William Morris Hughes CH KC (25 September 1862 – 28 October 1952) was an Australian politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Australia, in office from 1915 to 1923. He is best known for leading the country during World War I, but his influence on national politics spanned several decades.Hughes was a member of federal parliament from Federation in …

Billy Taylor (July 24, 1921 – December 28, 2010) was an American jazz pianist, composer, broadcaster and educator. He was the Robert L. Jones Distinguished Professor of Music at East Carolina University in Greenville, and from 1994 was the artistic director for jazz at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, D.C.. A jazz activist, Taylor sat on the …

Early life and education. Munn was born on 12 May 1911 in Glasgow, Scotland.He studied at the Athenaeum School of Music, then moved to London and joined the band of Jack Hylton from 1929 to 1936.. Career. Munn also played on recordings with Spike Hughes (1932) and Benny Carter (1936) during this time. Munn then played with Sydney Lipton from 1936 to 1940, and …

The Ultimate Fighter: Team Hughes vs. Team Serra was the sixth season of the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) produced reality television series The Ultimate Fighter, and premiered on September 19, 2007 on Spike TV, after UFC Fight Night 11.This season featured only welterweight fighters (156–170 lb). The teams were coached by current UFC welterweight …

CSS Baltic was a casemate ironclad that served in the Confederate States Navy during the American Civil War.A towboat and cotton lighter before the war, she was purchased by the state of Alabama in December 1861 for conversion into an ironclad. After being transferred to the Confederate Navy in May 1862, she served on Mobile Bay off the Gulf of Mexico. ...

Billy the Kid, parfois francisé Billy le Kid, est un célèbre hors-la-loi de l'Ouest américain.Son nom d'état civil présumé est William Henry McCarty (ou William Henry Bonney). Sa date de naissance est incertaine, certains auteurs avançant la date du 23 novembre 1859 à New York, mais aucune preuve n'atteste de cela [1], [2].. Il est mort le 14 juillet 1881 à Fort Sumner (Territoire du ...

Billie Joe Armstrong (born February 17, 1972) is an American musician who is the lead vocalist, guitarist, and primary songwriter of the rock band Green Day, which he co-founded with Mike Dirnt in 1987. He is also a guitarist and vocalist for the punk rock band Pinhead Gunpowder, and provides lead vocals for Green Day's side projects Foxboro Hot Tubs, The Network, The …

The Semitic sound value of Qôp was /q/ (voiceless uvular stop), and the form of the letter could have been based on the eye of a needle, a knot, or even a monkey with its tail hanging down. /q/ is a sound common to Semitic languages, but not found in many European languages. Some have even suggested that the form of the letter Q is even more ancient: it could have originated …

William Ambrose Wright CBE (6 February 1924 – 3 September 1994), was an English footballer who played as a centre half.He spent his entire club career at Wolverhampton Wanderers.The first footballer in the world to earn 100 international caps, Wright also holds the record for longest unbroken run in competitive international football. He also made a total of 105 appearances for …

Billy Sheehan's first electric bass was a Hagström FB, which ... (2000), which features vocals by Glenn Hughes of Deep Purple. The album also includes guest guitar by Steve Lukather of Toto. The Winery Dogs and Sons of Apollo. Sheehan performing with Mike Portnoy, Derek Sherinian, and Tony MacAlpine at De Boerderij, Netherlands, 2012 ...