USS West Coast (ID-3315) was a cargo ship for the United States Navy during World War I. The ship was laid down as SS War Dagger but launched in July…

De Courcy Lewthwaite Dewar (12 February 1878 – 24 November 1959) was a decorative metalwork designer, and member of the Glasgow Girls group of artists during the 1890/1900s.[1] Scottish metalwork…

Soma Bringer[lower-alpha 1] is an action role-playing game developed by Monolith Soft and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo DShandheld video game console. The player, controlling one of the eight…

18-Methylsegesterone acetate (18-methyl-SGA; also known as 18-methylnestorone) is a progestin medication of the 19-norprogesterone group which was never marketed.[1][2][3] It was first described in a patent in 1997 and then…

The East Midlands, in its broadest sense, is the eastern part of central England. The region is bordered by Yorkshire to the north, the North Sea to the east, East…

Fue (笛/ふえ) is the Japanese word for bamboo flute, and refers to a class of flutes native to Japan. Fue come in many varieties, but are generally high-pitched and made…

Leaseback, short for “sale-and-leaseback“, is a financial transaction in which one sells an asset and leases it back for the long term; therefore, one continues to be able to use…

The men’s vault (or “horse vault” or “long horse”) competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics was held at the Waldbühne on 10 August. It was the sixth appearance of the…

Groningen is the northeasternmost province in the Netherlands. It is mainly agricultural with its capital, also called Groningen, as the only big city around. Although the flat countryside may seem…

Roxalana “Roxana” Druse (née Teftt; born c. 1847– hanged February 28, 1887), was the last woman hanged in the state of New York. The first woman to be hanged in four…