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The Leonids are a prolific meteor shower associated with the comet Tempel–Tuttle.  The Leonids get their name from the direction their shower seems to come from. This direction is called the radiant. The meteors appear to come from the constellation Leo.  The Leonids peak in the month of November.
The Cleveland-Lloyd Dinosaur Quarry is well known for having the densest concentration of Jurassic dinosaur fossils ever found. It is a paleontological site near Cleveland, Utah. The quarry is in a part of the geological layers known as the Morrison Formation. Well over 15,000 bones have been excavated from this Jurassic excavation site. There are many thousands more awaiting excavation and study. It was designated a National Natural Landmark in October 1965. All of these bones, belonging to different species, are found disarticulated and mixed together. Perhaps this strong concentration of mixed fossilised bones is due to a "predator trap". No scientific consensus has been reached yet and debates continue to the present day.
The Anglo-Zanzibar War was fought between the Sultanate of Zanzibar, a state in and capital of the country of Zanzibar, and the United Kingdom on 27 August 1896. Lasting between 38 and 45 minutes, it is the shortest recorded war in history. Background. The current Sultan (the person who rules the Sultanate of Zanzibar), Sultan Hamad bin Thwaini, who was pro-British, died. While he was alive, because he was English Council approved, he and the Sultanate of Zanzibar were on good terms with England, but when he died, a new Sultan was needed. Sultan Khalid bin Barghash, his 29-year-old nephew eventually became his successor, but Khalid was no-longer approved by England, now making him and his state enemies with the English Army. England told him to come out of hiding, but the new Sultan's response was to barricade himself in his palace even more. As expected, the Sultanate of Zanzibar was absolutely destroyed by the English Army, which led to what we know today as the Anglo-Zanzibar war, the shortest recorded war in history that lasted between 38 and 45 minutes. Casualties and losses. There were varying casualties on both sides. For England, only a single sailor was wounded, but for the Sultanate of Zanzibar five hundred were killed or injured (including civilians), 4 artillery pieces were destroyed, a shore battery was destroyed, two other boats were sunk, and the HHS Glasgow (the Sultan's personal royal ship) was sunk. The Sultan's palace was also burned down to the ground. Aftermath. Khalid was captured by English forces in 1916, and a new Sultan, Sultan Hamoud, became his successor. This new leader was extraordinarily loyal to England and their council, which definitely helped Zanzibar recover from this attack, as England decided not to impose new harsh rules on their relationship with the sultanate.
Guhyasamāja Tantra (Sanskrit: Guhyasamājatantra; Tibetan: Gsang ’dus rtsa rgyud; English: "Tantra of the Secret Community") is a tantra method of Tibetan Buddhism. The central figure is called "Vajra‐pāni" which means a vajra-carrier or a vajra-master. The Guhyasamāja Tantra was the secret gathering based on thought that having sexual relations with many women would contribute to Buddhism awakening. The legitimate wives of the vajra‐sattvaḥa, called "dakinis", were limited only to virgins. Although the number of dakinis is variously drafted according to the literature, it probably amounts to a number of geometrical progressionwise. Also statues and pictures were made to beautify the method. However, because those acts had no integrity to fundamental buddhist precepts, it is no longer done in Tibetan Buddhism. On the contrary, warning symbols and festivals, such as Citipati, are widely spread.
Urvashi Vaid (8 October 1958 – 14 May 2022) was an Indian-American LGBT activist. She moved to the United States when she was eight. She ended high school after three years. She then went to New York’s Vassar College. After, she went to law school at Northeastern University in Boston. She is lesbian.  Achievements. Vaid supports gay and lesbian rights. She lived in Boston and started the Lesbian Gay Political Alliance. This organization supports the gay people in Boston. After college, she helped prisoners who had HIV. In 1985, she started working at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. This group teaches people about the lives of gay and lesbian people. She also started the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force’s Creating Change Conference. In 1995, she wrote a book called "Virtual Equality: The Mainstreaming of Gay and Lesbian Liberation".  Death. Vaid died on 14 May 2022 in New York City, aged 63. She had breast and thyroid cancer at the time of her death.
