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Vincent Paul Garbutt (20 November 1947 – 6 June 2017) was an English folk singer and songwriter. A significant part of his repertoire consisted of protest songs covering topics such as "the Troubles" in Northern Ireland ("Troubles of Erin"), unemployment, and social issues. Death. Garbutt died at a hospital from complications caused by heart surgery on 6 June 2017 at the age of 69.
Márta Antal-Rudas (14 February 1937 – 6 June 2017) was a Hungarian javelin thrower. She competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics and finished in ninth, second and fourth place. She was born in Debrecen, Hungary. Antal-Rudas died on 6 June 2017 in Budapest, Hungary at the age of 80.
Anupam Sen (born August 5, 1940) is a Bangladeshi academic and social scientist. Currently, he is serving as Vice-chancellor of Premier University, Chittagong. He was awarded Ekushey Padak in 2014 by the Government of Bangladesh.
Neftenbach is a municipality in Winterthur in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Football player Manuel Akanji was born here.
Guimarães is a city in Portugal, in the district of Braga. It has 158,124 people. Gallery. &lt;br&gt;
Dornbirn is the largest city in Vorarlberg, Austria. About 48,000 people are living there (2006). Dornbirn has six districts named Markt, Hatlerdorf, Oberdorf, Haselstauden, Rohrbach and Schoren.
Christopher Asher Wray (born December 17, 1966) is an American lawyer. He was the 8th Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation from August 2, 2017 until January 19, 2025. From 2003 to 2005, he served as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division under the George W. Bush administration. He was previously a litigation partner with the law firm King &amp; Spalding. In December 2024, Wray announced his resignation as FBI director. He left office on January 19, 2025. Early life. Wray was born in New York City. He was raised in Andover, Massachusetts. He studied at Yale University. Early career. In 2003, President George W. Bush nominated Wray as Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department. Wray was unanimously confirmed by the Senate. Wray was Assistant Attorney General from 2003 to 2005, working under Deputy Attorney General James Comey. While heading the Criminal Division, Wray oversaw prominent fraud investigations, including Enron. Director of the FBI (2017–2025). On June 7, 2017, President Donald Trump announced his intention to nominate Wray to be Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation. On July 20, 2017, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted unanimously to confirm Wray to be the next director of the FBI. Wray was officially confirmed by the Senate with bipartisan support on August 1, 2017; the vote was 92–5. He was sworn in by Attorney General Jeff Sessions in a private ceremony on August 2. In the aftermath of the Douglas High School shooting in Parkland on February 14, 2018, it was found out that the FBI ignored a tip that shooter Nikolas Cruz had a desire to "kill people". Florida Governor Rick Scott called for Wray to resign, with the earliest tip received by the FBI dating back to September 2017 in which a YouTube user with the same name commented, "I'm going to be a professional school shooter."  In December 2020, it was announced
Vincent Vesele Tshabalala (16 March 1942 – 3 June 2017) was a South African professional golfer.  Early Years &amp; Career. Vincent was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. He was banned from the South African Tour for many years as a result of apartheid rules. Tshabalala played in the European Tour, and won the 1976 French Open. Tshabalala also did good in the European Seniors Tour and won two events in the South African Tour after the country lifted its racial restrictions. Death. Tshabalala died 3 June 2017 at the age of 75.
Andrew "Andy" Cunningham (13 May 1950 – 5 June 2017), was an English actor, puppeteer and writer. He was born in Barnet, London. He was best known as the creator and main writer of the children's BBC television series, "Bodger &amp; Badger", in which he acted as Simon Bodger and his pet, Badger. He was also the uncredited puppeteer of Ephant Mon, Jabba the Hutt's Head of Security in "Return of the Jedi" (1983). He was in a long-term relationship with co-star Jane Bassett who played Mousey in "Bodger &amp; Badger". They later separated but remained good friends. Cunningham died from colon cancer on 5 June 2017 in Brighton, East Sussex, aged 67.
Marilyn Hall (née Plottel; born May 17, 1927 – June 5, 2017) was a Canadian-born American television and theatre producer, as well as a television writer. She also wrote songs, a cookbook and book reviews. She supported many charities, including Jewish causes in the United States and Israel. She was an associate producer of "Jelly's Last Jam" and "". On television, she produced the "PBS" version of "The Ginger Tree" as well as the 1984 movie "Nadia". Hall died on June 5, 2017 at her California home at the age of 90.
