The BeatlesThis list includes music artists with claims of 75 million or more record sales . The artists in the following tables are listed with both their claimed sales figure along with their total of certified units and are ranked in descending order , with the artist with the highest amount of claimed sales at the top . If two or more artists have the same claimed sales , they are then ranked by certified units . The claimed sales figure and the total of certified units ( for each country ) within the provided sources include sales of albums , singles , compilation - albums , music videos as well as downloads of singles and full - length albums . Sales figures , such as those from Soundscan , which are sometimes published by Billboard magazine , have not been included in the certified units column . As of 2017 , based on both sales claims and certified units , The Beatles are considered the highest - selling band . Elvis Presley is considered the highest - selling individual artist based on sales claims and Rihanna is the highest - selling individual artist based on certified units .

`` Moon Child ''The NeverEnding Story ( German : Die unendliche Geschichte ) is a 1984 West German - produced English - language epic fantasy film based on the novel of the same name by Michael Ende , about a boy who reads a magical book that tells a story of a young warrior whose task is to stop a dark storm called the Nothing from engulfing a mystical world . The film was produced by Bernd Eichinger and Dieter Giessler and directed and co-written by Wolfgang Petersen ( his first English - language film ) and starred Noah Hathaway , Barret Oliver , Tami Stronach , Patricia Hayes , Sydney Bromley , Gerald McRaney , Moses Gunn , and Alan Oppenheimer as the voices of both Falkor and Gmork ( as well as other characters ) . At the time of its release , it was the most expensive film produced outside the United States or the Soviet Union . The film was the first in The NeverEnding Story film series and later followed by two sequels .

Sunil Manohar `` Sunny '' Gavaskar pronunciation ( help info ) ( born 10 July 1949 ) is a former Indian international cricketer who played from the early 1970s to late 1980s for the Bombay cricket team and Indian national team . Widely regarded as one of the greatest opening batsmen in test cricket history , Gavaskar set world records during his career for the most Test runs and most Test centuries scored by any batsman . He held the record of 34 Test centuries for almost two decades before it was broken by Sachin Tendulkar in December 2005 . He was the first person to score centuries in both innings of a Test match three times . He was the first Test batsman to score 10,000 Test Runs in a Career and now stands at number 12 on the group of 13 players with 10,000 + Test Runs .

This is a chronological list of recordings made at Abbey Road Studios .

George HudsonDaylight saving time ( abbreviated DST ) , sometimes referred to as daylight savings time in US , Canadian and Australian speech , and known as British Summer Time ( BST ) in the UK and just summer time in some countries , is the practice of advancing clocks during summer months so that evening daylight lasts longer , while sacrificing normal sunrise times . Typically , regions that use daylight saving time adjust clocks forward one hour close to the start of spring and adjust them backward in the autumn to standard time .

In computer interface design , a ribbon is a graphical control element in the form of a set of toolbars placed on several tabs . The typical structure of a ribbon includes large , tabbed toolbars , filled with graphical buttons and other graphical control elements , grouped by functionality . Such ribbons use tabs to expose different sets of controls , eliminating the need for numerous parallel toolbars . Contextual tabs are tabs that appear only when the user needs them . For instance , in a word processor , an image - related tab may appear when the user selects an image in a document , allowing the user to interact with that image .

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`` Spider - Man '' is the name of multiple comic book characters from the Marvel Comics Multiverse . The original and most well known is Peter Parker created by Stan Lee and Steve Ditko originating from the Earth 616 universe . Within the mainstream Marvel Universe there have been other characters that have taken the mantle such as Ben Reilly and Doctor Octavius .

2015A drought in the Western Cape province of South Africa began in 2015 and is resulting in a severe water shortage in the region , most notably affecting the city of Cape Town . With dam levels predicted to decline to critically low levels , the city announced plans for `` Day Zero '' , when if a particular lower limit of water storage was reached , the municipal water supply would largely be shut off , potentially making Cape Town the first major city to run out of water .

