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Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician who has served as the 31st prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the Labor Party since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Grayndler since 1996.

UIS Irish Plaza, or United Irish Societies Irish Plaza, is a park and memorial dedicated to honoring Metro Detroit's Irish immigrant community and their descendants.

Performance is a 1970 soundtrack album to the film Performance by Donald Cammell and Nicolas Roeg. It features music from Randy Newman, Merry Clayton, Ry Cooder, Jack Nitzsche, Buffy Sainte-Marie, The Last Poets and Mick Jagger.

Heraclides (Koine Greek: Ἡρακλείδης) was a native of Cyprus who served as a deacon under John Chrysostom. He had previously lived as a monk at Scetis and was a disciple of the monk Evagrius Ponticus. After the death of the bishop of Ephesus, John ordained Heraclides as bishop of that city.

Edith Mary Tolkien (née Bratt; 21 January 1889 – 29 November 1971) was the wife of the academic, philologist, poet, and novelist J. R. R. Tolkien. She served as the inspiration for his fictional Middle-earth characters Lúthien Tinúviel and Arwen Undómiel.

John Donovan Strong (1905-1992) was an American physicist and astronomer. One of the world's foremost optical scientists of his day, Strong was known for being the first to detect water vapor in the atmosphere of Venus and for developing a number of innovations in optical devices, ranging from improved telescope mirrors to anti-reflective coatings for optical elements and diffraction gratings.

Henry Frederick Busch (January 6, 1826 – January 26, 1902) was a prominent architect in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Abdul Kader Kan (Arabic: عبد القادر; c. 1726 – 26 April 1806) was an 18th-century Islamic scholar and military leader, and the first Almaami of the Imamate of Futa Toro, hailing from what is now Senegal.

Terrell Louis Ransom Jr. (born July 5, 2003), also known as Kid Prodigy, is an American actor. He is mostly known for his roles on The Amazing World of Gumball as Darwin Watterson and A Girl Named Jo as Dwight Hughes.

Eugen Felix Prosper Bracht (German pronunciation: ; 3 June 1842 – 15 November 1921) was a German landscape painter.

Munquad Ali is a politician and Uttar Pradesh state president of Bahujan Samaj Party. He was a Member of the Parliament of India representing Uttar Pradesh in the Rajya Sabha, the upper house of the Indian Parliament.

Anthony William Gardner (January 24, 1820 – 1885), sometimes written as Gardiner, served as the ninth president of Liberia from 1878 until 1883. He was the first of a series of thirteen True Whig presidents who held uninterrupted power until 1980.

Cheung Siu-fai (Chinese: 張兆輝; born 4 February 1963), also known as Eddie Cheung, is a Hong Kong actor. He is best known for his many supporting or everyman roles similar to Liu Kai-chi.

Syed Khwaja Khairuddin (Urdu: سيد خواجہ خير الدين, Bengali: সৈয়দ খাজা খায়েরউদ্দিন) was a Pakistani politician. He was the vice mayor of Dhaka and was known for opposing the Independence of Bangladesh. Following Bangladesh's independence, he migrated to live in Pakistan.

Betty Mathilde Hennings née Schnell (1850–1939) was a Danish actress who entered the Royal Danish Theatre as a ballet dancer but in 1870 turned to acting, first performing in Molière's The School for Wives. She later became known for her roles in the plays of Henrik Ibsen, especially as Nora Helmer in A Doll's House.

The Ohel Ya'akov Synagogue is an Ashkenazic Orthodox Jewish congregation and synagogue, located in Zikhron Ya'akov, a town in the Haifa District of Israel. The congregation was founded by Baron Edmond James de Rothschild in 1884.

The 8th Motorized Rifle Division of the NKVD Internal Troops (Russian: 8-я мотострелковая дивизия внутренних войск НКВД СССР 8-y motostrelkovaya diviziya vnutrenikh voisk NKVD SSSR) was formed in accordance with NKVD Order Number 0021 from January 5, 1942, during execution GKO decree number 1099- ss on January 4, 1942. It was based on the 23rd Motorized Rifle Division NKVD Internal Troops.

Henry St. John Thackeray (1869–30 June 1930) was a British biblical scholar at King's College, Cambridge, an expert on Koine Greek, Josephus and the Septuagint.

The Naning War (6 August 1831 – 15 June 1832), also known as the Naning Conflict or Naning Revolt, was a conflict in the region surrounding Malacca, which was part of the Straits Settlements under British control. The conflict was fought between British East India Company (EIC), which had taken over Malacca and its neighboring areas from the Dutch in 1824, against the Malay chiefdom of Naning, located adjacent to Malacca.

The Battle of Gurby (Ukrainian: Бій під Гурбами), according to the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the largest battle that took place 21–25 April 1944 near the village of Gurby (also spelled Hurby) in the south of Zdolbuniv Raion, between the USSR NKVD troops and UPA forces. It ended with breakthrough of Ukrainian fighters from the encirclement. The number of military and civilian casualties is not precisely known.

