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SUMPAC

SUMPAC, short for Southampton University Man Powered Aircraft, was a pedal-powered aircraft that made the first authenticated human-powered flight, piloted by Derek Piggott in November 1961.

Sumptuary laws regulate private expenditure, especially luxury dress, assigning consumption by rank. From ancient Sparta and Rome to medieval Italian and English statutes, enforcement was weak, and their legacy is luxury taxes.

Sumqayıt

Sumqayıt FK, Azerbaijani Premier League football club from Sumqayıt (Sumgayit). Runs a U-9 to U-19 academy under German director Hakan Sünal; 8th in 2024/25 with 33 points; venues SOCAR Polymer Arena and Mehdi Hüseynzadə City Stadium.

Sep 23, 2026

Sumra dynasty

The Sumra dynasty (سومرا خاندان) was the house that ruled Lower Sindh, in present-day Pakistan, for roughly three centuries from the eleventh century before the Sammas supplanted it.

Sums of powers

Sums of powers, also called power sums, are expressions writing a positive integer as a sum of k-th powers of integers, central to Waring's problem and Faulhaber's formula.

Sumska Oblast

Sumska Oblast (Сумська область, Sumy Oblast), Ukrainian province centered on Sumy, created 10 January 1939 from Kharkiv, Chernihiv, and Poltava raions; borders Russia; population 1,034,364 (2022).

Sumskyi Raion

Sumskyi Raion, also known as Sumy Raion, is a district of Sumy Oblast in northeastern Ukraine with its center in Sumy; it borders Russia and is the oblast's most populous raion.

Oct 20, 2026

Sumter County, Florida, United States

Sumter County, Florida, a central Florida county established January 8, 1853 from Marion County, named for Gen. Thomas Sumter; county seat Bushnell since 1912; home to most of The Villages.

Sumter, South Carolina

Sumter, South Carolina: county seat of Sumter County, founded as Sumterville in 1800 and renamed Sumter in 1855. Home of Shaw Air Force Base (est. 1941), population 43,463 in 2020, first US city with council-manager government (1912).

Sumu-abum

Sumu-abum (Sûmû-abum) was an Amorite tribal and military leader who conquered northern Babylonia and the Lower Diyala region around 1890–1860 BCE, later counted as the first king of Babylon's First Dynasty.

Sumu-Epuh

Sumu-Epuh, also written Sumu-epeh, was the founding king of the Hambe dynasty of Yamhad, the Amorite kingdom centered on Aleppo, reigning from about 1810 to 1780 BC and succeeded by his son Yarim-Lim I.

Sumu-la-El

Sumu-la-El, also written Sumu-la-ilu, was a king of Babylon who reigned about 1880 to 1845 BCE and is considered the founder of the First Dynasty of Babylon.

Sumu-Yaman

Sumu-Yaman, also written Sumu-Yamam, was an early-eighteenth-century-BC ruler of Mari, attested by two year formulas and an inscription calling him Yahdun-Lim's parricide son, killed by his own servants.

Sumuel

Sumuel, also written Sumu-El, was the seventh king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, reigning 29 years from 1894 to 1866 BC; his year names record campaigns against Uruk, Kish, and Kazallu.

Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III

Sumuhu'ali Yanuf III was a mukarrib of Saba in ancient South Arabia, son and co-regent of the mukarrib Karib'il Watar, ruling in the 7th century BC.

Sep 24, 2026

Sumuroy Revolt

The Sumuroy Revolt (Pag-aalsang Sumuroy) was a 1649 uprising against Spanish forced labor that began in Palapag, Samar, led by Agustin Sumuroy and spread across the Visayas.

Sep 24, 2026

Sumuyafa' Ashwa

Sumuyafa' Ashwa (Greek Esimiphaios) was a Christian Himyarite client king of Himyar, installed by Aksum's King Kaleb after defeating Dhu Nuwas and deposed by Abraha around 535.

Sumy

Sumy (Суми), city in northeastern Ukraine, capital of Sumy Oblast on the Psel River; founded 1652/1655 by Kondratiev's settlers, former Cossack regiment center, sugar-industry hub, Hero City (2025), heavily attacked since 2022.

Sumyafa Ashwa

Sumyafa Ashwa (Greek Esimiphaios) was a Christian Himyarite client king installed on the throne of Himyar by Kaleb of Aksum around 525, later deposed by his commander Abraha.

Sun

The Sun, also known as Star Sol, is the G2 yellow dwarf star at the center of the Solar System, about 4.57 billion years old.

Sun & Moon (music)

"Sun & Moon" is a 2011 vocal trance single by Above & Beyond featuring Richard Bedford, known as one of the defining vocal trance songs of the 2010s.

Oct 22, 2026

Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament

The Sun and Immortal Birds Gold Ornament (太阳神鸟金饰) is a circular gold-foil ornament from the ancient Shu culture, unearthed in 2001 at the Jinsha Site in Chengdu, Sichuan.

Oct 22, 2026

Sun and Steel

Sun and Steel is an autobiographical essay by Yukio Mishima, serialized from 1965 and published as a book in 1968, that explores words, the body, and death.

Sep 23, 2026

Sun Baoqi

Sun Baoqi (孙宝琦, 1867–1931) was a Qing and early Republican Chinese diplomat who served as envoy to Germany and governor of Shandong, declaring its independence in 1911.

Sun bear

Sun bear (Helarctos malayanus), the world's smallest bear, native to Southeast Asian forests from Myanmar to Sumatra and Borneo. Vulnerable IUCN status, chest crescent, honey and termite diet, threatened by deforestation and poaching for bile and paws.

Sun Belt

The Sun Belt is the US region below roughly the 37th parallel, from the Southeast through Texas, the Southwest, and southern California, defined by postwar migration, defense-driven growth, and conservative political power, in contrast to the Frostbelt or Rust Belt.