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Shree Krishna Shrestha (April 19, 1967 – August 10, 2014) () was a Nepalese actor. He achieved nation wide recognition with roles in movies like "Maiti" and "Afno Manche". Shrestha died in New Delhi, India from pneumonia, aged 44. He is survived by his wife Sweta Khadka, for whom he was married to for only a month.
Vladimir Beara (; ; 26 August 1928 – 11 August 2014) was a Yugoslav football player, as goalkeeper, and also football manager. Beara played for Hajduk Split (1946–55) Beara played 308 games, and helped his team to win the Yugoslav league title in 1950, 1952 and 1955. Beara died in Split, Croatia, aged 85. Honours. Hajduk Split Red Star Belgrade Yugoslavia
The Schopenhauer Society is a German literary and philosophical society. It is a community that studies the writings, the life, and the influence of the German philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer. The society was formed in 1911 in Frankfurt by Paul Deussen, a Sanskrit scholar. Well-known members were Arthur Hübscher and Alfred Schmidt.
Raymond Gravel (November 4, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was an Canadian Catholic priest from the Canadian province of Quebec. He was formerly the Member of Parliament for the riding of Repentigny, as a member of the Bloc Québécois. He was elected to the House of Commons in a November 27, 2006 by-election following the death of Benoît Sauvageau. Gravel died of lung cancer in Lanaudière, Quebec. He was 61.
333 Wacker Drive is a skyscraper in Chicago, United States. It is 149 meters (489 feet) tall and has 36 floors. It was built in 1979 and opened in 1983. It is one of the tallest buildings in the Chicago that are along the Chicago River. The building has featured in many movies. Famously, it is in "Ferris Bueller's Day Off". It was voted Chicago's favorite building by the Chicago Tribune in 1995.
Sam Elliott (b. August 9, 1944) is an American actor. A combination of his tall and slim physique, along with deep resonant voice have led to him being cast as cowboys and ranchers in Westerns. He played General John Buford in "Gettysburg". He began doing the voice of Smokey Bear in 2008. He was born in Sacramento, California.
Ricardo Bofill Leví (; 5 December 1939 – 14 January 2022) was a Spanish architect. He worked for Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Bofill was born into a family of builders in 1939 in Barcelona, Spain. He studied at the Barcelona University School of Architecture and graduated from the School of Geneva.  At the age of seventeen Ricardo Bofill designed his first project, a summer home in Ibiza, and by twenty-three became lead architect of el Taller. Bofill has created over 1000 projects to date in over 50 countries. Bofill has two sons, both of whom worked with him at Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Ricardo Emilio (born 1965) and Pablo (born 1980). He lived in Barcelona together with designer .  Ricardo Bofill died in Barcelona on 14 January 2022, at the age of 82 from COVID-19.
The Tribune Tower is a neo-Gothic building located at 435 North Michigan Avenue in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It is the home of the "Chicago Tribune" and Tribune Company. It stands at 462 feet (141 m). The buildings in known for having pieces of famous landmarks across the world including; the World Trade Center, the Berlin Wall, Lincoln's Tomb, the Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, and The Alamo.
The Carbide &amp; Carbon Building is a Chicago landmark located at 230 N. Michigan Avenue. The building, which was built in 1929, is an example of Art Deco architecture.  It was designed by Burnham Brothers. The architect was Daniel Burnham. The Carbide and Carbon Building was originally home to the regional office of Union Carbide and Carbon Co., which later became Union Carbide Corp. The skyscraper was designated a Chicago Landmark on May 9, 1996.  It was built as a skyscraper office tower. The building has 37 floors and is tall. The top of the building is covered in pure gold. It is also modeled as a champagne bottle to show a resistance against the prohibition of alcohol in the United States.
55 East Erie is an all-residential skyscraper in Chicago. It is at 647 ft (197 m). I was designed by Fujikawa Johnson &amp; Associates and Searl &amp; Associates Architects. It is 56 stories tall. The building was completed in 2004. It is the fourth-tallest all-residential building in the United States after Trump World Tower in New York City, One Museum Park in Chicago, and the nearby 340 on the Park completed in 2007 in Chicago.
