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Charlotte Jeanne Béraud de La Haye de Riou (4 October 1738 – 6 February 1806) was a mistress of Louis Philippe d'Orléans, Duke of Orléans, and later his wife. However, Louis XV would not allow her to become the Duchess. She is known simply as Madame de Montesson. For her husband's fun and her own, she set up a small theatre and wrote many plays, in which she acted. She was a friend of Joséphine de Beauharnais. She married twice but had no children. In 1770, a small home was built in Paris for her use. The building was called the Hôtel de Montesson. It was destroyed by fire in 1810. Brief biography. Born in Paris in 1738 she was the only daughter of Jean Béraud de La Haye de Riou, Seigneur of la Gauvrillère and Josefa Minard. Her father was from an old Breton family. She first married a seventy-year-old widower Jean Baptiste de Montesson, Marquis of Montesson on 11 October 1757. He died in 1769. Her beauty and intelligence attracted the attention of the widowed Louis Philippe d'Orléans who she secretly married in 1773 with the authorisation of King Louis XV. After her marriage to the Louis Philippe, Duke of Orléans, a member of the royal family and a Prince du Sang, her low rank did not allow her the title of Duchess of Orléans, nor having the rank of a Princess of the blood. During the French Revolution, she was arrested and imprisoned in the Temple Prison in Paris. She died in Paris aged 67. She was buried at the Église Saint-Roch, Paris.
Lavelle White (born July 3, 1929) is an American blues and soul singer-songwriter. After performing most during her adulthood, White released three albums, the first of which was issued in 1994 when she was aged 65. She has been nominated several times for a Blues Music Award, and in 2006 was inducted into the Texas Music Hall of Fame. The same year her ensemble was voted the Best Blues Band in "The Austin Chronicle" Music Awards.
Stanisław Paweł Stefan Jan Sebastian Skrowaczewski (; October 3, 1923 – February 21, 2017) was a Polish-American classical conductor and composer. Skrowaczewski was born in Lwów (then in Poland, now in Ukraine). Between 1983 and 1992 he was principal conductor of the Hallé Orchestra in Manchester. Between 1995 and 1997, Skrowaczewski served as artistic advisor to the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra. He received the Commander Order of the White Eagle. Skrowaczewski died in Minneapolis, Minnesota on February 21, 2017, aged 93.
Joseph Blatchford (born June 7, 1934) was the third Director of the United States Peace Corps. Blatchford was appointed Peace Corps Director in 1969 by President Richard Nixon. He retired 1971. Blatchford was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was raised in Beverly Hills, California.
Steve Hewlett (8 August 1958 – 20 February 2017) was a British print and radio journalist. He served as visiting professor of Journalism and Broadcast Policy at the University of Salford. He worked for the BBC and The Guardian and for programs such as "Nationwide" and "Watchdog". Hewlett died in London from oesophageal cancer on 20 February 2017, aged 58.
Desmond Connell (24 March 1926 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish cardinal in the Roman Catholic Church. He was an Archbishop of Dublin and Primate of Ireland.  Cardinal Connell was one of a number of senior clergy to have been heavily criticized for inaction and for making misleading statements in connection with clerical sex abuse in Dublin.
Anthony Downs (; November 21, 1930 – October 2, 2021) was an American economist. He specialized in public policy and public administration. He was a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C., beginning in 1977. Before 1977, Downs served for 18 years a member and then Chairman of Real Estate Research Corporation. He also was a Senior Analyst at the RAND Corporation and a professor at the University of Chicago. Downs died on October 2, 2021 in Bethesda, Maryland at the age of 90.
Reinhard Justus Reginald Selten (5 October 1930 – 23 August 2016) was a German economist. He won the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences (shared with John Harsanyi and John Nash). He is also well known for his work in bounded rationality and can be thought as one of the founding fathers of experimental economics. Selten was professor emeritus at the University of Bonn, Germany. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1990. Selten, who was partly Jewish, died on 23 August 2016 in Poznań, Poland, aged 85.
