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Rafael Hernández Colón (October 24, 1936 – May 2, 2019) was a Puerto Rican politician. He was the Governor of Puerto Rico from 1973 to 1977 and again from 1985 to 1993 for a total of three terms. Hernández Colón was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in December 2018. He died on May 2, 2019 in the Old San Juan neighborhood of San Juan, Puerto Rico of the disease at the age of 82.
The Governor of Puerto Rico () is the head of government of Puerto Rico. It is the executive branch of the government of the island. He is also the commander-in-chief of the island's military forces, the Puerto Rico National Guard.  Since 1949, the governor has been elected by the people of Puerto Rico. Before that date, the governor was appointed either by the King of Spain (1510-1898) or by the President of the United States (1898-1946).
Michel Crauste (July 6, 1934 – May 2, 2019) was a French international rugby union player. He played as a flanker and Number 8 for Racing Club de France and FC Lourdes. He was born in Saint-Laurent-de-Gosse, France. Crauste died on May 2, 2019 at the age of 84.
The Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is a space probe that has been orbiting Mars since 24 September 2014. It was launched on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). It is India's first interplanetary mission. India is both the first Asian nation to reach Mars orbit and the first nation to reach Mars on its first try. Another name for the probe is Mangalyaan. Mission goals. The main goal of the mission is to develop the technologies needed for interplanetary missions. The other goal is to explore Mars' surface, rocks, and atmosphere. Scientists want to know how much CO2 and methane is in the atmosphere of Mars. They also want to know how the solar wind and radiation affect Mars. Scientists also want to learn more about Mars's moons, Phobos and Deimos.
Zadie Smith FRSL (born 25 October 1975) is a contemporary English novelist, essayist, and short-story writer. Her first novel was called "White Teeth". It immediately became a best-seller and won awards. Her most recent book is "Feel Free" (2018). It is a collection of essays. She has been a tenured professor in the Creative Writing faculty of New York University since September 2010. Early life. Smith was born Sadie Smith in Willesden in the north-west London borough of Brent. Her mother was Yvonne Bailey and her father was Harvey Smith. Bailey is Jamaican and Smith is English At the age of 14, she changed her name to Zadie. Smith's mother grew up in Jamaica, and emigrated to England in 1969. Smith's parents divorced when she was a teenager. She has a half-sister, a half-brother, and two younger brothers (one is the rapper and stand-up comedian Doc Brown, and the other is the rapper Luc Skyz). As a child, Smith liked tap dancing. As a teenager, she considered a career in musical theatre. When she was a university student, Smith earned money as a jazz singer. She also wanted to become a journalist. Despite earlier ambitions, literature became her main interest. Education. Smith attended the local state schools, Malorees Junior School and Hampstead Comprehensive School. She then studied English literature atKing's College, Cambridge. She did not leave Cambridge with a double First. She got a Third on her Part Ones. The popular British comedy double act Mitchell and Webb may have rejected Smith from the Cambridge Footlights in the 1990s. At Cambridge, Smith published a number of short stories in a collection of new student writing called "The Mays Anthology". A publisher liked the stories and offered her a contract for her first novel. Smith contacted a literary agent, and A. P. Watt represented her. Smith returned to guest-edit the anthology in 2001. Career. Smith's first novel "White Teeth" was introduced to the publishing world in 1997, before it was completed. Publishers saw part of the manuscript and
Leonard Patrick "Red" Kelly (July 9, 1927 – May 2, 2019) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Toronto Maple Leafs. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) between 1947 and 1967, as a defenceman and centre. He played on more Stanley Cup-winning teams (eight) than any other player who never played for the Montreal Canadiens. Jean Beliveau (10) and Henri Richard (11) won more with the Canadiens. He also served as a Liberal member of parliament for York West from 1962 to 1965. During his time in office, he was a Toronto Maple Leafs player. In 2001, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada. In 2017, Kelly was named one of the "100 Greatest NHL Players" in history. Kelly was born in Simcoe, Ontario. He married his wife Andra Carol McLaughlin in 1959. He died on May 2, 2019 in Toronto, at the age of 91.
Viggo Fossum (4 December 1949 – 23 April 2019) was a Norwegian politician. He was a member of the Labour Party. He served as a deputy representative to the Parliament of Norway for Troms 2009 to 2013. He also served as mayor of Målselv from 2003 to 2011. Outside of politics, he was a school principal. Fossum died on 23 April 2019, at the age of 69.
