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Bredon Hill Bredon Hill is a hill in Worcestershire, England, south-west of Evesham. It lies within the Cotswolds Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty, and although geologically part of the Cotswold upland with its yellow oolitic limestone, the western escarpment of the Cotswolds has eroded eastwards several kilometres since its rock was laid down more than 100 million years ago from corals at the bottom of a warm sea.
Bredtvet concentration camp Bredtvet concentration camp in Oslo was a concentration camp under the Nazi occupation of Norway. Like Falstad concentration camp, the facilities were originally set up as a public boarding school, but in the fall of 1941 the Nazi authorities put it to use as a concentration camp.
Bree Amer Bree Amer (born 1983) was a contestant on Big Brother Australia 2004 from the Gold Coast, in Queensland. Amer was the first housemate of Big Brother Australia to re-enter the house when, hours after her eviction, it was discovered the votes were miscalculated.
Bree Sharp Bree Sharp (born December 17, 1975 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American singer and songwriter influenced by folk, rock, and pop. Her debut album, A Cheap and Evil Girl (1999) contained the popular novelty tune, "David Duchovny.
Bree Turner Bree Turner (born March 10, 1977 in Palo Alto, California) is an American film actress/theater actress, commercial model and dancer. She has appeared as a dancer in films including My Best Friend's Wedding (1997), The Big Lebowski (1998), She's All That (1999) and Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999).
Bree Walker Bree Walker (born February 26, 1953) is a well-known television network news anchor in San Diego, New York City, and Los Angeles. As an advocate for persons with disabilities, she is one of the first in her field to succeed in spite of a physical deformity.
Breece D'J Pancake Breece D'J Pancake (June 29, 1952-April 8, 1979) was an author of short fiction whose promising career was cut short by an apparent suicide. His works were originally published in The Atlantic and have since been collected in The Stories of Breece D'J Pancake.
Breed of Horses Act 1535 The Breed of Horses Act 1535 (short title 27 Henry VIII, c. 6) was a piece of legislation passed by the Parliament of England in 1536 designed to improve the national stock of horses through equestrian eugenics.
Breed registry A breed registry, also known as a stud book or register, in animal husbandry and the hobby of animal fancy, is an official list of animals within a specific breed whose parents are known. Animals are usually registered by their breeders when they are still young.
Breed standard A breed standard (also called bench standard) in animal fancy and animal husbandry is a set of guidelines which are used to ensure that the animals produced by a breeding facility conform to the specifics of the breed. It is also used in competition to judge a given animal against the hypothetical ideal specimen of that breed.
Breed Street gang Breed Street Gang is a Mexican-American gang that dates back to the early 1970s and it is especially strong in the Boyle Heights, Los Angeles, California and Las Vegas, Nevada regions. Breedsters, as they refer to themselves, are loyal and more well organized than perhaps any other barrio gang.
Breeder (animal) In agriculture and in the hobby of animal fancy, a breeder is an individual animal used for selective breeding. Usually a breeder is a purebred animal bred with the intent of producing purebred or even show-quality animals.
Breeder (slang) Breeder is a slang term (either joking or derogatory) used to describe heterosexuals, primarily by homosexuals. It is drawn from the fact that while homosexual sexual activity does not lead to reproduction, heterosexual sex can, with implicit mocking by connotation of animal husbandry.
Breeders Crown The Breeders Crown is an annual series of Harness races covering each of the sport's twelve traditional categories of age, gait and gender. The series was initiated by the Hambletonian Society, promoters of the Hambletonian Stakes, in 1984 to enhance the Standardbred breeding industry and to promote the sport of Harness racing by providing a lucrative high profile championship race in each of these categories.
Breeders' Cup The Breeders' Cup World Championships is an annual series of Grade I thoroughbred horse races sponsored by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association. Since its inception in 1984, it has been a single-day event, but will expand to two days starting in 2007, pending regulatory approval.
Breeders' Cup Classic The Breeders' Cup Classic is a Grade 1 Weight for Age thoroughbred horse race for 3 years old and up run at a distance of 1 1/4-miles. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile The Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile is a 1-mile Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up. As its name implies, it will be run on a dirt course (either natural dirt or a synthetic surface such as Polytrack), unlike the similar Breeders' Cup Mile run on grass.
