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| Imperial units This article is about the post-1824 measures used in the British Empire and countries in the British sphere of influence. For information about the units used in England before 1824, see English units. For information about the units used in the USA, see United States customary units. Imperial_units | |
| Joshua Jackson Joshua Carter Jackson (born June 11, 1978) is a Canadian–American actor. He has appeared in primetime television and in over 32 film roles. He is known for playing Charlie Conway in The Mighty Ducks film series, the beloved bad boy Pacey Witter in the television series Dawson's Creek and Peter Bishop in the television series Fringe. Joshua_Jackson | |
| James Cameron James Francis Cameron (born August 16, 1954) is an Academy Award-winning Canadian film director, producer and screenwriter. He has written and directed films as disparate as Aliens and Titanic. To date, his directorial efforts have grossed approximately US$1.1 billion domestically, unadjusted for inflation. James_Cameron | |
| James Brown James_Brown | |
| John A. Macdonald Sir John Alexander Macdonald, GCB, KCMG, PC, PC (Can), (January 11, 1815 Prime Minister of Canada and the dominant figure of Canadian Confederation. Macdonald's tenure in office spanned 18 years, making him the second longest serving Prime Minister of Canada. John_A._Macdonald | |
| John Diefenbaker John_Diefenbaker | |
| Jimmy Carter James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. (born October 1, 1924) was the 39th President of the United States from 1977 to 1981 and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize. Prior to becoming president, Carter served two terms in the Georgia Senate followed by the governorship of the State of Georgia, from 1971 to 1975.As president, Carter created two new cabinet-level departmentsDepartment of Energy and the Department of Education. Jimmy_Carter | |
| Joni Mitchell Joni Mitchell, CC (born November 7, 1943) is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and painter.Mitchell began singing in small nightclubs in her native Western Canada and then busking on the streets of Toronto. In the mid-1960s she left for New York City and its rich folk music scene, recording her debut album in 1968 and achieving fame first as a songwriter ("Urge for Going", "Chelsea Morning", "Both Sides Now", "Woodstock") and then as a singer in her own right. Joni_Mitchell | |
| Jerry Falwell Jerry Lamon Falwell, Sr. (August 11, 1933 American evangelical Christian pastor, televangelist, and a conservative commentator. He was the founding pastor of the Thomas Road Baptist Church, a megachurch in Lynchburg, Virginia. He founded Lynchburg Christian Academy (now Liberty Christian Academy) in 1967, Liberty University in 1971, and cofounded the Moral Majority in 1979.Falwell led services at Thomas Road for many years. Jerry_Falwell | |
| James Lovelock James Ephraim Lovelock, CH, CBE, FRS (born 26 July 1919) is an independent scientist, author, researcher, environmentalist, and futurist who lives in Cornwall, in the south west of England. He is known for proposing the Gaia hypothesis, in which he postulates that the Earth functions as a kind of superorganism. James_Lovelock | |
| Korean War Korean_War | |
| Kyoto Protocol Kyoto Protocol is a protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC or FCCC), an international environmental treaty produced at the United Nations Conference on treaty is intended to achieve "stabilization of greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere at a level that would prevent dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system." Kyoto_Protocol | |
| Karaoke (; ) is a form of entertainment in which amateur singers sing along with recorded music (and/or a music video) using a microphone and public address system. The music is typically a well-known pop song minus the lead vocal. Lyrics are usually displayed on a video screen, along with a moving symbol or changing color and/or music video images, to guide the singer. Karaoke | |
| Karaoke Talk:Karaoke | |
| Kurt Waldheim Kurt Josef Waldheim (21 December 1918 – 14 June 2007) was an Austrian diplomat and politician. Waldheim was Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992. While running for President in Austria in 1985, his service as an intelligence officer in the Wehrmacht during World War II raised international controversy. Kurt_Waldheim | |
| Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen (22 August 1928composer, widely acknowledged by critics as one of the most important (Barrett 1988, 45; Harvey 1975b, 705; Hopkins 1972, 33; Klein 1968, 117) but also controversial (Power 1990, 30) composers of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Karlheinz_Stockhausen | |
| Kid Rock Robert James Ritchie (born January 17, 1971), known by his stage name Kid Rock, is an American rapper and singer-songwriter with five Grammy Award nominations. Kid Rock is known for his eccentric personality and his music that fuses rap with heavy metal, blues rock, southern rock, funk and country music.Kid Rock released several studio albums that mostly went unnoticed before his 1998 record Devil Without a Cause, released with Atlantic Records, sold 11 million albums behind the hits, "Bawitdaba","Cowboy," and "Only God Knows Why". Kid_Rock | |