Keisha Castle-Hughes (born 24 March 1990) is an Australian-born New Zealand actress. She started her career in 2001. Biography. Castle-Hughes was born in Donnybrook, Western Australia. Her mother is Māori and her father is an Australian. She moved to New Zealand at the age of one. She grew up in Auckland. She became a New Zealand citizen in 2001. Castle-Hughes also has four younger siblings: Rhys, Liam, Maddisyn and Quade. Castle-Hughes is best known for her role as Paikea "Pai" Apirana in the movie "Whale Rider" (2002). For this, she was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actress. She was the youngest person to be nominated for the award at the time. She has also appeared in the movies ' (2005), "Hey, Hey, It's Esther Blueburger" (2008) and "Red Dog" (2011). On television, she has appeared in "The Walking Dead", "Game of Thrones" and '. Castle-Hughes and Bradley Hull, her partner from 2003 to 2010, have a daughter, Felicity-Amore Hull (born 25 April 2007). She was married to Jonathan Morrison from 2013 to 2016. She has bipolar disorder.
Tangaki Taulupe "Toby" Faletau (born 12 November 1990) is a Welsh rugby union player. He plays as a back row forward. He has played over sixty times for Wales since 2011. For club, he played for Cross Keys RFC and Newport RFC before joining the Newport Gwent Dragons. He has played for Bath Rugby since 2016. Faletau was born in Tofoa, Tonga. His father is Tongan international Kuli Faletau. He grew up in Pontypool, Wales.
Sharon Cohen (born February 2, 1972), better known as Dana International, is an Israeli pop singer. She has released eight albums and three compilation albums. She is a trans woman. Dana International won the Eurovision Song Contest in 1998 with the song "Diva". She later returned to the contest in 2011 with the song "Ding Dong", but her song did not qualify for the final.
Stephen Michael Gleason (born March 19, 1977) is a former American football player. He played mainly as a safety. He played for the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints of the National Football League (NFL) between 2000 and 2007. He was best known for blocking a punt in 2006, which became a symbol of recovery for New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. In 2019, Gleason was honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. Gleason was born in Spokane, Washington. He is married to Michel Rae Varisco. They have two children. In 2011, he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease.
Francis Pollet (born at Roubaix, 5 May 1964) is a French General officer. From March 2017 to the 30th of June 2022, he is the director-general of the "Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées" (French private aerospace university). Pollet graduated from the École de l'Air in 1985. He started his career as fighter pilot and corporate pilot for Prime Minister Lionel Jospin and President Jacques Chirac. He worked in human resources and operational activities. In 2003, he joined higher education as head of École de l'Air at Salon-de-Provence. In March 2017, he became head of the "Institut Polytechnique des Sciences Avancées". He leaves the school the 30th of June 2022, replaced by Valérie Cornetet.
Florac Trois Rivières is a French commune, a "subprefecture" of the Lozère department, in the Occitanie region. It is also the capital of the "arrondissement" of Florac. The municipality was established on 1 January 2016 when the former "communes" of Florac and La Salle-Prunet were combined to form the new "commune". Geography. Florac Trois Rivières is in the valley of the Tarnon river, a small river that flows through the Lozère department before joining the Tarn river. The "commune" is found at the start of the Gorges du Tarn (a canyon formed by the Tarn river). The city and the Tarnon valley are within the Cévennes National Park but they are not part of the park. The "commune" of Florac Trois Rivières has an area of and its average altitude is ; at the city hall, the altitude is . The "commune" is surrounded by the "communes" Quézac, Bédouès-Cocurès, Pont de Montvert - Sud Mont Lozère, Cans et Cévennes, Vebron and Montbrun. The climate in Florac Trois Rivières in the Köppen climate classification is Cfb - Oceanic climate with template summers. Population. , Florac Trois Rivières had 2,107 inhabitants for a density of persons/km2. The inhabitants of this city are known, in French, as "Floracois" (women: "Floracoises"). Twinned and partner towns. Florac Trois Rivières is twinned with:
Maccabi Ahi Nazareth Football Club, Hebrew: מכבי אחי נצרת - Mo'adon Kaduregel Maccabi Aḥi Natzrat, Arabic: نادي كرة القدم اخاء الناصرة - Nade Korat Alqadam Maccabi Ekhaa Al-Nasera) is an Israeli football club in Nazareth. The club was established in 1968 and plays in the Liga Leumit.
