Shannon Lucid

Shannon Matilda Wells Lucid (née Wells; born January 14, 1943) is an American biochemist and retired NASA astronaut. She has flown in space five times, includin…

Shapinsay

Shapinsay (/ˈʃæpɪnziː/, Scots: Shapinsee) is one of the Orkney Islands off the north coast of mainland Scotland. With an area of 29.5 square kilometres (11.4&#1…

She Shoulda Said No!

She Shoulda Said 'No'! (also known as Wild Weed; The Devil's Weed; Marijuana, the Devil's Weed; and The Story of Lila Leeds and Her Exposé of the Marijuana Rack…

Sheep

Domestic sheepTemporal range: 0.01–0 Ma PreꞒ Ꞓ O S D C P T J K Pg N Early Holocene (Pleistocene-Holocene boundary) to present (10,000 …

Shefali Shah

Shefali Shah (née Shetty; born 22 May 1973) is an Indian actress of film, television and theatre. Working primarily in independent Hindi films, she has received…

SheiKra

SheiKra (/ˈʃiːkrə/, SHEE-krə) is a steel Dive Coaster roller coaster at the Busch Gardens Tampa Bay amusement park in Tampa, Florida, United States. The roller …

Shen Kuo

Shen Kuo (Chinese: 沈括; 1031–1095) or Shen Gua, courtesy name Cunzhong (存中) and pseudonym Mengqi (now usually given as Mengxi) Weng (夢溪翁), was a Chinese poly…

Shepseskaf

Shepseskaf (meaning "His Ka is noble") was a pharaoh of ancient Egypt, the sixth and probably last ruler of the Fourth Dynasty during the Old Kingdom period. He…

Shepseskare

Shepseskare or Shepseskara (Egyptian for "Noble is the Soul of Ra"; died c. 2458 BC) was an Ancient Egyptian king, the fourth or fifth ruler of the Fifth Dynast…

Shergar

Shergar (3 March 1978 – c. February 1983) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. After a very successful season in 1981 he was retired…

Sherlock Holmes Baffled

Sherlock Holmes Baffled is an American silent trick film created in 1900 with cinematography by Arthur Marvin. It is the earliest known film to feature Arthur C…

Sheshi

Maaibre Sheshi (also Sheshy) was a ruler of areas of Egypt during the Second Intermediate Period. The dynasty, chronological position, duration and extent of hi…

Shield nickel

The Shield nickel was the first United States five-cent piece to be made out of copper-nickel, the same alloy of which American nickels are struck today. Design…

Shigi Qutuqu

Shigi Qutuqu (c. 1178 – 1260) was a high-ranking official during the early decades of the Mongol Empire. The adopted son of the empire's founder Temüjin (…

Shine (Gwen Stefani song)

"Shine" is a song written and recorded by American singer Gwen Stefani featuring Pharrell Williams, who also produced the song. Originally intended for Stefani'…

Shojo Beat

Shojo Beat is a shōjo manga magazine formerly published in North America by Viz Media. Launched in June 2005 as a sister magazine for Shonen Jump, it featured s…

Shōkaku-class aircraft carrier

The Shōkaku class (翔鶴型, Shōkaku-gata) consisted of two aircraft carriers built for the Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN) in the late 1930s. Completed shortly before …

Sholay

Sholay (Hindustani: [ˈɕoːleː] ⓘ, transl. 'Embers') is a 1975 Indian Hindi-language action-adventure film directed by Ramesh Sippy, produced by his…

Sholes and Glidden typewriter

The Sholes and Glidden typewriter as produced by E. Remington and Sons The Sholes and Glidden typewriter (also known as the Remington No. 1) was the first …

Shoom

The Shoom logo on a grey background. Variants of this design were used for posters, flyers and t-shirts. Shoom was a weekly all-nighter dance music event in Lon…

Shooting of Stephen Waldorf

Stephen Waldorf (top) and David Martin Stephen Waldorf was shot and seriously injured by police officers in London on 14 January 1983 after they mistook him for…

Short Symphony

The Short Symphony, or Symphony No. 2, is a symphony written by the American composer Aaron Copland from 1931 to 1933. The name derives from the symphony's shor…

Short-beaked echidna

Short-beaked echidna Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Clade:…