33,292 source-backed world facts - each attributed to a named person and a number, linked to the original source. Page 105 of 333.
“MARTHA REEVES is the lead singer of Martha and the Vandellas, the Motown group which made it big in the 60's with such hits as "Nowhere to Run," "Heat Wave," and "Dancing in the Street."”
“The owner had left two dogs inside”
“Pitcairn Island in 1972 is a closed community.”
“Her autobiography, "Dancing in the Street: Confessions of a Motown Diva," (Hyperion) was published in September.”
“The green Discovery and a trailer attached to it were stolen from the A5 near Kilsby on Wednesday afternoon”
“Polynesians who originally settled there in 1790.”
“the last Cubans to leave the base will be resettled in the United States by the end of this month.”
“The trailer was later found just off the A5 on Watford Road in Crick”
“For six years the people of Pitcairn have been concerned about the effects of French nuclear testing only 500 miles away.”
“who grew up in the 40s and 50s in Lubbock, Texas”
“Bruce Hook, 63, from Worcester and his 25-year-old son Ian, from Kenilworth, Warwickshire, died shortly after taking off from Menorca on 28 May.”
“(8:00)”
“their twin‑engine plane nose‑dived.”
“Young violist Nokuthula Ngwenyama (noh-koo-TOO-lah en-gwen-YAH-mah) is one of the performers featured in this year's first chamber music concert at the historic Dock Street Theater.”
“Broadfoot signed for Rangers in 2007 after moving from St Mirren.”
“The two book-length comics are accounts of SPIEGELMAN's parents' experiences in the Holocaust.”
“He was John Thomas Shields, 52, from the Belvoir area of Belfast.”
“appeared in 5 Woody Allen movies.”
“from 14 June to 15 July”
“which resulted in their marriage in 1840.”
“to traffic on 19 and 20 June”
“and seven others”
“Two divers have been taken to hospital after being rescued off the Dorset coast.”
“(Philips 446 086-2)”
“man in his 30s”
“Mendelssohn actually jotted down the opening twenty‑one bars of the overture in a letter to his parents on August 7th of that year.”
“Two men were taken to hospital after a fire in a flat on the Isle of Wight.”
“Mendelssohn’s sojourn in Scotland and the rest of the British Isles during the summer of 1829 was the catalyst for one of his most evocative scores.”
“Firefighters were called to Lake Green Road in Lake, Sandown, at about 0220 BST after a woman living above the flat raised the alarm.”
“Their production "Jam on the Groove" is at the Minetta Lane Theatre in New York until February 18th.”
“The service said 18 firefighters attended the incident.”
“She has a new live album, 'Etta James Live From San Francisco,' a recording of a 1981 performance at the Boarding House.”
“has played over 300 games for the likes of Blackpool, Salford City and Rotherham United”
“coverage from South Africa from 1986 to 1991”
“won the League One title with Wigan Athletic in 2022”
“1) "Odelay" by Beck”
“Tilt played under Burton manager Gary Bowyer at Blackpool in the 2017-18 season”
“2) "Black Eye" by Fluffy”
“Three people were rescued within 40 minutes of each other when two vessels sank off the Dorset coast.”
“3) "Sheryl Crow" by Sheryl Crow”
“At 1958 BST, coastguards received a Mayday call from a speedboat sinking in Poole Harbour with two people on board.”
“4) "Diary of a Mod Housewife" by Amy Ribgy”
“When they arrived the person was being rescued by two others on an inflatable sausage, coastguards said.”
“5) "House of Music" by Tony, Toni”
“The RNLI inshore lifeboat from Poole went to the scene where they found the boat taking on water faster than the pair could bail it out.”
“6) "Spirit" by Willie Nelson”
“Andrew Young, 35, died on the A98 west of Portsoy - a short distance from his home - in April last year.”
“7) "First Band on the Moon" by The Cardigans”
“Mr Ralph, 54, has gone at trial at Banff Sheriff Court after denying causing death by careless driving.”
“8) "Just When We're Thinking It's Over" by the Cox Family”
“Witnesses estimated that Mr Young was travelling at speeds up to 70mph or 80mph in a built-up residential area seconds before the crash.”
“9) "Grown Man" by Loudon Wainwright, III”
“The 62-year-old van driver died at the scene”
“10) "Call the Doctor" by Sleater Kinney”
“A 20-year-old woman was walking along Sir Frank Whittle Road just after midnight when she was approached by two people.”
“about 25 hundred years ago”
“three-storey house”
“The 35-year-old conductor”
“about 1120 BST”
“made her debut at the Metropolitan Opera last week”
“Two appliances and an aerial ladder platform from Barnstaple station, plus an appliance from Braunton were sent.”
“only the second woman in the history of the Met to conduct”
“after falling 60ft (18m) down a cliff in Cornwall.”
“(5:00)”
“The 30-year-old driver”
“FUNDER 0:29”
“150m south of the roundabout at Garrard Way”
“CUTAWAY 0:59”
“on Friday morning”
“BILLBOARD :59”
“The memorial ride over more than 60 miles on Saturday and Sunday has been organised by Coventry Transport Museum.”
“NEWS 2:59”
“Mandeville was named after the birthplace of the Paralympic Games, Stoke Mandeville hospital in Buckinghamshire.”
“NEWS 1:59”
“A 40-year-old cyclist has died in hospital after a collision with a van in East Sussex.”
“THEME MUSIC 0:29”
“on Friday”
“The film played at the New York Lesbian and Gay Film festival in May”
“she was taken to the Conquest Hospital in Hastings where she died from her injuries a few hours later.”
“opens at the San Francisco International Lesbian and Gay Film Festival, June 9”
“The 58-year-old driver of the Ford Transit van, from St Leonards, was uninjured.”
“Jazz critic KEVIN WHITEHEAD reviews six new box sets for the holiday season.”
“Rival fans invaded the pitch at Hillsborough after the club's 2-2 draw with Crystal Palace on 2 May.”
“"Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, 1923-1954,"”
“Some 1,500 extreme fitness competitors flocked to Wimbleball Lake on Exmoor National Park to compete in the Ironman 70.3 competition.”
“CELEBRATES 10 YEARS AS A GROUP.”
“Challengers faced a gruelling 1.2-mile (1.9km) swim, an 56-mile (90km) bike ride, and a 13.1-mile (21km) run - 70.3 miles in total.”
“The group has two CDs”
“The top 100 will compete in the Ironman World Championship in Clearwater, Florida, next November.”
“this time the year is 1961.”
“Winner Fraser Cartmell, from Stirling, finished the race in 4h 17m.”
“He released his first solo album, "Presenting Isaac Hayes," in 1968.”
“on Monday”
“His 1972 soundtrack to the movie "Shaft," went platinum and won an Oscar for "Theme From Shaft."”
“He rose to the top of the charts in the 1970's on the Stax label, a soul record label.”
“A 1985 interview with film historian VITO RUSSO”
“The book was first published in 1981”
“an updated version was then published in 1987”
“RUSSO died in 1991 of AIDS”
“We'll also hear routines from two of Carlin's comedy albums: "Parental Advisory Explicit Lyrics" (Eardrum Records 7 91593-2) and "Jammin' In New York" (Eardrum Records 7 92221-2).”