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- 00:31, 23 July 2022 Lee Zeldin (hist | edit) [204 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Lee Michael Zeldin''' (born January 30, 1980 in East Meadow, Nassau County, New York) is an American politician. He has represented New York State in the US House of Representatives since January 2015.")
- 00:20, 23 July 2022 John Wayne (hist | edit) [290 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Wayne''' (26 May 1907 Winterset, Iowa - 11 June 1979 Los Angeles, California; born Marion Robert Morrison, later renamed Marion Mitchell Morrison), nicknamed Duke, was an American film actor. He was one of the most influential, successful and best-paid Hollywood actors of his time.")
- 00:17, 23 July 2022 Rush Limbaugh (hist | edit) [595 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rush Hudson Limbaugh III''' ([ˈlɪmbɔː]; 12 January 1951 in Cape Girardeau, Missouri - 17 February 2021 in Palm Beach, Florida) was a right-wing American radio host, entertainer and host of ''The Rush Limbaugh Show''. His show has been broadcast nationally since August 1988; According to an Arbitron survey in 2005, it averaged between 14 and 20 million listeners per week. Within the talk radio segment, his audience was the largest in the United States. Along with S...")
- 00:14, 23 July 2022 Clint Eastwood (hist | edit) [356 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Clinton "Clint" Eastwood Jr.''' (born 31 May 1930 in San Francisco, California) is an American actor, director, producer, film composer, singer and former Republican Party politician. As a taciturn western and action hero, he became a globally successful star in the 1960s, an Oscar winner, who also developed into a renowned film director and producer.")
- 00:07, 23 July 2022 Neil Armstrong (hist | edit) [297 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Neil Alden Armstrong''' (5 August 1930 in Wapakoneta, Ohio - 25 August 2012 in Cincinnati, Ohio) was an American test pilot and astronaut. He was commander of Apollo 11, which flew to the moon with Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. On 21 July 1969, he became the first human to step on the moon.")
- 00:00, 23 July 2022 Henry Ford (hist | edit) [726 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Henry Ford''' (30 July 1863 in Greenfield Township, Wayne County, Michigan - 7 April 1947 in Dearborn, Michigan) was an American inventor and automobile pioneer. He founded the automobile manufacturer Ford Motor Company. He consistently perfected assembly line production in automobile construction, which Ransom Eli Olds had already anticipated in a simplified form in his automobile company Oldsmobile in 1902. His concept of modern vehicle manufacturing not only revolu...")
- 23:47, 22 July 2022 Bob Hope (hist | edit) [534 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Leslie Townes "Bob" Hope''' (29 May 1903 in Eltham, England - 27 July 2003 in Toluca Lake, California) was an American comedian, actor and entertainer whose career in show business spanned almost 80 years. One of America's most popular comedians for decades, he was known for his sharp-tongued jokes and comedic timing. Hope has starred in more than 50 motion pictures, including the seven ''Road to...'' comedy movies co-starring Bing Crosby. As a presenter, he hosted a...")
- 23:39, 22 July 2022 Billy Graham (hist | edit) [352 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''William Franklin "Billy" Graham''' (7 November 1918 in Charlotte, North Carolina - 21 February 2018 in Montreat, North Carolina) was an American Baptist pastor and evangelical revivalist. In the United States of America, he is not only described by conservative theologians as one of the most influential Christian preachers of the 20th century.")
- 23:37, 22 July 2022 Elvis Presley (hist | edit) [506 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Elvis Aaron Presley''' (8 January 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi - 16 August 1977 in Memphis, Tennessee), often just simply called Elvis, was an American singer, musician and actor. He is considered one of the most important representatives of rock and pop culture of the 20th century. Because of his success and his charisma, he is also known as the "King of Rock 'n' Roll" or simply "The King". With more than a billion records sold, Elvis Presley is considered the most su...")
- 17:15, 20 July 2022 James E. Webb (hist | edit) [287 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''James Edwin Webb''' (7 October 1906 in Tally Ho, Granville County, North Carolina - 27 March 1992 in Washington, D.C.) was an American government official and the second administrator from 14 February 1961 to 7 October 1968 of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).")