| Karen Kain Karen Alexandria Kain, CC (born March 28, 1951 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ballet dancer. Karen_Kain | |
| Larry Sanger Lawrence Mark "Larry" Sanger (born July 16, 1968 Larry_Sanger | |
| Labatt Brewing Company Labatt Brewing Company Ltd. is a Canadian beer company founded by John Kinder Labatt in 1847 in London, Ontario. In 1995, it was purchased by Belgian brewer Interbrew, now known as Anheuser-Busch InBev. Labatt is the largest brewer in Canada. Labatt_Brewing_Company | |
| Lebanon Lebanon | |
| Demographics of Lebanon This article is about the demographic features of the population of Lebanon, including population density, ethnicity, education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.About 91% of the population of Lebanon is urban and comprises many different ethnic groups and religions, including numerous Christian and Muslim sects. Demographics_of_Lebanon | |
| Luddite Luddites were a social movement of British textile artisans in the early nineteenth century who protestedIndustrial Revolution, which they felt were leaving them without work.This English historical movement has to be seen in its context of the harsh economic climate due to the Napoleonic Wars, and the degrading working conditions in the new textile factories; but since then, the term Luddite has been used derisively to describe anyone opposed to technological progress and technological change. Luddite | |
| Ludwig van Beethoven Ludwig van Beethoven (; ; baptised 17composer and pianist. He was a crucial figure in the transitional period between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western classical music, and remains one of the most acclaimed and influential of all composers.Born in Bonn, which was then in the Electorate of Cologne in western Germany, he moved to Vienna in his early twenties and settled there, studying with Joseph Haydn and quickly gaining a reputation as a virtuoso pianist. Ludwig_van_Beethoven | |
| Monty Python's Life of Brian Monty Python's Life of Brian, also known as Life of Brian, is a 1979 comedy film written, directed and largely performed by the Monty Python comedy team. It tells the story of Brian Cohen (played by Graham Chapman), a young Jewish man who is born in the same era and location as Jesus Christ and subsequently mistaken for the Messiah.The film's combination of comedy and religious themes was controversial, particularly on its initial release. Monty_Python's_Life_of_Brian | |
| Lake Ontario Lake_Ontario | |
| LimeWire LimeWire is a free peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) client for the Java platform, which uses the Gnutella network to locate files as well as share files. It also has limited BitTorrent support. A freeware version and a purchasable "enhanced" version are available. LimeWire | |
| Louis St. Laurent Louis Stephen St-Laurent, PC, CC, QC (Saint-Laurent or St-Laurent in French, baptized Louis-Étienne St-Laurent) , (February 1, 1882 July 25, 1973) was the 12th Prime Minister of Canada from November 15, 1948, to June 21, 1957. Louis_St._Laurent | |
| London Underground Talk:London_Underground | |
| Lacrosse Lacrosse | |
| List of agnostics agnostics. Also included are those who have expressed the view that it is unknown or inherently unknowable whether any gods exist. List_of_agnostics | |
| Canadian 1 dollar coin The Canadian 1 dollar coin (commonly called Loonie) is a gold-coloured, bronze-plated, one-dollar coin introduced in 1987. It bears images of a common loon, a well-known Canadian bird, on the reverse, and of Queen Elizabeth II on the obverse. The design for the coin was meant to be a voyageur theme, similar to the country's previous one dollar/silver dollar coin, but the master dies were lost by the courier service while in transit to the Royal Canadian Mint in Winnipeg. Canadian_1_dollar_coin | |
| Lower Mainland Lower Mainland is a name commonly applied to the region surrounding Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. In 2007, 2,524,113 people live in the region; sixteen of the province's thirty most populous municipalities are located there.While the term Lower Mainland has been recorded from the earliest period of non-native settlement in British Columbia, it has never been officially defined in legal terms. Lower_Mainland | |
| Louis Riel Louis David Riel (22 October 1844 Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis people of the Canadian prairies. He led two resistance movements against the Canadian government and its first post-Confederation Prime Minister, Sir John A. Macdonald. Riel sought to preserve Métis rights and culture as their homelands in the Northwest came progressively under the Canadian sphere of influence. He is regarded by many as a Canadian folk hero today. Louis_Riel | |