Joseph "Joe" Viskocil (December 21, 1952 – August 11, 2014) was an American visual effects artist. He had over 80 credits between 1974 and 2014. His movie credits include ' (1977) ' (1980), "The Terminator" (1984) and "" (1991). For "Independence Day" (1996), he won an Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 69th Academy Awards in 1997. Viskocil died on August 11, 2014 in Los Angeles, California from complications from multiple organ failure, aged 61.
The Home Insurance Building was a skyscraper in Chicago, Illinois. It was the first building to be called a skyscraper. It was also the first tall building to be supported, both inside and outside, by a fireproof metal frame. It used to stand at 138 ft (42 m). William Le Baron Jenney designed the building. History. The Home Insurance Building was built in 1884 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. It was the first tall building to use structural steel in its frame. Most of its structure was made of cast and wrought iron. While the Ditherington Flax Mill was an earlier fireproof-metal-framed building, it was only five stories tall. The site. The Field Building, later known as the La Salle Bank Building and now the Bank of America Building, built in 1931, now stands on the site. In 1932, owners placed a plaque in the southwest section of the lobby reading: "This section of the Field Building is erected on the site of the Home Insurance Building, which structure, designed and built in eighteen hundred and eighty four by the late William Le Baron Jenney, was the first high building to utilize as the basic principle of its design the method known as skeleton construction and, being a primal influence in the acceptance of this principle was the true father of the skyscraper, 1932."
The Civic Opera House is an opera house located at 20 North Wacker Drive in Chicago. It is part of a building which contains a 45-story office tower and two 22-story wings, known as the Civic Opera Building. This structure opened on November 4, 1929 and has an Art Deco interior.  The Civic Opera House has 3,563 seats, making it the second-largest opera auditorium in North America. Built for the Chicago Civic Opera, today it is the permanent home of the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
The Palmolive Building, formerly the Playboy Building, is a 37-story Art Deco building at 919 N. Michigan Avenue in Chicago. It was built by Holabird &amp; Root. It was completed in 1929. It was home to the Colgate-Palmolive-Peet corporation.
The Chicago Temple Building is a 173-meter (568 foot) tall skyscraper church located at 77 W. Washington St. in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It is home of the First United Methodist Church of Chicago. It was completed in 1924 and has 23 floors dedicated to religious and office use. It is the tallest church building in the world, although Ulm Minster is the tallest church in the world.
The Inland Steel Building, located at 30 W. Monroe Street in Chicago is one of the city's defining commercial high-rises of the post-World War II era of modern architecture. It was built in the years 1956–1957 and was the first skyscraper to be built in the Chicago Loop following the Great Depression of the 1930s. Its principal designers were Bruce Graham and Walter Netsch of the Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill architecture firm.
The Fordham is one of the tallest residential buildings in Chicago. The 52-story building was completed in 2003 at a height of 574 ft (175 m) and features a château-like roof. It was designed by Solomon, Cordwell, Buenz and Associates and developed by the Fordham Company. The Fordham contains some of the most expensive residential units in Chicago with penthouses occupying the top ten floors of the building.
Union Station is a major railroad station that opened in 1925 in Chicago. It replaced an earlier station built in 1881. It is now the only intercity rail terminal in Chicago, as well as being the city's primary terminal for commuter trains.  The station stands on the west side of the Chicago River between West Adams Street and West Jackson Boulevard, just outside the Chicago Loop. Including approach and storage tracks, it is about nine and a half city blocks in size. Its facilities are mostly underground, buried beneath streets and skyscrapers. It is located near the Willis Tower.