- 23:41, 19 July 2022 Kemi Badenoch (hist | edit) [317 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Olukemi Olufunto Badenoch''' (née Adegoke, born 2 January 1980 in Wimbledon), is a British Conservative Party politician. She has been a member of the House of Commons for Saffron Walden since 2017. She held various positions in Boris Johnson's governments. She ran for Conservative Party leadership in July 2022.")
- 22:32, 19 July 2022 Michael Oakeshott (hist | edit) [159 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Michael Joseph Oakeshott''' (11 December 1901 in Chelsfield, Kent - 18 December 1990 in Acton, Dorset) was an English Conservative political philosopher.")
- 22:45, 17 July 2022 Edward Elgar (hist | edit) [442 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sir '''Edward William Elgar, 1st Baronet''' (2 June 1857 in Broadheath near Worcester - 23 February 1934 in Worcester) was a British composer. His most famous work is the ''Pomp & Circumstance March No. 1''. The central part is also known around the world as the anthem ''Land of Hope and Glory'' and is considered the main unofficial anthem of the United Kingdom; the performance is a highlight of the annual ''Last Night of the Proms''.")
- 22:40, 17 July 2022 Johann Sebastian Bach (hist | edit) [685 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Johann Sebastian Bach''' (31 March 1685 in Eisenach, Saxony-Eisenach - 28 July 1750 in Leipzig, Electorate of Saxony) was a German composer, cantor, court concertmaster, violinist and organ and harpsichord virtuoso of the Baroque era from Thuringia. In his main creative period he was Thomaskantor in Leipzig. He is the most prominent representative of the Bach family of musicians, and is today regarded as one of the best-known and most important musicians of all. He is...")
- 22:35, 17 July 2022 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (hist | edit) [328 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart''', who mostly signed with Wolfgang Amadé Mozart (27 January 1756 in Salzburg - 5 December 1791 in Vienna), was a Salzburg musician and composer of the Viennese Classic epoch. His extensive body of work enjoys worldwide popularity and is among the most important in the repertoire of classical music.")
- 21:48, 17 July 2022 Ludwig van Beethoven (hist | edit) [356 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ludwig van Beethoven''' [fʌn ˈbeːtˌhoːfn̩] (baptized 17 December 1770 in Bonn, Kurköln - 26 March 1827 in Vienna, Austrian Empire) was a German composer and pianist. He led the Viennese Classic epoch to its highest development and paved the way for the music of the Romantic period. He is counted among the outstanding composers in music history.")
- 11:26, 17 July 2022 Maria Magdalena van Beethoven (hist | edit) [1,299 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Maria Magdalena van Beethoven''' (19 December 1746 in Ehrenbreitstein - 17 July 1787 in Bonn) was the mother of the composer Ludwig van Beethoven. She was born Maria Magdalena Keverich on Wambachgasse in Ehrenbreitstein, now a district of Koblenz. Her father Johann Heinrich Keverich (1701 - 1759) was chief court chef in the service of the Electors of Trier, who resided in Philippsburg Castle in Ehrenbreitstein. Her mother was Anna Klara (Clara) née Westorff (1707...")
- 01:49, 16 July 2022 Theodore Roosevelt (hist | edit) [257 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Theodore Roosevelt Jr.''' [ˈθɪədɔɹ ˈɹoʊzəvɛlt] (27 October 1858 in New York City, New York - 6 January 1919 in Oyster Bay, New York) was an American politician who, from 1901 to 1909, was the 26th President of the United States of America.")
- 01:44, 16 July 2022 Elihu Root (hist | edit) [282 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Elihu Root''' (15 February 1845 in Clinton, New York - 7 February 1937 in New York City) was an American lawyer and politician. In 1912, he received the Nobel Peace Prize for his constant efforts to balance interests and formulate arbitration treaties in international conflicts.")