Mary Edwards Walker (November 26, 1832 – February 21, 1919) was an American abolitionist, prohibitionist, prisoner of war and surgeon. As of 2017, she is the only woman ever to receive the Medal of Honor. Education and early life. She was born on November 26, 1832. Growing up, she lived in Oswego, New York with her parents, Alvah Walker and Vesta Whitcomb Walker. Her parents taught her to always be driven and stand up for what she believed in. Her parents supported abolitionist groups and women’s rights movements. They believed everyone deserved to be treated equally and with respect no matter their race or gender. She used what she learned from her parents to help her accomplish her goals in life. Her education was very important to her and her parents.  She studied to become a surgeon at Syracuse Medical College and graduated in 1855 with a medical degree. After college she met Albert Miller, also a physician. They got married in 1856 but she kept her last name as Walker.  After marriage, together they started a medical practice, but not many people wanted to go to a woman doctor as they did not trust she could do as good of a job as a man physician. The practice struggled and so did the young couples marriage. Thirteen years later Mary Walker and Albert Miller divorced and their practice failed. Although her marriage failed, she came back more confident than ever as the Civil War began. Civil War. At the break of the Civil War and with high confidence, Walker tried to enlist in the Union Army. She was denied because of her gender but did not take no for an answer. Trying again, she enlisted as a surgeon in the war and was transferred to the 52nd Ohio Infantry. Later she was appointed assistant surgeon. This was a very big accomplishment for a woman at this time.  During one of her trips to the Confederacy to tend to the sick and wounded, she was captured. During 1864 Walker was imprisoned for four months in Richmond, Virginia. After four months Walker, along with other surgeons in the Union, were released in a trade for 17 Confederate
Horace G. Burrell JP OM (8 February 1950 – 6 June 2017), also known as Captain Burrell, was the president of the Jamaica Football Federation, and a Vice-President of CONCACAF. He was also the founder of the Jamaican restaurant chain The Captain's Bakery and Grill and Captain's Aviation Services which he founded in 1995 and 2008 respectively. He died on 6 June 2017 after ailing for some time. Burrell died of lung cancer on 6 June 2017 in Kingston at the age of 67.
Latifur Rahman (1 March 1936 – 6 June 2017) was a Bangladeshi politician and lawyer. He served as the 10th Chief Justice of Bangladesh from January 2000 through February 2001. In 2001, he was appointed to briefly serve as Prime Minister, a position he would hold from 15 July 2001 until 10 October 2001. Rahman died in Dhaka, Bangladesh on 6 June 2017 at the age of 81.
Rokas Žilinskas (20 July 1972 – 6 June 2017) was a Lithuanian journalist and politician. He was elected to the Seimas in 2008 and was a member of the Lithuanian Parliament until his death. He was the first openly gay member of the parliament. Žilinskas died of respiratory arrest caused by pneumonia in Vilnius, Lithuania on 6 June 2017 at the age of 44.
Arthur Bunting (July/September 1936 – 7 June 2017) was an English professional rugby league footballer. He played in the 1950s, and 1960s, and coached in the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s, playing at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, as a Scrum-half/Halfback, i.e. number 7, and coaching at club level for Hull Kingston Rovers, and Hull F.C.. He was born in Hemsworth, West Yorkshire. Bunting died on 7 June 2017 in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire at the age of 80.
Trento Longaretti (27 September 1916 – 7 June 2017) was an Italian painter. He studied at the Brera Academy in the 1930s, where he was taught by renowned artists including painters Aldo Carpi and Pompeo Borra, and sculptors Francesco Messina and Marino Marini.  Longaretti stated that painting is an "elixir for long life", and continued to paint and exhibit as a centenarian. His oil paintings have been described as dense and oily like those of Paul Cézanne, and his style having similarities to the fantasy settings of Marc Chagall and "pictorial culture" of Egon Schiele. His still life paintings have been described as "delicate and almost religious". He became involved in the Italian figurative art movement of the 1950s. He turned 100 in March 2017 and died on 7 June 2017.