Breeders' Cup Distaff The Breeders' Cup Distaff is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint is a 7-furlong (1408 m) Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for fillies and mares three years old and up. Pending regulatory approval, it will be run for the first time in 2007 during the first day of the expanded Breeders' Cup, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, held since 1984 at a race track in the United States, except for the 1996 event which was held in Canada.
Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf The Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf is a Weight for Age Thoroughbred horse race on grass for fillies and mares, 3 years old and up. It is held annually at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase The Breeders' Cup Grand National Steeplechase *(NSA-I) is a Grade I steeplechase race run each fall over the rolling hills of Moorland Farms in Far Hills, New Jersey. Set over a 2 5/8-mile course during the one day "Far Hills Race Meeting," it has 14 national fences, and a purse of $250,000.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies is a 1 1/16-mile thoroughbred horse race (although the distance has varied, depending on the configuration of the host track) for two-year-old fillies run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf The Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf is a 1-mile Grade 1 stakes race for two-year-old thoroughbred racehorses, run on a grass course. Pending regulatory approval, it will be run for the first time in 2007 during the first day of the expanded Breeders' Cup, the de facto year-end championship for North American thoroughbred racing, held since 1984 at a race track in the United States, except for the 1996 event which was held in Canada.
Breeders' Cup Mile The Breeders' Cup Mile is a 1-mile Grade 1 Weight for Age stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old and up, run on a grass course. It has been conducted annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeders' Cup Sprint The Breeders' Cup Sprint is a 6 Furlong (3/4 mile) Weight for Age Grade I stakes race for thoroughbred racehorses three years old & up run annually since 1984 at a different racetrack in the United States or Canada as part of the Breeders' Cup.
Breeding program A breeding program is the planned breeding of a group of animals or plants, usually involving at least several individuals and extending over several generations. Breeding programs are commonly employed in several fields where humans wish to manage the characteristics of their animals' offspring through careful selection of breeding partners:
Breeding the Spawn Breeding the Spawn is the second full-length album by Suffocation. Though it still employs the characteristics and elements associated with Suffocation's song writing, the production on the album is much thinner than on other albums, with the guitar being low in the mix and there being frequent changes in volume.
Breedon Priory Breedon Priory in Leicestershire was founded as an Augustinian monastery in around 1120, on the site of the earlier saxon Benedictine abbey of Holy Hill monastery, Breedon. The priory was maintained as a cell of Nostell Priory in Yorkshire and there only seems to have been between three to five canons in residence at any one time.
Breeches buoy A breeches buoy is a crude rope-based rescue device used to extract people from wrecked vessels, or to transfer people from one location to another in situations of danger. The device resembles a round emergency personal flotation device with a leg harness attached.
Breeches role A breeches role (also pants role or trouser role) is a role in which an actress appears in male clothing (breeches being tight-fitting knee-length pants, the standard male garment at the time breeches roles were introduced). In opera it can also refer to any male character that is sung and acted by a female singer.
Breen Frazier Breen Frazier is a freelance writer best known for his work on the television series Alias, which he began writing for during its second season. Additionally Frazier wrote an Alias prequel novel entitled Infiltration as well as the animated short, Animated Alias: Tribunal, a story set between seasons two and three of Alias.
Breese Stevens Field Breese Stevens Field is a soccer field located in Madison, Wisconsin, northeast of the Wisconsin State Capitol. It is named in honor of Breese Stevens, former mayor of Madison and University of Wisconsin regent.
Breetai In the fictional Robotech universe, Commander Breetai is second in command of all Zentradi forces, after Supreme Commander Dolza himself. Breetai (known as Vrlitwhai Kridanik in The Super Dimension Fortress Macross, the series which was adapted into the first saga of Robotech) was one of the original creations of the Robotech Masters, and has lived for over 500,000 years.
Breeze Card The Breeze Card is a stored value smart card that passengers use as part of an automated fare collection system which the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA) introduced to the general public in early October 2006. Breeze Card Official Site The card will automatically debit the cost of the passenger’s ride when placed on or near the Breeze Target at the fare gate.
Breeze-Courier The Breeze-Courier is a newspaper serving Taylorville, Illinois, United States and all of Christian County. It is a daily newspaper (afternoons from Monday through Friday with a Sunday morning newspaper) but isn't published on Saturdays.
Breezy Beat MC Breezy Beat MC (Luis Cabrera) was a Miami Bass rapper of the late 1980s/early 1990s. He took a special interest in fusing Miami Bass with pre-rave House music, as well as recording more traditional Hip-Hop songs as b-sides to his singles.
