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The 1985 United States-Canada tornado outbreak occurred in the United States and Canada on May 31, 1985. In the United States, tornadoes struck the states of Ohio, Pennyslvania, and New York, and in Canada it struck in the province of Ontario. It was the largest and most intense tornado to hit this region and the worst tornado outbreak in Ohio and Pennsylvania history. United States. Niles, Ohio/Wheatland, Pennsylvania. The most intense tornado moved through Niles, Ohio and Wheatland, Pennyslvania and was an F5. The tornado killed 18 people and injured 310, and this remains the only F5 to strike Pennsylvania and was the most violent tornado in the United States in 1985. The Niles, Ohio/Wheatland, Pennsylvania tornado began around 6:30 p.m. and gathered strength as it headed towards Newton Falls, Ohio, producing F3 and F4 damage to the town. No deaths or injuries were reported in Newton Falls due to all residents taking shelter. Homes were also destroyed in Lordstown. It became an F5 later as it moved into Niles. Hundreds of homes in Niles were destroyed with the local shopping center leveled and several deaths occurred at the location. The tornado then crossed the state line into Pennsylvania, regaining its strength. 95% of the buildings in Wheatland were destroyed. The tornado weakened slightly as it moved towards Hermitage. 71 homes suffered damage or were destroyed. The tornado then destroyed homes in the Greenfield area before dissipating. Later on tornadoes broke out in southern New York, nobody was killed in the state but 20 people were injured in New York state. Canada. The tornado action moved into southeastern Ontario producing 5 tornadoes between 5:40 p.m. and 6:35 p.m. Eastern Time. The tornadoes ranged from F1-F3 intensity. At the same time the Lion's Head, Ontario tornado dissipated, severe thunderstorms developed one to the east of Clinton, Ontario and another in Walkerton, Ontario area. The power was shut off in Barrie, Ontario at 4:00 p.m.,
Razan Ashraf Abdul Qadir al-Najjar (11 September 1997 – 1 June 2018) was a Palestinian nurse. She volunteered in the Gaza health ministry. She was a resident of Khuzaa, a village near the border with Israel. She was born in Khuza'a, Khan Yunis.  Her formal training after volunteering was as a paramedic in Khan Younis at Nasser Hospital and she became an active member of the Palestinian Medical Relief Society, a non-governmental health organization. She wore the white coat of the medics and a medics vest with bandages, and was attending those wounded during protests at the border fence between Gaza and Israel during Ramadan. al-Najjar was fatally shot in the chest by an Israeli soldier as she, with her arms raised to show she was unarmed, tried to help evacuate the wounded near Israel's border fence with Gaza. She was 20 years old.
Karl Fritz Lauer (April 11, 1938 – June 5, 2018) was a Romanian-German Agricultural Scientist in Phytopathology and Herbology. He was born in Săcălaz (German Sackelhausen), Kingdom of Romania. After relocation to the German Federal Republic in 1981 he first worked as a scientist at the Botanical Institute of the University of Regensburg before taking over the management of the scientific field research for southern Germany for Rhône-Poulenc from 1983 to 1995. Lauer died in Leonberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany on June 5, 2018 at the age of 80.
Mateja Matevski (13 March 1929 – 6 June 2018) was a Macedonian poet, literary and theater critic, essayist, and translator.  Matevski was the editor of the literary journals "Mlada literatura" Association. He was also been the president of the Council of the Struga Poetry Evenings Festival, "Racinovi sredbi". He was a corresponding member of the North-American Academy in the Spanish language. Matevski was a member of the Bjornstjerne Bjornson Academy in Molde, Norway. Matevski died on 6 June 2018 in Skopje, Macedonia, aged 89. His funeral was held at the Butel City Cemetery in Skopje.