Coherence in advanced physics is a phenomenon of electromagnetic waves. In physics, two wave sources are perfectly coherent if they have a constant phase difference and the same frequency, and the same waveform. In such a case the waves plot as identical: their peaks and troughs occur at the same time, and they have the same amplitude. Coherence is an ideal property of waves. It produces stationary (i.e. temporally and spatially constant) interference. The idea has several distinct concepts. These are limiting cases which never quite occur in reality. However, they allow an understanding of the physics of waves, and have become an important concept in quantum physics. More generally, coherence describes all properties of the correlation between physical quantities of a single wave, or between several waves or wave packets.
Rosanna “Rosie” Hackett (1893–1976) was a worker rights activist and trade union leader. She lived in Dublin, Ireland. Early life. Hackett was born on 25 July 1893, in Dublin, Ireland. Her family was hardworking, but they did not have very much money. They lived in a small, broken, dirty building with many people. Her father died when she was young. A few years later, she worked at a paper store in her hometown to get money. Achievements. Hackett had a lot of important events in her life. She was a part of many strikes and helped to start the group, IWWU (Irish Women Worker Union). Also, after her death, she had a bridge in Dublin named after her in 2013. (The Rosie Hackett Bridge)  Death and Legacy. Hackett died on 4 July 1976. She was 84 years old and her body was placed in Glasnevin, Dublin, Ireland. She was respected for her acts in strikes and helped the Irish economy.
Božidar Smiljanić (20 September 1936 – 7 April 2018) was a Croatian actor. He appeared in more than 70 movies from his career's beginning in 1953 until his retirement in 2016. He was born in Zagreb, Croatia. Smiljanić was known for his movies "Journalist" (1979), "Transylvania 6-5000" (1985), "Armour of God" (1986), "Project A Part II" (1987), "" (1991), "First Class Thieves" (2005), "Ultimate Force" (2005) and "The Constitution" (2016). Smiljanić died on 7 April 2018 in Zagreb at the age of 81.
Lloyd John Ogilvie (September 2, 1930 – June 5, 2019) was an American Presbyterian minister. He was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin. He was Chaplain of the United States Senate from 104th through 107th Congresses from 1995 to 2003. Ogilvie died on June 5, 2019 at the age of 88.
Cheltenham , also known as Cheltenham Spa, is the second largest town in Gloucestershire with a population of about 117,500 in mid 2016. It is famous for having a large amount of millionaires with a rate of 43 multimillionaires per 100,000 people, the third largest in the United Kingdom.
The Battle of Fulford took place on the 20th September 1066 near York. The battle was between Viking invaders and English Earls. It was fought by, on one side, King Harald III of Norway (Harald Hardrada (Old Norse, meaning "hard ruler") and his English ally Tostig Godwinson. On the other side were two Earls, Edwin and Morcar. Tostig was the exiled brother of the English king Harold Godwinson. The battle was fought out on the outskirts of the village of Fulford, close to York. The battle was a decisive victory for the Viking army. The earls of York could have hidden behind the walls of their city. Instead, they met the Viking army across a river. All day the English tried to break the Viking shield wall but failed. Edwin and Morcar had survived the battle. York surrendered to the Norwegians. Harald had won the battle. One cause of the battle was that Earl Morcar had replaced Tostig as Earl of Northumbria. Background. The Anglo-Saxon king Edward the Confessor died on 5 January 1066 without an heir. The only surviving member of the royal family was Edgar, the young son of Edward Ætheling. On the day of King Edward's funeral, 6 January, Harold Godwinson, the Earl of Wessex, rushed to London, where he was crowned king in the Abbey of Saint Peter of Westminster, by Ealdred, Archbishop of York. Harold Godwinson was elected as King by the Witenagemot, who had gathered in Westminster to celebrate the feast of Epiphany. However, two powerful earls, brothers Edwin of Mercia and Morcar of Northumbria, challenged his authority. Sources indicate that Harold moved north to confront them; however, in the end he got their loyalty by marrying their sister, Edith, the widow of Griffith of Wales. By securing the loyalty of Edwin and Morcar, Godwinson increased his strength in the north. These men were, in fact, the first barrier between Harald Hardrada and Harold Godwinson. The defeat of the earls
Sayyid dynasty was the fourth dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. This dynasty is the shortest ruling dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. Throughout this dynasty, four rulers ruled North India. Their rule lasted from 1414 to 1451.Founded by a former governor of Multan. This dynasty succeeded the Tughlaq dynasty. They were displaced or succeeded by the Lodi dynasty. History. Following the 1398 Delhi invasion of Amir Timur, he appointed the Sayyids as the governors of Delhi. This dynasty was established by Sayyid Khizr Khan. He was appointed by Timur to be the governor of Multan (Punjab). Khizr Khan captured Delhi from Daulat Khan Lodi on May 28, 1414. By this way he established (formed) the Sayyid dynasty. Khizr Khan was succeeded by his son Sayyid Mubarak Shah. He succeeded after his father's death on May 20, 1421. Mubarak Shah referred to himself as "Muizz-ud-Din Mubarak Shah" on his coins. After the death of Mubarak Shah, his nephew, Muhammad Shah ascended (came to throne) the throne. His son Sayyid Ala-ud-Din Shah succeeded him as the king.Alam Shah was a weak ruler. In 1451 he surrendered Delhi to Bahlul Lodi. He went to Budaun where he spent rest of his life.