Breezy Point, Queens Breezy Point is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Queens, located on the westward end of the Rockaway peninsula, between Rockaway Inlet / Jamaica Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. According to the United States Census Bureau, the community's exclusive zip code (11697) has the nation's highest concentration of Irish-Americans, at just above 60%.
Brefeldin A Brefeldin A is a lactone antibiotic produced by fungal organisms such as Eupenicillium brefeldianum. Brefeldin A interferes with protein transport from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus by inhibiting transport in Golgi.
Bregenwurst Bregenwurst (also Brägenwurst) is a specialty sausage of Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt traditionally made of pork, pork belly, and pig or cattle brain. It is eaten raw or after being stewed, giving it a spreadable consistency once broken from its casing, and is served with Kale.
Bregovo Bregovo () is a town in the very northwest of Bulgaria, situated on the east bank of the Timok River close to its mouth. It is located in Vidin Province and is close to the city of Vidin near the national border crossings with Serbia and Romania.
Bregtdorp Bregtdorp is one of the towns in the municipality of Bergen, North Holland in the north-western Netherlands. It is located at a latitude of 52° 43' North and a longitude of 4° 40' 60 East at an elevation of 3 feet.
Breguet (watch) Breguet is a manufacturer of fine watches, founded by Abraham Louis Breguet in Paris in 1775. Currently part of The Swatch Group, its timepieces are now (since 1976) produced in the Vallée de Joux in Switzerland.
Breha Organa Queen Breha Antilles-Organa (49 BBY - 0 ABY) is a fictional character of the Star Wars universe, created specifically for Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith. She is portrayed in the film by Rebecca Jackson Mendoza.
BrehmstraĂźe BrehmstraĂźe is a street in DĂĽsseldorf, Germany. It is primarily known for its arena Eisstadion an der BrehmstraĂźe, which is primarily used for ice hockey and was the home arena of DEG Metro Stars, until season 2006/2007.
Brehon Laws The Brehon Laws were statutes that governed everyday life and politics in Ireland until the Norman invasion of 1171 (the word "Brehon" is an Anglicisation of breitheamh (earlier brithem), the Irish word for a judge). The laws were written in the Old Irish period (ca.
Brechin The Royal Burgh of Brechin is a burgh in Angus, Scotland. The town is well known for its eleventh century round tower (Historic Scotland), one of only two of these Irish-style monuments surviving in Scotland.
Brechin Castle Brechin Castle is a castle located in Brechin, Angus, Scotland. The castle is the seat of the Earl of Dalhousie who is clan chieftain of Clan Maule of Panmure in Angus and Clan Ramsay of Dalhousie in Midlothian.
Brechtian theatre Brechtian theatre is a form of theatre which is unconventional compared to the stage performances we normally see. Bertolt Brecht believed that audiences should not be patronised into thinking what they see on stage is in fact real life but should be reminded that it is a play.
BreiĂ°ablik UBK BreiĂ°ablik (known as UBK Kopavogur when playing in European competitions) was founded in 1950 and is the biggest sports club in KĂłpavogur in Iceland. It has several divisions, both men and women: football, athletics, basketball, karate, dance, skiing, swimming and handball.
Breidablik In Norse mythology, Breiðablik (often Anglicized Breidablik) is the home of Baldr in Asgard where he lives with his wife Nanna. According to both Grímnismál and Gylfaginning, Breidablik is the fairest of dwellings where nothing evil or unclean can exist.
Breidbart Index The Breidbart Index, developed by Seth Breidbart, provides a measure of severity of newsgroup spam. The Breidbart Index is calculated over a 45-day window, and takes into account the number of newsgroups to which a message is posted.
Breindele Cossack Breindele Cossack (Yiddish: Breindele Kozak) was a darkly comic 1887 Yiddish-language operetta by Abraham Goldfaden, now lost, but generally accounted one of the best of his early works. The title character is a woman who, at the start of the play has already driven five husbands to suicide.
Breisach Breisach is a city with approximately 14,000 people, situated along the Rhine in the Rhine Valley, in the district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, Baden-Württemberg, about halfway between Freiburg and Colmar—20 kilometers away from each—and about 60 kilometers north of Basel near Kaiserstuhl. A bridge leads over the Rhine to Neuf-Brisach, Alsace.