"Songbird" is a song by English rock band Oasis, from their fifth studio album Heathen Chemistry, and is the first single by Oasis written by vocalist Liam Gallagher. Liam has said of the song: "I like beautiful things . . . It's not all dark in Liam World. I take me shades off every now and again and have a look at the world and see some nice things." Noel Gallagher stated jokingly in an interview with Patrick Kielty that Liam decided to "write a song about his bird", and states the title "Song . . . bird" in a cave man like manner. The song was written as a tribute to then-fiancée Nicole Appleton. "Songbird" was composed in the key of G major using common time at 132 beats per minute. “Songbird blew my head off when I first heard it because it was that f--king simple and that direct. But when Liam plays you a song he wants you to instantly f--king drop dead on the spot and then, when you come around, stab yourself in the heart and be in awe of the f--king sonic ability of the man.” The song was released as the fourth single from the band's Heathen Chemistry album, on 3 February 2003 and peaked at number 3 in the UK charts. It is included on the band's compilation album Stop the Clocks. Being written by lead singer Liam Gallagher, it was the first time the band had released a single not written by his brother Noel. "(You've Got) The Heart of the Star" and "Columbia" are B-sides, the latter of which was recorded live at the Glasgow Barrowlands, in October 2001. The demo of the song is a typical Oasis approach to the song, featuring overdriven guitar and a stronger beat, as well as a guitar solo. Courtney Love has said that she and Liam played a version with her whistling and Gallagher playing guitar and singing, this was noted in the book Kurt and Courtney: Talking. Gallagher played the song for UK Radio Aid in January 2005.
Scott William Sloan (2 July 1954 – 23 April 2019) was an Australian civil engineer and academic. He was noted for his work in the fields of geotechnical engineering and computational geomechanics. He was Professor of Civil Engineering at the University of Newcastle. In July 2015, he was named as a Fellow of the Royal Society. In January 2018, Sloan was made an Officer of the Order of Australia. He was born in Mildura, Victoria. Sloan died on 23 April 2019, at the age of 64.
Christopher Joseph Reccardi (November 24, 1964 – May 2, 2019) was an American cartoon director, animator, storyboard artist and writer. He is best known for his work on "The Ren &amp; Stimpy Show". He also worked on many other animated series including "The Powerpuff Girls", "Chowder", "SpongeBob SquarePants", "The Modifyers", "Samurai Jack", "Tiny Toon Adventures", "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!", "Regular Show", "Secret Mountain Fort Awesome" and "The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack".  Reccardi was born in New York City. He married his wife, Canadian animator Lynne Naylor, in 1994. He died of a heart attack in Ventura, California on May 2, 2019. He was 54.
Kenneth Clark Loggins (born January 7, 1948) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Loggins was born in Everett, Washington.  Career. He first became well-known in the 1970s as one half of the rock-pop duo Loggins and Messina with Jim Messina. In the 1980s, Loggins became known for his songs, many of which were hits, for movie soundtracks. He famously sung "Danger Zone" (peaked at #2 in the U.S.) and "Playing with the Boys" from "Top Gun" (1986) and "Footloose" (#1 in the U.S., Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa) and "I'm Free (Heaven Helps the Man)" from "Footloose" (1984). For "Footloose", he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He also performed the songs "I'm Alright" (peaked at #7 in the U.S.), "Mr. Night" and "Lead the Way" from "Caddyshack" (1980), and "Meet Me Half Way" from "Over the Top" (1987). Loggins wrote the song "What a Fool Believes" with Michael McDonald. The single was performed by the Doobie Brothers, reaching #1 in the U.S. and Canada in 1979. In 1981, he won the Grammy Award for Best Male Pop Vocal Performance for his song "This Is It". He was also a member of USA for Africa, singing on the 1985 fundraising single "We Are the World". Loggins voiced himself, the host of Los Santos Rock Radio, in the 2013 video game "Grand Theft Auto V". He has also had guest appearances in the animated series "Archer" and "Family Guy". Personal life. He was married to Eva Ein from 1978 to 1990. The couple had three children, Crosby (born 1980), Cody (born 1983) and Isabella (born 1988). He was married to Julia Cooper from 1992 to 2004. They have two children, Lukas (born 1993) and Hana (born 1997).
Fatimih Dávila Sosa (1 February 1988 – 2 May 2019) was a Uruguayan model. She was the winner of Miss Uruguay beauty pageant in 2006. As the winner, she represented her country at the Miss Universe 2006 in Los Angeles, California, United States. She was a semi-finalist at Miss Model of the World 2006. She also competed at Reina Sudamericana in 2006, and Miss World 2008 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was born in Punta del Este. On 2 May 2019, Dávila was found dead at a hotel in Colonia Nápoles, Mexico City. She was reportedly murdered.