- 01:42, 16 July 2022 Daniel Webster (hist | edit) [254 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Daniel Webster''' (18 January 1782 in Salisbury, Merrimack County, New Hampshire - 24 October 1852 in Marshfield, Massachusetts) was an American politician. He served in both houses of Congress and twice served as United States Secretary of State.")
- 01:37, 16 July 2022 Abraham Lincoln (hist | edit) [375 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Abraham Lincoln''' [ˈeɪbɹəhæm ˈliŋkən] (12 February 1809 in Hodgenville, Hardin County, now LaRue County, Kentucky - 15 April 1865 in Washington, D.C.) served as the 16th President of the United States from 1861 to 1865. First elected in 1860, he was re-elected in 1864 for a second term. He was the first Republican President and the first to be assassinated.")
- 01:35, 16 July 2022 John C. Calhoun (hist | edit) [385 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Caldwell Calhoun''' (18 March 1782 in Calhoun Mills near Abbeville, Abbeville County, South Carolina - 31 March 1850 in Washington, D.C.) was an American politician. He was the seventh Vice President of the United States from 1825 to 1832 under Presidents John Quincy Adams and Andrew Jackson, a longtime US Senator and Secretary of State in President John Tyler's cabinet.")
- 01:31, 16 July 2022 Fisher Ames (hist | edit) [233 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Fisher Ames''' (9 April 1758 in Dedham, Norfolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay – 4 July 1808) was an American politician. Between 1789 and 1797 he represented the state of Massachusetts in the US House of Representatives.")
- 01:24, 16 July 2022 John Marshall (hist | edit) [342 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Marshall''' (24 September 1755 in Germantown, now Midland, Fauquier County, Virginia Colony - 6 July 1835 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American politician and one of the country's most important lawyers. He was Secretary of State, founder of Constitutional Law and Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.")
- 01:22, 16 July 2022 John Adams (hist | edit) [318 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Adams''' (30 October 1735, in Braintree, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts Bay - 4 July 1826 in Quincy, Suffolk County, Massachusetts) was one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and the first Vice President from 1789 to 1797 and second President after George Washington from 1797 to 1801.")
- 01:10, 16 July 2022 Alexander Hamilton (hist | edit) [371 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Alexander Hamilton''' (11 January 1757 or 1755 in Nevis, West Indies, now St. Kitts and Nevis - 12 July 1804 in New York City) was an American statesman, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States and its first Secretary of the Treasury. He is also considered one of the first state theorists of representative democracy and the American school of economics.")
- 01:05, 16 July 2022 George Washington (hist | edit) [294 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Washington''' [ˈwɒʃɪŋtən] (born 22 February 1732 on Wakefield Estate (also called "Pope's Plantation") in Westmoreland County, Virginia Colony - 14 December 1799 on his Mount Vernon Estate, Virginia) was from 1789 to 1797 the first President of the United States of America.")
- 01:00, 16 July 2022 Richard Bland (hist | edit) [220 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Richard Bland''' (6 May 1710 in Orange County, Colony of Virginia - 26 October 1776 in Williamsburg, Virginia) was an American politician. In 1774 and 1775 he was the delegate for Virginia to the Continental Congress.")
- 00:56, 16 July 2022 Jonathan Edwards (hist | edit) [244 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Jonathan Edwards''' (5 October 1703 in East Windsor, Connecticut Colony - 22 March 1758 in Princeton, Province of New Jersey) was a British Congregationalist minister, missionary and an important figure in the First Great Awakening movement.")
- 00:53, 16 July 2022 Increase Mather (hist | edit) [433 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Increase Mather''' (21 June 1639 in Dorchester, Massachusetts Bay Colony - 23 August 1723 in Boston, Province of Massachusetts Bay) was a Puritan minister. He played a politically significant role in the history of the colony that would become the state of Massachusetts, and was also in the leadership of Harvard College during the Salem witch trials. The first name Increase is the literal translation of the Hebrew name Yosëf.")