Breisgau Breisgau is the name of an area in southwest Germany, placed between the river Rhine and the foothills of the Black Forest around Freiburg im Breisgau in the state of Baden-WĂĽrttemberg. The district Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald, which partly consists of the Breisgau, is named after that area.
Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald Breisgau-Hochschwarzwald is a Kreis (district) in the south of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are Emmendingen, Schwarzwald-Baar, Waldshut, Lörrach and the French départements Haut-Rhin and Bas-Rhin.
Breislak (crater) Breislak is a lunar crater that lies within one crater diameter north-northwest of Baco crater, in the southern part of the Moon. To the north-northwest is the Barocius crater, and to the west lies the Clairaut crater.
Breit equation The Breit equation is a relativistic wave equation derived by Gregory Breit in 1929 based on the Dirac equation, which formally describes two or more massive spin-1/2 particles (electrons, for example) interacting electromagnetically to the first order in perturbation theory. It accounts for magnetic interactions and retardation effects to the order of 1/c2.
Breitbach's Country Dining Breitbach's Country Dining is a restaurant and bar located in the Dubuque County, Iowa community of Balltown, Iowa. Breitbach's is the oldest continually operating restaurant and bar in the state of Iowa, having been open since August 23, 1852.
Breitenbush Hot Springs Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center (pronunciation: BRIGHT en BUSH), commonly called Breitenbush Hot Springs or simply Breitenbush, is a worker-owned resort community featuring holistic and spiritual retreats. It is surrounded by the Willamette National Forest in Breitenbush, Marion County, Oregon, United States, ten miles ENE of the city of Detroit along the West Cascades Scenic Byway and 12 miles northwest of Mount Jefferson.
Breitling Orbiter On March 21, 1999, Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones guided Breitling Orbiter 3, the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, to a safe landing on a desolate stretch of desert in Western Egypt. It was a happy ending to a story that had begun in June 1980, when English pilot and balloon builder Don Cameron announced that a group of adventurers planned to circumnavigate the globe in a balloon.
Breitling Orbiter 3 Breitling Orbiter 3 was the first balloon to fly around the world non-stop, piloted by Bertrand Piccard and Brian Jones. Designed and built by Cameron Balloons, of Bristol, England, Breitling Orbiter 3 stood 55 m (180 ft) tall when fully inflated.
Breitspurbahn The Breitspurbahn (IPA: braÉŞtpu:rba:n, translation: broad trackway) was a planned broad-gauge railroad, a personal pet project of Adolf Hitler during the Third Reich of Germany, supposed to run on 3 meter gauge track with double-storey coaches between major cities of GroĂźdeutschland, Hitler's proposed unified German-speaking state.
Brekyirihunuade Brekyirihunuade is the highest god in the religion of the Akan people, "he who knows and sees everything". Worship of Brekyirihunuade exists primarily in the West African nations of Ghana and CĂ´te d'Ivoire, and his followers number at approximately four million.
Bremelanotide Bremelanotide (formerly PT-141) is the generic term for a new medication for use in treating sexual dysfunction in men (erectile dysfunction or impotence) as well as sexual dysfunction in women (sexual arousal disorder). It is the only known synthetic aphrodisiac.
Bremen (state) The Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (official name in German: Freie Hansestadt Bremen) is the smallest of Germany's 16 Federal States (Bundesländer). A more informal name, but used in some official contexts, is Land Bremen ('State of Bremen').
Bremen Community High School District 228 Bremen High School District 228 is a public four year high school district covering about 29 square miles in Bremen Township in South Cook County, Illinois in the suburbs of Chicago. It serves about 5,000 students at four different schools.
Bremen Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bremen in northwestern Germany. It is the most important rail station for both the city and the state of Bremen; InterCityExpress, InterCity, EuroCity, CityNightLine and DB NachtZug services call at the station, which is situated to the Northeast of the city centre.
Bremen High School (Illinois) Bremen High School or BHS is a public four year high school located in Midlothian, Illinois. It is the first school built as part of Bremen Community High School District 228 which also includes Tinley Park High School, Hillcrest High School and Oak Forest High School.
Bremen S-Bahn The Bremen S-Bahn (in German: S-Bahn Bremen) is a planned S-Bahn network in Germany, covering the area of the Bremen region, stretching as far as Bremerhaven in the north, Twistringen in the south and Oldenburg in the west. It is currently estimated to be operational by 2010.
