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Olde English Bulldogge
Olde English Bulldogge (OEB): American bulldog breed created in 1971 by David Leavitt of Pennsylvania to recreate the Regency-period working bulldog; UKC-recognized since 2014, 60-80 lb males, longer-lived and healthier than the English Bulldog.
Oldelaf
Oldelaf is the stage name of Olivier Delafosse, a French singer-songwriter of humorous chanson who led the duo Oldelaf et Monsieur D from 2000 to 2010, then recorded solo.
Oldelval Oil Pipeline
Oldelval (Oleoductos del Valle S.A.) is an Argentine pipeline company operating the country's largest oil pipeline system, carrying Neuquén Basin crude, including Vaca Muerta shale oil, to the Atlantic port of Puerto Rosales.
Oldenburg
Oldenburg (Oldb) is an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany, on the Hunte river; first recorded as Aldenburg in 1108, a former ducal residence, now about 177,000 residents and a university city.
Older (Lizzy McAlpine album)
Older is the third studio album by American singer-songwriter Lizzy McAlpine, released April 5, 2024 on RCA Records and produced with Mason Stoops. A sparse folk-rock record about a cyclical college relationship and grief, it was rerecorded with her band in Pasadena after a scrapped first version.
Older Dryas
The Older Dryas was a brief cold stadial about 14,000 years ago that interrupted the Bølling–Allerød warming at the end of the last ice age, named for Dryas octopetala leaves in Scandinavian lake clays.
Oldest Dryas
The Oldest Dryas was the oldest of the three cold Dryas stadials of the European late glacial, spanning roughly 19,000 to 14,700 years before present and preceding the Bølling warming.
Oldest football clubs
Oldest football clubs: Sheffield FC (1857) is FIFA-recognized as the world's oldest club; Notts County (1862) the oldest professional club. Covers founding-date disputes, the 1863 FA split, pioneer clubs by country, and rival rugby and Australian rules claims.
Oldest McDonald's restaurant
Oldest McDonald's restaurant: the 1953 drive-up stand at 10207 Lakewood Blvd, Downey, California, third built and oldest still operating; the original 1940 San Bernardino site is now an unofficial museum.
Oldest newspapers
Oldest newspapers: the German Relation aller Fürnemmen und gedenckwürdigen Historien, printed weekly by Johann Carolus in Strasbourg from 1605, is the first printed newspaper; oldest survivors include Gazzetta di Mantova (1664) and Post- och Inrikes Tidningar (1645).
Oldest people
Oldest people: verified record holders for human longevity. Jeanne Calment, 122 years 164 days, is the oldest validated person ever; João Marinho Neto and Ethel Caterham held living titles; GRG and LongeviQuest validate supercentenarian ages.
Oldham
Oldham: large town and metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England, among the Pennines. Former world-leading cotton-spinning town (335 mills by 1911); now known for regeneration, deprivation, Saddleworth moorland and Oldham Athletic.
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic A.F.C., known as the Latics, is an English football club in Oldham, Greater Manchester, formed in 1895 as Pine Villa and playing at Boundary Park.
Oldman Formation
The Oldman Formation is a Late Cretaceous sandstone and shale formation in southern Alberta, Canada, named in 1940 and known for its rich dinosaur fossils, including complete skeletons.
Oldowan
Oldowan: the earliest widely recognized stone tool industry (Mode I), named after Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania. Simple core-and-flake technology dating from about 2.9–2.6 Ma in Africa, made by early Homo and possibly Paranthropus.
Oldrich Rott
Oldřich Rott (born 1951, Třebechovice pod Orebem) is a Czech former midfielder who won football gold for Czechoslovakia at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and Euro 1980 bronze, starring for Dukla Praha with three league titles.
Oldřich Vašíček
Oldřich Vašíček is a Czech-born mathematician in the United States whose 1977 Vasicek interest rate model shaped rate derivatives, and whose credit risk work fed the Basel II Accord.
Oldroyd-B model
The Oldroyd-B model is a three-parameter constitutive equation for the viscoelastic stress of dilute polymer solutions, introduced by J. G. Oldroyd in 1950 and widely used for Boger fluids.
Oldsmobile
Oldsmobile, founded by Ransom E. Olds in Lansing, Michigan in 1897, was a General Motors division and the oldest American automobile marque, discontinued in 2004.
Oldsmobile 442
The Oldsmobile 442 was an American muscle car option package and, from 1968 to 1971, a standalone model built by Oldsmobile from 1964 to 1991.
Oldsmobile 88
The Oldsmobile 88, also sold as the Eighty-Eight, was a full-size Oldsmobile car sold from 1949 to 1999, famous for its high-compression Rocket V8 engine and racing wins.
Oldsmobile 98
The Oldsmobile 98, often styled Ninety-Eight, was Oldsmobile's full-size flagship car from 1940 to 1996, sold above the Delta 88 as a luxury alternative to Cadillac at a lower price.
Oldsmobile Alero
The Oldsmobile Alero was a compact coupe and sedan built by General Motors' Oldsmobile division from 1999 to 2004, replacing the Achieva and ending the brand's history.
Oldsmobile Aurora
The Oldsmobile Aurora is a front-wheel-drive luxury sedan built by General Motors' Oldsmobile division, sold for 1995 to 1999 and 2001 to 2003 with no 2000 model.
Oldsmobile Bravada
The Oldsmobile Bravada was a mid-size luxury SUV produced by Oldsmobile from 1991 through 2004, sold as an upscale version of the Chevrolet Blazer and GMC Jimmy.
Oldsmobile Curved Dash
The Oldsmobile Curved Dash, also called the Curved Dash Olds, was a one-cylinder runabout built from 1901 to 1907 and regarded as the first mass-produced gasoline automobile.
Oldsmobile Cutlass
The Oldsmobile Cutlass was a range of mid-size automobiles built by General Motors' Oldsmobile division from 1961 to 1999, spanning models like the Cutlass Supreme and Cutlass Ciera and becoming America's best-selling car in 1976.
Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Ciera was a mid-size front-wheel-drive Oldsmobile built from 1982 to 1996, sharing GM's A-body platform with the Chevrolet Celebrity and Buick Century.
Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme
The Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme, also known as the Cutlass Supreme, is a mid-size Oldsmobile produced from 1966 to 1997, at its peak part of America's best-selling car.
Oldsmobile Firenza
The Oldsmobile Firenza was a front-wheel-drive compact car built by General Motors' Oldsmobile division from 1982 to 1988, as the marque's version of the J-body platform shared with the Chevrolet Cavalier.