The Brazilian Space Agency (; AEB) is the Brazilian agency for the country's growing space program. It runs a spaceport at Alcântara and a launch pad at Barreira do Inferno. The Brazilian Space Agency made Brazil a part of the International Space Station mission. History. The Brazil Space Program was created in 1961 and was controlled by the Brazilian military. Since the military controlled the program, research there was not much research. Some technological research was not allowed because other countries were worried about developing ICBMs with nuclear bombs. Brazil launched it's first Brazilian made satellite on February 9, 1993. The satellite was used to study space. On February 10, 1994, the Brazilian military stopped running the Space Program, which then became the Brazilian Space Agency. In 2003, a rocket exploded and killed 21 people. Brazil was able to successfully launch its first rocket into space on October 23, 2004. Several other successful launches have followed. On March 30, 2006, Brazilian astronaut Marcos Pontes became the first Brazilian and the first native Portuguese-speaking person to go to space. He stayed on the International Space Station for a week. He landed in Kazakhstan on April 8, 2006 with the astronauts on Expedition 12. Launch Sites. Alcântara Launch Center. The Alcântara Launch Center (; CLA) is the main launch site and home to the Brazilian Space Agency. It is in the state of Maranhão. This place is good because not many people live there and it is easy to protect. It also gives good access to the sky and sea. Since it is close to the equator, it makes launching a special type of satellite that stays over one part of the earth much easier. Barreira do Inferno Launch Center. The Barreira do Inferno Launch Center (; CLBI) is another launch site of the Brazilian Space Agency. It is in the state of Rio Grande do Norte. It is mostly used to launch a special type of rocket for research. It also helps the Alcântara Launch Center.
Freddy Eugen (4 February 1941 – 8 June 2018) was a Danish cyclist. He was born in København, Denmark. Eugen was active between 1961 and 1969 on the road and track. On track he won two European medals in the madison event in 1967 and 1968. On the road he won 9 six-day races out of 95 starts, including the Six Days of Amsterdam (1967), as well as one stage of the Tour de Suisse (1963). Eugen died on 8 June 2018 in Copenhagen from esophageal cancer at the age of 77.
John Albert "Pie" McKenzie (December 12, 1937 – June 8, 2018) was a Canadian professional hockey player and coach. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for several seasons. He notably played with the Boston Bruins, with whom he won the Stanley Cup twice (1970, 1072). McKenzie also played several seasons in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He was born in High River, Alberta. McKenzie also played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and the New York Rangers. McKenzie died at age 80 on June 8, 2018 from a long-illness in Boston, Massachusetts.
Irving Thomas Stuttaford, OBE (4 May 1931 – 8 June 2018) was a British physician, author, and medical columnist of "The Times". He served as a Conservative Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1974.  In 2002, he retired as Senior Medical Advisor for Barclays Bank. In the years that followed he continued to write a regular monthly column for "The Oldie" and was a frequent contributor to "Healthspan", an online retailer of vitamin supplements, and occasionally to other national newspapers and journals. Stuttaford died on 8 June 2018 at the age of 87.
Neal Evans Boyd (November 18, 1975 – June 10, 2018) was an American pop opera singer and television contestant. He was best known as being the winner of the third season of "America's Got Talent". He was born in Missouri.  Boyd signed to Decca Records and released his debut album, "My American Dream," on June 23, 2009, the day of the fourth season premiere of "America's Got Talent." It debuted at #195 on the "Billboard" 200 and #3 on the Top Classical Albums Chart. Boyd was a Republican. He ran for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives in 2012 and in 2014, but lost in the election. Boyd died at the age of 42 on June 10, 2018, of heart and kidney failure in Sikeston, Missouri.
Katarzyna Janina Łaniewska-Błaszczak (20 June 1933 – 7 December 2020) was a Polish actress, opposition activist in the Polish People's Republic, and a political activist beginning in 1989. She was born in Łódź, Poland. From 1970 to 1974, she starred in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek". In the Polish parliamentary elections in 2011, Łaniewska was the nonpartisan candidate to the Senate on behalf of the Law and Justice party in Warsaw. She received nearly 100 thousand votes (nearly 31%).  She was the president of the Warsaw branch of the Association of Polish Artists from 1992 to 2006. She served on the Skolimowska Commission of the Main Board of the Polish Actors Association. From 1954 to 1964, she was married to actor Ignacy Gogolewski.  Łaniewska died on 7 December 2020 in Łódź at the age of 87.
Andrzej Kopiczyński (15 April 1934 – 13 October 2016) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 50 movies and television between 1958 and 2016. He was known for his starring role as Stefan Karwowski in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek" (1974-1977). Kopiczyński was born in Międzyrzec Podlaski, Poland. Kopiczyński died in Warsaw on 13 October 2016 of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 82.
