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The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Famous 1938 Carnegie Hall Jazz Concert by Benny Goodman, Columbia Records catalogue item SL-160, was first issued in 1950. It was one of the first records of Benny Goodman music issued on the new long-playing format, and one of the first to sell over a million copies. A landmark recording, it was the premiere performance given by a jazz orchestra in the famed Carnegie Hall in New York City. It is the first ever double album. This album was also sold in a set of nine 45 rpm records in the same year by Columbia.
Chortle Awards
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Chortle awards were set up in 2002 by the comedy website Chortle to honour the best of established stand-up comics currently working in the UK.
They Do It with Mirrors
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! They Do It With Mirrors is a work of detective fiction by Agatha Christie and first published in the US by Dodd, Mead and Company in 1952 under the title of Murder with Mirrors and in UK by the Collins Crime Club on November 17 in the same year under Christie`s original title. The US edition retailed at $2.50 and the UK edition at ten shillings and sixpence (10/6). The book features her detective Miss Marple.
Association football pitch
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! An association football pitch (also known as a football pitch, football field or soccer field) is the playing surface for the game of association football made of turf. Its dimensions and markings are defined by Law 1 of the Laws of the Game, "The Field of Play".
Paul Harvey (artist)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Paul Harvey (born 7 May 1960) is a British musician and Stuckist artist, whose work was used to promote their 2004 show at the Liverpool Biennial. His paintings draw on pop art and the work of Alphonse Mucha, and often depict celebrities, including Madonna.
List of state leaders in 1718
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! 1717 state leaders – Events of 1718 – 1719 state leaders – State leaders by year
HMS Loch Fada (K390)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! HMS Loch Fada (K390/F390) was the lead ship of the Loch-class frigates of the British Royal Navy, built by John Brown & Company of Clydebank, Scotland, and named after Loch Fada in Scotland.
Francis, Duke of Teck
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Francis, Duke of Teck (Francis Paul Charles Louis Alexander; 28 August 1837 – 21 January 1900), was a member of the German nobility, and later of the British Royal Family. He was the father of Queen Mary, the wife of King George V. Francis held the titles of Count of Hohenstein (Graf von Hohenstein) and later Duke of Teck (Herzog von Teck) and was granted the style His Serene Highness in 1863. He was granted the British style of Highness in 1887.
Guided missile destroyer
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! A guided missile destroyer is a destroyer designed to launch guided missiles. Many are also equipped to carry out anti-submarine, anti-air, and anti-surface operations. In the U.S. Navy, their hull classification symbol is DDG.
Critical minimum effort theory
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The critical minimum effort theory has been given by Harvey Leibenstein, in his book Economic Backwardness and Economic Growth. This theory relates to overpopulated and underdeveloped or developing nations such as India and Indonesia.This theory is based on Malthusian theory of population.
Social nudity in Seattle
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Social nudity in Seattle is an umbrella reference for Seattle`s culture of non-sexualized clothing-optional and topfree events.
The Possession of Elizabeth Knapp
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The possession of Elizabeth Knapp of Groton, Massachusetts was documented by Samuel Willard, a prominent preacher in the Puritan, Massachusetts Bay Colony from October 30, 1671 until January 12, 1672. More significantly, Willard sent letters to the Puritan minister Cotton Mather who published an account of Elizabeth Knapp`s possession in his Magnalia Christi Americana.
Jewish pirates
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Ancient Jewish life was concentrated around Jerusalem, located some distance from the sea. Therefore, Jews were initially not very interested in seafaring or navigation. After 142 BCE, Jews got ports of their own. Joppa (Jaffa), Ashdod and Gaza were added to Hasmonean dominions, and a small number of Jewish sailors was created. After that, historic references provide some evidences of Jews fighting as pirates.
Lizzie Lakely
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elizabeth "Lizzie" Lakely is a fictional character from the British ITV1 soap opera Emmerdale, played by Kitty McGeever. She is Emmerdale`s first blind character, and is played by a blind actress. She made her first on-screen appearance on 28 April 2009.
1990 Newsweek Champions Cup – Doubles
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top four seeded teams received byes into the second round.
Comhairle nan Eilean Siar election, 2007
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Elections to Comhairle nan Eilean Siar (Western Isles council) were held on the May 3, 2007 the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 9 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 31 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
1960 Davis Cup
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The 1960 Davis Cup was the 49th edition of the most important tournament between national teams in men`s tennis. 40 teams would enter the competition, 28 in the Europe Zone, 6 in the Americas Zone, and 6 in the Eastern Zone.
David Ball (country singer)
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! David Ball (born July 9, 1953 in Rock Hill, South Carolina) is an American country music artist. Active since 1988, he has recorded a total of seven studio albums on several different labels, including his platinum certified debut Thinkin` Problem. Fourteen of Ball`s singles have entered the Billboard Hot Country Songs charts. His highest-peaking chart entries are 1994`s "Thinkin` Problem" and 2001`s "Riding With Private Malone", both of which peaked at #2.
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