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James Michael "Jim" Flaherty, PC, MP (December 30, 1949 – April 10, 2014) was a Canadian politician. He served as Canada's Federal Minister of Finance from February 6, 2006 until March 18, 2014. He also served as a former provincial Minister of Finance for Ontario from 2001 to 2002, a Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Ajax from 1995 to 2005, and was a member of the Ontario Progressive Conservative Party caucus. On May 21, 2013, he introduced his 2013 Budget. The Budget contained a new Building Canada Plan for the construction of public infrastructure such as roads, bridges, transit and port facilities. It was to provide $53 billion in investments to support local and economic infrastructure projects, which includes more than $47 billion in new funding over 10 years, beginning in 2014-2015. On March 18, 2014, he resigned as Minister of Finance in order to return to the private sector. He stated that the decision was reached after many months of consulting with his family and that his health was not a factor in his decision. When he was young, he played ice hockey. He was successful enough at the game to win a hockey scholarship to Princeton University. He is married to Christine Elliott who is a the Progressive Conservative Member of Provincial Parliament for Whitby—Oshawa. They live in Whitby, Ontario and have 3 triplet sons together: John, Galen and Quinn. He died on April 10, 2014 in Ottawa, at the age of 64 from a heart attack. Ottawa police said that they "received a medical call to Mr. Flaherty’s condo building at 12:27 p.m."
Jakob Bothe (born Jakob Michelsen; 8 October 1964 – 17 January 2013), better known as Jakob Arjouni, was a German writer. He received the 1992 German Crime Fiction Prize for "One Man, One Murder". He was born in Frankfurt, Hesse, West Germany. Arjouni died from pancreatic cancer on 17 January 2013 in Berlin, Germany. He was 48 years old. He was outlived by his wife and children.
Thomas Connell "Connie" Broden (April 6, 1932 – November 23, 2013) was a Canadian ice hockey forward. He played his whole National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens. He two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1957 and 1958. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. Broden died on November 23, 2013 at the St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto, Ontario. He was 81 years old. He was outlived by his wife and children.
Edward Gibbon (8 May 173716 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The "Decline and Fall" is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of Christianity. Gibbon was educated at Westminster School. He died of peritonitis in London. His response to criticism. His attack on Christianity caused several opponents to publish pamphlets against him. Gibbon defended his work with the 1779 publication of, "A Vindication ... of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire". In the mid-twentieth century one author said that "church historians allow the substantial justness of [Gibbon's] main positions".
Luka Rocco Magnotta (born Eric Clinton Kirk Newman; July 24, 1982) is a convicted Canadian murderer. He was found guilty of murdering 33-year-old Jun Lin, After killing him, Magnotta cut the body into pieces and sent these body parts to different political parties and elementary school. Lin was a Chinese international student. Magnotta has had schizophrenia since 2000. He was convicted of fraud in Toronto in 2005. He was sentenced to community service and probation. An 11-minute video, showing the murder was uploaded to Bestgore.com. It was titled "1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick". The video included footage of Magnotta repeatedly stabbing the victim and then the victim's dismemberment. After this, Magnotta ran away from Canada. He was the subject of an Interpol red notice. This led to an international manhunt. Magnotta was caught after he was found in an Internet café in Berlin. He was reading news about himself. He tried to give fake names to police before he admitted to who he was. He was handed over to Canadian authorities in Berlin on June 18, 2012. Magnotta returned to Canada on a Royal Canadian Air Force CC-150 Polaris. He was jailed in a single cell at the Rivière-des-Prairies detention centre. At 11 am on May 29, 2012, a package which contained a left foot was delivered to the main offices of the Conservative Party of Canada. Another package which contained a left hand was addressed to the Liberal Party. It was intercepted in a Canada Post processing facility. A janitor found a decomposing torso in a suitcase in the alley behind an apartment building in the Snowdon area of Montreal. On June 5, 2012, a package which contained a right foot was delivered to St. George's School. Another package which contained a right hand was sent to False Creek Elementary School in Vancouver. On June 6, 2012, Lin's family arrived at Trudeau Airport in Montreal. A candlelight vigil was then held in Montreal. The body parts were later matched to Jun Lin by DNA samples from his family. After police got an anonymous tip
Mohammad Ebrahim Bastani Parizi (12 December 1924 – 25 March 2014) was an Iranian historian and writer. He wrote over fifty non-fiction books. Most popular reads on topics such as the history of Iran. He was born in Kerman. Parizi died on 25 March 2014 in Tehran. He was 89 years old. He was outlived by his wife and children.