Czterdziestolatek or 40-latek (the English translation: a forty-year-old); broadcast in English by TVP Polonia. It was broadcasted under the title of "Being Forty". It is a Polish television comedy series which ran from 1974 to 1977.  It was very popular that it was continued and led to the release of a movie "I'm a Butterfly, a 40-year-old's Love Affair" and a New Year's Eve television program in 1975. The series was written by Jerzy Gruza and Krzysztof Teodor Toeplitz and was broadcast on Telewizja Polska. In total, 21 episodes were made. It starred Andrzej Kopiczyński, Roman Kłosowski, Anna Seniuk, Irena Kwiatkowska, Wojciech Pokora, Leonard Pietraszak, Katarzyna Łaniewska, Wiesław Gołas, Alina Janowska, Jan Kociniak, Tadeusz Pluciński, Lech Ordon, Jan Pietrzak, Jan Kobuszewski and Krzysztof Kowalewski. The show was about a family in Warsaw who goes through midlife crisis, affairs, addiction, obsession with hair loss, efforts to maintain physical fitness, pride in achievements and professional life, society's role and health.
Roman Kłosowski (14 February 1929 – 11 June 2018) was a Polish actor. He starred in "Shadow" ("Cień") in 1956, which entered into the 1956 Cannes Film Festival. He starred in the Aleksander Ford movie "The First Day of Freedom" which was entered into the 1965 Cannes Film Festival. From 1974 to 1976 he starred in the successful television comedy series "Czterdziestolatek". From 1975 to 1981 he directed the Universal Theater in Łódź and from 1981 worked at the Warsaw Mermaid Theater.
Leonard Józef Pietraszak (6 November 1936 — 1 February 2023) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 60 movies and television shows since 1957. He was born in Bydgoszcz, Poland. He is known for his role in the comedy television series "Czterdziestolatek". Pietraszak also starred in "Stawka większa niż życie" (1967), "How I Unleashed World War II" (1970), "Vabank" (1981), "Danton" (1983), "Kingsajz" (1987) and "Letters to Santa" (2011).
Tadeusz Leszek Pluciński (25 September 1926 – 23 April 2019) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 40 movies and television shows from 1951. He was born in Łódź, Poland. He starred in "Warsaw Premiere" (1951), "Westerplatte" (1967), "Stawka większa niż życie" (1967) and the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek" (1974–1977).
The 2019 UEFA Super Cup was the 44th UEFA Super Cup, an annual football match organised by UEFA and contested by the reigning champions of the two main European club competitions, the UEFA Champions League and the UEFA Europa League. The match was played by two English teams, Liverpool, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League, and Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League. The match was played at the Vodafone Park in Istanbul, Turkey on 14 August 2019. It was the first all-English UEFA Super Cup, and the eighth overall Super Cup to feature two teams from the same country. For the first time, the video assistant referee (VAR) system was used in the UEFA Super Cup. Liverpool beat Chelsea 5-4 on penalties after finishing 2-2 at the end of 120 minutes.  Match. Details. The Champions League winners will be called as the "home" team for administrative purposes. &lt;onlyinclude&gt; &lt;/onlyinclude&gt;
Jan Stefan Pietrzak (pronounced ; born 26 April 1937) is a Polish comedian, politician, singer-songwriter, actor, and columnist for "Tygodnik Solidarność" (Solidarity Weekly). He was born in Warsaw. In 1967 Pietrzak founded "Pod Egidą" ("Under the Aegis"), a literacy school. He starred in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek" from 1974 to 1977. He briefly ran for President of Poland in the 1995 presidential election. On 3 May 2009 Pietrzak was honored by the President of Poland with the Order of Polonia Restituta.
Ignacy Gogolewski (17 June 1931 – 15 May 2022) was a Polish actor. He appeared in more than 30 movies. He was born in Ciechanów, Mazowieckie, Poland. He starred in "Three Stories" (1953), "Tonight a City Will Die" (1961), "The Codes" (1966), "Stawka większa niż życie" (1967) and "Boleslaw Smialy" (1972). From 1954 to 1964, he was married to actress Katarzyna Łaniewska. He died on 15 May 2022, aged 90.
Jan Kobuszewski (19 April 1934 – 28 September 2019) was a Polish actor and comedian. In 1963, he began co-hosting with Jan Kociniak the first satirical TV show on Polish television, "Wielokropek". He would also co-star with Kociniak in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek" (1974-1977). Kobuszewski was awarded the Order of Polonia Restituta, one of Poland's highest Orders, and many other Orders, including Gold Cross of Merit and Medal for Long Marital Life. He died on 28 September 2019, aged 85.