Yang Ha-eun (korean ㅋ뭏 ㅗㅁ뎌ㅜ; born 25 February 1994 in Seoul) is a female South Korean table tennis player. She won the gold medal in the mixed-doubles at the World Championships 2015.
Nasir-ud-Din Mahmud Shah Tughluq (reign: 1394 − February 1413 CE) was the last sultan of the Tughlaq dynasty. Tughlaq dynasty is the third dynasty of the Delhi Sultanate. During this reign (rule) in 1398, Amir Timur the Turkic ruler invaded India. Soon after the invasion, the Tughlaq dynasty came to an end." Successor. After Mahmud's rule, Khizr Khan found the Sayyid dynasty.
Lerwick (; Scottish Gaelic: "Liùrabhaig", Norwegian: "Leirvik") is the main port of Shetland Islands, Scotland. Its population was 6,958 in the 2011 census. It also is the second largest port in the Northern Isles and the most northernmost town in the United Kingdom.
Gianfranco Parolini (20 February 1925 – 26 April 2018) was an Italian movie director and screenwriter. He is often credited as Frank Kramer. Among his movies are "The Sabata Trilogy", several sword and sandal movies, most of the Kommissar X movies and a number of Spaghetti Westerns. He was born in Rome, Italy. He claimed to have written over 100 thriller novels before becoming an assistant to Giuseppe D'Amato. Parolini died on 26 April 2018 in Rome, Italy at the age of 93.
Winkel is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in east France. People who live here are called Winkelois and Winkeloises.
Sigolsheim used to be a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France. On 1 January 2016, it became part of the new commune Kaysersberg-Vignoble. Children went to school at the École élémentaire publique intercommunale which had preschool ("maternelle") and elementary.
"Something Just Like This" is an electropop song by American DJ duo The Chainsmokers, with British band Coldplay. It was released on February 22, 2017, as the lead single from The Chainsmokers' album, "Memories…Do Not Open" (2017). The song reached the top two in Australia and the UK and the top three in the US and Canada. It reached number one on the US Pop Songs radio chart and in Belgium (Flanders). It reached the top five in nine other countries. "Something Just like This" finished at number five on "Billboard"'s 2017 Year-End Hot 100. "Something Just like This" has been certified quadruple-platinum in the US for shipments and streams of over four million copies.
Robert Leon Wilkie Jr. (born August 2, 1962) is an American lawyer and government official. He was the 10th United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs from July 30, 2018 to January 20, 2021. He was the "acting" Secretary from March 28, 2018 to May 29, 2018, while serving as the Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness from November 30, 2017 until July 2018.  On May 18, 2018, President Trump announced that he was nominating Wilkie to hold the job full time of United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs. On July 23, 2018, Wilkie was confirmed by the United States Senate as the next Secretary of Veterans Affairs by a 86-9 vote. Early life. Wilkie was born in Frankfurt, West Germany. He grew up in Fort Bragg, North Carolina. Wilkie Jr. received his B.A. degree from the Wake Forest University in North Carolina. He also studied at Loyola University School of Law in New Orleans in 1988 and at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, D.C.. Early career. Wilkie began his professional career on Capitol Hill as Counsel to Jesse Helms. In 1997, he began service as counsel and advisor on international security affairs to Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott. Wilkie served as special assistant to the President for national security affairs and a senior director of the National Security Council where he was a senior policy advisor to then-National Security Advisor Condoleezza Rice.  Wilkie was nominated to be Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness by President Donald Trump on July 25, 2017. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 16, 2017. Wilkie was a Senior Advisor to U.S. Senator Thom Tillis. Secretary of Veterans Affairs (2018–2021). Wilkie was nominated to be Secretary of Veterans Afairs by President Trump on May 29, 2018. He was to replace fired Secretary David Shulkin. He was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on July 23
Colin Fyfe Miller (born 4 October 1964) is a Scottish-born Canadian professional soccer coach. He captained the Canadian national team several times while earning 61 caps (scoring 5 goals) in total. "Scores and results list Canada's goal tally first."