The Lac-Mégantic derailment happened on July 6, 2013 in the town of Lac-Mégantic, Quebec at approximately 01:15 EDT. It happened after an unattended 74-car freight train which was carrying Bakken formation crude oil ran away and derailed. The result was a fire and explosion of multiple tank cars. In the disaster, 42 people were confirmed dead and 5 missing people were presumed dead. The Lac-Mégantic derailment is the fourth deadliest rail accident in Canadian history, as well as the deadliest rail disaster in Canada since the St-Hilaire train disaster in 1864. On July 8, Canada's monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, issued a message which expressed her and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh's, "profound sadness [over the] tragic events that have befallen the town of Lac-Mégantic" and hope "that in time it will be possible to rebuild both the property and the lives of those who have been affected." Prime Minister Stephen Harper offered his prayers and condolences to those affected. The President of the United States, Barack Obama, expressed condolences for the "devastating loss of life" and offered American help, if needed.
Agent 47 is a fictional character and the protagonist of "Hitman (video game series)" franchise. The character was created by the Danish company IO Interactive.  Video games. There are eight main titles featuring Agent 47. They are "Hitman: Codename 47 (2000)", "Hitman 2: Silent Assassin (2002)", " (2004)", "Hitman: Blood Money (2006)", "Hitman: Absolution (2012)," "Hitman (2016)", "Hitman 2 (2018)" and "Hitman 3 (2021)". Appearance. Agent 47 wears a pure black suit, black leather gloves, a white dress shirt and a red tie. The Hitman video game series allows the player to engage in stealth (sneaking) mode strategy to not direct attention to himself. Agent 47 has the ability to change what he looks like by exchanging different costumes which can be stolen from enemies or from places to make the progression easier. The outfits can come from many different NPCs. Agent 47 has no hair with very white skin and blue eyes. His ICA file from states his height as 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m). In , his weight is given as . Agent 47 has a bar code tattooed on the back of his head which was very prominent in all games except for "Hitman: Absolution" where the bar code was most of the time covered in order for the character to disguise himself after it was known that Agent 47 has this bar code that could get him more notoriety. His bar code is a security key to access areas of the facility where he was created and trained. Although, in "Hitman: Blood Money" game failed to mention the bar code as a notable characteristic. Agent 47's facial features are quite imposing, with a long face, large cheekbones, prominent brow, recessed forehead and ice blue eyes. Early in "Hitman: Absolution", 47 tries to remove his iconic bar code with a razor, but it remains visible at the end of the game. Character history. Agent 47 was born on September 5, 196
Ya'akov Yosef (18 October 1946 – 12 April 2013) was an Israeli rabbi. He was also a politician and served as a member of the Knesset for Shas between 1984 and 1988. He was born in Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine. Yosef died from pancreatic cancer on 12 April 2013 at the Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem. He was 66.
A tailstrike is when the tail of an airplane hits the runway. This can happen during takeoff or landing. During takeoff, a tailstrike can happen if the pilot raises the nose too early and the plane cannot take off in time. During a landing, a tailstrike can happen if the pilot raises the nose too high during landing. Tailstrikes usually do not have serious effects, such as killing people. However, this means that the airline has to spend money to repair the plane before it can fly again. If the plane is not repaired correctly, it may cause metal fatigue and in the end, the plane can crash.
David Starkey CBE FSA (born 3 January 1945) is a British historian. He is also a presenter on television and radio. His main topic is the British Royal Family. Starkey was born in Kendal, Westmorland. He studied at Kendal Grammar School and at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he gained a PhD. In the early 1970s he moved to London, where he became a teacher.  Starkey's television work includes: "The Six Wives of Henry VIII", "Monarchy by David Starkey", "The Tudors", "" and "The Churchills". Personal life. Starkey lives in Highgate, London and Kent. He is an atheist. He is openly gay and lived with his partner James Brown. James Brown died in 2015.