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The finances of the British royal family come from a number of sources . The UK Parliament supports the monarch and other members of the royal household financially by means of the Sovereign Grant , a percentage of the annual profits of the Crown Estate which is intended to meet the costs of the sovereign 's official expenditures . This includes the costs of the upkeep of the various royal residences , staffing , travel and state visits , public engagements , and official entertainment . Other sources of income include revenues from the Duchies of Lancaster and Cornwall , a parliamentary annuity , and income from private investments . The Keeper of the Privy Purse is Head of the Privy Purse and Treasurer 's Office and has overall responsibility for the management of the sovereign 's financial affairs .

about 185The visa policy of the United States deals with the requirements which a foreign national wishing to enter the United States must meet to obtain a visa , which is a permit to travel to , enter , and remain in the United States . Visitors to the United States must obtain a visa from one of the United States diplomatic missions unless they come from one of the visa exempt countries or Visa Waiver Program countries . The same rules apply to Puerto Rico and the United States Virgin Islands while different rules apply to Guam , Northern Mariana Islands and American Samoa .

ChinaThis is a list of countries by apple production in 2012 mostly based on FAOSTAT FAO accessed in December 2014 . The total world apple production for 2012 was 76,378,700 tonnes .

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Serena Celia van der Woodsen is a main character in the Gossip Girl novel series and the lead in its TV adaptation , in which she is portrayed by Blake Lively . Serena is featured on the blog of the series ' mysterious narrator , `` Gossip Girl . '' Serena is Blair Waldorf 's best friend and is a character that appears to easily get whatever she wants because of her good looks , energy , and charisma . She is also known as the `` It Girl '' in the series .

to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great LakesThe Erie Canal is a canal in New York that is part of the east -- west , cross-state route of the New York State Canal System ( formerly known as the New York State Barge Canal ) . Originally , it ran 363 miles ( 584 km ) from Albany , on the Hudson River , to Buffalo , at Lake Erie . It was built to create a navigable water route from New York City and the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes . When completed in 1825 , it was the second longest canal in the world ( after the Grand Canal in China ) and greatly affected the development and economy of New York , New York City , and the United States .

The United States has 60 protected areas known as national parks that are operated by the National Park Service , an agency of the Department of the Interior . National parks must be established by an act of the United States Congress . A bill creating the first national park , Yellowstone , was signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant in 1872 , followed by Mackinac National Park in 1875 ( decommissioned in 1895 ) , and then Rock Creek Park ( later merged into National Capital Parks ) , Sequoia and Yosemite in 1890 . The Organic Act of 1916 created the National Park Service `` to conserve the scenery and the natural and historic objects and wildlife therein , and to provide for the enjoyment of the same in such manner and by such means as will leave them unimpaired for the enjoyment of future generations . '' Many current national parks had been previously protected as national monuments by the president under the Antiquities Act before being upgraded by Congress . Seven national parks ( including six in Alaska ) are paired with a national preserve , areas with different levels of protection that are administered together but considered separate units and whose areas are not included in the figures below . Criteria for the selection of national parks include natural beauty , unique geological features , unusual ecosystems , and recreational opportunities ( though these criteria are not always considered together ) . National monuments , on the other hand , are frequently chosen for their historical or archaeological significance . Fourteen national parks are designated UNESCO World Heritage Sites ( WHS ) , while 21 national parks are designated UNESCO Biosphere Reserves ( BR ) . Eight national parks are designated in both UNESCO programs .

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ( originally The Rime of the Ancyent Marinere ) is the longest major poem by the English poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge , written in 1797 -- 98 and published in 1798 in the first edition of Lyrical Ballads . Some modern editions use a revised version printed in 1817 that featured a gloss . Along with other poems in Lyrical Ballads , it is often considered a signal shift to modern poetry and the beginning of British Romantic literature .

Federalist Party|Democratic - Republican PartyThe First Party System is a model of American politics used in history and political science to periodize the political party system that existed in the United States between roughly 1792 and 1824 . It featured two national parties competing for control of the presidency , Congress , and the states : the Federalist Party , created largely by Alexander Hamilton , and the rival Jeffersonian Democratic - Republican Party , formed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison , usually called at the time the `` Republican Party . '' The Federalists were dominant until 1800 , while the Republicans were dominant after 1800 .