| Manitoba Manitoba () is a prairie province in Canada and has an area of . Manitoba is bordered by the provinces of Ontario to the east and Saskatchewan to the west, the territory of Nunavut to the north, and the US states of North Dakota and Minnesota to the south. Manitoba also has a saltwater coastline on Hudson's Bay at Churchill. Manitoba | |
| Mount Logan Mount Logan is the highest mountain in Canada and the second-highest peak in North America, after Mount McKinley (Denali). The mountain was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is located within Kluane National Park and Reserve in southwestern Yukon and is the source of the Hubbard and Logan Glaciers. Mount_Logan | |
| Monty Python Talk:Monty_Python | |
| Musical instrument musical instrument is an object constructed or used for the purpose of making the sounds of music. In principle, anything that produces sound can serve as a musical instrument. The history of musical instruments dates back to the beginnings of human culture. Musical_instrument | |
| Marshall McLuhan Herbert Marshall McLuhan, CC (July 21, 1911 – December 31, 1980) was a Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar — a professor of English literature, a literary critic, a rhetorician, and a communications theorist. McLuhan's work is viewed as one of the cornerstones of the study of media theory. Marshall_McLuhan | |
| Moncton Moncton | |
| Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English football club, based at Old Trafford in Trafford, Greater Manchester, and is one of the most popular football clubs in the world. The club was a founding member of the Premier League in 1992, and has played in the top division of English football since 1938, with the exception of the 1974–75 season. Average attendances at the club have been higher than any other team in English football for all but six seasons since 1964–65. Manchester_United_F.C. | |
| Mohamed Al-Fayed Mohamed Abdel Moneim Fayed () (born January 27, 1933) is an Egyptian businessman estimated to be worth £900 Million . Amongst his business interests is ownership of Harrods department store in Knightsbridge and the English Premiership football team Fulham Football Club. Mohamed_Al-Fayed | |
| Montreal Expos Montreal_Expos | |
| Economy of Burma Burma is one of the poorest nations in the world, suffering from decades of stagnation, mismanagement, and isolation. Burma’s GDP grows at an average rate of 2.9% annually Mekong Subregion.Under British administration and until the early 1960s, Burma was the wealthiest country in Southeast Asia. Economy_of_Burma | |
| Michael Schumacher Michael Schumacher (German pronunciation ; ) (born January 3, 1969, in Hürth-Hermülheim, Germany) is a former Formula One driver and seven-time Formula One world drivers' champion, and current advisor and occasional test driver for Ferrari. According to the official Formula One website, he is "statistically the greatest driver the sport has ever seen". Michael_Schumacher | |
| Michael Jordan Michael Jeffrey Jordan (born February 17, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player and active businessman. His biography on the National Basketball Association (NBA) website states, "By acclamation, Michael Jordan is the greatest basketball player of all time." Jordan was one of the most effectively marketed athletes of his generation and was instrumental in popularizing the NBA around the world in the 1980s and 1990s. Michael_Jordan | |
| Mohamed Atta Mohamed Atta (''(September 1, 1968 was an Egyptian Islamist terrorist, a known associate of al-Qaeda, and the ringleader of the 19 hijackers in the September 11 attacks. Atta was the hijacker in control of American Airlines Flight 11 which was the first plane to strike the World Trade Center.Born in a small town in the Nile Delta, Egypt in 1968, Atta moved with his family to the Abdeen section of Cairo at the age of 10. Mohamed_Atta | |
| Malcolm X Malcolm X () (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 February 21, 1965), also known as El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (), was an African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. To his admirers, he was a courageous advocate for the rights of African Americans, a man who indicted white America in the harshest terms for its crimes against black Americans. His detractors accused him of preaching racism and violence. Malcolm_X | |
| Michel Tremblay Michel Tremblay (born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada on June 25, 1942) is a novelist and playwright.Tremblay grew up in the Plateau Mont-Royal, a French-speaking neighbourhood of Montreal, at the time of his birth a neighbourhood with a working-class character and joual dialect, something that would heavily influence his work. Michel_Tremblay | |
| Munich massacre The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually murdered by Black September, a militant group with ties to Yasser Arafat’s Fatah organization.By the end of the ordeal, the terrorist group had killed eleven Israeli athletes and coaches and one West German police officer. Munich_massacre |
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