Dan Muse (born July 21, 1982) is an American professional ice hockey coach who is the head coach of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

This is a list of major Orthodox Jewish yeshivos in Europe before World War II. During the war, most of the yeshivos were forced to close, never being reopened in Europe afterwards, as Orthodox Judaism in Europe, specifically in Eastern Europe, had practically been destroyed or uprooted by the Nazis or Soviets. However, many of the students or roshei yeshiva survived the war, and reestablished their yeshivos in the United States and Israel, where Eastern European Jewry had resettled. See Yeshiva § Lithuanian yeshivas and Yeshiva § Contemporary Orthodox yeshivas.

This is a list of major Orthodox Jewish yeshivos in Europe before World War II. During the war, most of the yeshivos were forced to close, never being reopened in Europe afterwards, as Orthodox Judaism in Europe, specifically in Eastern Europe, had practically been destroyed or uprooted by the Nazis or Soviets. However, many of the students or roshei yeshiva survived the war, and reestablished their yeshivos in the United States and Israel, where Eastern European Jewry had resettled. See Yeshiva § Lithuanian yeshivas and Yeshiva § Contemporary Orthodox yeshivas.

Jason Wright Downs (born September 8, 1973, in Columbia, Maryland) is an American actor and singer. He has released two albums on Jive Records, White Boy with a Feather and The Spin. He also released "White Boy with a Feather", "Revenue", "Cherokee", "Trippin'", "Shut Up (Let's Hook Up)", and a cover of Harry Chapin's "Cat's in the Cradle". His single "White Boy with a Feather" debuted at number 19 on the UK Singles Chart. The rap artist Milk Dee has appeared on and produced many of his songs, and the songs without the rapper are more rooted in folk, rock, country or pop music. As a music artist, he appeared in many British radio and variety shows, including Top of the Pops, CD:UK, MTV, a radio2XS Barn Session and The Big Breakfast.

Baha al-Din Sam I (Persian: بهاء الدین سام), was the king of the Ghurid dynasty who reigned briefly in 1149. He was the brother and successor of Sayf al-Din Suri.

Simeonie Amagoalik (May 1, 1933 – March 2, 2011) was an Inuk carver from Resolute, Nunavut, Canada.

John Dudley, 2nd Earl of Warwick (1527(?) – 21 October 1554) was an English nobleman and the heir of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, leading minister and regent under King Edward VI from 1550–1553. As his father's career progressed, John Dudley respectively assumed his father's former titles, Viscount Lisle and Earl of Warwick. Interested in the arts and sciences, he was the dedicatee of several books by eminent scholars, both during his lifetime and posthumously. His marriage to the former Protector Somerset's eldest daughter, in the presence of the King and a magnificent setting, was a gesture of reconciliation between the young couple's fathers. However, their struggle for power flared up again and ended with the Duke of Somerset's execution. In July 1553, after King Edward's death, Dudley was one of the signatories of the letters patent that attempted to set Lady Jane Grey on the throne of England, and took arms against Mary Tudor alongside his father. The short campaign did not see any military engagements, and ended with the Duke of Northumberland and his son being taken prisoner at Cambridge. John Dudley the younger was condemned to death, but subsequently reprieved. He died of natural causes shortly after his release from the Tower of London.

Catharine Brant (c.1759–1837), also known as Ahdohwahgeseon, was a clan mother of the Mohawk nation. She was the third wife of Joseph Brant and an important leader among the Six Nations of the Grand River.

Szymon Buchbinder, or Simeon Buchbinder (6 January 1853 – 21 October 1922) was a Polish painter. Most of his works were genre and historical scenes (often with a moral) and portraits done in small formats.

The Underworld Painter was an ancient Greek Apulian vase painter whose works date to the second half of the 4th century BC.

Michel Rabagliati CM (born 7 September 1961) is a Canadian cartoonist born and based in Montreal, Quebec. He was published by Drawn & Quarterly and is currently published by Conundrum Press in English, and La Pastèque in French.

The Itzik Manger Prize for outstanding contributions to Yiddish literature (Hebrew: פרס איציק מַאנגֶר ליצירה ספרותית ביידיש, Yiddish: איציק מאַנגער פּרײַז פֿאַר ליטעראַטור־שאַפֿונג אין ײִדיש) was established in 1968, shortly before Itzik Manger's death in 1969. Manger "was and remains one of the best-known twentieth-century Yiddish poets." The Prize has been described as the "most prestigious in Yiddish letters". The prize was awarded annually from 1969 to 1999.

Chief Kivoi Mwendwa (born in the 1700s) was a Kamba long-distance trader who lived in the present day Kitui. Kivoi is most famous for guiding missionaries into the interior of the present day Kenya after he guided the German missionaries Johann Ludwig Krapf and Johannes Rebmann of the Anglican Church Missionary Society (CMS). During the trips, both Rebmann and Krapf came within visual distance of Mount Kenya.

Katherine Weintz Teck (born December 31, 1939) is an American author, composer, and founding member of the International Guild of Musicians in Dance.