Bremenskie muzykanty A Russian musical cartoon based on the Brothers Grimm fairytale The Town Musicians of Bremen, directed by Inessa Kovalevskaya and written by Yuri Entin and Vasili Livanov. Released in 1969, the cartoon focuses on a young traveling musician and his animal friends, a cat, a donkey, a dog, and a rooster, all of whom are voiced by Oleg Anofriyev, with the exception of the donkey, who is voiced by Anatoli Gorokhov.
Bremer Ehrler Bremer Ehrler (born July 10, 1914), a Democrat, served as County Judge/Executive of Jefferson County, Kentucky, was elected to three terms as county clerk for Jefferson County, served as postmaster of Louisville, Kentucky, and was elected to a term as Kentucky Secretary of State (1988-1992) and served as appointed Jefferson County sheriff (1993).
Bremerhaven Hauptbahnhof is the Hauptbahnhof for the city of Bremerhaven in Northwestern Germany. It is the main railway hub for the city, offering regional connections to Bremen Hbf, Osnabrück Hbf, Cuxhaven, Bremervörde and Hamburg Hbf.
Bremermann's limit Bremermann's Limit is the maximum computational speed of a self-contained system in the material universe. It is derived from Einstein's mass-energy equivalency and the Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle, and is approximately 2 x 1047 bits per second per gram.
Bremerton High School Bremerton High School is a high school located in the port city of Bremerton, Washington, west across Puget Sound from Seattle, at 1500 13th Street. It is the main of two high schools in the Bremerton School District and currently facilitates students in grades 10 through 12.
Bremervörde Bremervörde is a town in the north of the district Rotenburg in Lower Saxony, Germany, with a population of 19,257 as at December 31 2003. It is situated at the Oste river near the mid of the triangle, which is formed of the rivers Weser and Elbe respectively the cities of Hamburg, Bremen and Cuxhaven.
Bremner Wafer Bremner Wafers are made by the Bremner Biscuit Company. The company claims that the crackers "have a neutral taste" and that they are "perfect for pairing with fine wine or savoring with cheese and paté or seafood, soups and salads" It is because of this "neutral" taste that many wineries] and food aficionados around the world prefer using the Bremner [[wafer as a wine tasting cracker.
Bremner, Bird and Fortune Bremner, Bird and Fortune is an award-winning satirical British television programme produced by Vera Productions for Channel Four, uniting the longstanding satirical team of John Bird and John Fortune (the Two Johns) with the satirical impressionist Rory Bremner. The show is almost entirely political, but in recent series different genres of sketches have been introduced.
Bremo Bluff, Virginia Bremo Bluff is an unincorporated town in Fluvanna County, Virginia. It located on the James River, at the railroad junction of CSX Transportation's James River line and the Buckingham Branch Railroad's branch to Dillwyn, Virginia.
Bremsstrahlung Bremsstrahlung (help·), (from the German bremsen, to brake and Strahlung, radiation, thus, "braking radiation" or "deceleration radiation"), is electromagnetic radiation produced by the acceleration of a charged particle, such as an electron, when deflected by another charged particle, such as an atomic nucleus. The term is also used to refer to the process of producing the radiation.
Bren The Bren (from 'Brno (the Czechoslovakian town of design) and Enfield', the location of the British Royal Small Arms Factory), usually called the Bren Gun, was a series of squad automatic weapon/light machine guns adopted by Britain in the 1930s and used in various roles into the 1980s. While it is best known for its role as the British and Commonwealth forces primary infantry light machine gun (LMG) in World War II, it was also used in Korea and saw service throughout the later half of the 20th century including the Falklands War and the 1991 Operation Granby / Gulf War.
Bren Ten The Bren Ten was a semi-automatic pistol designed to advance the state of the art in sidearms, combining a new more powerful round with a gun of greater strength and accuracy. The cartridge developed as the 10 mm Auto, while the gun was a larger and stronger version of the 9 mm CZ-75.
Brenda & the Tabulations Brenda & the Tabulations were an R&B group from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, composed of Brenda Payton, Eddie Jackson, Maurice Coates and Jerry Jones. They released three albums, Dry Your Eyes (1967), Brenda and the Tabulations (1970) and I Keep Coming Back for More (1977).
Brenda Ann Spencer Brenda Ann Spencer (born April 3 1962 in San Diego, California) wounded eight children and one police officer and killed two adults in a shooting spree at Grover Cleveland Elementary School in the San Carlos section of San Diego, California, on Monday, January 29, 1979.
