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Asuka-dera (飛鳥寺), also known as Hōkō-ji (法興寺), is a Buddhist temple in Asuka, Nara. Asuka-dera is regarded as one of the oldest temples in Japan. Buddhist temple in Japan For other temples named “Hōkō-ji”, see Hōkō-ji (disambiguation). Front of the Main Hall at Asuka-dera, Asuka, Nara Great Buddha of Asuka-dera […]

SM UB-148 was a German Type UB III submarine or U-boat built for the German Imperial Navy (German: Kaiserliche Marine) during World War I. She was commissioned into the German Imperial Navy on 19 September 1918 as UB-148[Note 1] . UB-148 was surrendered to the United States in accordance with […]

Herman van Loon (19 January 1910 – 4 December 1981) was a Dutch footballer.[1] He played in one match for the Netherlands national football team in 1929.[2] Dutch footballer Herman van Loon Personal information Date of birth (1910-01-19)19 January 1910 Date of death 4 December 1981(1981-12-04) (aged 71) National team Years […]

The New York Knicks are one of the oldest teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA), having played in the league for over 70 years. . . . History of the New York Knicks . . . In 1946, basketball, particularly college basketball, was a growing and increasingly profitable sport […]

Derbyshire County Cricket Club in 1911 represents the cricket season when the English club Derbyshire had been playing for forty years. It was their seventeenth season in the County Championship and, winning two matches, the side ended fourteenth in the Championship table, staying just off the bottom. Derbyshire County Cricket […]

Vellum: The Book of All Hours is a speculative fictionnovel by Hal Duncan. For other uses, see Vellum (disambiguation). Not to be confused with Vallum or Velum (disambiguation). Vellum: The Book of All Hours Vellum first edition cover. Author Hal Duncan Cover artist Chris Shamwana and Neil Lang Country United Kingdom […]

A New Day Yesterday is the debut studio album by American blues rock musician Joe Bonamassa. Recorded at Pyramid Recording Studios in Ithaca, New York, it was produced by Tom Dowd and released on October 24, 2000 by independent record label Okeh in tandem with Epic Records and 550 Music. […]

Another Brick in the Wall: The Opera is an opera by composer Julien Bilodeau and librettistRoger Waters, based on the concept albumThe Wall (1979) by the progressive rock band Pink Floyd, of which Waters is a founding member. It premiered at Opéra de Montréal in March 2017, and was produced […]

Reginald Ewart Lane (7 September 1898 – 31 August 1962) was a rugby union player who represented Australia.[3] He captained Victoria in the mid-1920s.[4] In his business life he founded the Macquarie Radio Network and was General Manager of the radio station 2GB.[5][6] He became a director of I.T.N. Ltd, […]

Robert Lennox, MBE (born 30 August 1943, in Saltcoats, Ayrshire) is a Scottish former professional footballer who played for Celtic and was a member of their 1967 European Cup-winning team, known as the Lisbon Lions. He earned ten international caps for Scotland. In 2002, Celtic supporters voted him a member […]