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Sharpeville massacre
Sharpeville massacre: police killing of 69 unarmed anti-pass protesters at Sharpeville, South Africa, on 21 March 1960, during a PAC campaign; led to banning of ANC and PAC, armed struggle, and Human Rights Day.
Sharpitor Linea
Sharpitor Linea is a 1,650-km-long linea (dark streak) on Jupiter's moon Europa, centered at 65.4N, 171.7W, IAU-approved in 2003 and named after a prehistoric stone row in England.
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation
Sharpless asymmetric dihydroxylation, or Sharpless dihydroxylation, is an organic reaction converting an alkene into a chiral vicinal diol, developed by K. Barry Sharpless from the earlier racemic Upjohn dihydroxylation.
Sharpless epoxidation
The Sharpless epoxidation, also called the Sharpless asymmetric epoxidation, is a chemical reaction reported in 1980 by K. Barry Sharpless and Tsutomu Katsuki that converts allylic alcohols into enantioenriched epoxy alcohols.
SharpLink Gaming
SharpLink Gaming is a Minneapolis-based, Nasdaq-listed company (ticker SBET) that began in sports gaming and pivoted in 2025 to holding Ether as its primary treasury reserve asset.
Sharpness-aware minimization
Sharpness-aware minimization (SAM) is a training procedure that perturbs model weights toward higher loss before each descent step, favoring flat minima; introduced by Foret and colleagues in 2020.
Sharps rifle
The Sharps rifle is a single-shot breech-loading rifle patented by Christian Sharps in 1848, used by Union cavalry in the Civil War and favored by the Plains buffalo hunters of the 1870s.
Sharps Technology Inc.
Sharps Technology Inc. is a Nevada medical device company founded in 2017, known for patented low dead space safety syringes and, since 2025, a Solana digital-asset treasury strategy.
Sharpshooter (professional wrestling)
Sharpshooter (professional wrestling): a leg-lace submission hold, originally Riki Choshu's Sasori-gatame, also called Scorpion Deathlock; Bret Hart's finisher, central to the 1997 Montreal Screwjob.
Sharq Yulduzi
Sharq Yulduzi (Шарқ юлдузи, "Star of the East") is an Uzbek literary and socio-political journal published in Tashkent by the Writers' Union of Uzbekistan, published under its present name since 1946.
Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur
The Sharqi dynasty of Jaunpur (سلسلہ شارقی جونپور) was a sultanate in northern India founded at Jaunpur by Malik Sarwar in 1394 and ended by Bahlul Lodi.
Sharqia Province
Sharqia Governorate (محافظة الشرقية), an eastern Nile Delta governorate of Egypt with capital Zagazig; area 4,911 km2, population about 7.8 million, Egypt's second agricultural governorate, national day 9 September.
Sharreth
Sharreth, born Sujith Vasudevan, is a Malayalam film composer and playback singer from Kollam, trained under M. Balamuralikrishna, known for 'Sreeragamo' and honored with Kerala State and Filmfare Awards.
Sharri-Kusuh
Sharri-Kusuh, also known as Piyaššili, was the first Hittite viceroy king of Carchemish in northern Syria, appointed by his father, the Hittite great king Šuppiluliuma I, in the 14th century BC.
Sharron Davies
Sharron Davies MBE (born 1962, Plymouth) is an English swimmer, 1980 Olympic 400m IM silver medallist, two-time Commonwealth champion, BBC swimming broadcaster, and women's sport campaigner later made a peer.
Sharru-emuranni
Sharru-emuranni (Šarru-ēmuranni) was an Assyrian governor of the province of Zamua under King Sargon II in the late eighth century BC, and the year-eponym of 712 BC.
Sharru-lu-dari
Sharru-lu-dari, also known as Šarru-lū-dāri, meaning "May the king be everlasting", was a king of Ashkelon, son of Rukibtu, installed by Sennacherib after the Assyrian campaign of 701 BC.
Sharrum-iter
Sharrum-iter, also spelled Šarrum-iter, is the sixth and last king of Mari in the Sumerian King List, an ancient Mesopotamian composition, with a reign of 9 years.
Sharuna
Sharuna, also known as Kom el-Ahmar and ancient Hut-nesut, is an archaeological site on the east bank of the Nile in Middle Egypt with rock-cut tombs.
Sharwanand (శర్వానంద్)
Sharwanand (శర్వానంద్) is an Indian Telugu film actor born 1984, whose lead break Gamyam (2008) led to a Nandi Award and roles in National Film Award winner Shatamanam Bhavati.
Sharwin I
Sharwin I (شروین) was the Espahbad of the Bavand dynasty in Tabaristan, ruling from Ferim. He led an anti-Muslim rebellion with Vandad Hormozd from 782 to 785.
Sharyl Attkisson
Sharyl Attkisson, American investigative journalist; former CBS, CNN, PBS correspondent; host of Sinclair's Full Measure; five-time Emmy winner; author of Stonewalled, The Smear, Slanted; plaintiff in Attkisson v. DOJ/FBI hacking suit.
Sharyn A. Endow
Sharyn A. Endow is an American cell biologist and Professor of Cell Biology at Duke University School of Medicine, known for discovering the Ncd kinesin motor protein.
Shas (ש"ס)
Shas (ש"ס), Sephardi Torah Guardians, is an Israeli ultra-Orthodox Sephardic party founded in 1984 under Rabbi Ovadia Yosef, led by Aryeh Deri, peaking at 17 Knesset seats in 1999.
Shaseibun
Shaseibun (写生文, "sketch writing") is a Japanese prose genre advocated by the Meiji poet Masaoka Shiki, applying the painter's practice of drawing from life to prose.
Shasekishū
Shasekishū (沙石集, "Collection of Sand and Stones"), also read Sasekishū, is a ten-volume Japanese Buddhist tale collection compiled by the monk Mujū Ichien in the late Kamakura period.
Shasha (queen of Lagash)
Shasha (Šaša) was a queen of Lagash in the mid-24th century BC, wife of the last ruler Urukagina and head of the estate E2-MI2 at Girsu.
Shashaa Tirupati
Shashaa Tirupati, also called The Humma Girl, is a Canadian playback singer born in Srinagar and raised in Vancouver, known for Bollywood and Tamil hits with A.R. Rahman and the 2018 National Film Award for "Vaan Varuvaan" from Kaatru Veliyidai.
Shashamane
Shashamane (Shashemene, ሻሸመኔ) is a market city in West Arsi Zone, Oromia, Ethiopia, about 250 km south of Addis Ababa, known for the Rastafari settlement on land granted by Emperor Haile Selassie to the Ethiopian World Federation.
Shashank Arora
Shashank Arora, Indian actor and musician from New Delhi, debuted in Titli (2014), played Kabir Basrai in Made in Heaven and Shafique in Superboys of Malegaon; known for indie film roles and frank industry commentary.