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Chinese New Year

Feb 28, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Chinese New Year, Spring Festival or the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese culture and Asian countries within the Sinosphere, the festival is also commonly referred to as Spring Festival (traditional Chinese: 春節; simplified Chinese: 春节; pinyin: Chūn Jié) as the spring season in the lunisolar calendar traditionally starts with lichun, the first of the twenty-four solar terms which the

Isabel dos Santos

Feb 28, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Isabel dos Santos (born 20 April 1973) is an Angolan businesswoman, the eldest child of Angola’s former President José Eduardo dos Santos, who ruled the country from 1979 to 2017. Once considered Africa’s richest woman according to Forbes magazine, with a net worth exceeding US$2 billion Forbes, the magazine dropped her from the list in January 2021, stating that it was not

Republic Day (India)

Feb 28, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Republic Day is a national holiday in India. It honours the date on which the Constitution of India came into effect on 26 January 1950 replacing the Government of India Act (1935) as the governing document of India and thus, turning the nation into a newly formed republic. The Constitution was adopted by the Indian Constituent Assembly on 26 November 1949 and

The Mandalorian

Feb 28, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

The Mandalorian is an American space Western television series created by Jon Favreau for the streaming service Disney+. It is the first live-action series in the Star Wars franchise, beginning five years after the events of Return of the Jedi (1983). It stars Pedro Pascal as the title character, a lone bounty hunter who goes on the run after being hired to retrieve “The Child”. Star Wars creator George Lucas began

Jorge Masvidal

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Jorge Masvidal (born November 12, 1984) is an American professional mixed martial artist. He currently competes in the Welterweight division for the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC). Masvidal has been competing professionally since 2003; he has also competed for Bellator, Strikeforce, Shark Fights, and World Victory Road. He holds the record for the fastest knockout in UFC history, at 5 seconds and he holds the UFC ‘BMF’ Championship belt. As of

Monty Python

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Monty Python (also collectively known as the Pythons) were a British surreal comedy troupe who created the sketch comedy television show Monty Python’s Flying Circus, which first aired on the BBC in 1969. Forty-five episodes were made over four series. The Python phenomenon developed from the television series into something larger in scope and impact, including touring stage shows, films, albums, books and musicals. The Pythons’

Mac Miller

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Malcolm James McCormick (January 19, 1992 – September 7, 2018), known professionally as Mac Miller, was an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Miller began his career in Pittsburgh’s hip hop scene in 2007, at the age of fifteen. In 2010, he signed a record deal with independent label Rostrum Records, and released his breakthrough mixtapes K.I.D.S. (2010) and Best Day

Ted Kaczynski

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Theodore John Kaczynski, born May 22, 1942, also known as the Unabomber, is an American domestic terrorist, anarchist and former mathematics professor. He was a mathematics prodigy, but abandoned his academic career in 1969 to pursue a more primitive life. Between 1978 and 1995, he killed three people and injured 23 others in a nationwide bombing campaign against people he believed

2020 Australian Open – Men’s Singles

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Novak Djokovic was the defending champion and successfully defended his title, defeating Dominic Thiem in the final, 6–4, 4–6, 2–6, 6–3, 6–4. In winning his eighth Australian Open and 17th Grand Slam singles title, Djokovic also regained the ATP no. 1 singles ranking from Rafael Nadal. Thiem became the first Austrian player, male or female, to reach an Australian Open singles final. This was Thiem’s third Grand

Erling Braut Håland

Feb 27, 2021KuchewarEncyclopedia

Erling Braut Haaland (né Håland, ; born 21 July 2000) is a Norwegian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Bundesliga club Borussia Dortmund and the Norway national team. A prolific goalscorer, he is recognised for his pace, athleticism, strength and precise off-the-ball movement, and he has been considered as one of the best young footballers in the world. Haaland started his career at his hometown