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Bryan Robson OBE (born 11 January 1957) is an English football manager and former player. He began his career with West Bromwich Albion in 1972, where...

Quinton Ramone Jackson (born June 20, 1978), known by his ring name of Rampage Jackson, is an American mixed martial artist, actor and former professional...

Impressment, colloquially "the press" or the "press gang", is the forced conscription of men into a military force, especially a naval force, via intimidation...

Peter Howard Costello AC (born 14 August 1957) is an Australian businessman, lawyer and former politician who served as the treasurer of Australia in government...

The French Connection was a scheme through which heroin was smuggled from Indochina through Turkey to France and then to the United States and Canada....

Throughout history, women in Iran have played numerous roles, and contributed in many ways, to Iranian society. Historically, tradition maintained that...

Television personalities in Japan, known as tarento (タレント, derived from English talent) in Japanese, are celebrities who regularly appear in mass media...

Stepping or step-dancing (a type of step dance) is a form of percussive dance in African-American culture. The performer's entire body is used as an instrument...

Suzanne Maria Malveaux (/suːˈzɑːn mɑːlˈvoʊ/; born December 4, 1966) is an American broadcast journalist. After joining CNN from NBC News in 2002, she co-anchored...

Dwight D. York (born June 26, 1945), also known as Malachi Z. York, Issa al-Haadi al-Mahdi, et alii, is an American criminal, black supremacist, pedophile...

Hippolyte or Hipólito Bouchard (15 January 1780 – 4 January 1837) was a French-born Argentine sailor and corsair who fought for Argentina, Chile, and Peru...

Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (Spanish pronunciation: [ɡusˈtaβo ˈði.as oɾˈðas]; 12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician and member of the Institutional...

Count Nogi Maresuke (乃木 希典), also known as Kiten, Count Nogi GCB (December 25, 1849 – September 13, 1912), was a Japanese general in the Imperial Japanese...

Robert Mills (born 21 June 1982[citation needed]) is an Australian actor, television host and singer-songwriter. He was one of the finalists from the first...

Stephen Larkham (born 29 May 1974) is a retired Australian rugby union professional player, currently in the role of head coach for Brumbies. He spent...

Umberto Bossi (born 19 September 1941) is an Italian politician and former leader of Lega Nord (Northern League), a party seeking autonomy or independence...

Christopher Robert Hill (born August 10, 1952) is an American diplomat who is United States Ambassador to Serbia. Previously, he was George W. Ball Adjunct...

The Lost Ship of the Desert is the subject of legends about various historical maritime vessels having supposedly become stranded and subsequently lost...

Kārlis Augusts Vilhelms Ulmanis (Latvian: [ˈkaːrlis ˈɑuɡusts ˈvilxɛlms ˈuɫmɑnis]; 4 September 1877 – 20 September 1942) was a Latvian politician and a...

Peter Henry Goldsmith, Baron Goldsmith, PC, KC (born 5 January 1950), is a British barrister who served as Attorney General for England and Wales and Attorney...