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates has taught at Princeton University since 1978. Early life. Oates was born in Lockport, New York. She was raised Catholic. When she was 14 she started writing. Oates graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in English in 1960. Career. In 1960 Oates' first novel, "With Shuddering Fall", was published by The Vanguard Press. In the 1990s and early 2000s, Oates wrote several books, mostly mystery novels, under the pen names "Rosamond Smith" and "Lauren Kelly". In 2011 a book Oates wrote about her life called "A Widow’s Story" was published.
Amal Nasser el-Din (; 31 July 1928 – 9 February 2025) was an Israeli Druze writer and politician. He served as a member of the Knesset for Likud between 1977 and 1988. Nasser el-Din was born in Daliyat al-Karmel, Mandatory Palestine. Din died on 9 February 2025, at the age of 96.
Killarney is a big town in County Kerry in Ireland. The town name is an Anglicisation of the Irish words "Cill Airne". These words mean "the church of the sloe tree". Location. Killarney is in the centre of County Kerry. It is on the north east side of a lake called Lough Leane. County Kerry is on the south west coast of Ireland. It is next to the Atlantic Ocean. Tourism. Killarney is the main town in the Killarney National Park. People stay in the town to visit the tourist attractions in the area. There are many hotels and tourist shops in Killarney. It is also on the popular tourist circuit called the Ring of Kerry. The route passes spectacular mountain and coastal scenery and many historic and cultural sites.
The Cathedral of Ávila is a Romanesque and Gothic church. It is in Ávila. It is just south of Old Castile, Spain. It also has a cemetery. It was built in 1475. The Cathedral of Ávila was one of 100 finalists for the 12 Treasures of Spain in 2007.
Manuel Gutiérrez Mellado (April 30, 1912 – December 15, 1995) was a Spanish politician and general. He was the Deputy Prime Minister of Spain under Adolfo Suárez. He served from 23 September 1976 through 26 February 1981. He was also Spain's first Minister of Defense from 1977 to 1979. Mellado died in a road accident in Torremocha del Campo, Spain, aged 83.
Fernando de Santiago y Díaz de Mendívil (July 23, 1910 – November 6, 1994) was a conservative Spanish politician. He was the deputy and interim prime minister of Spain during the Spanish transition to democracy in the late 1970s.  He had earlier been a general in the Spanish Civil War and under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco.
Leopoldo Ramón Pedro Calvo-Sotelo y Bustelo, 1st Marquis of the Ría of Ribadeo, Grandee of Spain (; 14 April 1926 – 3 May 2008) was a Spanish politician. He was the prime minister during the end of Francisco Franco's dictatorship in Spain. He died of cardiac arrest at his home in Pozuelo de Alarcón, Madrid, aged 82.
The President of the Government of Spain (), is the head of Government of Spain. The office was created by the Constitution of 1978. The current Prime Minister is Pedro Sánchez. The first politician to carry the office of Prime Minister was Adolfo Suárez. Living former prime ministers. There are four living former Spanish prime ministers: The most recent Prime Minister to die was Adolfo Suárez (served 1976–1981) on 23 March 2014, aged 81.
The Railway Man is a 2013 British-Australian drama war movie. It is about a British officer who is captured by the Japanese during World War II, held prisoner, used as slave labour and tortured. He has psychological trauma from his experiences. Colin Firth plays Eric Lomax. Nicole Kidman plays Patti Lomax.  Reviews of the movie were mixed to positive. It was released December 2013 in Australia. It was released April 2014 in the United States.