Krzysztof Kowalewski (20 March 1937 – 6 February 2021) was a Polish actor and comedian. Kowalewski was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta (2002), Gold Medal of Medal for Merit to Culture, "Gloria Artis" (2009) and Grand Prize Splendor ("Wielki Splendor") (1992). He starred in the comedy series "Czterdziestolatek" (1970–1974). Kowalewski died on 6 February 2021 in Warsaw, aged 83.
Mateusz Jakub Morawiecki (born 20 June 1968) is a Polish politician, manager, banker, economist, lawyer, historian. He was the 17th Prime Minister of Poland from 11 December 2017 until 13 December 2023. He has served as Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Development and Minister of Finance in the cabinet of Beata Szydło. His father, Kornel Morawiecki, was a politician and physicist who ran for president in 2010. On 8 December 2017, Morawiecki was designated as the Prime Minister of Poland. On 11 December he was sworn into office. Following his appointment, Morawiecki promised “continuation” rather than change in his first major parliamentary address.
An erg is a unit of measurement or energy or work that is the same as 10-7 joules. It formed part of the centimetre-gram-second system of units (CGS system of measurement which is no longer used).  An erg is about the amount of work done (or energy consumed) by one common housefly performing a "press-up", the leg-bending dip that brings its mouth to the surface on which it stands and back up.
The 2019 UEFA Champions League Final was the last match of the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League. The campaign was the 64th season of Europe's top club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 27th season since it was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. It was played at the Wanda Metropolitano in Madrid, Spain on 1 June 2019. The match was played between English sides Tottenham Hotspur, in their first European Cup final, and Liverpool, in their ninth final overall and their second in a row, having been lost to Real Madrid in 2018. Liverpool won the final 2–0, with a penalty after 106 seconds from Mohamed Salah and a strike by substitute Divock Origi in the 87th minute. It was Liverpool's sixth European Cup win and the club's first time since 2005. As winners, Liverpool will play against Chelsea, the winners of the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, in the 2019 UEFA Super Cup. They will also qualify to enter the group stage of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the spot reserved will be given to the champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Bundesliga, the 11th-ranked association according to next season's access list. In March 2018, UEFA announced that a fourth substitution will be allowed in extra time and that the number of substitutes has been increased from 7 to 12. The kick-off time was also changed from 20:45 CEST to 21:00 CEST. Teams. "In the following table, finals until 1992 were in the European Cup times, since 1993 were in the UEFA Champions League times." Road to the final. "Note: In all results below, the score of the finalist is given first (H: home; A: away)." Match. Details. The "home" team (for administrative purposes) was determined by an additional draw held after the quarter-final and semi-final draws, which was held on 15 March 2019, 12:00 CET, at the UEFA headquarters in Nyon, Switzerland. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt;
Jackie DeShannon (born August 21, 1944) is an American musician and pop singer-songwriter. She was born Sharon Lee Myers. DeShannon began her career around 1950. DeShannon is the singer of songs, such as "What the World Needs Now is Love" and "Put a Little Love in Your Heart". DeShannon was born in Hazel, Kentucky. Later, she and her parents moved to Aurora, Illinois. Many sources say DeShannon was born in 1944. Others say that she was born in 1940, 1941 or 1942.
"What the World Needs Now is Love" is an American 1965 pop song by Jackie DeShannon. It was first recorded and made popular by DeShannon. It was released on April 15, 1965. It peaked at number 7 on the U.S. "Billboard" Hot 100.  The song is about wanting love and dealing with prejudice. Other singers have recorded the song. They include Dionne Warwick. Quotation. The song contains the memorable lines: "What the world needs now is love, sweet love" "It's the only thing that there's just too little of..".
The 2019–20 UEFA Europa League will be the 49th season of Europe's secondary club football tournament organised by UEFA, and the 11th season since it was renamed from the UEFA Cup to the UEFA Europa League. The last match will be played at the Stadion Energa Gdańsk in Gdańsk, Poland. The winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League will play against the winners of the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League in the 2020 UEFA Super Cup and will also automatically qualify for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League group stage, and if they have already qualified through their league performance, the reserved place will be given to the third-placed team of the 5th-ranked association according to next season's access list. Teams. The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:  "Note: Teams in italics may still qualify for the 2019–20 UEFA Champions League, either through domestic performance, or by winning the 2018–19 UEFA Champions League or the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League."
