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| 1 | Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 97 Lat/Lng : 51.4864 / 11.9689 | The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg , also referred to as MLU, is a public, research-oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. MLU offers German and international (English) courses leading to academic degrees such as BA, BSc, MA, MSc, doctoral (...) | |
| 2 | Ulaanbaatar ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 1299 Lat/Lng : 47.9167 / 106.9167 | Ulaanbaatar, formerly anglicised as Ulan Bator (Ulaγanbaγatur, literally "Red Hero"), is the capital and largest city of Mongolia. The city is not part of any aimag (province), and its population was over 1.3 million, almost half of the country's total population (...) | |
| 3 | Madame Tussauds ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 38 Lat/Lng : 51.5228 / -0.1553 | Madame Tussauds is a wax museum in London with smaller museums in a number of other major cities. It was founded by wax sculptor Marie Tussaud. It used to be known as "Madame Tussaud's"; the apostrophe is no longer used.: "Madame Tussaud (who gave the attraction its now-jettisoned apostrophe) .. (...) | |
| 4 | Moravia ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 339 Lat/Lng : 49.5 / 17.0 | Moravia (;. Random House Webster's Unabridged Dictionary. ; Mähren.ogg; ;) is a historical country in the Czech Republic (forming its eastern part) and one of the historical Czech lands, together with Bohemia and Czech Silesia (...) | |
| 5 | UNESCO ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 48.8501 / 2.3062 | The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO;) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) based in Paris. Its declared purpose is to contribute to peace and security by promoting international collaboration through educational, scientific, and cultural reforms (...) | |
| 6 | Harley-Davidson ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 204 Lat/Lng : 43.0461 / -87.96 | Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D), or Harley, is an American motorcycle manufacturer, founded in Milwaukee, Wisconsin in 1903. One of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression (along with Indian), . Popularmechanics.com. Retrieved on July 7, 2011 (...) | |
| 7 | Arch bridge ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 155 Lat/Lng : 29.5889 / 106.5775 | An arch bridge is a bridge with abutments at each end shaped as a curved arch. Arch bridges work by transferring the weight of the bridge and its loads partially into a horizontal thrust restrained by the abutments at either side (...) | |
| 8 | August 16 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 2571 Lat/Lng : 0.31 / -78.18 | ==Events== *1 BC – Wang Mang consolidates his power and is declared marshal of state. Emperor Ai of Han, who had died the previous day, had no heirs. * 963 – Nikephoros II Phokas is crowned emperor of the Byzantine Empire (...) | |
| 9 | IKEA ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 6 Lat/Lng : 52.1671 / 4.4824 | IKEA is a Swedish-founded multinational group that designs and sells , kitchen appliances and home accessories, among other useful goods and occasionally home services. It has been the world's largest furniture retailer since at least 2008 (...) | |
| 10 | Renault ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 33 Lat/Lng : 48.8315 / 2.2283 | Groupe Renault is a French multinational automobile manufacturer established in 1899. The company produces a range of cars and vans, and in the past has manufactured trucks, tractors, tanks, buses/coaches and autorail vehicles (...) | |
| 11 | Chicago ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 224 Lat/Lng : 41.8819 / -87.6278 | Chicago , formally the City of Chicago, is located on the shores of freshwater Lake Michigan, and is the third most populous city in the United States. As of the 2017 census-estimate, Chicago has a population of 2,716,450, which makes it the most populous city in both the state of Illinois and the (...) | |
| 12 | Chilean Antarctic Territory ![]() FeatureType : null Lat/Lng : -75.0009 / -71.5931 | The Chilean Antarctic Territory or Chilean Antarctica (Spanish: Territorio Chileno Antártico, Antártica Chilena) is the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile. The Chilean Antarctic Territory ranges from 53° West to 90° West and from the South Pole to the 60° South parallel, partially overlapping (...) | |
| 13 | Bombardier Transportation ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 39 Lat/Lng : 52.5018 / 13.3758 | Bombardier Transportation is the rail equipment division of the Canadian firm Bombardier Inc. Bombardier Transportation is one of the world's largest companies in the rail vehicle and equipment manufacturing and servicing industry. Bombardier Transportation is headquartered in Berlin (...) | |
| 14 | City, University of London ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 29 Lat/Lng : 51.5273 / -0.1025 | City, University of London is a public research university in London, United Kingdom. Since 2016 it has been a constituent college of The University of London. It was founded in 1894 as the Northampton Institute and became a university when The City University was created by royal charter in 1966 (...) | |