Battle for Sevastopol (Russian: «Битва за Севастополь», romanized: Bitva za Sevastopol, lit. 'Battle for Sebastopol'; titled in Ukrainian: «Незламна», romanized: Nezlamna, lit. 'Unbreakable') is a 2015 biographical war film about Lyudmila Pavlichenko, a young Soviet woman who joined the Red Army to fight the German invasion of the USSR and became one of the deadliest snipers in World War II. The film, a joint Russian-Ukrainian production, was released in both countries on 2 April 2015, and its international premiere took place two weeks later at the Beijing International Film Festival.

Jeanie Lee Hang-ngai (Chinese: 李幸倪; born 26 August 1987), better known by her stage name Gin Lee, is a Malaysian singer based in Hong Kong. Gin Lee debuted her singing career in 2009 by releasing her debut album One & Only in Malaysia. In 2010, she appeared on Hong Kong reality television singing competition The Voice 2 and gained popularity in Hong Kong for her vocal ability.

Myles Michael Smith-Thompson (born 3 June 1998) is a British singer and songwriter from Luton, England. He is best known for his 2024 singles "Stargazing" and "Nice to Meet You". His debut studio album, My Mess, My Heart, My Life., is scheduled for release in June 2026.

Gianfrancesco I Gonzaga (1395 – 23 September 1444) was Captain of the People from 1407 to 1433 and Marquis of Mantua from 1433 to 1444. He was also a condottiere.

Caradocus (middle Welsh: Karadawc), according to Geoffrey of Monmouth's Historia regum Britanniae, a pseudohistorical account of the kings of the Britons, was the duke of Cornwall under the reign of Octavius, who became king of Cornwall and died during the Emperor Magnus Maximus' reign.

Josep Tarradellas i Joan, 1st Marquess of Tarradellas (Catalan pronunciation: ; 19 February 1899 – 10 June 1988) was a Catalan politician from Spain known for his role as the first president of the Government of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya), after its re-establishment in 1977 under the new Spanish Constitution and the end of the Francoist Dictatorship. He was appointed the role of 125th President of Catalonia in 1954 but spent 23 years in exile until 1977 when he was officially recognised as the President of Catalonia by the Spanish Government.

Epalxiphora axenana, the brindled bell or sharp-tipped bell moth, is a species of moth of the family Tortricidae. It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1881. It is endemic to New Zealand and is found throughout the North Island and in the South Island districts of Nelson, Buller and Westland. This species is strongly sexually dimorphic and has unusually shaped forewings which can assist with identification. Adults are variable in appearance. This species inhabits native forest with larvae feeding on a range of native shrubs as well as citrus species. Adults are on the wing throughout the year but are most frequently observed during New Zealand summer months. They are nocturnal and are attracted to light.

An Officer and a Spy (French: J'accuse) is a 2019 historical drama film directed by Roman Polanski about the Dreyfus affair, with a screenplay by Polanski and Robert Harris based on Harris's 2013 novel of the same name. The French title has its origins in the J'Accuse...! open letter Émile Zola wrote in 1898 in which the author accused many people of France of continuing to support the increasingly blatantly erroneous accusations against Dreyfus.

Battery Rodgers was a gun emplacement that composed a portion of the American Civil War defenses of the American capital city of Washington, D.C.

The Banque de Madagascar, from 1946 the Banque de Madagascar et des Comores, was a bank established by the French government in 1925 to issue currency and provide credit in French Madagascar. As such, it fulfilled many of the functions of a central bank for the colony.

Joseph Cammett Lovejoy (1805–1871) was a clergyman, activist, and author. He was an abolitionist, and was also involved in the debate over liquor laws. His siblings included Elijah Parish Lovejoy and Owen Lovejoy (1811–1864). He wrote Memoir of Charles T. Torrey about Charles T. Torrey. who died in a Maryland penitentiary after being sentenced for aiding African Americans trying to escape slavery on the Underground Railroad and co-wrote with his brother Owen the memoir of their murdered brother Elijah.

Eugène Michel Antoniadi (Greek: Ευγένιος Αντωνιάδης; 1 March 1870 – 10 February 1944) was a Greek-French astronomer. He is known for creating the Antoniadi scale as well as for his observations of the planets, and was a major opponent of the notion of Martian canals. He created some of the most detailed maps of Mars at the time, and many features on the planet are still known by the names he suggested. He also created the first map of Mercury, though it turned out to be incorrect.

Abdel Moneim Madbouly (Arabic: عبد المنعم مدبولي, December 28, 1921 – July 9, 2006) was an Egyptian actor, comedian and playwright.

Stig Frode Henriksen (born 1975) is a Norwegian actor, producer, and screenwriter.

Jerry A. Kearns (born July 8, 1944) is a Democratic politician who represented the 83rd district in the Iowa House of Representatives from 2009 to 2019. He was a ranking member of the Veterans Affairs Committee, and served on the Agriculture, Labor, and Ways and Means Committee.

Eugene McCabe (7 July 1930 – 27 August 2020) was a Scottish-born Irish novelist, short story writer, playwright, and television screenwriter. John Banville said McCabe was "in the first rank of contemporary Irish novelists'.