Holy Name Cathedral, formally the Cathedral of the Holy Name, is the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago, one of the largest Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States. It is also the parish church of the Archbishop of Chicago. It is located in Chicago, Illinois in the United States, Holy Name Cathedral replaced the Cathedral of Saint Mary and the Church of the Holy Name, both destroyed by the Great Chicago Fire in October 1871. The cathedral was finally dedicated on November 21, 1875.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago () was established as a diocese in 1843 and as an archdiocese in 1880. This local church is shepherded by Blase J. Cupich. It is one of the largest Roman Catholic dioceses in the United States. Leadership: Pope Francis, Cardinal Blase Cupich
The NBC Tower is an office tower on the Near North Side of Chicago, Illinois, United States located at 454 North Columbus Drive (455 North Cityfront Plaza is also used as a vanity address for the building) in downtown Chicago's Magnificent Mile area.  It was completed in 1989, the 37-story building reaches a height of 627 feet (191 m). NBC's Chicago offices, studios, and owned-and-operated station WMAQ-TV are located here as of 1989. Formerly its former radio sister WMAQ/WSCR was located here. WSNS-TV is also located here.
Carola Maria Häggkvist (; born 8 September 1966), also known as simply Carola, is a Swedish singer and occasional songwriter. She has been among Sweden's most popular performers since the early 1980s, and has released albums ranging from pop and disco to hymns and folk music. Some of her greatest hits include "Främling" (English: "Stranger") from 1983, "Tommy tycker om mig" ("Tommy likes me") from 1984, "Fångad av en stormvind" ("Captured by a Lovestorm") from 1991, "All the Reasons to Live" from 1992, "I Believe in Love" from 2001, "Genom allt" ("Through it all") from 2005 and "Evighet" ("Eternity") from 2006. She has represented Sweden at the Eurovision Song Contest on three occasions: in 1983, finishing third; in 1991, winning the contest; and in 2006, finishing fifth, which makes her one of the artists with the best track record in Eurovision history. Carola has released records in various languages: Swedish, Dutch, German, English, Norwegian and Japanese.
Plaza 440 is a 49-story residential condominium building located in downtown Chicago, Illinois. Originally built in 1992, it underwent a condominium conversion in 2005. The building contains 457 residential units and shares a mixed-use development.
Dame Kathleen Mary Ollerenshaw, née Timpson, DBE (1 October 1912 – 10 August 2014) was a British mathematician and politician. She was Lord Mayor of Manchester from 1975 to 1976 and an advisor on educational matters to Margaret Thatcher's government in the 1980s. Ollerenshaw died in Didsbury, England on 10 August 2014 from natural causes, aged 101.
Irena "Kika" Szaszkiewiczowa (4 March 1917 – 11 August 2014) was a Polish artist, writer and blogger. Her fictional adventures were described in the comics called "Szaszkiewiczowa, czyli Ksylolit w jej życiu", which was being published in "Przekrój" since 1958. During World War II, she was a member of Armia Krajowa. In 1969–2007 she lived in Norway.  In 2011, she published her memoir titled "Podwójne życie Szaszkiewiczowej" ("The Double Life of Szaszkiewiczowa"). Since 2013, she runs a blog "Moje pierwsze 100 lat" ("My First 100 Years"). Her sister, Maria Jarochowska, was a writer and communist activist. Szaszkiewiczowa died in her appartament in Kraków, Poland from natural causes, aged 97.
Nea Salamis Famagusta FC is a football club from Famagusta, Cyprus. It has been a refugee club since the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. This is when Turkey liberated the northern part of the island. The club is temporarily based in Larnaca. Honours. Cyprus Football Association
Alki Larnaca was a football club from Cyprus. It was based in Larnaka. Honours. Cyprus Football Association
Lucien van Impe, (born 20 October 1946) is a Belgian cyclist, who raced between 1969 and 1987. He was mainly a climber in long races such as the Tour de France. He was the winner of the 1976 Tour de France. He won the polka dot jersey for best climber in the Tour de France six times. Biography. In 1968 van Impe was King of the Mountains in the Tour de l'Avenir. He says that Federico Bahamontes helped van Impe to get a contract with a cycling team. Bahamontes had previously won the Tour de France. In 1969, Van Impe started his professional career with 12th place in the Tour de France. In 1971, Van Impe won his first polka dot jersey. He would repeat that five more times, winning in 1972, 1975, 1977, 1981, and 1983. He shared the record for most wins in the polka dot jersey competition with Bahamontes. Richard Virenque broke this record when he won his seventh polka dot jersey in 2004. He won the mountain classification in the Giro d'Italia twice. He was not as good at one day races. It was a surprise that he won the national championship in 1983. Van Impe started the Tour de France fifteen times. He reached the finish in Paris every time. Only Joop Zoetemelk finished more times. He is now head of a cycling team of professional riders, called Wanty-Groupe Gobert. Lucien Van Impe lives in Impe with his wife Rita. He has two grown up children, a son and a daughter. His house is called Alpe D'Huez. It is named after the French mountain where he took the yellow jersey of the Tour de France in 1976. Van Impe has never tested positive for drugs, refused a doping test or confessed to doping.  1st Stage 8 Tour de l'Avenir  1st Overall Vuelta Ciclista a Navarra  1st Stage
Edwin Stafford Nelson, known as Ed Nelson (December 21, 1928 – August 9, 2014), was an American actor. He was best known for his role as Dr. Michael Rossi in the ABC television series "Peyton Place". Nelson died from congestive heart failure in Greensboro, North Carolina, aged 85.