Montbard is a commune and subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in eastern France. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Montbard and of the canton of Montbard. Geography. The "commune" of Montbard has an area of , and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The "commune" of Montbard is surrounded by the "communes": The city of Montbard is to the northwest of the city of Dijon, capital of the department, and in the valley of the Brenne river. Climate. The climate of Montbard is Marine West Coast Climate (Köppen climate classification: Cfb), with mild winters and warm summers. Population. The inhabitants of Montbard are known, in French, as " Montbardois" (women: "Montbardoises"). With a population of 5,350, Montbard has a population density of inhabitants/km2. Evolution of the population in Montbard Administration. Montbard is a subprefecture of the Côte-d'Or department since 1926. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Montbard and the administrative centre () of the "canton" of Montbard formed by 57 "communes", with 18,764 inhabitants (2014). Twin towns. Montbard is twinned with:
Shahmukhi is a set of letters used to write the Punjabi language by Punjabi speakers in Pakistan. Like all Arabic-derived alphabets, it is written from right to left.  The Shahmukhi script is based on the Perso-Arabic script, which is used to write Urdu. Shahmukhi can be called an alphabet; it is really an "abjad". An abjad is a script that has letters to represent consonants with vowels. Of course, Shahmukhi, and other scripts relating to it, are impure abjads. This means that there are ways to represent vowels in the writing but they are used in a very bare method.  There are 38 letters in the Shahmukhi abjad.
Final Fight Championship (FFC) is a European based martial arts promotion company operating under and with the production support of the Fight Channel Group. History. FFC started in 2003 as a promotion organization dedicated solely to kickboxing, the FFC in 2013 introduced MMA fights in its events.
The Crested Quetzal is a species of Quetzal. They are found in South America.
Ammon is an ancient country in the Middle East. It was in northwestern Jordan and east of the Kingdom of Israel. In the Bible it is often called the "Kingdom of Ammon". Rabbath Ammon - present-day Amman - was its capital. According to the Biblical Book of Genesis Ammon, also known as Ben-Ammi, is a grandson and son of Lot, the nephew of Abraham (the other grandson and son is Moab; the Kingdom of Moab was south of Ammon). The Ammonites often fought with the Israelites.
Bromley is a large suburban borough in southeast London, England Bromley is located south-east of Charing Cross. It is the administrative headquarters of the London Borough of Bromley, and is considered to be a major metropolitan centre in the London Plan.
Paignton Zoo is a zoo located in Devon, England. It was opened in 1923. West part of zoo. The West Part of Paignton Zoo includes flamingos, ducks, cranes, blind cave fish, pittas, geckos, budgerigars, guinea pigs, spider monkeys, echidnas and lesser adjaunt storks. North part of zoo. The North of the Zoo consists mainly of a crocodile house, birds, kangaroos, tortoises, camels and zebras. East part of zoo. The East of Paignton Zoo holds elephants, giraffes, maned wolves, mandrill, cheetahs, rhinoceroses and coatis. South part of zoo. The South consists of lions, tigers, an off-show kiwi, parrots, and other aviaries.
Cuilén mac Illuilb (Modern Gaelic: "Chailein mac Ilduilb"; 6 April 934 — 2 June 971) often known as Culen and nicknamed the Smart (Scottish Gaelic: "an Smart"), the Brave (Scottish Gaelic: "an Treun") or the Strong (Scottish Gaelic: "an Làidir") was the King of Scotland from 967 until his death in 971. He was the son of King Indulf (Illuilb mac Causantín). His mother was unknown but it was said that she was from France. It was said that he would spend his reign focusing on kicking the vikings out of Scotland and to expand Scotland. When Culen died in 971, the throne was disputed between his younger brother who was his heir, Amlaíb, and his cousin, Kenneth II (Cináeda mac Maíl Coluim). Because Kenneth was more experienced than Amlaíb, he seized the throne for himself. Culen's son, Causantín, would succeded Kenneth II as king as Constantine III after Kenneth's death in 995.
Jan Høiland (6 February 1939 – 7 June 2017) was a Norwegian singer. He was born in Stavanger, Norway. He was known for his version of the song "Tio tusen röda rosor" by Thore Skogman. It was the biggest hit for Høiland. Accompanied by Finn Våland on piano, he made his debut at Cafe Inger in Stavanger in 1957, followed by his record debut "Det vil komme av seg selv"/"Dormi-dormi-dormi" (1958), on Columbia. These were Norwegian 78 records. Høiland died on 7 June 2017 in Harstad, Norway at the age of 78.
