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4 days ago · The University of Aberdeen (abbreviated Aberd. in post-nominals; Scottish Gaelic: Oilthigh Obar Dheathain) is a public research university in Aberdeen, Scotland.It was founded in 1495 when William Elphinstone, Bishop of Aberdeen and Chancellor of Scotland, petitioned Pope Alexander VI on behalf of James IV, King of Scots to establish King's College, making it one of Scotland's four ancient ...
- Angus the Bull
- University town
- 16,565 (2021/22)
- Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
5 days ago · Mr Brightside is from the Las Vegas band's debut Hot Fuss, one of the biggest rock albums of the 2000s, and one which established them as festival favourites in the UK.
1 day ago · The Liberal Party was one of the two major political parties in the United Kingdom, along with the Conservative Party, in the 19th and early 20th centuries. [3] Beginning as an alliance of Whigs, free trade -supporting Peelites, and reformist Radicals in the 1850s, by the end of the 19th century, it had formed four governments under William ...
- 2 March 1988; 35 years ago
- John Russell, 1st Earl Russell
- 9 June 1859; 164 years ago
4 days ago · Costco Wholesale Corporation (commonly shortened to Costco) is an American multinational corporation which operates a chain of membership-only big-box warehouse club retail stores. As of 2021, Costco is the third-largest retailer in the world [5] and is the world's largest retailer of choice and prime beef , organic foods , rotisserie chicken ...
- 304,000 (2022)
- September 15, 1983; 40 years ago (as Costco), Seattle, Washington, U.S.
- US$226.95 billion (2022)
- Issaquah, Washington, U.S.
The Duke of Sussex has told the BBC it has been great to be back in the UK this week. ... Nikki Scott founded Scotty's Little Soldiers after her husband, Lee, was killed in Afghanistan in 2009.
1 day ago · AstraZeneca was founded in 1999 when the Swedish pharmaceutical company Astra AB merged with U.K.-based pharmaceutical company Zeneca Group. At the time, it represented one of the largest mergers to ever occur between two European companies.
4 days ago · In 1905 Wells Fargo’s banking operations (in California) were separated from its express operations and merged with the Nevada National Bank (founded 1875) to form the Wells Fargo Nevada National Bank. In 1923 this bank merged with the Union Trust Company (founded 1893) to form the Wells Fargo Bank & Union Trust Co., a name that was shortened ...
