The Humboldt Avenue Historic District is a historic district encompassing a cluster of multifamily brick buildings in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. Centered on the junction of Humboldt Avenue and Hutchings Street, the area was developed in 1915-16 during a major Jewish migration, and includes a fine sample of […]
Month: December 2021
Anisacanthus
Anisacanthus is a genus of flowering plants in the bear’s breeches family, Acanthaceae. The generic name is derived from the Greek words ανισος (anisos), meaning “unequal,” and ακανθος (acanthos), meaning “thorn.”[2] Members of the genus are native to tropical and subtropical regions of the Americas. They are commonly known as […]
Paul Kehinde
Paul Kehinde (7 July 1988 – 18 November 2021) was a Nigerian Para powerlifter.[1] He was born in Epe, in Lagos state, Nigeria. He competed in the men’s 65 kg class and also occasionally in the 72 kg class. At the 2014 Commonwealth Games[2] he competed in the men’s 72 kg event […]
Jiangmen
Jiangmen is a prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province, just west of Zhuhai. . . . Jiangmen . . . Jianmen consists of three urban districts: Pengjiang District (蓬江区) Jianghai District (江海区) Xinhui District (新會区) Furthermore, Jiangmen has jurisdiction over four county-level cities Taishan (台山) – small and beautiful city, ancestral […]
Street fighting
Street fighting is hand-to-hand combat in public places, between individuals or groups of people.[1] The venue is usually a public place (e.g. a street) and the fight sometimes results in serious injury or occasionally even death.[2][1] Some street fights can be gang-related.[3] Unsanctioned hand-to-hand combat For other uses, see Street […]
First Baptist Church (Columbia, South Carolina)
The James Petigru Boyce Chapel is a historic church building at 1306 Hampton Street in Columbia, South Carolina. It is a Greek Revival building built in 1859. A convention met here on December 17, 1860, whose delegates voted unanimously for South Carolina to secede from the United States, leading to […]
Brian Bonsall
Brian Eric Bonsall (born December 3, 1981) is an American rock musician, singer, guitarist and former child actor. He is perhaps best known for his roles as Andrew “Andy” Keaton, the youngest child on the NBCsitcomFamily Ties from 1986 until 1989, and Alexander Rozhenko, the son of Worf and K’ehleyr, […]
Li Jinquan
Li Jinquan (died circa 950) was a military general during the Five Dynasties period, serving successively the Jin–Later Tang, Later Jin, and Southern Tang dynasties. He was of Tuyuhun ethnicity. Li Jinquan (李金全) Personal details Born 880s or early 890likely Hedong Circuit, Tang Died 950 or early 951[1]Jinling, Southern Tang […]
Terry Allen (artist)
Terry Allen (born May 7, 1943)[1] is an American Texas country and outlaw country singer-songwriter, painter and conceptual artist from Lubbock, Texas. He currently lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He has recorded twelve albums of original songs, including the landmark releases Juarez (1975) and Lubbock (On Everything) (1979). His […]
Daniel V. Gallery
Daniel V. Gallery Born (1901-07-10)July 10, 1901Chicago, Illinois Died January 16, 1977(1977-01-16) (aged 75)Bethesda, Maryland Buried Arlington National Cemetery Allegiance United States of America Service/branch United States Navy Years of service 1917–1960 Rank Rear admiral Commands held U.S. Navy Fleet Air Base, Reykjavik, IcelandUSS GuadalcanalUSS HancockTenth Naval District Battles/wars World War II Battle of […]