Thaw
Encyclopedia
Events
- Thaw (weather), the melting of snow and ice
- Gomułka thaw, also called the "Polish October", a political change in Poland in 1956
- Khrushchev ThawKhrushchev ThawThe Khrushchev Thaw refers to the period from the mid 1950s to the early 1960s, when repression and censorship in the Soviet Union were partially reversed and millions of Soviet political prisoners were released from Gulag labor camps, due to Nikita Khrushchev's policies of de-Stalinization and...
, a period in the history of the Soviet Union
Organisations
- Theaters Against WarTheaters Against WarTheaters Against War , is a coalition of theaters and volunteer theater artists organized to protest the Iraq war and the perceived concomitant restrictions on civil liberties in the US...
, a coalition of theaters and theater artists protesting against the Iraq war - The Heat and Warmth FundThe Heat and Warmth FundThe Heat And Warmth Fund is an independent 501 non-profit agency that provides low-income individuals and families throughout Michigan with emergency energy assistance and advocates for long-term solutions to energy issues...
, a nonprofit organization in Michigan providing energy assistance
Popular culture
- Thaw (album)Thaw (album)Thaw is a Foetus Interruptus album released by Self Immolation/Some Bizarre in September 1988 and also released by Rough Trade in the same year. In 1995, Thaw was given a U.S. rerelease by Thirsty Ear....
, an album by the band Foetus Interruptus - The Thaw (film)The Thaw (film)The Thaw is a 2009 science fiction horror/thriller film directed by Mark A. Lewis starring Val Kilmer and Martha MacIsaac.-Plot:The film begins with the recording of a documentary as Doctor David Kruipen, a research scientist in the Canadian Arctic...
, a horror film starring Val Kilmer - "The Thaw" (Star Trek: Voyager), an episode of sci-fi TV series Star Trek Voyager
- Tony Hawk's American WastelandTony Hawk's American WastelandTony Hawk's American Wasteland, abbreviated to THAW, is a video game that was released for the PS2, Xbox, Xbox 360, Nintendo GameCube and PC on October 18, 2005. Part of the Tony Hawk series, the game was developed by Neversoft and published by Activision.The PC version of the game was ported and...
, a video game
People
- Alan ThawAlan ThawAlan Thaw was an Australian rules footballer who played for Essendon in the VFL during the late 1940s and early 1950s....
(17 January 1926March 2007), an Australian rules footballer - Abigail ThawAbigail ThawAbigail Thaw is a British actress. She was born in London to actor John Thaw and his first wife, Sally Alexander. Her stepmother is actress Sheila Hancock...
(born October 1965), a British actress - Harry Kendall Thaw (12 February 187122 February 1947), acquitted of the murder of architect Stanford White in 1906
- William ThawWilliam ThawWilliam Thaw, Sr. was an American businessman who made his fortune in transportation and banking. -Biography:...
(12 October 1818 17 August 1889), a railroad baron, his father
- William Thaw
- John ThawJohn ThawJohn Edward Thaw, CBE was an English actor, who appeared in a range of television, stage and cinema roles, his most popular being police and legal dramas such as Redcap, The Sweeney, Inspector Morse and Kavanagh QC.-Early life:Thaw came from a working class background, having been born in Gorton,...
(3 January 194221 February 2002), an English actor - Kevin ThawKevin ThawKevin Thaw British rock climber and mountaineer.Thaw has climbed notable routes and added many first ascents since commencing in Britain’s Peak District then relocating to California and journeying extensively through: Yosemite, El Capitan, Argentine Patagonia, the Himalaya, Alaska, Canadian...
(born c. 1967), an English climber and alpinist - Russell William ThawRussell William ThawRussell William Thaw was a racing pilot who fought in World War II.-Early years:He was born in Berlin, Germany on 25 October 1910, the only child of Evelyn Nesbit. His biological father was unreported, but, legally, he was the son of his mother's first husband Harry Kendall Thaw...
(25 October 19106 May 1984), a racing pilot who fought in World War II - William Thaw (aviator)William Thaw (aviator)Lieutenant Colonel William Thaw II was a World War I flying ace credited with five confirmed aerial victories and two unconfirmed ones. He is believed to be the first American to engage in aerial combat in the war. He was the first to fly up the East River under all four bridges.-Early life:He...
(12 August 189322 April 1934), An American World War I flying ace