The 2017–18 UEFA Champions League group stage began on 12 September and ended on 6 December 2017. A total of 32 teams competed in the group stage to decide the 16 places in the knockout phase of the 2017–18 UEFA Champions League. Teams. Below were the participating teams (with their 2017 UEFA club coefficients), grouped by their seeding pot. They included 22 teams which enter in this stage, and the 10 winners of the play-off round (5 in Champions Route, 5 in League Route). Format. In each group, teams played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advanced to the round of 16, while the third-placed teams entered the Europa League round of 32. Tiebreakers. &lt;section begin=Tiebreakers /&gt; Teams were ranked according to points (3 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, 0 points for a loss), and if tied on points, the following tiebreaking criteria were applied, in the order given, to determine the rankings (Regulations Articles 17.01): Groups. The matchdays were 12–13 September, 26–27 September, 17–18 October, 31 October – 1 November, 21–22 November, and 5–6 December 2017. The match kickoff times were 20:45 CEST/CET in general, except for certain matches for geographical reasons. Times are CET/CEST, as listed by UEFA (local times are in parentheses).
Qayamat Ki Raat (lit.Night of the doom) is an Indian supernatural television series. It started on 23 June 2018 in Star Plus. The show is co-produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms. Viewers. The show opened with 5.6 million impressions in its opening week.
Victoria Kalima Phiri (4 October 1972 – 11 June 2018) was a Zambian politician. She served as Minister of Gender until her death in 2018. She was also a member of the National Assembly for Kasenengwa from 2011 until her death in 2018. Kalima died at Maina Soko Military Hospital in Lusaka on 11 June 2018 after an illness, aged 45.
Philip John "Jon" Hiseman (21 June 1944 – 12 June 2018) was an English rock-blues-jazz drummer, recording engineer, record producer and music publisher. He was born in London. Hiseman was known for being the founder of the jazz-rock band Colosseum. He also performed with Tempest and John Mayall. Hiseman died on 12 June 2018 of brain cancer at the age of 73.
Lindsey Adams Buckingham (born October 3, 1949) is an American musician, singer-songwriter, and producer. He is best known as lead guitarist and one of the vocalists of the musical group Fleetwood Mac from 1975 to 1987, and then 1997 to 2018. As a member of Fleetwood Mac, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1998. In 2011, Buckingham was ranked 100th in "Rolling Stone" Magazine's 2011 list of "The 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".
Yazd Province (, "Ostān-e Yazd" ) in central Iran is one of the 31 provinces of Iran. Its capital is Yazd.
is the only child of Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako of Japan. Early life. Aiko was born on 1 December 2001 at Imperial Household Agency Hospital in Tokyo Imperial Palace. She studied at Gakushūin for her elementary and high school years, and now studies at Gakushūin University. Title  1 December 2001 Her Imperial Highness Princess Aiko (imperial title) Princess Toshi National Honors Japan  -Grand Cordon of the Order of the Precious Crown (5 December 2021)
Gloria Warren (born Gloria Weiman; April 7, 1926 – September 11, 2021) was an American actress, pianist and singer. Career. Her movie career began in 1942 with Warner Bros.. That same year, she appeared in her first motion picture, "Always in My Heart". Her singing voice was often compared to that of Deanna Durbin. She made four more movies after that, including "Dangerous Money" and "Bells of San Fernando", and retired from show business in 1947. Death. Warren died in Los Angeles, California on September 11, 2021, at the age of 95.
Spencer Ward Bohren (April 5, 1950 in Casper, Wyoming – June 8, 2019) was an American roots musician, singer, songwriter, teacher, and visual artist.  Biography. He played guitar, lap steel guitar, banjo, and percussion, and utilizes the roots of American traditional music to write songs in blues, country, gospel and folk styles. He has released fourteen albums from 1984 until 2018. Bohren died on June 8, 2019 from prostate cancer, aged 69.
Michael "Jag" Jagmin (born May 12, 1985) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. He is known for being the lead vocalist of post-hardcore band A Skylit Drive and former lead vocalist of metal band Odd Project.  Jagmin was the second vocalist of the metal band Odd Project, and was featured on their second album, "Lovers, Fighters, Sinners, Saints". He left the band in 2007.