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This is a list of Ig Nobel Prize winners from 1991 to the present day. [1]A parody of the Nobel Prizes, the Ig Nobel Prizes are awarded each year in mid-September, around the time the recipients of the genuine Nobel Prizes are announced, for ten achievements that "first make people laugh, and then make them think".
The 1918 New Year Honours were appointments by King George V to various orders and honours to reward and highlight good works by citizens of the British Empire. The appointments were published in The London Gazette and The Times in January, February and March 1918.
List of shipwrecks: 3 January 1842 Ship State Description John and Mary United Kingdom The ship capsized at Padstow, Cornwall. [6]Juliane Hamburg The schooner was abandoned in the English Channel 5 leagues (15 nautical miles (28 km)) off the Eddystone Lighthouse, Cornwall.
Newport: Marchioness of Bute: Schooner: For private owner. [86] 10 August United Kingdom: William Adamson Sunderland: Agricola: Barque: For William Adamson. [4] [28] 10 August United Kingdom: H. & W. Carr Hylton Brockett: Brig: For Gateshead & Tyne Shipping Company. [4] [87] 19 August United Kingdom: Messrs. Page and Grantham Liverpool: Alice ...
Queen Elizabeth 2 (QE2) is a retired British passenger ship converted into a floating hotel. Originally built for the Cunard Line, the ship was operated by Cunard as both a transatlantic liner and a cruise ship from 1969 to 2008.