The L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire happened on January 23, 2014 at the Résidence du Havre nursing home in the town of L'Isle-Verte, Quebec, Canada at approximately 12:35 a.m. An overnight worker talked to police and told Québecor Média that he was "95% sure" the fire was caused by a cigarette that was lit by a resident who refused to be let outside to smoke less than an hour earlier. He also said that the black smoke that was billowing from above the cracked open door of room 206 on the man's second-floor room. When the worker tried to help, he had "began to suffocate" and needed to leave. On his way out, he was able to rescue a man who had broken his leg by jumping from his balcony. In the fire, an estimated 32 people were killed and 15 people were injured. Fire safety experts as well as groups such as the Canadian Association of Retired Persons, Ontario Retirement Communities Association, l'Association Québécoise de Défense des Personnes Retraitées et Préretraitées and the Canadian Association of Fire Chiefs have called for more strict fire safety measures including required sprinkler installation. As of 2014, 54% of Québec's private homes for the elderly have no sprinklers. The Québec health minister Réjean Hébert suggested that the requirements be more strengthened to put sprinklers into homes for semi-autonomous elderly.
Jonathan Edward Schell (August 21, 1943 – March 25, 2014) was an American writer. He was also a visiting fellow at Yale University. He is best known for campaigning against nuclear weapons. He was born in New York City, New York. Schell died from cancer on March 25, 2014 at his home in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. He was 70 years old.
The 1994 Vancouver Stanley Cup Riot was a riot that took place on June 14, 1994 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was the first riot in Vancouver since the tour opener for The Rolling Stones which lead to a clash between police officers and 2,000 Stones fans outside the Pacific Coliseum in 1972. The riot took place after the New York Rangers defeated the Vancouver Canucks in Game 7 of the 1994 Stanley Cup Finals. The riot started on Robson and Thurlow Street after a man fell off of a streetlight into the crowd. When police, who were on bikes, were trying to escort paramedics into the crowd, some members of the crowd tried to take the bikes from the police. Police warned the crowd to clear out and retreated.  After a while, riot police gathered in the crowd and fired tear gas. This caused the crowd to scatter in different directions. Lots of stores had their windows broken, including 50 windows smashed at a Eaton's store. The tear gas that was fired drifted into the open windows of residents living on the West End. St. Paul's Hospital responded by putting guards at the emergency room entrance to prevent tear gas victims from entering there. They claimed that there was nothing that could be done for them. After a while, bowls filled with water were put outside by security guards for the people that were suffering from tear gas. The total damage to the downtown core was estimated at $1.1 million CAD.
Robert F. Coleman (November 22, 1954 – March 24, 2014) was an American mathematician and professor at the University of California, Berkeley. He worked primarily in number theory, with specific interests in "p"-adic analysis and arithmetic geometry. He is also known for introducing "p"-adic Banach spaces into the study of modular forms. Coleman died in his sleep on the night of March 24, 2014. He was 59 years old.
Operation Yellow Ribbon was started by Canada to help with the diversion of civilian airline flights because of the September 11 attacks in 2001. It was to make sure that possible destructive air traffic was removed from the United States airspace as quickly as possible, and away from potential U.S. targets. Instead they placed the aircraft on the ground in Canada, mainly at military and civilian airports in the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, and British Columbia (as well as some in New Brunswick, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec). Canada began the operation after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) (carried out by Security Control of Air Traffic and Air Navigation Aids (SCATANA)) had grounded all the aircraft across the United States. The FAA was then able to work with Transport Canada to reroute the incoming international flights to airports in Canada. The actual number of diverted aircraft and passengers varies from different sources. Transport Canada stated that over 33,000 passengers on 224 flights arrived in Canada, while NAV CANADA stated that there were 239 flights. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien said that the number of flights was anywhere between 225 and 250 and that the number of passengers were between 30,000 and 45,000. On the tenth anniversary of 9/11, President Barack Obama recalled Canada's help during that time, and he expressed his gratitude for Canada's friendship and solidarity. A Tony Award-winning musical titled "Come from Away" ran on Broadway from 2017 to October 2, 2022. It focused on the town's residents, flight crew and passengers experiences during the event.