The Dorian invasion is a theoretical migration of Dorian Greeks into Ancient Greece, which is believed to have contributed to the Bronze Age Collapse.
Ragnhild Queseth Haarstad (4 April 1939 – 6 June 2017) was a Norwegian politician for the Centre Party. She was born in Grue, Norway. She was Minister of Local Government and Regional Development (Norway) from 1997 through 1999. Haarstad died on 6 June 2017 in Oslo, Norway at the age of 78.
The Brenne is a river in eastern France. It is a right tributary of the Armançon river and flows through the Côte-d'Or department in the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Geography. The Brenne has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately . Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Montbard in the Côte-d'Or department. Course. The Brenne starts in the "commune" of Sombernon, at an elevation of about , at about to the west of Dijon. It flows to the northwest and joins the Armançon river between the "communes" Buffon and Montbard at an elevation of about above sea level. The Brenne flows through 1 region (Nouvelle-Aquitaine) and 1 department (Côte-d'Or). The river flows through the "communes": There are only 2 important tributaries, and both join the Brenne on the right side: the "Oze" and the "Ozerain" rivers.
Jill Singer (1957 – 8 June 2017) was an Australian journalist, columnist and television presenter. She was born in Korumburra, Victoria.  Singer began her career in journalism as an ABC radio trainee in 1984. She eventually became a senior reporter for "The 7.30 Report" on ABC and later presented the Victorian edition of "Today Tonight" on the Seven Network. She also presented for "The 7.30 Report", "The Arts Show", "2-shot" and "People Dimensions" (ABC TV).  Singer was the executive producer of ABC TV's national morning news and current affairs program" First Edition". She wrote a weekly column for Melbourne's "Herald Sun" newspaper between 1997 and 2012, and lectured in television journalism at RMIT University in Melbourne. She made regular appearances on "The Conversation Hour" (ABC 774) and on Sky News Australia's "Melbourne Report". Singer died of amyloidosis on 8 June 2017 in Melbourne at the age of 60.
Marcelo Alejandro Horacio Guinle (September 28, 1947 – June 8, 2017) was an Argentine Justicialist Party politician. He served as a Senator for Chubut Province from 2001 through 2015. He was born in Santa Fe, Argentina. From 2003 through 2006, he served as Provisional President of the Argentine Senate. Before serving in the senate, Guinle served as Mayor of Comodoro Rivadavia from 1995 through 1999. Guinle died from cancer in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina on June 8, 2017 at the age of 69.
The Emergency Alert System (EAS) is a national warning system in the United States put into place on January 1, 1997 (approved by Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in November 1994).  It pops up on your TV, radio, or phone for example if a tornado comes it will be on the news, radio, or phone and when it is over the National Weather Service will send you another alert when you can come out. The most serious alert that can be given out over the EAS is an Emergency Action Notification or a Presidential Alert. When an EAN is issued, a voice will say the following whilst watching TV or listening to the radio; "We interrupt our programming. This is a national emergency." After the alert tone, the text to speech or a real human voice will give instructions on the emergency and provide instructions on what to do to stay safe, or if the world is coming to an end due to warfare or a global pandemic. There also may be additional messages given out from a representative of the President. An Emergency Action Termination message will be issued when the threat is over. Additionally, there will be a nationwide test of the EAS that takes place in the US once a year along with a new presidential alert system that works very similar to weather warnings that are issued on a cell phone.  Outside US. Emergency Alert Systems are also used worldwide in countries like Japan, Canada, Australia and New Zealand and is ready to alert citizens on world ending events such as a nuclear war, a new global threat etc.  Most recently, the United Kingdom government have been trialing mobile phone alerts with a service called Emergency Alerts that uses a similar sound to the WEA from the US which is the original attention signal used for the US Emergency Alert signaling a pattern.
The President of the United Nations General Assembly is a position voted for by representatives in the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on a yearly basis. The President presides over the sessions of the General Assembly. Philémon Yang of Cameroon is the current President of the United Nations General Assembly for the 79th session, office which started in September 2024. The session of the assembly is scheduled for every year starting in September—any special, or emergency special, assemblies over the next year will be headed by the president of UNGA. The presidency changes every year between the five geographic groups: African, Asian, Eastern European, Latin American and Caribbean, and Western European and other States.