- 00:50, 16 July 2022 John Winthrop (hist | edit) [313 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Winthrop''' (12 January 1588 in Edwardstone, Suffolk, England - 26 March 1649 in Boston, Massachusetts) was an English lawyer and Puritan, he was elected second governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1629, and is considered one of the city's founders of Boston and founding figures of the colony.")
- 01:26, 15 July 2022 George W. Bush (hist | edit) [297 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''George Walker Bush''' [ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒ ˈwɔːkɚ bʊʃ] abbreviated George W. Bush [ˈd͡ʒɔɹd͡ʒ ˈdʌbɫ̩juː bʊʃ] (born 6 July 1946 in New Haven, Connecticut), is an American politician of the Republican Party and served from 2001 to 2001 the 43rd President of the United States.")
- 01:17, 15 July 2022 Rudy Giuliani (hist | edit) [352 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Rudolph William Louis "Rudy" Giuliani III''' (born 28 May 1944 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American attorney and politician from the Republican Party. He served as the 107th Mayor of New York City from 1 January 1994 to 31 December 2001. The 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City occurred during his tenure.")
- 01:15, 15 July 2022 Roger Stone (hist | edit) [238 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Roger Jason Stone Jr''' (born 27 August 1952 in Norwalk, Connecticut) is an American political consultant, strategist, and publicist, who has mostly worked for the Republican Party. He was an adviser to the Trump presidential campaign.")
- 01:01, 15 July 2022 Douglas Murray (hist | edit) [281 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Douglas Kear Murray''' (born 16 July 1979) is a British author and publicist. He writes on political issues and has emerged as a critic of Islam. He describes himself as a neoconservative and a staunch Zionist. He is an Assistant Editor of the weekly magazine ''The Spectator''.")
- 00:54, 15 July 2022 Douglas MacArthur (hist | edit) [618 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Douglas MacArthur''' (26 January 1880 in Little Rock, Arkansas - 5 April 1964 in Washington, D.C.) was a career officer in the United States Army. He was a brigadier general during the First World War and became a General of the Army (USA) in the Second World War. With Admiral Chester W. Nimitz he was Commander-in-Chief in the Pacific War. After the end of the war he was in supreme command during the occupation of Japan. He commanded the United Nations peacekeeping fo...")
- 00:49, 15 July 2022 Dwight D. Eisenhower (hist | edit) [409 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower''' (14 October 1890 in Denison, Texas as ''David Dwight Eisenhower'' - 28 March 1969 in Washington, D.C.) was an American General of the Army and Supreme Commander of the Supreme Headquarters, Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) in Europe, during the Second World War. A Republican politician, Eisenhower served as the 34th President of the United States from 1953 to 1961.")
- 00:44, 15 July 2022 Richard Nixon (hist | edit) [317 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Richard Milhous Nixon''' (9 January 1913 in Yorba Linda, California - 22 April 1994 in New York City) was an American politician of the Republican Party and from 1969 to 1974 the 37th President of the United States. As a result of the Watergate scandal, Nixon became the only US president in history to resign.")
- 01:02, 14 July 2022 Roger Scruton (hist | edit) [147 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sir '''Roger Vernon Scruton''' FBA FRSL (27 February 1944 in Buslingthorpe, Lincolnshire – 12 January 2020) was a British writer and philosopher.")
- 00:35, 14 July 2022 Edmund Burke (hist | edit) [294 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Edmund Burke''' (pronounced [bə:k]) (12 January 1729 Dublin – 9 July 1797 Beaconsfield) was a British writer, early theorist of the philosophical discipline of Aesthetics, state philosopher and politician in the Age of Enlightenment. He is considered the spiritual father of conservatism.")
- 00:26, 14 July 2022 Winston Churchill (hist | edit) [589 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sir '''Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill''' KG OM CH PCc RA (born 30 November 1874 in Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire - 24 January 1965 in London) is considered the most important British statesman of the 20th century. He was Prime Minister twice - from 1940 to 1945 and from 1951 to 1955 - and led Britain through the Second World War. He had previously held various government posts, including Home Secretary, First Lord of the Admiralty and Chancellor of the Exchequer. In ad...")
