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x California's Great America Cga left type 2c redga
California's Great America is an amusement park located in Santa Clara, California that is owned and operated by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company. It is one of four major amusement parks that operate around the San Francisco Bay Area. The other...
California's Great America 2008  
Great America 2006 2007
Paramount's Great America 1993 2006
Great America 1985 1992
Marriott's Great America 1976 1984
x Six Flags Discovery Kingdom  
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom (formerly known as Six Flags Marine World, Marine World, The New Marine World Theme Park, and Marine World Africa USA) is an animal theme park located in Vallejo, California. The park includes a variety of roller coasters...
Six Flags Discovery Kingdom 2007  
Six Flags Marine World 1999 2007
The New Marine World Theme Park 1998 1999
Marine World Africa USA   1998
Marine World 1968  
x Kings Island KingsIsland-Logo
Kings Island is a 364-acre (147 ha) amusement park located 24 miles (39 km) northeast of Cincinnati in Mason, Ohio. Opened in 1972 by Taft Broadcasting Company and now owned by Cedar Fair Entertainment Company, Kings Island is the most visited...
King's Island 2007  
Paramount's Kings Island 1992 2007
King's Island 1972 1992
x Waterworld California Tornadoride
Waterworld California is a water park located in Concord, California. It was developed, owned and operated by Premier Parks, and now it is under the management of Palace Entertainment. The Park is also home to more waterslides than any other water...
Waterworld California 2007  
Six Flags Waterworld 2004 2006
Waterworld USA Concord   2003
x Tivoli Gardens Tivoli Gardens entrance
Tivoli Gardens (or simply Tivoli) is a famous amusement park and pleasure garden in Copenhagen, Denmark. The park opened on August 15, 1843 and is the second oldest amusement park in the world, after Dyrehavsbakken in nearby Klampenborg. With more...
Tivoli Gardens    
Tivoli & Vauxhall    
x Disneyland IMG_3066.jpg
Disneyland Park is a theme park located in Anaheim, California, owned and operated by the Walt Disney Parks and Resorts division of The Walt Disney Company. Known as Disneyland when it opened to the general public on July 18, 1955, and still almost...
Disneyland Park 1998  
Disneyland 1955 1998
x Young & Jackson IMG 6338 Young and Jackson, Melbourne, Australia
Young and Jackson is a pub in Melbourne, Australia, at the corner of Flinders Street and Swanston Street. It is listed on the Victorian Heritage Register. The site was purchased by John Batman in 1837 at Melbourne's first Crown land sale. On the...
Princes Bridge Hotel Jul 1, 1861  
x Nickelodeon Universe NickelodeonUniverseMOAlogo
Nickelodeon Universe (originally Knott's Camp Snoopy, later known as The Park at MOA) is the seven-acre (28,000 m²) indoor amusement park located in the center of the Mall of America (MOA), in Bloomington, Minnesota, USA. On August 18, 2009,...
Nickelodeon Universe Mar 14, 2008  
The Park at MOA Jan 9, 2006 Mar 14, 2008
Camp Snoopy   2006
Knott's Camp Snoopy 1992  
x Lake Compounce  
Lake Compounce is an amusement park located in Bristol, Connecticut, United States and a part of the neighboring town of Southington, Connecticut; the lake itself lies completely in Southington. Opened in 1846, it is the oldest operating amusement...
Lake Compounce 1846 1985
Hershey Lake Compounce 1986 1987
Lake Compounce Festival Park 1988 1995
Lake Compounce 1996  
x Susan Ashley Stanton Steve Stanton in an undated City of Largo photograph, before his firing.
Susan Ashley Stanton (born Steven B. Stanton in 1959) was the city manager of Largo, Florida, until her job termination. She was city manager of Lake Worth, Florida from 2009 until her termination in December 2011. She grew up in the Catskills of...
Steven B. Stanton 1959 2007
x Hugo Award for Best Fanzine Hugo Award Logo
The Hugo Awards are given every year by the World Science Fiction Society for the best science fiction or fantasy works and achievements of the previous year. The award is named after Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the pioneering science fiction...
Hugo Award for Best Fan Magazine 1956 1957
Hugo Award for Best Amateur Magazine 1959 1959
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1960 1962
Hugo Award for Best Amateur Magazine 1963 1964
Hugo Award for Best Fanzine 1965 1965
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x Hugo Award for Best Publisher Hugo Award Logo   Hugo Award for Best SF Book Publisher 1964 1964
Hugo Award for Best Publisher 1965 1965
x James Craig James Craig
The James Craig is a three-masted, iron-hulled barque restored and sailed by the Sydney Maritime Museum. Built in 1874 in Sunderland, England, by Bartram, Haswell, & Co., she was originally named Clan Macleod. She was employed carrying cargo around...