The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA or ECA) was created in 1958 by the United Nations Economic and Social Council to create economic growth among its member states (the nations of the African continent) following a recommendation of the United Nations General Assembly. It is one of five regional commissions.
Elvira Amanda Orphée (29 May 1922 – 26 April 2018) was an Argentine writer. She was born in San Miguel de Tucumán. Orphée has published short stories and articles in various publications such as "El Tiempo", "Revista de Occidente", "Asomante", "Cuadernos", "Razon" and "Zona Franca e Imagen". She was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in Creative Arts in 1988. Orphée died on 26 April 2018 in Buenos Aires at the age of 95.
James Hal Cone (August 5, 1936 – April 28, 2018) was an American theologian. He was best known for his work of Black theology and Black Liberation Theology. His 1969 book "Black Theology and Black Power" became popular as it talked about theology in the black church. He was the Charles Augustus Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic Theology at Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York until his death. Cone died on April 28, 2018 in New York City at the age of 81.
The Alfie Evans case was a legal case in 2018 involving Alfie Evans (9 May 2016 – 28 April 2018), a baby boy from Liverpool with an undiagnosed neurodegenerative disorder.  The medical team and the child's parents disagreed about whether to keep Evans' life support or to remove it, resulting in a legal battle.  On 19 December 2017, Alder Hey applied to the High Court to withdraw parental rights from Alfie's parents and to withdraw ventilation. The High Court ruled in favour of the hospital on 20 February 2018. The ventilatory support was removed on 23 April 2018 following a series of unsuccessful appeals from Alfie's family. Alfie continued to breathe naturally after the removal of his breathing tube. He died on 28 April 2018 at the age of 1.
Natasha Chandel is a Canadian actress and TV producer based in Los Angeles. Natasha is known for starring and directing the web series "Mumbai Chopra: Misadventures of an It Girl". She was named "leading Protégé for creativity" by Lancôme Mille Femmes. Career. Natasha was born in Sharjah, UAE. Natasha has worked as a producer for top networks such Maker Studios- Disney Digital Network, CBC, Rogers Television and MTV News. In 2016, she created and began hosting the dating podcast "KINDA DATING", which has featured Sunny Leone, Laura Clery and Dr. Wendy Walsh. Natasha has also appeared as a leading actress in several TV series including "Mumbai Chopra: Misadventures of an It Girl", "The Can", "The Mindy Project" and "M.V.P". In 2014, she created, wrote and directed a branded web series The Can, which consisted of three episodes.
James Harvey Hylton (August 26, 1934 – April 28, 2018) was an American stock car racing driver. He was born in Roanoke, Virginia. He was a two-time winner in NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Monster Energy Cup Series) competition. He was a long-time competitor in the ARCA Racing Series. Hylton finished second in points in NASCAR's top series three times. Hylton was killed in a car crash near Carnesville, Georgia on April 28, 2018 at the age of 83.
Arthur Paul (January 18, 1925 – April 28, 2018) was an American graphic designer. Paul was born in South Side, Chicago, Illinois. He was raised in Rogers Park. He was the founding art director of Playboy magazine for 30 years. During his time at Playboy, he created illustrators and artists to illustrate (Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, and James Rosenquist among them). Paul died from complications of pneumonia on April 28, 2018 at a hospital in Lake View, Chicago at the age of 93.
Art Shay (March 31, 1922 – April 28, 2018) was an American photographer and writer. He was born in The Bronx, New York, but spent most of his life in Chicago. Shay's 2000 autobiography is titled "Album for an Age: Unconventional Words and Pictures from the 20th Century." In 2002, the American Theater Company in Chicago staged Shay's autobiographical play, "Where Have You Gone, Jimmy Stewart?", directed by Mike Nussbaum.  Shay died in April 2018 at the age of 96 in Deerfield, Illinois from heart failure.