The Chicago and North Western Railway's Kinzie Street railroad bridge (also known as the Carroll Avenue bridge) is a bascule bridge across the north branch of the Chicago River in downtown Chicago, Illinois. When it opened in 1908, it was the world's longest and heaviest bascule bridge. The "Chicago Sun-Times" was the last railroad customer to the east of the bridge. They moved their printing plant out of downtown Chicago in 2000. The bridge has been unused since then. It was designated a Chicago Landmark in 2007.
The Wabash Avenue Bridge (officially, Irv Kupcinet Bridge) over the Chicago River was built in 1930. Standing west of the Michigan Avenue Bridge and southwest of the Trump International Hotel and Tower. The bascule bridge connects the Near North Side with "The Loop" area.  The single-deck, double leaf bridge was designed by Thomas Pihlfeldt and built by the Ketler and Elliot Company. The American Institute of Steel Construction awarded it the "Most Beautiful" bridge in 1930.
The Des Plaines River Valley Bridge is a post-tensioned concrete girder bridge in the northeastern portion of the U.S. state of Illinois. It carries Interstate 355 over the Des Plaines River, the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal, the Illinois and Michigan Canal, several railroad lines, Bluff Road, New Avenue and a forest preserve. This is officially named the Veterans Memorial Bridge.  There are title plaques on the square pillars at the North and South entrances to the bridge. The bridge is long.
The Birthplace of Ronald Reagan, also known as the Graham Building, is located in an apartment on the second floor of a late 19th-century commercial building in Tampico, Illinois, United States. The building was built in 1896 and housed a tavern from that time until 1915. On February 6, 1911 the future 40th President of the United States, Ronald Reagan, was born in the apartment there, the family moving into a house in Tampico a few months later. Architecturally, the two story brick building is similar to its neighbors, all of which are part of a historic district added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
"Fancy" is a song by recording artist Iggy Azalea. It features English singer-songwriter Charli XCX, who also sings in the song. This song is from her first studio album, "The New Classic". It was released on 17 February 2014 as the fourth single from the album. The song hit #1 on the "Billboard" Hot 100 in the United States and on the Canadian Hot 100. "Fancy" was also successful in several other countries. In the US, "Fancy" was ranked #4 on the Year-End "Billboard" Hot 100 of 2014. It was the second-best performing song by a woman of the year, behind Katy Perry's "Dark Horse". The song was certified 7× Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America for shipments and streams of over 7 million copies in that country alone. Music video. The music video copies some scenes from "Clueless" and features the two artists in a high-school setting, with scenes recorded in a classroom and schoolyard.