Executive Order 13769, also called Protecting the Nation from Foreign Terrorist Entry into the United States, is an executive order signed by United States President Donald Trump on January 27, 2017. It limits travel to the United States from some countries and by all refugees. The order said that no more than 50,000 refugees could be let into the United States in fiscal year 2017 until it was deemed to be in the national interest by President Trump. It stopped the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) for 120 days (about four months). After that 120 days, the program would start again for individual countries. The order also stopped the entry of refugees from Syria. The order tells some Cabinet secretaries to stop entry of nationals from countries that do not meet adjudication standards under the Immigration and Nationality Act. The United States Department of Homeland Security lists these countries as Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen.  The Department of Homeland Security later allowed green card holders and dual nationals of other countries to enter the United States. However, they had to have a passport or nationality of a non-listed country. There were many lawsuits that tried to stop the order. One was "State of Washington v. Trump", which resulted in a temporary restraining order (TRO). The TRO was issued on February 3, 2017. It stopped much of the executive order. The issue is about whether the order is legal and whether it is against the United States Constitution. More than 100 travelers were held. They were held for hours without family or legal assistance. Up to 60,000 visas were taken away. Protests against the order took place in airports and cities. The order was criticized by Democratic and Republican members of U.S. Congress, Catholic bishops, business leaders and universities.
An executive order is a rule or order made by a President of the United States. The order tells agencies and officers of the Federal government of the United States things that they must do. Executive orders can be stopped by the courts in a process called judicial review. They may be stopped if they are against laws or against the Constitution of the United States. Executive orders have a big effect on the internal affairs of government. They decide how and to what degree legislation will be enforced. They also deal with emergencies and wars.
Ricardo Domínguez (20 July 1985 – 22 February 2017), nicknamed Pelón, was a Mexican professional boxer. He fought in the light welterweight division. He was best known for having won the 2009 Campeón Azteca tournament at lightweight. After 50 bouts, he won 37 of them. He was born in Culiacán, Sinaloa. Dominguez died from colon cancer on 22 February 2017, at the age of 31.
Bengt Olov Emanuel "Julle" Gustavsson (13 January 1928 – 16 February 2017) was a Swedish footballer and manager. He played as a defender. He played for IFK Norrköping, Atalanta and Åtvidabergs FF. He also played for the Sweden national football team during the 1958 FIFA World Cup. He was born in Ringarum, Östergötland County. Gustavsson died on 16 February 2017 in Norrköping, at the age of 89.
Crito is a dialogue written by the ancient Greek writer and philosopher Plato in 360 BC. Its only characters are Socrates and Crito.  It centers around the moral consequences of helping Socrates escape from prison. Socrates argues against defying the law, even though Crito is willing to help him. Eventually Socrates convinces Crito that morally, Socrates must stay in prison and accept his execution.  Plato, who had been a student of Socrates, wrote this dialogue among many others. Socrates is often a character of Plato's works, and the dialogue between Crito and Socrates is based on the death of Socrates. Socrates did in fact get executed by drinking hemlock.
A teen situation comedy or teen sitcom is a type of situation comedy television show that is made for teenagers. The main characters on a teen sitcom are usually teenagers. The shows are usually about problems that are common for teenagers. Well known teen sitcoms include "Saved by the Bell", "Hannah Montana", "The Adventures of Pete &amp; Pete", and "iCarly".
A Night to Remember is a 1958 British drama movie. The movie was adapted from Walter Lord's book of the same name. Plot. The RMS "Titanic" is christened for its maiden voyage. Passengers and crew get on board the ship. The ship departs from port on April 10, 1912 and heads out into sea. The ship receives a number of ice warnings from other ships. However, only a few of the messages are sent to Captain Edward J. Smith. The captain does not slow down the ship, or consider an alternate route. Late on Sunday, April 14, one of the lookouts sees an iceberg in front of the ship. "Titanic" turns hard to port and tries to avoid the iceberg. But the ship eventually hits the iceberg on its starboard side. The first five compartments, below the waterline, are ripped open. Thomas Andrews, the ship's maker, inspects the damage. He then learns the ship will sink within two hours. Making matters worse, the ship does not have enough lifeboats for all the people aboard. A distress signal is sent out. The radio operator on the RMS "Carpathia" hears the distress call, understands the emergency and alerts Captain Arthur Rostron. Rostron, right away, orders the "Carpathia" to head to the "Titanic" at full speed. But unfortunately, it will take four hours to reach the "Titanic". Captain Smith orders Officers William Murdoch and Charles Lightoller to begin lowering the lifeboats. Women and children are let on the boats first. However, the women and children are not that happy about getting into the lifeboats. They are then forced into the boats by officers. The "Carpathia" is racing to the "Titanic" site. Before "Carpathia" can get there, though, "Titanic" sinks. On the "Carpathia", Lightoller is told by Rostron that only 705 people have survived. They have only passed one body.  Historical inaccuracies. As with many "Titanic" movies made prior to 1985, this movie shows "Titanic" sinking in one piece. But in reality, the ship broke in two before sinking. Reception. The movie won several awards, including a Golden Globe Award for Best English-Language Foreign Film.