Imre Hollai (22 January 1925 – 22 November 2017) was a retired Hungarian diplomat. He served as president of the United Nations General Assembly from 1982 to 1983. Hollai joined the Hungarian foreign service in 1949. He served as Hungary's deputy representative to the United Nations from 1956 to 1960, as the head of foreign relations for the Central Committee of the Hungarian Communist Party from 1960 to 1963, as Hungary's ambassador to Greece and Cyprus from 1964 to 1970, and as Hungary's deputy foreign minister from 1970 to 1974. He served as Hungary's ambassador to the United Nations from 1974 to 1980. Hollai died on 22 November 2017 in Budapest, aged 92.
Guido de Marco (22 July 1931 – 12 August 2010) was a Maltese politician. He served as the sixth President of Malta from 1999 to 2004. de Marco also served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Interior, Justice, and Minister for Foreign Affairs. He was elected President of the 45th session of the United Nations General Assembly in 1990, and Chairman of the Commonwealth Foundation in 2004. A renowned criminal lawyer, he defended some of the landmark cases in Malta during the 1980s. de Marco died of a heart attack in Msida, Malta on 12 August 2010 at the age of 79.
Kansai Airport Station (関西空港駅, かんさいくうこうえき) is a railway station of Nankai Electric Railway and West Japan Railway Company (JR West) in Tajiri, Sennan District, Osaka, Japan. This is the nearest station to Kansai International Airport.  Nankai Airport Line  Airport Limited Express "" Airport Express・Local  Rinkū Town (NK31) - Kansai Airport (NK32)  Kansai Airport Line  Kansai Airport Rapid Service・Direct Rapid Service・Local (shuttle trains)  Rinkū Town - Kansai Airport
Samara (Russian: "Самара") is the ninth largest city in Russia. It is the administrative center of Samara Oblast. About 1,164,685 people live in the city.  It is in the southeastern part of European Russia at the confluence of the Volga and Samara Rivers. It is on the east bank of the Volga. Samara is the economic and cultural center in European Russian. They hosted the European Union–Russia summit in May 2007. From 1935 to 1991 the city was known as Kuybyshev (Russian: Куйбышев). Also, Samara has a metropolitan railway.
Glenne Aimee Headly (March 13, 1955 – June 8, 2017) was an American actress. She was known for her roles in "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels", "Mr. Holland's Opus" and "Dick Tracy". Headly received Theatre World Awards and four Joseph Jefferson Awards, and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards. Headly died of complications from a pulmonary embolism on June 8, 2017 at the age of 62 in Santa Monica, California.
Oberrieden is a municipality in the district of Horgen in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. It is one of the towns along the south shore of Lake Zurich ("Zürichsee"). The city covers the land from Sihl river to Lake Zurich.
Kathryn Stripling Byer (November 25, 1944 – June 5, 2017), also called Kay Byer, was an American poet and teacher. She was named by Governor Mike Easley as the fifth North Carolina Poet Laureate, 2005–2009. She was the first woman to hold the position. Byer died at the age of 72 on June 5, 2017 from lymphoma in Cullowhee, North Carolina.
France Rode (November 20, 1934 – June 7, 2017) was a Slovenian engineer and inventor. He was best known for his work on the HP-35 pocket calculator. He was one of the four lead engineers at Hewlett-Packard assigned to this project. Rode also invented and created the first workable RFID products: workplace entry cards, for which he holds several patents. He was born in Nožice, Slovenia. Rode died on June 7, 2017 at the age of 82.
Natiq Aghaami oglu Aliyev () (November 23, 1947 – June 9, 2017) was an Azerbaijani politician. He served as the president of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan Republic and was the Minister of Industry and Energy of Azerbaijan Republic at the time of his death. Aliyev died on June 9, 2017 in Istanbul from heart failure after suffering a heart attack the week before in Baku. He was 69 years old.
Jan Martin Gerardus Notermans (29 July 1932 – 8 June 2017) was a Dutch football player and manager. He played for Fortuna '54 and Sittardia. He was capped 25 times for the Netherlands. He coached Arminia Bielefeld, Go Ahead Eagles, FC Groningen, AZ, Helmond Sport and Willem II.
Opfikon is a municipality and city in the district of Bülach in the canton of Zurich in Switzerland. Villages. Opfikon, Glattbrugg and Oberhausen. Economy. Adecco S.A., the world's largest employment agency, is headquartered in Glattbrugg.
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