All articles starting with O

Og (עוֹג)

Og (עוֹג), King Og of Bashan, is the giant Amorite king of the Hebrew Bible, last of the Rephaim, defeated by Moses at Edrei and known for his nine-cubit bed of iron.

OG Maco (Benedict Chiajulam Ihesiba Jr., also Maco Mattox), 1992-2024, Atlanta-area rapper whose 2014 shouting single "U Guessed It" hit the Billboard Hot 100; XXL 2015 Freshman, Quality Control signee, OGG founder, died December 26, 2024.

Oga Aquarium GAO

Oga Aquarium GAO (男鹿水族館GAO) is the only aquarium in Akita Prefecture, Japan, in Oga city on the Oga Peninsula. Opened 2004; 815-ton main tank, 400 species, polar bear Gota, hatahata fish, geosite beach.

Ögä Qaghan

Ögä Qaghan (Chinese: Wujie Kehan, died 846) was the last qaghan of the Uyghur Khaganate to rule a united empire from Qara Balghasun, reigning from 841 until his murder.

Ogaden

Ogaden (Somali: Ogaadeen) is the historical name of Ethiopia's eastern Somali Region, named for its largest Somali clan. Key facts: 1948 British transfer to Ethiopia, 1977-78 Ogaden War, ONLF insurgency ended by the 2018 Asmara Declaration.

Ogaden War

Ogaden War (1977–1978), the Ethio-Somali War: Somalia's invasion of Ethiopia to annex the Ogaden; Soviet and Cuban intervention reversed Somalia's early gains and led to its defeat.

Ogahiy

Ogahiy, full name Muhammad Rizo Ogahiy (1809–1874), was an Uzbek poet, historian, and translator of the Khiva Khanate who wrote chronicles of Khiva, lyric ghazals, and Persian translations.

Oct 10, 2026

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank

Ogaki Kyoritsu Bank (株式会社大垣共立銀行) is a Japanese regional bank headquartered in Ogaki, Gifu Prefecture. Founded in 1896, it introduced Japan's first cardless palm-vein authentication ATM in 2012.

Ogallala Aquifer

The Ogallala Aquifer, formally the High Plains aquifer, is a groundwater system underlying about 174,000 square miles of the Great Plains in eight states, supplying about 30 percent of US irrigation groundwater.

Oganesson

Oganesson, also known as ununoctium or eka-radon, is a synthetic element with atomic number 118, first made in 2002 in Russia and named for Yuri Oganessian.

Ogata Kenzan

Ogata Kenzan (尾形乾山, 1663–1743) was a Japanese potter and painter of the mid-Edo period, brother of Rinpa artist Ogata Kōrin, known for Kenzan ware, a richly decorated Kyoto ceramic style.

Sep 24, 2026

Ogata Kōrin

Ogata Kōrin (尾形光琳) was a Japanese painter and craft artist of the early Edo period, best known for the Irises and Red and White Plum Blossoms folding screens, both National Treasures.

Ogata Kōrin's Lacquer Writing Box

Ogata Kōrin's Lacquer Writing Box is an Edo-period National Treasure by the Rinpa artist Ogata Kōrin, depicting irises and a bridge from the Tales of Ise.

Sep 19, 2026

Ogazón

Ogazón, real name Nathalie Ogazón Faber, is a Luxembourg-born, Berlin-based DJ who plays house and techno exclusively on vinyl, with sets at Berghain, Bassiani, and Tomorrowland.

Oct 15, 2026

Ogbele gas field

The Ogbele gas field is an onshore oil and gas field in Rivers State in the Niger Delta, Nigeria, operated by Aradel Holdings and producing since 2005.

Ogbia

Ogbia, a Local Government Area in Bayelsa State, Nigeria, headquarters Ogbia Town; site of Oloibiri, Nigeria's first commercial oil discovery in 1956; four clans, Ogbia Brotherhood founded 1940.

Ogbomoso

Ogbomoso (Ogbomosho), major Yoruba city in Oyo State, southwestern Nigeria, at 8.1227°N 4.2436°E; founded mid-1600s, seat of Ogbomoso North and South LGAs, home of LAUTECH and the Nigerian Baptist Convention headquarters.

Sep 24, 2026

Ogboni

Ogboni (Ògbóni) was an association of elders among the Yoruba of Nigeria that venerated the Earth and acted as a check on royal power in precolonial kingdoms.

OGC Nice

OGC Nice (Olympique Gymnaste Club de Nice), French Ligue 1 football club founded 9 July 1904 in Nice; red and black since 1919; four French titles and two Coupes de France in the 1950s; INEOS-owned since 2019; plays at Allianz Riviera.

Oct 15, 2026

OGCh

OGCh (ОГЧ), the Soviet "orbital warhead" carried by the R-36O missile and known in the West as FOBS, could deorbit a thermonuclear weapon onto a target before completing one Earth orbit.

Ogden Nash

Ogden Nash (Frederic Ogden Nash, 1902 to 1971) was an American poet of whimsical, punning light verse whose work filled The New Yorker and included the Broadway hit One Touch of Venus.

Sep 21, 2026

Ogden Rood

Ogden Rood was an American physicist and professor of physics at Columbia College in New York, best known for his 1879 book Modern Chromatics on color.

Ogden syndrome

Ogden syndrome (NAA10-related Ogden syndrome) is a rare X-linked recessive infantile-lethal disorder caused by the recurrent NAA10 Ser37Pro variant, impairing the NatA acetyltransferase complex, with growth delay, hypotonia, aged facies, and cardiac arrhythmia.

Ogden, Utah

Ogden, Utah: county seat of Weber County, Utah's seventh-largest city, founded as Fort Buenaventura in 1845 and incorporated 1851; a railroad junction city and 2025 Milken second-ranked best-performing large city.

OGDH

OGDH (oxoglutarate dehydrogenase, E1k) is a human gene at 7p13 encoding the E1, TPP-dependent subunit of the mitochondrial alpha-ketoglutarate dehydrogenase complex, a rate-limiting TCA cycle enzyme converting alpha-ketoglutarate to succinyl-CoA; biallelic loss causes OGDH deficiency.

Ogdoad (Egyptian)

Ogdoad (Egyptian): the eight primordial gods of Hermopolis (Khmun), four male-female pairs personifying the waters, endlessness, darkness, and hiddenness before creation, parents of the sun god who emerged from an egg or lotus on the primeval mound.

Oct 15, 2026

OGE Energy

OGE Energy Corp. is an Oklahoma City energy holding company formed in 1997 around Oklahoma Gas and Electric, a regulated utility serving about 913,000 customers across Oklahoma and western Arkansas.