The Pontine Islands are a small archipelago along the Gulf of Gaeta, in the Tyrrhenian Sea off the west coast of Italy, at about from the European continent. The islands were named after the largest island in the group, Ponza. Geography. The archipelago has an area of about with a resident population of about 4,076 persons. During the summers, many people visit the islands. They islands, Ponza and Ventotene, can be reached by ferry or hydrofoil. The highest point in the archipelago is Monte Guardia in the southern end of the Ponza island; it is high. Muncipalities. The archipelago has six islands and several islets divided in two groups, part of two "comuni" of the Latina province:
On the Beach is a novel by Nevil Shute, a British author who emigrated to Australia. It was published in 1957. It tells about the world after atomic war. Last people live in Australia and wait for coming of the radioactive cloud. When they start being sick of the radiation, they commit suicide.  A movie based on the book was made in 1959. Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner starred in it.
Frank Delaney (24 October 1942 – 22 February 2017) was an Irish novelist, journalist and broadcaster. He was the author of the "New York Times" best-seller "Ireland", the non-fiction book "", and many other works of fiction, non-fiction and collections.  Delaney was born in Tipperary, Ireland.
Sir Cosmo Dugal Patrick Thomas Haskard KCMG MBE (25 November 1916 – 21 February 2017) was an Irish-born British colonial administrator and retired British Army officer. He was born in Dublin. He served as Governor of the Falkland Islands from 1964 through 1970. He turned 100 in November 2016. Haskard died on 21 February 2017 in Bantry Bay, County Cork, Ireland, aged 100.
Douglas Evans Coe (October 20, 1928 – February 21, 2017) was an American evangelical leader. He served as associate director of the Christian organization, The Fellowship, (also known as a family of friends in Christ, the prayer breakfast groups). He has also been called as the "stealth Billy Graham." He was born in Medford, Oregon. In 2005, Coe was named one of the 25 most influential Evangelicals in the United States by Time magazine. Coe was an ordained Presbyterian elder and serves as a lay minister. Coe died in Annapolis, Maryland on February 21, 2017 from complications of a heart attack, aged 88.
Kendra Lust (born September 18, 1978 in Madison Heights, Michigan) is an American pornographic actress. Early life. Kendra was born to French Canadian, Mexican and Italian parents. To supplement her income in college, she stripped part time. This enabled her to afford attendance at nursing school. She worked as a nurse for seven years. Kendra left nursing after seven years as she was making more money and working fewer hours in the adult video business. Kendra is currently married to Chuck Mason. They have a daughter. Career. During the final years of her career as a nurse, Kendra worked as a webcam model. This marked a change of career to adult performer. Her first explicit scene was in March 2012 with Phoenix Marie and Rachel Starr for the adult video entertainment company Brazzers. Her first Boy/Girl scene was with Manuel Ferrara titled Locker Room Pussy in 2012. Kendra Lust has an Onlyfans Account, started in the 2020's, for exclusive content produced herself for her fans.  In January, 17, 2022 she told Renee Paquette on The Sessions Podcast (Oral Sessions at the time) that she still does some nursing while continuing to film explicit content. She spoke about how when she started, the agents weren't necessarily the best for most women and how she's worked hard to make sure women have a better experience with better agents. Kendra owns her own agency for women. Awards. Kendra has been awarded "Best Milf Fan Award" in 2015 Kendra has been awarded "XBIZ Milf Performer of the Year" 2X in both 2015 and 2016 Kendra has been awarded "XRCO Milf of the Year" in 2016  Kendra has been awarded "Hottest MILF" by AVN in 2016. Kendra has been awarded "AVN Milf Performer of the Year" 2X in both 2016 and 2017 Kendra Lust holds the honnor of being a 7X "AVN Hottest Milf Fan Award"
Jeanne Martin Cissé (6 April 1926 – 21 February 2017) was a Guinean teacher and nationalist politician. She served as ambassador to the United Nations and in 1972 was the first woman to serve as President of the United Nations Security Council. She served in the government of Guinea as Minister of Social Affairs from 1976 until the 1984 military coup. Cissé was born in Kankan, Guinea. She studied at the École Normale d'Institutrices de Rufisque in Dakar, Senegal, where she trained to become a teacher. Cissé died on 21 February 2017 in Conakry, Guinea, aged 90.
