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| 1 | Siegen ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : 50.8667 / 8.0167 | Siegen is a city in Germany, in the south Westphalian part of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located in the district of Siegen-Wittgenstein in the Arnsberg region. The university town (18.600 students in the 2013–2014 winter semester) is the district seat, and is ranked as a "higher centre" in the (...) | |
| 2 | Iowa ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 308 Lat/Lng : 41.878 / -93.0977 | Iowa is a state in the Midwestern United States, bordered by the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west. It is bordered by six states; Wisconsin to the northeast, Illinois to the east, Missouri to the south, Nebraska to the west, South Dakota to the (...) | |
| 3 | Shawnee, Oklahoma ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 326 Lat/Lng : 35.3272 / -96.9253 | Shawnee is a city in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, United States. The population was 31,543 in 2014, a 4.9 percent increase from 28,692 at the 2000 census. The city is part of the Oklahoma City-Shawnee Combined Statistical Area; it is also the county seat of Pottawatomie County and the principal (...) | |
| 4 | Saatchi Gallery ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 10 Lat/Lng : 51.4906 / -0.1589 | The Saatchi Gallery is a London gallery for contemporary art, opened by Charles Saatchi in 1985 in order to exhibit his collection to the public. It has occupied different premises, first in North London, then the South Bank by the River Thames, and finally in Chelsea, its current location (...) | |
| 5 | 1974 ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 19 Lat/Lng : 27.9606 / -82.7299 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 11 – David, Elizabeth, Emma, Grant, Jason and Nicolette Rosenkowitz are born in Cape Town, the first recorded sextuplets in the world where all six babies survive. * January 17 – Two commercial divers, Pier Skipness and Robert John Smyth, die from rapid (...) | |
| 6 | Northeastern University ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 12 Lat/Lng : 42.3389 / -71.0903 | Northeastern University (NU, formerly NEU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts, established in 1898. It is categorized as an R1 institution (Doctoral Universities: Highest Research Activity) by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education (...) | |
| 7 | Stalag Luft III ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 123 Lat/Lng : 51.5986 / 15.3075 | Stalag Luft III (; literally "Main Camp, Air, III"; SL III) was a Luftwaffe-run prisoner of war (POW) camp during World War II, which held captured Western Allied air force personnel. The Stalag was established in March 1942 in the German province of Lower Silesia near the town of Sagan (now Żagań, (...) | |
| 8 | Pano Lefkara ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 586 Lat/Lng : 34.8667 / 33.3069 | Pano Lefkara is a village on the island of Cyprus famous for its lace, known as lefkaritika in (Greek: λευκαρίτικα) and silver handicrafts. The village takes its name from the white of its silica and limestone: Lefkara is derived from a combination of the Greek words "lefka" (Translation: white) and (...) | |
| 9 | RAF Andover ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 81 Lat/Lng : 51.2086 / -1.5253 | :For the current use of this site see Marlborough Lines. RAF Andover is a former Royal Flying Corps and Royal Air Force station located west of Andover, Hampshire and north east of Salisbury, Wiltshire, England (...) | |
| 10 | Cypress Creek High School (Texas) ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 42 Lat/Lng : 29.9666 / -95.5653 | Cypress Creek High School, also known as Cy Creek, is a secondary public school located in unincorporated Harris County, Texas, United States. Cypress Creek, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the Cypress-Fairbanks Independent School District (...) | |
| 11 | Idalium ![]() FeatureType : city Elevation : 253 Lat/Lng : 35.0158 / 33.423 | Idalion or Idalium (Idalion) was an ancient city in Cyprus, in modern Dali, Nicosia District. The city was founded on the copper trade in the 3rd millennium BC. Its name in the 8th century BC was "Ed-di-al" as it appears on the Sargon Stele of 707 BC, and a little later on the (...) | |
| 12 | Ed Bishop ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 52.248 / -1.3231 | George Victor Bishop (11 June 1932 – 8 June 2005), known professionally as Ed Bishop, was an American actor based in the United Kingdom. He was known for playing Commander Ed Straker in UFO, Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and for voicing Philip Marlowe in a series of BBC Radio (...) | |
| 13 | RAF Nuthampstead ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 143 Lat/Lng : 51.995 / 0.067 | Royal Air Force Station Nuthampstead or more simply RAF Nuthampstead is a former Royal Air Force station in England. The airfield is located mostly in Hertfordshire between the villages of Nuthampstead and Anstey and the hamlet of Morrice Green in Hertfordshire and Langley, Lower Green and Clavering (...) | |