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2 days ago · Henry II (5 March 1133 – 6 July 1189), also known as Henry Fitzempress and Henry Curtmantle, was King of England from 1154 until his death in 1189. During his reign he controlled England, substantial parts of Wales and Ireland, and much of France (including Normandy, Anjou, and Aquitaine), an area that altogether was later called the Angevin Empire, and also held power over Scotland and the ...
3 days ago · Holds the record for NZ winning rides, previously held by David Walsh: Canterbury Belle, Loader, Savvy Coup, Sea Swift, Tartan Tights, Tycoon Lil Linda Jones: 1952: Jockey: Trail blazing woman jockey. New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame: Holy Toledo, Lavaro Sheila Laxon: Trainer: First female trainer to win the Caulfield Cup and Melbourne Cup double
4 days ago · Dual internationals. Several of the original New Zealand team had already represented New Zealand in rugby union. This trend has continued with many players representing New Zealand in two sports or representing two different countries in rugby league due to the eligibility rules in place at the time.
2 days ago · David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer and producer. He hosted late-night television talk shows for 33 years, beginning with the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC and ending with the May 20, 2015, broadcast of Late Show with David Letterman on CBS .
6 days ago · The Huguenots ( / ˈhjuːɡənɒts / HEW-gə-nots, UK also /- noʊz / -nohz, French: [yɡ (ə)no]) were a religious group of French Protestants who held to the Reformed ( Calvinist) tradition of Protestantism. The term, which may be derived from the name of a Swiss political leader, the Genevan burgomaster Besançon Hugues (1491–1532), was ...
3 days ago · David Van Cortlandt Crosby (August 14, 1941 – January 18, 2023) was an American singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He first found fame as a member of the Byrds, with whom he helped pioneer the genres of folk rock and psychedelia in the mid-1960s, and later as part of the supergroup Crosby, Stills & Nash, who helped popularize the California sound of the 1970s.
May 21, 2024 · Website. www .kingsely .org. King's Ely (renamed from "The King's School" in March 2012), [1] [2] is a co-educational public school (English fee-charging boarding and day school) and Cathedral school in the city of Ely in England. It was founded in 970 AD, making it one of the oldest schools in the world.
