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1 day ago · v. t. e. James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from October 1964 to June 1970 and again from March 1974 to April 1976. He was Leader of the Labour Party from 1963 to 1976, and a ...
6 hours ago · A head of state (or chief of state) is the public persona of a sovereign state. [1] The specific naming of the head of state depends on the country's form of government and separation of powers; the head of state may be a ceremonial figurehead or concurrently the head of government and more. In a parliamentary system, such as India or the ...
6 hours ago · Ronald Fisher. Sir Ronald Aylmer Fisher FRS [5] (17 February 1890 – 29 July 1962) was a British polymath who was active as a mathematician, statistician, biologist, geneticist, and academic. [6] For his work in statistics, he has been described as "a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science" [7 ...
1 day ago · The concept of Yugoslavia, as a common state for all South Slavic peoples, emerged in the late 17th century and gained prominence through the Illyrian Movement of the 19th century. The name was created by the combination of the Slavic words jug ("south") and Slaveni / Sloveni (Slavs).
1 day ago · Ed Miliband. Edward Samuel Miliband (born 24 December 1969) is a British politician who has been Shadow Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero since 2021, in the Shadow Cabinet of Keir Starmer. He is Member of Parliament (MP) for Doncaster North since 2005. Miliband was Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition ...
6 hours ago · Nicholas II (Nikolai Alexandrovich Romanov; [d] 18 May [ O.S. 6 May] 1868 – 17 July 1918) or Nikolai II was the last reigning Emperor of Russia, King of Congress Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 1 November 1894 until his abdication on 15 March 1917. During his reign, Nicholas gave support to the economic and political reforms promoted ...
6 hours ago · Lijst van straten in Amsterdam. Deze lijst bevat een uitleg van de betekenis van de naamgeving van straten in Amsterdam. De namen zijn gegroepeerd vanuit de binnenstad tegen de klok in per stadsdeel en per buurt en/of wijk. De lijst met straatnamen is niet volledig. Zie ook: Buurten en wijken in Amsterdam.
