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Balbir Singh, Sr.

Balbir Singh Sr. (Balbir Singh Dosanjh, 1923-2020), Indian field hockey centre-forward who won Olympic gold in 1948, 1952, and 1956, scored a record five goals in the 1952 final, captained the 1956 team, received the Padma Shri in 1957, and managed India's 1975 World Cup-winning side.

Balboa Park (San Diego)

Balboa Park is a 1,200-acre urban cultural park in San Diego, established 1868 as City Park, renamed 1910, shaped by the 1915-16 and 1935-36 expositions, home to 18 museums and the San Diego Zoo.

Oct 10, 2026

Balcerowicz Plan

The Balcerowicz Plan was Poland's economic stabilization program, designed in 1989 by Deputy Prime Minister Leszek Balcerowicz and implemented on 1 January 1990 to end hyperinflation.

Balcha Safo

Balcha Safo, also rendered Balcha Aba Nefso, was an Ethiopian military commander and governor known for his role in the victory over Italy at Adwa in 1896.

Balchand

Balchand (بالچند) was a Hindu painter at the Mughal imperial courts from 1595 to about 1650, the brother of painter Payag and a master of portraiture.

Balchanma

Balchanma (बलचनमा) is a 1952 Hindi novel by Nagarjun, narrated in the first person by a poor farm laborer and counted among the foundational Hindi regional novels.

Balcinrenone

Balcinrenone, formerly AZD9977, is an oral nonsteroidal mineralocorticoid receptor modulator from AstraZeneca with partial antagonist activity intended to reduce hyperkalemia risk, now in phase 3 heart failure trials.

Balclutha (ship)

Balclutha is a three-masted, steel-hulled square-rigger built near Glasgow in 1886, which carried grain, lumber, and salmon around Cape Horn and is now a San Francisco museum ship.

BALCO Korba power station

BALCO Korba power station is a coal-fired power plant at Balco Nagar in Korba, Chhattisgarh, India, owned by Bharat Aluminium Company to power its aluminum smelter.

BALCO scandal

BALCO scandal: 2002-2008 US federal doping investigation of the Bay Area Laboratory Co-Operative, which supplied undetectable designer steroids (THG, 'the Clear', 'the Cream') to athletes including Barry Bonds and Marion Jones, yielding a 42-count indictment and 11 convictions.

Balcombe Street siege

Six-day December 1975 London hostage siege in which four Provisional IRA men (O'Connell, Butler, Duggan, Doherty) held a couple at 22b Balcombe Street, Marylebone, after a chase following a shooting at Scott's restaurant, and surrendered unharmed.

Balcon de Montezuma

Balcón de Montezuma (Los Indios), an INAH archaeological site in the Sierra Madre Oriental, Tamaulipas, Mexico; hilltop Pueblito Complex settlement with about 100 limestone platforms, two occupation phases (1–900 and 1200–1500 AD), and a distinctive cube-shaped modified skull.

Balcony

A balcony is a platform projecting from a building wall, enclosed by a railing and accessible from an upper floor, giving occupants outdoor space and a view.

Balcony solar power

Balcony solar power, known in German as Balkonkraftwerk and also called plug-in solar, is a small photovoltaic system mounted on balconies so apartment residents can generate their own electricity.

Bald and Bankrupt

Bald and Bankrupt, or Mr. Bald, is the YouTube travel vlog channel of British vlogger Benjamin Rich, started June 2018, focused on post-Soviet states, India, and raw handheld vlogging; about 4.5 million subscribers, detained at Baikonur and banned from Russia in 2022.

Bald eagle

Bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus), North America's only native eagle and U.S. national bird (legislated December 2024). Recovered from 417 nesting pairs in 1963 to over 316,000 individuals; delisted in 2007; lead poisoning remains a key threat.

Sep 29, 2026

Bald eagle search

Bald eagle search (BES) is a nature-inspired metaheuristic algorithm for continuous optimization and engineering design, introduced in 2020 and modeled on bald eagles hunting fish.

Bald Head

Bald Head is a bare, ice-free headland 8 miles southwest of View Point on the south side of Trinity Peninsula, Antarctica, at 63°38'S 57°36'W; charted and named by the FIDS in 1945.

Bald Knobbers

The Bald Knobbers were vigilante groups active in the Ozarks of southwestern Missouri in the 1880s, led by Nat Kinny to enforce law and moral standards.

Bald Range fire

The Bald Range fire was a 2026 wildfire near Summerland, British Columbia that burned about 25,000 hectares, destroyed roughly 150 structures, and killed one person.

Baldachin

Baldachin (baldacchino, baldaquin): ceremonial canopy of fabric, stone, or metal over an altar, throne, or tomb, or carried on poles in procession; named after Baghdad brocade; Bernini's St Peter's bronze baldachin is the famous example.

Baldassare Castiglione

Baldassare Castiglione (1478–1529) was an Italian diplomat and man of letters whose Book of the Courtier, printed in Venice in 1528, defined the ideal Renaissance courtier.

Baldassare Reina

Baldassare Reina (born 1970) is an Italian cardinal, Vicar General of the Diocese of Rome, Archpriest of Saint John Lateran, and Apostolic Administrator of Ostia, made cardinal by Pope Francis on 7 December 2024.

Balder (oil field)

Balder is an oil field in the central North Sea on the Norwegian shelf, the first hydrocarbon discovery there in 1967, producing since 1999 and operated by Vår Energi.

Balder Oil and Gas Field

Balder is an oil and gas field in the central Norwegian North Sea, whose discovery well proved the first hydrocarbons on the Norwegian continental shelf in 1967.

Balder the Brave

Balder the Brave (Balder Odinson), Marvel Comics' Asgardian God of Light, Thor's half-brother, debuted in Journey Into Mystery #85 (1962); invulnerable via Frigga's enchantment except to mistletoe; his death prophesied to trigger Ragnarok; starred in the 1985 Simonson limited series and was name-checked in Loki season two.