Xx (The xx album)

xx is the debut studio album by the English indie pop band the xx. It was released on 14 August 2009 by Young Turks, then an imprint label of XL Recordings, and…

Yamato-class battleship

The Yamato-class battleships (大和型戦艦, Yamato-gata senkan) were two battleships of the Imperial Japanese Navy, Yamato and Musashi, laid down leading up to the Se…

Yan Ruisheng

Yan Ruisheng (traditional Chinese: 閻瑞生; simplified Chinese: 阎瑞生; pinyin: Yán Ruìshēng) is a 1921 Chinese silent film directed by Ren Pengnian, starring Chen Sho…

Yao Ming

Yao Ming (Chinese: 姚明; born September 12, 1980) is a Chinese basketball executive and former professional player. He played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chine…

Yasser Arafat

Yasser Arafat (c. August 1929 – 11 November 2004), also popularly known by his kunya Abu Ammar, was a Palestinian political leader. He was chairman of the Pales…
Military

Yazid I

Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan (c. 646 – 11 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from April 680 u…

Yellow-faced honeyeater

The yellow-faced honeyeater (Caligavis chrysops) is a small to medium-sized bird in the honeyeater family, Meliphagidae. It takes its common and scientific name…

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

The yellow-tailed black cockatoo (Zanda funerea) is a large cockatoo native to the south-east of Australia measuring 55–65 cm (22–26 in) in length. It has a sho…

Yellowhammer

The yellowhammer (Emberiza citrinella) is a passerine bird in the bunting family that is native to Eurasia and has been introduced to New Zealand and Australia.…

Yeomanry Cavalry

The Yeomanry Cavalry was the mounted component of the British Volunteer Corps, a military reserve force established in 1794 amid fears of invasion and insurrect…

Yesterday's Enterprise

"Yesterday's Enterprise" is the 63rd episode of the American science fiction television series Star Trek: The Next Generation. It is the 15th episode of the thi…

Yeti (Doctor Who)

The Yeti are fictional robots from the long-running British science fiction television series Doctor Who. They were originally created by writers Henry Lincoln …

Yogo sapphire

Yogo sapphires are blue sapphires, a colored variety of corundum, found in the US state of Montana, primarily in Yogo Gulch (part of the Little Belt Mountains) …

York City F.C.

York City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of York, North Yorkshire, England. The team competes in the National Leagu…

York City War Memorial

The York City War Memorial is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in York in the north of England. Proposals for commemorating …

York Park

York Park (known for commercial purposes as the University of Tasmania (UTAS) Stadium) is an oval-shaped sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, L…

Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927

The Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927 arose from a disagreement among members of Yorkshire County Cricket Club over the selection of a new captain to succeed t…

Yoshi's New Island

Yoshi's New Island is a 2014 platform game developed by Arzest and published by Nintendo for the Nintendo 3DS. The third installment in the Yoshi's Island serie…

You Belong with Me

"You Belong with Me" is a song by the American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the third single from her second studio album Fearless (2008). Big Machine Rec…

You Only Live Twice (novel)

You Only Live Twice is the eleventh novel and twelfth book in Ian Fleming's James Bond series. It was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on …

You Only Move Twice

"You Only Move Twice" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series The Simpsons. It first aired on the Fox network in t…