Samuel Johnson

Samuel Johnson (18 September [O.S. 7 September] 1709 – 13 December 1784), often called Dr Johnson, was an English writer and polymath who made…

Samuel Mulledy

Samuel A. Mulledy SJ (/mʌˈleɪdi/ muh-LAY-dee; March 27, 1811 – January 8, 1866) was an American Catholic priest and Jesuit who served as president of Georgetown…

San Junipero

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Sandra Morgan

Sandra Anne Morgan (born 6 June 1942), also known by her married name Sandra Beavis, or as Sandra Morgan-Beavis, is an Australian former freestyle swimmer who w…

Sandringham House

Sandringham House is a country house in the parish of Sandringham, Norfolk, England. It is one of the royal residences of Charles III, whose grandfather, George…

Sandy Koufax

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Sports

Santa María de Óvila

Santa María de Óvila is a former Cistercian monastery built in Spain beginning in 1181 on the Tagus River near Trillo, Guadalajara, about 90 miles (140 km)…

Santería

A group of Santería practitioners performing the Cajón de Muertos ceremony in Havana in 2011 Santería (.mw-parser-output .IPA-label-small{font-size:85%}.mw-pars…

Sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II

The sarcophagus of Eshmunazar II is a 6th-century BC sarcophagus unearthed in 1855 in the grounds of an ancient necropolis southeast of the city of Sidon, in mo…

Sarcoscypha coccinea

Sarcoscypha coccinea Scientific classification Kingdom: Fungi Division: Ascomycota Class: Pezizomycetes Order: Pezizales Family: Sarc…

Sardines (Inside No. 9)

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Satellite Science Fiction

The first issue of Satellite Science Fiction; cover art by Ed Emshwiller Satellite Science Fiction was an American science-fiction magazine published from Octob…

Satoru Iwata

Satoru Iwata (Japanese: 岩田 聡; December 6, 1959 – July 11, 2015) was a Japanese businessman, video game programmer and producer. Beginning in 2002, he was the fo…

Satsu (Buffy the Vampire Slayer)

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Saturn

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant, with an average radius of about 9 times th…

Saturn (magazine)

First issue cover, by Leo Summers Saturn was an American magazine published from 1957 to 1965. It was launched as a science fiction magazine, but sales were wea…

Saving Private Ryan

Saving Private Ryan is a 1998 American epic war film directed by Steven Spielberg and written by Robert Rodat. Set in 1944 in Normandy, France, during World War…
Military Arts

Sawmill Fire (2017)

The Sawmill Fire was a wildfire that burned 46,991 acres (190 km2) in the U.S. state of Arizona in April 2017. The fire was caused by the detonation of a t…

Sawtooth National Forest

Sawtooth National Forest is a National Forest that covers 2,110,408 acres (854,052 ha) in the U.S. states of Idaho (~96 percent) and Utah (~4 percent). Managed …

Saxaul sparrow

Saxaul sparrow Male in Almaty, Kazakhstan Conservation status Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phy…

Saxbe fix

The Saxbe fix (/ˈsæksbiː/ SAKS-bee), or salary rollback, is a mechanism by which the president of the United States, in appointing a current or former member of…

Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis

Replicas of ancient tombstones in the Kerameikos cemetery, Athens, including the Stele of Dexileos In archaeology, the Saxe–Goldstein hypothesis is a prediction…

Saxophone Sonata (Creston)

The Sonata for E♭ Alto Saxophone and Piano, Op. 19, was composed by Paul Creston in 1939. The sonata was commissioned in the spring by Creston's fre…