| 15 | Wiki Loves Monuments ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 8 Lat/Lng : 52.3822 / 4.6364 | Wiki Loves Monuments (WLM) is an annual international photographic competition held during the month of September, organised worldwide by Wikipedia community members with the help of local Wikimedia affiliates across the globe (...) | |
| 16 | 1967 ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 35 Lat/Lng : 51.6523 / -0.082 | ==Events== ===January=== * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of the British North America Act, 1867, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 2 – Ronald Reagan, past movie actor and future President of the United States, is inaugurated the (...) | |
| 17 | San Diego–Tijuana ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 20 Lat/Lng : 32.5422 / -117.0296 | San Diego–Tijuana is an international metropolitan conurbation, straddling the border of the adjacent North American coastal cities of San Diego, California, United States and Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico. The 2012 population of the region was 4,922,723, making it the largest bi-national (...) | |
| 18 | Nihonjin gakkō ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 216 Lat/Lng : 42.1214 / -87.9814 | , also called Japanese school, is a full-day school outside Japan for native speakers of Japanese. It is an expatriate school designed for children whose parents are working on diplomatic, business, or education missions overseas and have plans to repatriate to Japan (...) | |
| 19 | International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 188 Lat/Lng : 48.213 / 16.36 | The International Commission on the History of Geological Sciences (INHIGEO) promotes ongoing research into the history of the earth sciences, particularly the history of geology. It has 17 Honorary Senior Members and 265 Members and Associate Members, May 2014 worldwide (...) | |
| 20 | École des Mines de Douai ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 28 Lat/Lng : 50.3752 / 3.0678 | The École des mines de Douai (École des Mines-Télécom de Lille-Douai (IMT) since 2018) also called "École nationale supérieure des mines de Douai (Mines Douai)" (ENSMD) is a French National Graduate School of Engineering (Grande école d'ingénieurs) located in the cities of Douai and (...) | |
| 21 | Techfest ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 54 Lat/Lng : 19.1336 / 72.9154 | Techfest is the annual science and technology festival of Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. It also refers to the independent body of students who organize this event along with many other social initiatives and outreach programs around the year (...) | |
| 22 | International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 22 Lat/Lng : 41.8863 / 12.4765 | The International Centre for the Study of the Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Property (ICCROM) is an intergovernmental organization dedicated to the preservation of cultural heritage worldwide through training, information, research, cooperation and advocacy programmes (...) | |
| 23 | Metro ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 275 Lat/Lng : -8.1831 / 112.5342 | Metro, short for metropolitan, may refer to: (...) | |
| 24 | Nuclear power in India ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 47 Lat/Lng : 14.8644 / 74.4365 | Nuclear power is the fifth-largest source of electricity in India after coal, gas, hydroelectricity and wind power. , India has 22 nuclear reactors in operation in 7 nuclear power plants, having a total installed capacity of 6,780 MW. Nuclear power produced a total of 35 TWh and supplied 3 (...) | |
| 25 | Tokyo University of Foreign Studies ![]() FeatureType : edu Elevation : 13 Lat/Lng : 35.6923 / 139.7582 | , often referred to as TUFS, is a specialist research university in Fuchū, Tokyo, Japan. TUFS is primarily devoted to foreign language, international affairs and foreign studies. It also features an Asia-African institution. (...) | |
| 26 | Instituto Camões ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 67 Lat/Lng : 38.7248 / -9.149 | The Instituto Camões (Camões Institute) is an institution created in 1992 for the worldwide promotion of the Portuguese language and culture. The Instituto Camões has administrative and patrimonial autonomy, that, under the supervision of the Portuguese Minister of Foreign Affairs, assures the (...) | |
| 27 | Balassi Institute ![]() FeatureType : null Elevation : 153 Lat/Lng : 47.4842 / 19.0384 | The Balassi Institute is a worldwide non-profit cultural organization funded by the ministry of education and culture of Hungary. The institute spreads and promotes Hungarian language and culture abroad. The Institute plays a key role in developing and attaining Hungary’s objectives in the area of (...) | |
| 28 | Glatt group ![]() FeatureType : landmark Elevation : 270 Lat/Lng : 47.6264 / 7.6141 | The Glatt group is active internationally as an equipment manufacturer, system supplier and engineering service provider in the field of processing and refinement of solid compounds for the food / feed, pharmaceutical and fine chemical industry. (...) | |