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, starr…

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 C…

Yasser Arafat

President of Palestine from 1989 to 2004 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-p…
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, ru…

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo

Yellow-tailed black cockatoo A male in Wamboin, NSW, Australia Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kin…

Yellowhammer

Yellowhammer Male E. c. citrinella Song recorded in Devon, England Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classificatio…

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

15th episode of the 3rd season of Star Trek: The Next Generation .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:…

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.

Football club.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color…

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

Lord Hawke in his playing days. He was a key figure in the captaincy debate. The Yorkshire captaincy affair of 1927 arose from a disagreement among members of Y…

Yoshi's New Island

2014 video game.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-col…

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

2nd episode of the 8th season of The Simpsons .mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;paddi…