, (Seitaro Suzuki; 鈴木 清太郎; Suzuki Seitarō; 24 May 1923 – 13 February 2017) was a Japanese movie director, actor, and screenwriter. He made 40 B-movies for the Nikkatsu Company between 1956 and 1967, working most prolifically in the yakuza genre. He won critical acclaim and a Japanese Academy Award for his Taishō Trilogy, "Zigeunerweisen" (1980), "Kagero-za" (1981) and "Yumeji" (1991). His movies remained widely unknown outside Japan until a series of theatrical movies beginning in the mid-1980s, home video releases of key movies such as "Branded to Kill" and "Tokyo Drifter" became popular outside of Japan. Suzuki died on 13 February 2017 at a Tokyo hospital from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 93.
Ion William Croitoru (December 7, 1965 – February 21, 2017) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was born and raised in Ontario, Canada. Croitoru is better known by his ring names, Johnny K-9 and Bruiser Bedlam. He competed in several Canadian wrestling promotions, including Stampede Wrestling, and later wrestled for New Japan Pro Wrestling, Smoky Mountain Wrestling, and the World Wrestling Federation (WWF).  He wrestled as a jobber in the WWF, but he was booked to win titles in several other promotions. Croitoru is also famous for his history of legal problems. He was a member of Satan's Choice, a biker gang, and has also been convicted of assault, trafficking cocaine and bombing a police station.  In 2005, Croitoru was arrested for the murder of lawyer Lynn Gilbank and her husband Fred. After a lengthy investigation, the charges were dropped in June 2006 because of insufficient evidence. He worked as a security guard in Vancouver, British Columbia until being arrested in May 2009 for conspiracy to commit murder.  On January 24, 2011, Croitoru was charged with first degree murder in connection with the 2008 execution of Jonathan Barber in Burnaby, British Columbia. Croitoru died while under house arrest on February 21, 2017, at a federal halfway house in Toronto from a suspected heart attack, aged 51.
Harold Ray Denton (February 24, 1936 – February 13, 2017) was an American civil servant. He served as the Director of the Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation at the United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) from 1988 until his retirement in 1998. He is best known for his role as President Jimmy Carter's personal adviser for the Three Mile Island (TMI) accident. Denton was born in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina. He died at his home in Knoxville, Tennessee from complications of Alzheimer's disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, aged 80.
Ruth Westheimer (born Karola Ruth Siegel; June 4, 1928 – July 12, 2024) was an American sex therapist, media personality and writer. She was better known as Dr. Ruth. She is best known for her radio show "Sexually Speaking" during the 1980s. She worked for Planned Parenthood in the 1950s. She also wrote many books. Westheimer was born in Wiesenfeld, near Würzburg Germany. She was Jewish and moved to Switzerland as a child. She moved to New York City in 1956. Westheimer died at her home in New York City on July 12, 2024 at the age of 96.
Pnina Rosenblum, Hebrew: פנינה רוזנבלום (born December 30, 1954 in Petah Tikva) is a successful Israeli business woman and former politician. When she was younger, she was a model and an actress (abroad known as "Pnina Golan"), playing in several movies. In 1983 she tried to get nominated as Israel's candidate for the Eurovision Song Contest. Six years later she went into business by starting a cosmetics company called Pnina Rosenblum Ltd. In 1999 she tried to be chosen in the Knesset by forming Tnufa (an independent list meaning "momentum") with Avi Balashnikov. In December 2005 she became a Member of Knesset (MK) for Likud when several Likud politicians had switched to the recently formed Kadima. Her parliamentary career ended in March 2006 when she was not chosen in the elections. Pnina Rosenblum married and divorced the same man twice. Later on she married another man. She has German-Jewish and Iraqi-Jewish roots.