Charlotte Emma Aitchison (born 2 August 1992), known professionally as Charli XCX, is a English singer, songwriter and occasional actress. She began her singing career in 2008. In 2014 she sang on "Fancy" by Iggy Azalea. That song hit number one on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Charli XCX was born in Cambridge to an Indian mother from Uganda and a Scottish father. She grew up in Start Hill, Essex. Her first album, "14", was released in 2008. Her second album, and her first major label studio album, "True Romance", was released in 2013. She wrote the songs "I Love It" with Icona Pop and "Fancy" with Iggy Azalea. In 2014, her song "Boom Clap" reached the top 10 on the "Billboard" Hot 100. Her second album, "Sucker", was released on 16 December 2014. Her third album, "Charli", was released on 13 September 2019. Her fourth album, "How I'm Feeling Now", was released on 15 May 2020. Her fifth album, "Crash", was released on 18 March 2022. Her sixth album, "Brat", was released on 29 February 2024. This would then go on to be one of her biggest projects sparking the internet trend "Brat summer" Discography. Studio albums Tours. Headlining Co-headlining Supporting
Magic! is a Canadian reggae fusion band. In 2014 the group released the song "Rude" off their album "Don't Kill the Magic".  All members of the band are from the Toronto area. The group began during 2012.
Johan August Strindberg ( 22 January 1849 in Stockholm- 14 May 1912 in Stockholm) was a Swedish writer and artist. Early life. He was born as the fourth child of Carl Oscar Strindberg and Ulrike Eleonora. For the art he was not really interested, but it came later. Later, he began his medical studies at the University in Uppsala, tried to be an actor and worked before his career as a writer and journalist.  In the middle of the 19th century he lived in France, Switzerland, Germany, Denmark and England.  Career. Beside writing books and something different he was really interested in drawing and natural sciences. 1877 August married Siri von Essen, an actress from the royal drama. With her he had three kids- Karin (1880), Greta (1881) and Hans (1884). After married Frida Strindberg-Uhl he had his inferno-crisis, with full of hallucinations and death thoughts.  Personal life. In 1896, he came back to Stockholm and died at the 14th May 1912 in Stockholm. He was buried in Solna next to his first wife, Finnish actress, Siri von Essen.
Good Morning, Vietnam is a 1987 American war-comedy-drama movie. It was written by Mitch Markowitz and directed by Barry Levinson. It is set in Saigon in 1965, during the Vietnam War. It stars Robin Williams as a radio DJ on Armed Forces Radio Service. Co-stars include Forest Whitaker and Robert Wuhl. The story is loosely based on the experiences of AFRS radio DJ Adrian Cronauer. Most of Williams' radio broadcasts were improvised. Williams was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.
Night at the Museum is a 2006 American fantasy adventure-comedy movie. It is based on the 1993 children's book of the same name by Milan Trenc. It stars Ben Stiller, Carla Gugino, Dick Van Dyke, Mickey Rooney, Bill Cobbs, Jake Cherry, Ricky Gervais, Owen Wilson, Steve Coogan, and Robin Williams. This is the first movie in the movie series. "Night at the Museum" was followed by a sequel titled ', which was released on May 22, 2009 and the third movie ' will be released on December 19, 2014.
Dead Poets Society is a 1989 American drama movie directed by Peter Weir and starring Robin Williams. It is set at the conservative and aristocratic Welton Academy in Vermont in 1959, it tells the story of an English teacher who inspires his students through his teaching of poetry. The movie was critically acclaimed and was nominated for many awards. The script was written by Tom Schulman. It is based on his life at the Montgomery Bell Academy in Nashville, Tennessee. Filming took place at St. Andrew's School in Middletown, Delaware.
Samuel Frederick "Sam" Smith (born 19 May 1992) is a British singer-songwriter. Smith became famous in October 2012 when the song "Latch" by Disclosure came out. In 2013, the single "Lay Me Down" was released. In 2014, Smith released the singles "Stay with Me" and "Money on My Mind" from the album "In the Lonely Hour." This album became a major international success. The 2015 song "Writing's on the Wall" was recorded for the 2015 James Bond movie "Spectre." It won a Golden Globe Award and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. In 2017, Smith released the album "The Thrill of It All". The first single from the album. "Too Good at Goodbyes", received good reviews. It reached number one on United Kingdom music charts and number four on the "Billboard" Hot 100.  Personal life. Smith was born in London. Smith came out as gay in May 2014 and non-binary in 2019. They prefer to be referred to as “they/them”.  Discography. See
Toys is a 1992 fantasy dark-comedy movie directed by Barry Levinson. It stars Robin Williams, Michael Gambon, Joan Cusack, Robin Wright, LL Cool J, and Jamie Foxx. It was released on December 18, 1992.