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Myspace

Myspace

Communication and Internet

Myspace is a social networking service based in the United States. Launched on August 1, 2003, the site was the first social network to reach a global audience and had a significant influenc

Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez

Gabriel GarcÍa MÁrquez

Born: March 6, 1928 Aracataca, Colombia Colombian novelist, short-story writer, and journalist Gabriel García Márquez is a Colombian novelist, short-st...

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Gabriel García Márquez

Author and journalist Born Gabriel José García Márquez, March 6, 1928, in Aracataca, Colombia; son of Gabriel Eligio Garcia (a telegraph operator) and Luisa Santiaga Márquez...

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Georges Méliès

French filmmaker Georges Méliès (1861–1938) was in the words of Jim Gilchrist of the Scotsman , "one of the great pioneers of the cinema." The sp...

Stellantis N.V.

Stellantis N.V.

Auto and Transport

Stellantis N.V. is a Dutch-based multinational automotive manufacturing corporation resulting from the merger of French automaker Groupe PSA and Italian-American automaker Fiat Chr

Universal Music Group N.V.

Universal Music Group N.V.

Advertising and media

Universal Music Group N.V. (often abbreviated as UMG and referred to as just Universal Music) is a Dutch–American multinational music corporation under&nb

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V.

Consumer goods

Just Eat Takeaway.com N.V. is a Dutch multinational online food ordering and delivery company, formed from the merger of London-based Just Eat and Ams

NASUWT

NASUWT

Science and education

The NASUWT is a TUC-affiliated trade union representing teachers, including headteachers, throughout the United Kingdom. The early years 1919–1976; breakaway and the formatio

Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

Born: April 23, 1899 St. Petersburg, Russia Died: July 2, 1977 Montreaux, Switzerland Russian-born American writer and poet ...

Ralph Nader

Ralph Nader

Born: February 27, 1934 Winsted, Connecticut American activist, social crusader, and lawyer American social crusader and lawyer Ralph Nader became a sy...

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Ray Nagin

Mayor of New Orleans Born Clarence Ray Nagin Jr., June 11, 1956, in New Orleans, LA; married Seletha Smith, 1982; children: Jeremy, Jarin (son), Tianna. Education:...

Nando's

Nando's

Consumer goods

Nando's is a South African multinational fast casual chain that specialises in Portuguese flame-grilled peri-peri style chicken. Founded in Johannesburg in

Donna Jo Napoli

Donna Jo Napoli

February 28, 1948 • Miami, Florida Author Donna Jo Napoli moonlights from her job as a professor of linguistics at a Pennsylvania colle...

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Yoshitomo Nara

Artist Born December 5, 1959, in Hirosaki, Aomori Prefecture, Japan. Education: Studied at Musashino Art University, 1979-81; Aichi Prefectural Unive...

Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash

Born: August 19, 1902 Rye, New York Died: May 19, 1971 Baltimore, Maryland American poet and writer Ogden Nash was on...

The Six Nations Championship (Guinness Six Nations)

The Six Nations Championship (Guinness Six Nations)

Other

The Six Nations Championship (known as the Guinness Six Nations for sponsorship reasons) is an annual international men's rugby union competition between the teams of&nbs

Nato

Nato

Politics and Administration

The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO, /ˈneɪtoʊ/; French: Organisation du traité de l'Atlantique nord, OTAN), also called the North Atlantic Alliance,

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Andrew S. Natsios

Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development Born September 22, 1949, in Philadelphia, PA; son of Basil and Eta Natsios; married Elizabeth; children: Emily, Ale...

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Nursultan Nazarbayev

President of Kazakhstan Born Nursultan Abishevich Nazarbayev, in July, 1940, in Kazakhstan; married Sara Alpysovna; children: Dariga, Dinara, Aliya. Education: ...

Jesus of Nazareth

Jesus of Nazareth

Born: 4 B.C.E. Bethlehem, Judea Died: c. 29 C.E. Jerusalem, Judea Judean religious leader ...

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