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Baldwin family
Baldwin family: the Massapequa, Long Island acting family of brothers Alec, Daniel, Billy, and Stephen Baldwin, sons of Alexander and Carol Baldwin, known for 30 Rock, The Usual Suspects, and the TLC show The Baldwins.
Baldwin I of Jerusalem
Baldwin I of Jerusalem (ca. 1058–1118), Baldwin of Boulogne, brother of Godfrey of Bouillon, was count of Edessa 1098–1100 and first Latin king of Jerusalem 1100–1118, crowned in Bethlehem on Christmas Day 1100, winning three battles of Ramla and dying on an Egyptian raid.
Baldwin II of Jerusalem
Baldwin II of Jerusalem (Baldwin of Bourcq, d. 21 August 1131), count of Edessa 1100–1118 and second Latin king of Jerusalem 1118–1131; captured 1123, took Tyre 1124 with Venetian aid, founded the Templars, and left the throne to Melisende and Fulk V of Anjou.
Baldwin III of Jerusalem
Baldwin III of Jerusalem (بالدوين الثالث) was king of Jerusalem from 1143 to 1163, the eldest son of King Fulk and Queen Melisende, who captured Ascalon from the Fatimids in 1153.
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem
Baldwin IV of Jerusalem, called the Leper King, was king of the crusader Kingdom of Jerusalem from 1174 until his death in 1185, leading its armies against Saladin despite leprosy.
Baldwin Locomotive Works
Baldwin Locomotive Works, begun as Matthias W. Baldwin's Philadelphia machine shop in 1831, was the world's largest steam locomotive builder, producing about 70,500 locomotives before 1956.
Baldwin RF-16
The Baldwin RF-16 is a 1,600-horsepower diesel-electric freight locomotive built by Baldwin between 1950 and 1953, known for its Sharknose styling and strong low-speed pulling power.
Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen
Baldwin Spencer and F. J. Gillen were an Australian ethnographic partnership whose studies of Central Australian Aboriginal peoples produced The Native Tribes of Central Australia (1899).
Baldwin Street
Baldwin Street, in North East Valley, Dunedin, New Zealand, is recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's steepest street, with a maximum gradient of 35 percent.
Baldwin V of Jerusalem
Baldwin V of Jerusalem (1177/1178–1186), child king, son of Sibylla and William of Montferrat; co-king with leper uncle Baldwin IV from 1183, sole king 1185–1186 under regent Raymond III of Tripoli; died in Acre, succeeded by Sibylla and Guy of Lusignan.
Baldwin VO-1000
The Baldwin VO-1000 is a 1,000-horsepower diesel-electric switching locomotive built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Eddystone, Pennsylvania, from 1939 to 1946, with 548 built for American railroads.
Bale Dalton
Bale Dalton is an American politician and the Democratic nominee for Florida's 7th Congressional District in the 2026 U.S. House election, facing former anchor Ryan Elijah.
Bale Mountains National Park
Bale Mountains National Park (BMNP), in Ethiopia's Oromia region, is a 215,000-hectare World Heritage site (inscribed 2023) holding Africa's largest afro-alpine habitat, the Sanetti Plateau, Harenna Forest, and endemic species such as the mountain nyala and Ethiopian wolf.
Bale revolt
The Bale revolt was an armed uprising by mostly Muslim Arsi Oromo in Bale province, southeastern Ethiopia, against Haile Selassie's government from 1963 to 1970, led by Waqo Gutu.
Baleal Surfers Point
Baleal Surfers Point: surf zone at Baleal, a tombolo-linked peninsula 5 km north of Peniche, Portugal. Sheltered beginner beach breaks (Baleal Norte, Prainha, Cantinho da Baía), the Lagide left reef, WNW swell, NE wind, surf camps since 1993.
Balearic Islands
Balearic Islands (Illes Balears): Spanish Mediterranean archipelago and autonomous community about 150 km east of Iberia; Mallorca, Menorca, Ibiza, Formentera; Betic geology, endemic fauna, Roman-to-Aragonese history, heavy tourism pressure.
Balearic slinger
Balearic slingers (foners) were sling-armed mercenaries from the Balearic Islands, trained from childhood, carrying three slings of different lengths, serving Carthage under Hannibal and later Rome, famed for accuracy and lead glandes.
Balearic slingers
The Balearic slingers were inhabitants of the Balearic Islands, judged the finest slingers of the ancient world, serving as mercenaries under Carthage from the mid-6th century BC and later under Rome.
Baleen
Baleen, also called whalebone, is keratinous filter plates in the upper jaws of Mysticeti whales, replacing teeth; grows throughout life, up to nearly 4 m in blue whales, origin 34-24 million years ago.
Baleen basketry
Baleen basketry: coiled baskets woven from whale baleen (keratin) with carved walrus ivory finials, developed by Iñupiaq artisans in North Alaska after 1914 and now a collectible Alaska Native art form.
Baleen whale
Baleen whales (Mysticeti) are toothless cetaceans that filter krill and zooplankton through keratin baleen plates; rorquals lunge-feed, bowheads ram-filter, and the group includes the blue whale, the largest animal ever.
Baleia Azul Oil and Gas Field
Baleia Azul, Portuguese for Blue Whale, is an offshore oil and gas field in the northern Campos Basin off Espírito Santo, Brazil, discovered in 2004 and produced from 2012.
Baleia Franca Oil and Gas Field
Baleia Franca was an offshore oil field in the Campos Basin, about 85 km off Anchieta, Espírito Santo, Brazil, with pre-salt production from 2010 to 2019.
Baleine (oil field)
Baleine is a deepwater oil and gas field in blocks CI-101 and CI-802, offshore Côte d'Ivoire, discovered by Eni in September 2021 and producing since August 2023.
Balen Shah cabinet
The Balen Shah cabinet is the Council of Ministers of Nepal, formed in 2026 under Balendra Shah (बालेन शाह), who became Nepal's youngest prime minister at 36.
Balenciaga
Balenciaga is a Kering-owned French luxury fashion house founded by Cristóbal Balenciaga in San Sebastián in 1917, established in Paris at 10 Avenue George V in 1937, closed 1968, couture revived 2021, now led by Pierpaolo Piccioli.
Balendra Shah
Balendra Shah, known as Balen, is a Nepali politician of the Rastriya Swatantra Party who has served as Prime Minister of Nepal since 2026, after being elected Mayor of Kathmandu in 2022.
Baler
A baler, also known as a hay baler, is a machine that collects loose crops such as hay, straw, or cotton and compresses them into dense, bound bales.
Balerion Space Ventures
Balerion Space Ventures is a Dallas, Texas venture capital firm founded in 2022 by Phil Scully, Daniel Kleinmann, and Daniel Wallman to invest in space, defense, and deep technology companies.
Balfour Beatty
Balfour Beatty is a British multinational infrastructure group founded by George Balfour and Andrew Beatty in 1909, headquartered in London and working across the UK, US, and Hong Kong.