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- Born around 970 C.E. in Iceland, Ericson was the son of Erik the Red ... Ericson's father, Erik the red, was a well-known Norwegian explorer ...11 KB (1,764 words) - 19:05, 25 October 2022
- patron, ballet impresario and founder of the Ballets Russes from which ... Sergei Diaghilev was born to a wealthy family in Perm, Russia toward ...14 KB (2,086 words) - 23:22, 13 August 2023
- dakini figures appear in Hinduism and in the Bön tradition, dakinis are ... energy in all its functions, are linked with the revelation of the Anuttara ...12 KB (1,771 words) - 17:37, 24 January 2024
- authors. Strindberg is known as one of the fathers of modern theater ... Born in Stockholm, Strindberg was the fourth son of Carl Oscar Strindberg ...13 KB (1,951 words) - 18:29, 21 August 2023
- A Fabergé egg is considered to be any one of the sixty-nine ... and 1917. Fifty of those eggs—known as the Imperial Fabergé Easter eggs—were ...17 KB (2,453 words) - 00:03, 25 March 2024
- – January 6, 1993) is regarded as one of the greatest male dancers of the ... ballet school in Leningrad, Nureyev bypassed the corps de ballet and immediately ...14 KB (2,125 words) - 17:40, 22 December 2022
- by raft 4,300 miles from South America to the Tuamotu Islands. National ... Heyerdahls's voyages across the Atlantic and across the Pacific ...27 KB (4,083 words) - 23:00, 30 April 2023
- sagas, it is said that Norwegian-born Erik the Red was exiled from Iceland ... East Greenland, also known as Erik the Red's Land, in July 1931 ...37 KB (5,399 words) - 17:06, 3 April 2023
- The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) operates television and radio ... From the organization of the first true radio networks in the late ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 00:51, 9 January 2023
- Broadcasting is the distribution of audio and/or video signals (programs ... The term broadcast was coined by early radio engineers from the mid ...26 KB (3,776 words) - 04:32, 22 November 2023
- stage and film director. He was one of the key film auteurs of the second ... Bergman was one of the acknowledged masters of modern cinema. His ...15 KB (2,262 words) - 19:23, 5 March 2024
- The Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Broadway Theatre, more ... The awards were founded by theatre producer and director Brock Pemberton ...32 KB (4,813 words) - 19:02, 14 May 2023
- Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is the third largest ... (astronomical). The first symbol derives from the name of its discoverer ...17 KB (2,530 words) - 13:36, 3 May 2023
- architect and designer, sometimes called the "Father of Modernism ... His reputation grew in the United States following the critical reception ...15 KB (2,163 words) - 08:41, 23 July 2023
- [[Image:NBC, NewYork.jpg|thumb| The front entrance of the NBC Tower ... American television network headquartered in the GE Building (formerly RCA ...26 KB (4,061 words) - 14:41, 11 November 2022
- (June 4, 1867 – January 28, 1951) was the Commander-in-Chief of Finland ... Mannerheim is given much of the credit for successfully steering the ...26 KB (4,032 words) - 19:17, 26 November 2023
- An alloy is the combination of metal with other chemical elements ... their primary constituent. For example, the "silver" used in ...17 KB (2,388 words) - 08:10, 23 July 2023
- writer best known for his iconic status as the host of The Tonight Show Starring ... Carson almost single-handedly made the late-night light television ...20 KB (3,216 words) - 19:16, 3 August 2022
- The Tehran Conference was a strategy meeting of Joseph Stalin, Franklin ... Although the three leaders arrived with differing objectives, the ...30 KB (4,408 words) - 02:51, 19 April 2023
- The Italian colonial empire was created after Italy joined other European ... her colonies were limited to Africa. By the outbreak of World War I in ...17 KB (2,625 words) - 06:22, 11 March 2024
