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County Down takes its name from dún, the Irish word for dun or fort, which is a common root in Gaelic place names, such as Dundee, Dunfermline and Dumbarton in Scotland and Donegal and Dundalk in the Republic of Ireland. [12] The fort in question was in the historic town of Downpatrick, originally known as Dún Lethglaise ("fort of the green side" or "fort of the two broken fetters"). [13][14 ...
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union to preserve slavery in the United States, which they saw as threatened because of the election of Abraham Lincoln and the growing ...
James David Vance (born James Donald Bowman; [a] August 2, 1984) is an American politician and author serving as the 50th vice president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he represented Ohio in the United States Senate from 2023 to 2025. Born and raised in Middletown, Ohio, Vance enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in 2003, serving as a military journalist in public affairs ...
The 45th News and Documentary Emmy Awards were presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS), to honor the best in American news and documentary programming in 2023. The winners were announced on two ceremonies held at Palladium Times Square in New York City and live-streamed at Watch.TheEmmys.TV and the Emmys app. [1][2] The nominees were announced on July 25, 2024 ...
The interview was uploaded on YouTube in 2008 and her "I don't know her" comment began circulating as a GIF on Internet forums. [9] It became prevalent on Twitter and Tumblr in the 2010s. [10] By 2014, the "I don't know her" GIF was often used as a reaction on the internet. [11] It became one of the most popular Internet memes in history by 2018.
The American teenager Ryan White, who died from AIDS in 1990, is the namesake for U.S. federal legislation that addresses the unmet health needs of persons infected with HIV/AIDS. He has been considered the poster boy for HIV/AIDS. This is a categorized, alphabetical list of people who are known to have been infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the pathogen that causes AIDS ...
This list includes notable alumni, non-matriculating, faculty, and staff of what is now Iowa State University (ISU).
This is a list of candidates for the 2019 Australian federal election, held on 18 May 2019. There were 1,514 candidates in total (1,056 for the House of Representatives and 458 for the Senate). [1]