Deerfield is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States, approximately 25 miles north of Chicago with a small portion extending into Cook County, Illinois. The population was 19,196 at the 2020 census. Deerfield is home to the headquarters of Walgreens, Baxter Healthcare, Business Technology Partners, Caterpillar Inc., APAC Customer Services, Fortune Brands Home &amp; Security, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company's US HQ, Consumers Digest, and Mondelēz International.
Karl Richard Toft (June 30, 1936 – April 28, 2018) was a convicted Canadian sex offender and pedophile. He was born in Fredericton, New Brunswick. He committed an estimated 200 sexual assaults while working as a guard at the Kingsclear Youth Training Centre in Kingsclear, New Brunswick.  Toft was thought as one of Canada’s worst sex offenders. Toft was convicted of 34 sex-related charges and sentenced in December 1992 to 13 years in prison. In 1994, Toft appealed the sentence but lost. He served 11 years of his sentence and was freed. He was represented by Daniel Watters, who maintained that two-thirds of the allegations were untrue. Toft died on April 28, 2018 from lung cancer in Edmonton, Alberta, aged 81.
Paul Junger Witt (March 20, 1941 – April 27, 2018) was an American movie and television producer. He produced such hit TV shows as "Here Come the Brides", "The Partridge Family", "The Golden Girls", "Soap", "Benson", "Empty Nest" and "Blossom". In movies, he was best known for producing "Dead Poets Society". From 1983 until his death in 2018, Witt was married to screenwriter Susan Harris. Witt died of lymphoma in Los Angeles, California on April 27, 2018 at the age of 77.
The 2018 inter-Korean summit (South Korea: , North Korea: ) took place on April 27, 2018, on the South Korean side of the Joint Security Area, between Moon Jae-in, President of South Korea, and Kim Jong-un, Supreme Leader of North Korea.  It was the third inter-Korean summit – and the first in eleven years. It was also the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953 that a North Korean leader entered the South's territory; President Moon also briefly crossed into the North's territory.  The summit was focused on the North Korean nuclear weapons program and denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. The Panmunjom Declaration was made following the summit.
Richard Jay Belzer (August 4, 1944 – February 19 2023) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. He was also a conspiracy author. He is best known for his role as John Munch, on the NBC police drama series ' and '. Belzer believed there was a conspiracy to assassinate President John F. Kennedy. He wrote four books discussing conspiracy theories. Belzer was a cousin of actor Henry Winkler. Belzer died at his home in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France on February 19, 2023, at age 78. The cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest caused by heart and respiratory failure.
John Augustus Ziegler Jr. (February 9, 1934 – October 25, 2018) was an American lawyer and ice hockey executive. He was the fourth president of the National Hockey League from 1977 to 1992. Ziegler received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1984 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1987. He was the leading figure in making hockey players wear helmets during hockey games. Ziegler Jr. died in Sewall's Point, Florida on October 25, 2018 at the age of 84.
Gilbert Stein (January 11, 1928 – March 24, 2022) was an American lawyer, law instructor and former professional ice hockey executive. Stein served with the National Hockey League (NHL) as vice-president and legal counsel for nearly 15 years before becoming the fifth and last president of the NHL in 1992. Stein served in that role for a year until shortly after the owners appointed Gary Bettman to the newly created post of commissioner.  Stein was initially inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993, but withdrew after allegations that he had improperly manipulated his own nomination.  Stein died from heart disease on March 24, 2022 at a retirement center in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania at the age of 94.
Adam Silver (born April 25, 1962) is an American lawyer and businessman. He is the current commissioner of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He has held this position since February 1, 2014. Silver has been married to his wife, Maggie, since 2015. They have two daughters.
David Joel Stern (September 22, 1942 – January 1, 2020) was an American lawyer. He was the commissioner of the National Basketball Association from 1984 through 2014. He started with the Association in 1966 as an outside counsel, joined the NBA in 1978 as General Counsel, and became the league's Executive Vice President in 1980. Stern became Commissioner in 1984, replacing Larry O'Brien. He is known for increasing the popularity of the NBA in the 1990s and 2000s. On December 12, 2019, Stern was hospitalized in New York City after having a cerebral hemorrhage. He died on January 1, 2020 at the age of 77.