Clan Macleod   1905
James Craig 1905  
x HM Bark Endeavour Endeavour.jpg
HMS Endeavour, also known as HM Bark Endeavour, was a British Royal Navy research vessel commanded by Lieutenant James Cook on his first voyage of discovery, to Australia and New Zealand from 1769 to 1771. Launched in 1764 as the collier Earl of...
Earl of Pembroke 1764 1768
Endeavour 1768  
x Washington County Map of Vermont highlighting Washington County
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of 2010, the population was 59,534; Vermont's third-most populous county after Chittenden County and Rutland County. Its shire town is Montpelier, the state capital. The center...
Jefferson County 1810 1814
Washington County 1814  
x Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror     Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy 1994 2000
Lambda Literary Award for Horror/Science Fiction/Fantasy 2001 2001
Lambda Literary Award for Science Fiction/Fantasy/Horror 2002 2006
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror 2007 2009
Lambda Literary Award for LGBT SF/Fantasy/Horror 2010  
x Whitney Award for Best Romance     Whitney Award for Best Romance/Women's Fiction 2007 2007
Whitney Award for Best Romance 2008  
x Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction     Whitney Award for Best Youth Fiction 2008  
Whitney Award for Best Young Adult/Children's Lit 2007 2007
x Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis Whitehouseportraitjackie
Jacqueline "Jackie" Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis (pronounced  /ˌdʒækˈliːn ˈliː ˈbuːvieɪ ˈkɛnɨdi oʊˈnæsɨs/; July 28, 1929 – May 19, 1994) was the wife of the 35th President of the United States, John F. Kennedy, and served as First Lady of the United...
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Jul 28, 1929 1953
Jaqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy 1953 1968
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier Kennedy Onassis 1968  
x Marcus Junius Brutus Portrait Brutus Massimo
Marcus Junius Brutus (early June, 85 BC – late October, 42 BC), often referred to as Brutus, was a politician of the late Roman Republic. After being adopted by his uncle he used the name Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus, but eventually returned to...
Marcus Junius Brutus the Younger 85 B.C.E. 59 B.C.E.
Quintus Servilius Caepio Brutus 59 B.C.E.  
x Mark Twain Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens (November 30, 1835 – April 21, 1910), better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist. He is most noted for his novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876), and its sequel, Adventures of...
Samuel Langhorne Clemens    
Mark Twain    
x Shirley Jackson Award for Anthology     Shirley Jackson Award for Anthology 2007 2008
Shirley Jackson Award for Edited Anthology 2009  
x Shirley Jackson Award for Collection     Shirley Jackson Award for Collection 2007 2008
Shirley Jackson Award for Single-Author Collection 2009  
x Berlin Express     BERLIN EXPRESS    
BERLIN EXPRESS-91    
POL JOS-92    
BERLIN EXPRESS-93    
NEW YOUR EXPRESS-96    
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x Hellespont Fairfax  
The TI Class of ships are the four largest double-hulled supertankers in the world and are, as of 2010, the largest ocean going ships, since the previous largest one, the single hulled supertanker Seawise Giant, was scrapped in 2010. The class...
Hellespont Fairfax 2003 2004
TI Oceania 2004  
x Sint Maarten Saint martin blank map
Sint Maarten (Dutch pronunciation: [sɪnt ˈmaːrtə(n)]) is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It encompasses the southern half of the Caribbean island of Saint Martin, while the northern half of the island constitutes the French...
Island Territory of Sint Maarten 1983 Oct 10, 2010
x Simon Says  
Simon Says was an Alternative metal band from Sacramento, California. In 2001, they changed their name to Key to Arson, and they broke up in 2004. Simon Says was formed by a group of California high schoolers (Matt Franks, Zac Diebels, and Mike...
Keys to Arson 2001  
Simon Says 1992 2001
x National Medal of Technology National Medal of Technology
The National Medal of Technology and Innovation (formerly the National Medal of Technology) is an honor granted by the President of the United States to American inventors and innovators who have made significant contributions to the development of...