- 00:24, 14 July 2022 Margaret Thatcher (hist | edit) [3,411 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Margaret Hilda Thatcher''', Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, LG PC OM (born Margaret Hilda Roberts 13 October 1925 in Grantham, Lincolnshire – 8 April 2013 in London) was a British politician from 4 May 1979 to 28 November 1990 who became the first woman Prime Minister of the United Kingdom.")
- 00:21, 14 July 2022 Ronald Reagan (hist | edit) [297 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Ronald Wilson Reagan''' [ˈɹeɪgən] (6 February 1911 in Tampico, Illinois – 5 June 2004 in Bel Air, Los Angeles, California) was an American actor and Republican politician. From 1967 to 1975 he was the 33rd governor of California; 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.")
- 00:18, 14 July 2022 Robert Menzies (hist | edit) [204 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "Sir '''Robert Gordon Menzies''' (20 December 1894 in Jeparit, Victoria – 15 May 1978 in Melbourne) was an Australian lawyer and politician. He was Prime Minister from 1939 to 1941 and from 1949 to 1966.")
- 17:07, 12 July 2022 John Howard (hist | edit) [369 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''John Winston Howard''' OM AC (born 26 July 1939 in Sydney) was the 25th Prime Minister of Australia. From 1995 to 2007 he was the leader of the Liberal Party of Australia. He was first elected to office on 11 March 1996 and re-elected three times, but was defeated by Australian Labor Party challenger Kevin Rudd in 2007. His term of office ended on 3 December 2007.")
- 14:42, 12 July 2022 Tony Abbott (hist | edit) [487 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Anthony John Abbott''' (born 4 November 1957 in London, England, United Kingdom) is an Australian politician of the Liberal Party of Australia and was Prime Minister of Australia from 18 September 2013 to 15 September 2015. Malcolm Turnbull defeated Abbott in an internal party vote by the Liberal parliamentary group on 14 September 2015 to become Prime Minister. In the general election in Australia, which took place on 18 May 2019, Tony Abbott lost his seat in parliam...")
- 23:13, 9 July 2022 Scott Morrison (hist | edit) [465 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Scott John Morrison''' (born 13 May 1968 in Waverley, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian politician and member of the Liberal Party of Australia. He took over as prime minister and party leader on 24 August 2018, following the resignation of Malcolm Turnbull. Morrison ruled Australia in coalition with the National Party of Australia until 23 May 2022. In the 2022 Australian general election, Morrison lost to his Labor challenger, Anthony Albanese.")
- 21:59, 9 July 2022 Boris Johnson (hist | edit) [1,519 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson''' (born 19 June 1964 in New York City, New York, United States of America) is a British journalist, Conservative Party politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom since 24 July 2019. From 1999 to December 2005 Johnson was editor of the conservative magazine ''The Spectator''. Since 2015 he has represented the constituency of Uxbridge and South Ruislip in west Greater London in the House of Commons, where he served for Henley...")
- 01:50, 9 July 2022 Shinzo Abe (hist | edit) [1,002 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Shinzō Abe''' ( Japanese 安倍 晋三? / i Abe Shinzō [ abe ɕinzoː ]; born 21 September 1954 in Shinjuku, Tokyo Prefecture ; † 8 July 2022 in Kashihara, Nara Prefecture was a Japanese politician. Abe served as the 57th Prime Minister of Japan from 26 December 2012 to 16 September 2020, having previously held that post from 26 September 2006 to 26 September 2007. Abe was also leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, which he chaired from 2006 to 2007 and again...")
- 01:24, 8 July 2022 Abaca (hist | edit) [243 bytes] Admin (talk | contribs) (Created page with "'''Abaca''' or Abaka, a native name for the plant ''Musa textilis'', which produces the fibre called Manila Hemp (''q.v.''). <center>''The above is from an original text from 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica, now in the Public Domain.''</center>")