2024 United Kingdom general election
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on 4 July 2024 to elect all 650 members of the House of Commons. The opposition Labour Party, led by Keir Starmer, won a landslide victory over the governing Conservative Party under Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, ending 14 years of Conservative-led government.
2006
2006 (MMVI) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2006th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 6th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 7th year of the 2000s decade. 2006 was designated as the International Year of Deserts and…
Clavier-Übung III
The Clavier-Übung III, sometimes referred to as the German Organ Mass, is a collection of compositions for organ by Johann Sebastian Bach, started in 1735–36 and published in 1739. It is considered Bach's most significant and extensive work for organ, containing some of his most musically complex and technically…
Automotive industry in New Zealand
The automotive industry in New Zealand supplies a market which has always had one of the world's highest car ownership ratios. At the dealership level they have maintained their old retail chains in spite of the establishment of the many new independent businesses built since the 1980s by specialists in used imports…
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men is a 2007 American neo-Western crime thriller film written, directed, produced, and edited by Joel and Ethan Coen, based on Cormac McCarthy's 2005 novel. Starring Tommy Lee Jones, Javier Bardem, and Josh Brolin, the film is set in the desert landscape of 1980 West Texas, United States.
1790s
The 1790s (pronounced "seventeen-nineties") was the decade that began on January 1, 1790, and ended on December 31, 1799. Considered as some of the Industrial Revolution's earlier days, the 1790s called for the start of an anti-imperialist world, as new democracies such as the French First Republic and the United…
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear
The Naked Gun 2½: The Smell of Fear is a 1991 American crime comedy film serving as the sequel to the 1988 film The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!, and the second installment in The Naked Gun film series. The film stars Leslie Nielsen as the comically bumbling Police Lt.
Ses'Top La
Ses'Top La is a South African television comedy series created and directed by Mandla N and produced by BlackBrain Pictures for SABC 1, serving as a spin-off to City Ses'La. Mandla N and Busisiwe Lurayi both reprised their roles from the previous series, starring alongside Trevor Gumbi, Jason Goliath, Brenda Ngxoli,…
Fumba Free Economic Zone
The Fumba Free Economic Zone is a 3,000 hectare special economic zone on the Fumba Peninsula in the southwest of Unguja Island, Zanzibar, a semi-autonomous state of the United Republic of Tanzania. The FEZ encompasses parts of Kombeni and Shakani Shehias, and all of Fumba, Dimani, and Nyamanzi Shehias; it is thus…
History of coal mining in the United States
The history of coal mining in the United States starts with the first commercial use in 1701, within the Manakin-Sabot area of Richmond, Virginia. Coal was the dominant power source in the late 19th century and the early 20th century, and although in rapid decline it remains a significant source of energy in 2025.