National Medal of Technology and Innovation    
National Medal of Technology 1980  
x Independence Hall Independence Hall (about 1780)
Independence Hall is the centerpiece of Independence National Historical Park located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, on Chestnut Street between 5th and 6th Streets. It is known primarily as the location where both the Declaration of...
Independence Hall    
Philadelphia County Court House    
x Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor  
The Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor is an annual award presented by The Society of London Theatre in recognition of achievements in commercial British theatre. The awards were established as the Society of West End Theatre Awards in 1976, and,...
Society of West End Theatre Best Actor Award 1976 1984
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor 1984  
x The Society of London Theatre  
The Society of London Theatre (previously The Society of West End Theatre) is an umbrella organization for West End theatre in London. The Society operates tkts, the only official half-price London theatre ticket booth in Leicester Square and can...
The Society of West End Theatre   1984
The Society of London Theatre 1984  
x HMS Cyane HMS Cyane stern
HMS Cyane was a Royal Navy Banterer-class sixth-rate post ship of nominally 22 guns, built in 1806 at Topsham, near Exeter, England. She was ordered in January 1805 as HMS Columbine but renamed Cyane on 6 December of that year. Cyane had a...
HMS Cyane 1806 1815
USS Cyane 1815  
x National Humanities Medal Stephen Balch receiving National Humanities Medal from President George W. Bush
The National Humanities Medal is an American award that annually recognizes several individuals, groups, or institutions for work that has "deepened the nation's understanding of the humanities, broadened our citizens' engagement with the humanities...
National Humanities Medal 1997  
Charles Frankel Prize 1988 1997
x Peter Lehmann Wines     Peter Lehmann Wines Limited 1982  
Masterson Barossa Vineyards 1977 1982
x London College of Communication London College of Communication
The London College of Communication (LCC) (formerly the London College of Printing and, briefly, London College of Printing and Distributive Trades) is a constituent college of the University of the Arts London, located in Elephant and Castle....
London College of Printing    
London College of Printing and Distributive Trades    
x Velasco  
Velasco was a town in Texas, United States, that was later annexed by the city of Freeport. Founded in 1831, Velasco is situated on the east side of the Brazos River in southeast Texas. It is sixteen miles south of Angleton, Texas, and four miles...
Velasco 1831 1957
Freeport 1957  
x Omega  
The Omega (named the Drumcliff until 1898) was a four-masted, steel-hulled barque built in Greenock, Scotland in 1887. In 1957 Omega became the last cargo-carrying square-rigger in the world. She was a sailing cargo ship used for transporting oil,...
Drumcliff   Jul 28, 1898
Omega Jul 28, 1898  
x Federation of International Bandy  
The Federation of International Bandy (FIB) is the international governing body for the sport of bandy. It was formed in 1955 in Stockholm, Sweden, and has had its base in Sweden since 1979. The present offices are situated in Katrineholm. Skrynnik...
Federation of International Bandy 2001  
Bandy Federation 1957 2001
x International Baseball Federation New IBAF logo
The International Baseball Federation (Spanish: Federación Internacional de Béisbol) is the worldwide governing body recognized by the International Olympic Committee as overseeing, deciding and executing the policy of the bat-and-ball sport of...
Federación Internacional de Béisbol Amateur 1944 1984
International Baseball Association 1976 2000
International Baseball Federation 2000  
x Mosport Mosport International Raceway
Canadian Tire Motorsport Park (formerly Mosport Park and Mosport International Raceway) is a multi-track facility located north of Bowmanville, Ontario, Canada. The facility features a 2.459-mile (3.957 km),(length reduced through wider track re...
Mosport Park 1961  
x Floyd Casey Stadium Floyd Casey Stadium almost sold out on November 5th, 2005.  UT vs Baylor.
Floyd Casey Stadium is a stadium in Waco, Texas. It is primarily used for football, and is the home field of the Baylor Bears. Floyd Casey Stadium is about four miles from the Baylor campus. Floyd Casey Stadium was built in 1950 and cost $1.8...
Baylor Stadium 1950 Nov 5, 1988
Floyd Casey Stadium Nov 5, 1988  
x Franklin Village     Long Meadows    
x Kaohsiung Official flag of Kaohsiung City
Kaohsiung (Chinese: 高雄; pinyin: Gāoxióng; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Ko-hiông; old names: Takao, Takow, Takau) is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight...
Takau   1700
x Delfin Lend Lease  
Lend Lease Communities (trading as Lend Lease, formerly Delfin Lend Lease) is the Australian Master Planned Communities arm of property and infrastructure company Lend Lease Corporation, an Australian-based global property and infrastructure...
