048 - Omar Khayyám, Persian poet (d. 1123) 1186 - Konstantin of Rostov, Prince of Novgorod (d. 1218) 1474 - I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gloria Estefan: Encyclopedia Ii - Gloria Estefan - Charity
In early 2005, Estefan participated in two charity concerts to aid the victims of the 2004 Asian tsunami. She sang "There's Always Tomorr...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Claude Elwood Shannon: Encyclopedia - Claude Elwood Shannon
Claude Elwood Shannon (April 30, 1916 – February 24, 2001), an American electrical engineer and mathematician, has been called "the fat...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Modern Egypt: Encyclopedia - History Of Modern Egypt
The History of Modern Egypt is generally accepted as beginning in 1882, when Egypt became a de facto British colony. This situation persi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Key West Florida: Encyclopedia Ii - Key West Florida - History
In Pre-Columbian times Key West was inhabited by the Calusa people. The first European to visit was Juan Ponce de León in 1521. As Flori...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kate Bush: Encyclopedia Ii - Kate Bush - Video Projects
Kate Bush appeared in many innovative music videos, designed to accompany her singles releases. Among the best known are those for "Cloud...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Paul Wellstone: Encyclopedia Ii - Paul Wellstone - Early Life
Wellstone was born in Washington D.C. to Ukrainian-Jewish immigrants, Leon and Minnie Wellstone, and raised in Arlington, Virginia. He at...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Flood: Encyclopedia - Flood
A flood (in Old English flod, a word common to Teutonic languages; compare German Flut, Dutch vloed from the same root as is seen in flow...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Disneyland: Encyclopedia Ii - Disneyland - Disneylands Around The World
Despite the problems on the opening day, Disneyland was clearly an enormous success. It attracted visitors worldwide in unprecedented vol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - The Daily Show: Encyclopedia Ii - The Daily Show - Spin-offs
The Colbert Report Recurring elements Episodes Truthiness Stephen Colbert's Scorn The Daily Show This Week In God Other The S...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Ted Kennedy: Encyclopedia Ii - Ted Kennedy - Early Career
Kennedy is the senior Democratic Party member on the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee. He also serves on the Judic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - History Of Canada: Encyclopedia Ii - History Of Canada - Early Colonial Period: The Rise And Fall Of New France Nouvelle-france 1604-1763
In the 16th and 17th centuries English and French colonists established settlements in eastern Canada largely to support fishing or fur t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Saturn: Encyclopedia - Saturn
Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the second-largest planet in the solar system after Jupiter. Saturn has a pro...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Doctor Who: Encyclopedia Ii - Doctor Who - Format
During the original 1963–1989 run, each of the weekly episodes formed part of a contained story (or "serial") consisting of several par...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Los Angeles California: Encyclopedia Ii - Los Angeles California - Professional Sports
Los Angeles is the home of the Los Angeles Dodgers, the Los Angeles Lakers and Los Angeles Clippers , the Los Angeles Sparks, the Los Ang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Canadian Football League: Encyclopedia Ii - Canadian Football League - Format
League training camps open in May, with regular season games beginning by late June and finishing by early November. The current season f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Boise, Idaho: Encyclopedia Ii - Boise, Idaho - History
A lush green valley appeared in front of the early 1800s French-Canadian fur-trappers like an oasis rising out of the dry, brown high des...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Guiding Light: Encyclopedia Ii - Guiding Light - History
The series was created by Irna Phillips, who based it on personal experiences. After giving birth to a still-born baby at age 19, she fou...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Naacp: Encyclopedia Ii - Naacp - Timeline
1909: On February 12, the National Negro Committee was formed. Founders included Ida Wells-Barnett, W.E.B. DuBois, Henry Moskowitz, Mary...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Buenos Aires: Encyclopedia Ii - Buenos Aires - Internet
Buenos Aires ISPs provide dial-up, cable, satellite-based and ADSL connections to the Internet. In 2004, a major ISP introduced download ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Anita Mui: Encyclopedia Ii - Anita Mui - Acting Career
Anita Mui is also well-known as an actress across the Asia region. Her films have mainly been of the action thriller and kung fu variety,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bolivia: Encyclopedia Ii - Bolivia - Administrative Division
Main article: Departments of Bolivia Bolivia is divided into nine departments, or departamentos: Chuquisaca (Sucre) Cochabamba (Cochabam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Gilligan's Island: Encyclopedia Ii - Gilligan's Island - Cast
Gilligan (aka Willie Gilligan), of the show's title, was the hapless first mate of the S.S. Minnow. Other characters are the Skipper (ref...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Madagascar: Encyclopedia Ii - Madagascar - Ecology
Madagascar's long isolation from the neighboring continents has resulted in a unique mix of plants and animals, many found nowhere else i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 60 Minutes: Encyclopedia Ii - 60 Minutes - International Versions
The Australian 60 Minutes premiered on February 11, 1979. It airs on Sunday nights on the Nine Network. The New Zealand version of 60 Min...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Robot: Encyclopedia Ii - Robot - Overview
A robot may include a feedback-driven connection between sense and action, not under direct human control, although it may have a human o...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Carrie Fisher: Encyclopedia Ii - Carrie Fisher - Early Life
She was born Carrie Frances Fisher in Beverly Hills, California, the daughter of Eddie Fisher (a well known singer) and actress Debbie Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Elizabeth Taylor: Encyclopedia Ii - Elizabeth Taylor - Awards And Honours
Taylor received the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award in 1992. The following year, 1993, she received the AFI Life Achievement Award. And ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Kirk Douglas: Encyclopedia Ii - Kirk Douglas - Early Life
Born Issur Danielovitch Demsky in Amsterdam, New York to Herschel Danielovitch and Bryna Sanglel, poor Belarusian Jewish parents (who cam...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Scientology: Encyclopedia Ii - Scientology - Scientology In Popular Culture
On November 16, 2005, Comedy Central aired a South Park episode centering around Scientology called Trapped in the Closet[26]. In the epi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wynton Marsalis: Encyclopedia Ii - Wynton Marsalis - Music
The music of Marsalis was part of a movement during the early 1990s countering the perceived excesses of free jazz and fusion. During thi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Deep Purple: Encyclopedia Ii - Deep Purple - Personnel And Discography
The various line-ups in the history of Deep Purple are referred to by fans and the band themselves by "Mark" numbers (abbreviated as Mk I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bill Bradley: Encyclopedia Ii - Bill Bradley - Recent Years
Bradley has mostly stayed out of the limelight since his failed presidential campaign, working mainly as a corporate consultant and inves...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Cricket Topics: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Cricket Topics - Grounds
List of cricket topics - Australia. See also: List of cricket grounds in Australia Melbourne Cricket Ground · Sydney Cricket Ground...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 - Events
1982 - January. January 6 - William Bonin is convicted of being the "freeway killer". January 8 - AT&T agrees to divest itself int...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 - Deaths
1982 - January-June. January 19 - Elis Regina, Brazilian singer (b. 1945) January 30 - Lightning Hopkins, American musician (b. 1912) ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 1982: Encyclopedia Ii - 1982 - Births
1982 - January. January 1 - David Nalbandian, Argentine tennis player January 2 - Cyrus Farivar, American journalist January 5 - Janic...   » Read the article