Cuvier's beaked whale ("Ziphius cavirostris"), is the only member of the genus Ziphius. It is the most widely distributed of all the beaked whales. It is a record deep diver:  "Cuvier’s beaked whales are likely to be the most extreme divers among marine mammals, able to go nearly 3km down and hold their breath for more than two hours". History of discovery. The French anatomist Georges Cuvier, in his "Sur les Ossemens fossiles" (1823), first described the species based on an imperfect skull from the Mediterranean coast of France. A peasant had found it on the shore in 1803. Cuvier named it "Ziphius cavirostris". The specific name comes from the Latin "cavus" for "hollow" or "concave". This refers to the deep hollow in the skull, a diagnostic trait of the species. Cuvier believed it was an extinct species. In 1850 zoologists realized the species was still living, when Paul Gervais compared the type specimen to a whale stranded at Aresquiès, Hérault. He found the two to be identical. Prey. Cuvier's beaked whale feeds on several species of squid. They also prey on deep-sea fish. On March 27 2014 a Cuvier's beaked whale tracked by a satellite-linked tag set a new deep diving record for a sea mammal, plunging nearly two miles below the ocean surface. Although it is in the Odontoceti, it has little use for teeth. As adults, two incisors at the front of the lower jaw stick forward. Basically, it sucks in prey by expanding its throat.
Anita Pallenberg (6 April 1944 – 13 June 2017) was an Italian actress and fashion designer. She starred in the movie "Candy" in 1968. She also played Black Queen of Sogo in "Barbarella" in that same year. Pallenberg appeared in more than a dozen movies over 40 years. Pallenberg became widely known in popular culture as the girlfriend of Brian Jones and later Keith Richards of the Rolling Stones. She spent a lot of time with singer Marianne Faithfull, Mick Jagger's girlfriend in the late 1960s, who remained a friend of Pallenberg's. They appeared together in 2001 in the BBC situation comedy "Absolutely Fabulous" in episode four, "Donkey", with Faithfull playing God and Pallenberg The Devil. Early life and death. Pallenberg was born in Rome. She died of complications from hepatitis C on 13 June 2017 in Chichester, West Sussex, aged 73.
Candy is a 1968 sex comedy movie. The movie is a series of pornographic stories related to high school students. Ewa Aulin plays Candy. Ringo Starr plays Emanuel. Walter Matthau and Marlon Brando are also in the movie. "Candy" was released in December 1968. The reviews were mostly positive. Its box office intake was good.
Richard P. Guidry, known as Dick Guidry (September 22, 1929 – March 26, 2014) was a businessman from Galliano, Louisiana. He is a Democrat. He is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafourche Parish. He is thought to be the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House. Guidry died in New Orleans, Louisiana, aged 84.
Najib Razak (born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He became the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. He lost his re-election bid in the 2018 general election. One of the most controversial leaders of the 21st century, his rule was known for corruption, a lavish lifestyle, and restricting free speech. Najib became Deputy Prime Minister in 2004 and took over from Abdullah Ahmad Badawi a year after Barisan Nasional lost badly in the 2008 election. He was accused of being involved in the murder of Altantuya Shaariibuu in 2006, but he denied it. Since he started leading the government in 2009, many problems have happened in the country’s politics, society, and economy. After the 2013 election, his government charged some critics with sedition, jailed Anwar Ibrahim for sodomy, and introduced a Goods and Services Tax (GST). In 2015, Najib was involved in a major corruption scandal with 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). This caused protests by Bersih calling for his resignation. The protests led to a declaration by Mahathir Mohamad, Pakatan Harapan, and NGOs to remove Najib. To handle the corruption accusations, Najib tightened his control by replacing Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, suspending two newspapers, and passing a law that gave him more power. His cuts to subsidies caused living costs to rise, and the 1MDB scandal and changing oil prices led to a drop in the Malaysian currency. This helped BN lose the 2018 elections. Najib accepted defeat and promised to help with the power transfer. "FinanceAsia" named Najib the worst finance minister in 2016. "TIME" magazine listed Najib as one of the world leaders less popular than U.S. President Donald Trump. On 28 July 2020, the High Court convicted Najib on all seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust, becoming the first Prime Minister of Malaysia to be convicted of corruption. At the same time, Najib was ordered to pay RM1