Delfin Property Group   2001
Delfin Lend Lease 2001 Feb 2011
Lend Lease Feb 2011  
x Missile Defense Agency Missile Defense Agency
The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) is the section of the United States government's Department of Defense responsible for developing a layered defense against ballistic missiles. The agency has its origins in the Strategic Defense Initiative, which...
Missile Defense Agency 2002  
Ballistic Missile Defense Organization 1993 2002
Strategic Defense Initiative 1983 1993
x GOTO     JAOO   2010
GOTO 2011  
x Sinte Gleska University  
Sinte Gleska University is a four-year private American Indian tribal college, located in Mission, South Dakota, on the Rosebud Indian Reservation, a Brulé Lakota Indian Reservation. SGU was founded in 1970 and named for the Brulé chief, Sinte...
Sinte Gleska University 1991  
Sinte Gleska Community College 1971 1991
x Old Vic Old Vic theatre London Waterloo
The Old Vic is a theatre located just south-east of Waterloo Station in London on the corner of The Cut and Waterloo Road. Established in 1818 as the Royal Coburg Theatre, it was taken over by Emma Cons in 1880 when it was known formally as the...
Royal Victoria Hall    
Royal Coburg Theatre 1818  
x K-222     K-162 1963 Jan 15, 1978
K-222 Jan 15, 1978  
x ISO 13250-2  
defines a formal data model for topic maps
Standard Application Model 2002 2006
Topic Maps Data Model 2006  
x Tor di Nona  
The Tor di Nona— now a small area in Rome's Rione V called "Ponte", which lies in the heart of the city's historic center, between the via dei Coronari and the Tiber— commemorates a mediaeval tower which stood there. As the Torre dell'Annona it was...
Tor di Nona    
Teatro Apollo    
x Académie Royale de Musique Paris Opera - Theatre de l'Opera 1794-1820
The Paris Opera (French: Opéra de Paris, or simply the Opéra) is the primary opera company of Paris, France. It was founded in 1669 by Louis XIV as the Académie d'Opéra and shortly thereafter was placed under the leadership of Jean-Baptiste Lully...
Académie d'Opéra Jun 28, 1669  
Académie royale de Musique    
x Opéra National de Paris Front of the Palais Garnier under winter sun, photography by Eric Pouhier
Opéra National de Paris is the leading opera company of France. It stages performances at the Opéra Bastille and Opéra Garnier in Paris. Other opera houses in Paris are the Théâtre du Châtelet, Opéra-Comique and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées. King...
Académie d'Opéra Jun 28, 1669  
Opéra National de Paris 1672  
Académie royale de Musique    
x Gli arabi nelle Gallie, ossia Il trionfo della fede; (revised 1855 as: L'ultimo dei clodovei)     L'ultimo dei clodovei 1855  
Gli arabi nelle Gallie, ossia Il trionfo della fede    
x Medea     Medea 1843  
Vicenza 1845  
x Bondelmonte     Buondelmonte    
Bondelmonte    
x Paris Opera Ballet  
This entity is also known as The Ballet de l'Opéra national de Paris and it is the ballet company that has gone through some name changes during it's history. This is not the same entity as the ballet school of the Opéra national de Paris known...
Académie Royale de Musique    
x Praslin Praslin1
Praslin is the second largest island (38 km²) of the Seychelles, lying 44 km north east of Mahé. Praslin has a population of around 6,500 people and comprises two administrative districts; Baie Sainte Anne and Grand' Anse (Praslin). The main...
Praslin 1768  
Isle de Palmes 1744 1768
x Lewisville Lake Lewisville Lake - Aerial view of Lewisville Lake and Dam
Lewisville Lake is a reservoir located in North Texas (USA) on the Elm Fork of the Trinity River in Denton County near Lewisville. Originally engineered in 1927 as Lake Dallas, the reservoir was expanded in the 1940s and 50s and renamed Lewisville...
Garza-Little Elm Lake    
Lake Dallas    
Lewisville Lake    
x St. James Theatre Stjamestheatre
The St. James Theatre is located at 246 W. 44th St. Broadway, New York City, United States. It was built by Abraham L. Erlanger, theatrical producer and a founding member of the Theatrical Syndicate, on the site of the original Sardi's restaurant....
The Erlanger 1927 1930
St. James Theatre 1930  
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