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44th G7 summit

The 44th G7 summit (Charlevoix summit) was held June 8–9, 2018 in La Malbaie, Quebec, Canada, hosted by Justin Trudeau. It ended with Trump withdrawing the US from the joint communiqué and calling Trudeau 'dishonest and weak'.

44th Manitoba general election

The 43rd Manitoba general election was held in Manitoba on October 3, 2023; Wab Kinew's NDP won a majority with 34 of 57 seats over the PCs' 22.

45 (2025 film)

45 is a 2025 Kannada fantasy action drama, the directorial debut of composer Arjun Janya, starring Shivarajkumar, Upendra, and Raj B Shetty. Based on the Garuda Purana 45-day afterlife concept, it released December 25, 2025, and streamed on ZEE5 from January 23, 2026.

45 Commando

45 Commando Royal Marines: amphibious commando unit of the UK Commando Force based at RM Condor, Arbroath, Scotland, since 1971. Formed August 1943; fought at D-Day, Suez, Falklands (Two Sisters), and Afghanistan.

45 Eugenia

45 Eugenia is a large dark main-belt asteroid (about 200 km) discovered in 1857, the first asteroid found to have a moon from the ground (Petit-Prince, 1998) and a triple system with a second moon, Princesse.

45 rpm adapter

A 45 rpm adapter, also called a spider or 45 insert, fits a 7-inch vinyl single's large 1.5-inch center hole onto a standard turntable spindle for stable playback.

45 rpm single

The 45 rpm single is a 7-inch vinyl record played at 45 revolutions per minute, introduced by RCA Victor in 1949 to compete with Columbia's LP.

45 Years

45 Years is a 2015 British drama by Andrew Haigh, adapted from David Constantine's "In Another Country", starring Charlotte Rampling and Tom Courtenay as a Norfolk couple whose marriage is shaken by news that Geoff's first love's body was found in a Swiss glacier; both leads won Silver Bears at Berlin 2015.

45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis

45,X/46,XY mixed gonadal dysgenesis (MGD, 45,X0/46,XY MGD) is a rare sex chromosome DSD with mosaicism causing a dysgenetic testis on one side, a streak gonad on the other, ambiguous genitalia, Turner stigmata, and gonadoblastoma risk.

450 (artist)

450, also known as Four Fifty, is the stage name of Tristen Escoffery, a Jamaican dancehall artist from Kingston who broke out in 2021 with the single "Imperfection".

450 Brigitta

450 Brigitta (provisional 1899 EV) is a main-belt asteroid discovered 10 October 1899 by Max Wolf and A. Schwassmann at Heidelberg; about 37 km across, rotation period 10.764 hours, albedo 0.094, occulted a star over Australia in 2021.

450 eruption of Ilopango

The 450 eruption of Ilopango was the Tierra Blanca Joven eruption of the Ilopango caldera in central El Salvador, a VEI 6 event precisely dated to 431 CE.

4501 Eurypylos

4501 Eurypylos (1989 CJ3) is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid discovered 4 February 1989 by E. W. Elst at La Silla, orbiting at 5.23 au with a 6.94-hour rotation period, named for Greek mythological figures.

451 Patientia

451 Patientia (1899 EY) is a large dark C-type main-belt asteroid, ~240 km across, discovered 1899 by Charlois at Nice; orbits at 3.06 AU in 5.37 years, rotates in 9.73 hours, density ~1.8 g/cm3, not hazardous.

451 Research

451 Research is a technology research and advisory firm founded in 2000 in New York, analyzing emerging enterprise IT markets. It has been part of S&P Global Market Intelligence since 2019.

452 Hamiltonia

452 Hamiltonia (1899 FD) is a Koronis-family main-belt asteroid discovered 6 December 1899 at Mount Hamilton by J. E. Keeler; semimajor axis 2.8471 au, period 4.804 yr, H 11.86, rotation about 2.88 h.

453 Tea

453 Tea (1900 FA, A900 DD) is a ~24 km S-type main-belt asteroid discovered 22 Feb 1900 by A. Charlois at Nice, orbiting at 2.18 AU every 3.23 years, rotating in 6.81 hours; not a near-Earth or hazardous object.

454 Life Sciences

454 Life Sciences was a genomics company in Branford, Connecticut, founded by Jonathan Rothberg in 2000, that sold the first commercial post-Sanger DNA sequencing platform.

454 Mathesis

454 Mathesis (A900 FB), a main-belt asteroid about 81 km across with rotation period 8.378 h, low derived density 0.52 g/cm3, used as a Ceres test asteroid and observed in stellar occultations.

454 sequencing

454 sequencing was a high-throughput DNA sequencing method that read DNA by synthesis, converting each incorporated nucleotide into a flash of light, launched commercially in 2005.

4543 Phoinix

4543 Phoinix, provisional designation 1989 CQ1, is a Jupiter Trojan asteroid in the Greek camp at Jupiter's L4 point, discovered by Carolyn S. Shoemaker at Palomar Observatory in February 1989.

455 Bruchsalia

455 Bruchsalia (A900 KC), named after Bruchsal in Germany, is a large main-belt asteroid about 88.8 km across, orbiting the Sun every 1,580 days between 1.87 and 3.44 AU, rotating in 11.84 hours, dark (albedo 0.033), and not potentially hazardous.

456 Abnoba

456 Abnoba (1900 FH), an S-type main-belt asteroid discovered 4 June 1900 at Heidelberg by M. F. Wolf and A. Schwassmann; about 40 km across, period 4.659 years, named for the Celtic-Roman Black Forest goddess.

457 Alleghenia

457 Alleghenia (1900 FJ) is a main-belt asteroid about 18.7 km across, discovered 15 September 1900 at Heidelberg by Wolf and Schwassmann; rotation period 21.953 hours, not a potentially hazardous object.

457 plan

A 457 plan, or 457(b) deferred compensation plan, is a tax-advantaged US retirement plan for state/local government and tax-exempt employers, with a $24,500 limit in 2026 and penalty-free early withdrawal for governmental plans.

458 Hercynia

458 Hercynia (A900 SD, 1900 FK) is a ~36.7 km main-belt asteroid discovered 21 September 1900 by Max Wolf and Arnold Schwassmann at Heidelberg. A Barbarian L-type, spinel- and CAI-rich, rotation 21.81 h, not potentially hazardous.

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova

45P/Honda-Mrkos-Pajdusakova is a Jupiter-family comet orbiting the Sun every 5.3 years, discovered in 1948 by Honda, Mrkos, and Pajdusakova; iSHELL infrared observations in 2017 found it depleted in carbon monoxide but methane-rich.

45Q tax credit

The 45Q tax credit is a United States federal tax credit, created in 2008, that pays per metric ton of carbon dioxide captured and stored, supporting carbon capture projects.

45th Academy Awards

The 45th Academy Awards, held March 27, 1973 at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion, honored 1972 films: The Godfather won Best Picture, Cabaret took 8 Oscars, and Marlon Brando declined Best Actor via Sacheen Littlefeather.

45th Canadian federal election

The 45th Canadian federal election, held April 28, 2025, elected 343 House of Commons members; Mark Carney's Liberals won a minority government (168 seats) as Trump's tariffs and 51st-state threats dominated, and Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre lost his seat.