Brenda Barrett Brenda Barrett was a fictional character on the soap opera General Hospital, portrayed by Vanessa Marcil from 1992 to 1998 and again from September 2002 to February 2003. Her most notable storyline involved a love triangle between her, mobster Sonny Corinthos (Maurice Benard) and corporate raider Jasper Jacks (Ingo Rademacher).
Brenda Bennett Brenda Bennett is an American singer from Boston, Massachusetts who married Prince's set-designer Roy Bennett, and then became Prince's "wardrobe mistress". Prince gave her a "tough-girl, cigarette-smoking" persona and enlisted her in a girlgroup that he was attempting to create, Vanity 6 in 1982.
Brenda Brathwaite Brenda Brathwaite is a game designer and the founder and chair of the International Game Developers Sex Special Interest group. She has been a game designer for over 24 years and is currently a professor of game design at Savannah College of Art and Design.
Brenda Burnside Brenda Burnside (born March 2, 1963 in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is a former women's boxing "journeywoman". Despite being given such title by boxing fans and critics (a journeyman or woman in boxing is someone who takes fights, usually on short period, and loses to other fighters), she was well known in the boxing world for the quality of opposition she faced; and she contended for a world title once.
Brenda Butler Brenda Butler, a British UFOlogist was one of the first investigators to break the story of the Rendlesham Forest Incident, along with Dot Street and Jenny Randles when she wrote her book "Sky Crash".
Brenda Cannell Brenda Josephine Cannell MHK is the current member of the House of Keys for Douglas East, having been first elected in the 1996 general election. She was born in 1952 in Lancashire and moved to the Island in 1977.
Brenda Cowan Brenda Cowan, Lexington, Kentucky's first female African American firefighter, died in the line of duty on February 13, 2004. According to Women in the Fire Service, Lieutenant Cowan is the first African American female career firefighter ever to die in the line of duty.
Brenda Elliott Brenda Elliott (born October 27, 1950 in Goderich, Ontario) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. She served in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario as a Progressive Conservative from 1995 to 2003, and was a cabinet minister in the governments of Mike Harris and Ernie Eves.
Brenda Fassie Brenda Fassie (November 3, 1964 – May 9, 2004), was a legendary South African pop singer and widely considered the voice for disenfranchised blacks during apartheid. She was affectionately known as the Queen of African Pop.
Brenda Frazier Brenda Diana Duff Frazier (June 9 1921 - May 3 1982), was an American debutante popular during the Depression era. Her December 1938 coming-out party was so heavily publicized worldwide she eventually appeared on the cover of Life magazine for that reason alone.
Brenda Frese Brenda Frese is the current women's basketball team head coach at the University of Maryland. During her four years as head coach, she reversed the team's losing record and guided it to win the 2006 Women's National Championship.
Brenda Hogg Brenda Hogg is a municipal councillor in Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada. First elected in 1991 as a Public School Board Trustee, she was elected as Ward 2 Councillor on Richmond Hill Town Council in 1994 and 1997, and as Regional and Local Councillor on York Regional Council in 2000, 2003 and 2006.
Brenda Chamberlain Brenda Kay Chamberlain, PC (born August 4, 1952 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian politician. She has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1993, and currently represents the riding of Guelph for the Liberal Party.
Brenda Chau Brenda Chau is a wealthy Hong Kong socialite famous for her conspicuously lavish lifestyle. She and her husband Kai Bong, both barristers, own two Rolls-Royce cars, one gold and one pink, and their chauffeur wears uniforms in matching colours.
Brenda Christian Brenda Vera Amelia Lupton-Christian is a Pitcairn Islands politician, who served the territory as its first female Mayor from 8 November to 15 December 2004. She was appointed to the Mayoralty in an interim capacity by the Island Council, following her brother Steve Christian's dismissal by the colonial Governor, in the wake of his rape convictions on 30 October 2004, but in the special election held on 15 December, she was defeated by Jay Warren, the former Magistrate (whose office was renamed Mayor in 1999 following a constitutional revision).
Brenda Magaña Brenda Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersalt from the bars, which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen.
Brenda Phillips Brenda Phillips (born January 18, 1958) is a former field hockey player from Zimbabwe, who was a member of the national team that won the golden medal at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. Because of the boycott of the United States and other countries, only one team was available to compete in the women's field hockey tournament: the hosting USSR team.

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