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Peter Scoones (27 October 1937 – 20 April 2014) was an underwater cameraman known for his oceanic photography. He took underwater photographs with lighting...

Sanada Nobushige (真田 信繁, 1567 – June 3, 1615), also known as Sanada Yukimura (真田 幸村), was a Japanese samurai warrior of the Sengoku period. He was especially...

Naresh Sohal (18 September 1939 – 30 April 2018) was a British composer of Indian origin. He wrote in the tradition of western classical music. He was...

The Battle of Cape Lopez was fought in early 1722 during the Golden Age of Piracy. A Royal Navy ship of the line under the command of Captain Chaloner...

Ernest Thompson (born Richard Ernest Thompson; November 6, 1949) is an American writer, actor, and director. He won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay...

Balgha (Arabic: البلغة, romanized: l-bəlġa), also spelled balga, belgha, or belga, are heelless slippers made from leather. They are part of traditional...

The Count of Champagne was the ruler of the County of Champagne from 950 to 1316. Champagne evolved from the County of Troyes in the late eleventh century...

Boris Sielicki-Korczak ([ɕɛˈlit͡ski kɔrt͡ʂak]; born February 11, 1939) is a Polish national and United States citizen, who worked as a CIA field operative...

Han Xin (simplified Chinese: 韩信; traditional Chinese: 韓信; pinyin: Hán Xìn; Wade–Giles: Han2Hsin4; ? – early 196 BCE) was a Chinese military general and...

House Made of Dawn is a 1968 novel by N. Scott Momaday, widely credited as leading the way for the breakthrough of Native American literature into the...

Amina Annabi (Arabic: أمينة العنابي, romanized: Amīna al-ʿAnnābī; born 5 March 1962) is a French-Tunisian singer-songwriter and actress. She finished second...

Andrea Petkovic was the defender of title; however, she lost to Alizé Cornet in the second round. Julia Görges won in the final 6–1, 6–4, against Timea...

Andrea Hlaváčková and Lucie Hradecká were the defending champions, but Hlaváčková chose not to participate. Hradecká chose to compete with Anabel Medina...

Julia Görges and Vladimíra Uhlířová were the defending champions, but Görges chose to participate in Bad Gastein. Uhlířová partnered up with Maria Kondratieva...

Tōshi Yoshida (吉田 遠志, Yoshida Tōshi, July 25, 1911 – July 1, 1995) was a Japanese printmaking artist associated with the sōsaku-hanga movement, and was...

Hodaka Yoshida (吉田 穂高, Yoshida Hodaka, September 3, 1926 – November 2, 1995) was a Japanese modernist artist who worked first in oils, and then from 1950...

Uwe H. Schmidt (born 27 August 1968), also known as Atom™, Atom Heart, or Señor Coconut, is a German composer, musician and producer of electronic music...

Paula Newton (born 1968 in Hamilton, Ontario) is an international correspondent with CNN and CNN International based in Ottawa covering stories in Canada...

Hermenegildo de Brito Capelo (1841–1917) was a Portuguese officer in the Portuguese Navy and an explorer, who helped to chart territory between Angola...

William Simpson (28 October 1823 – 17 August 1899) was a Scottish artist, war artist and war correspondent. Born into poverty in Glasgow, Simpson went...