Lord Toby Jug (born Brian Borthwick; 1965 – 2 May 2019) was a British politician. He was the leader of the Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire branch of the Official Monster Raving Loony Party. He also served as the party's media officer and a likely parliamentary candidate. He was removed from the Loony Party in 2014. After this, he founded the Eccentric Party of Great Britain in 2015. He was born in West Ham, London. Jug died on 2 May 2019, at the age of 53.
The list of episodes for The CW/BET sitcom "The Game". A total of 147 episodes aired over nine seasons. Series overview. &lt;onlyinclude&gt;&lt;/onlyinclude&gt; Episodes. Season 5 (2012). On April 12, 2011, it was announced that "The Game" was renewed for a fifth season, consisting 22 episodes. It was announced on the 2011 BET Awards Pre-show that it will begin in January 2012. This is Tia Mowry-Hardrict’s last season to appear and returns in the series finale.
Clarice E. Phelps (originally Salone) is an American scientist who works at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. She was a member of the team that discovered element 117, tennessine. She is the first African-American woman to be involved with the discovery of an element. At Oak Ridge, Phelps serves as the program manager responsible for isotopes with industry uses. She also studies the treatment of radioactive "super heavy" elements like plutonium-238 and researches medical use isotopes. Early life and education. Phelps was part of the Tennessee Aquatic Project and Development Group (TAP), which is a nonprofit organization for youth. Phelps earned a Bachelor of Science degree in chemistry from Tennessee State University in 2003. U.S. Navy. At the U.S. Navy, she worked in areas like nuclear power, reactor theory, and thermodynamics. In the Navy, she lived and worked on board an aircraft carrier (a large military ship that carries airplanes) called the USS Ronald Reagan. She helped maintain the two nuclear reactors on the ship. Oak Ridge National Laboratory. In 2009, Phelps joined the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. They use Oak Ridge's nuclear reactors to learn about different kinds of isotopes and how they work. Work on tennessine. At Oak Ridge, Phelps was part of the team that helped discover a new element, number 117, called tennessine. Phelps is the first African-American woman to help discover an element. Element 117 is called tennessine. It is the second-heaviest element that has been discovered. Several laboratories worked together to discover tennessine. They discovered tennessine by creating it in a nuclear reactor. Scientists created tennessine by shooting calcium isotopes at berkelium isotopes. The two isotopes joined together–called nuclear fusion–and created a new element, tennessine. Work on berkelium. Berkelium is one of the most dangerous and radioactive elements. Oak Ridge was the only place in the world where berkelium could be made for the experiment (test). After the berkelium was made, it had to be purified (cleaned) to make it ready for the experiment. Berkelium has
The Endeavour Award is a prize for a science fiction or fantasy book written by an author from the Pacific Northwest. It is given each year in November at OryCon in Portland, Oregon. The award is for books published the year before. Award history. The Endeavour Award started in 1999. The name comes from Northwest explorer Captain James Cook's ship HM Bark "Endeavour". A group of Portland area writers and readers of science fiction and fantasy collected money to support the award in 1996. It is managed by Oregon Science Fiction Conventions, Inc. (OSFCI) tax-exempt non-profit corporation.
Arne Morris Sorenson (October 13, 1958 – February 15, 2021) was a Japanese-born American hotel executive. He was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Marriott International. He was born in Tokyo. He studied at the University of Minnesota. Sorenson became the head of the largest publicly traded hotel chain in the world on March 31, 2012. He had been a director for Wal-Mart, and was the Chief Operating Officer for Marriott. In May 2019, Sorenson was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died from the disease on February 15, 2021 at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, Maryland at the age of 62.
Bernard C. "Jack" Young (born June 26, 1954) is an American Democratic politician. He was the mayor of Baltimore, Maryland from 2019 until 2020. Young was elected to the Baltimore City Council in 1996 representing Baltimore's second district.  In 2010, Young became City Council President following Stephanie Rawlings-Blake taking over as mayor. On April 2, 2019, Young was named acting mayor during the leave of absence by Mayor Catherine E. Pugh. Following Pugh's resignation on May 2, 2019, Young was fully made mayor of the city.  Young expressed an interest in running for his prior seat as Council President once his term as Mayor ends in December 2020.
Prospero Castillo Nograles (October 30, 1947 – May 4, 2019) was a Filipino politician. He was the Speaker of the House of Representatives of the Philippines from 2008 to 2010. He was the first ever elected Speaker from Mindanao in a hundred years in Philippine legislative history.  Nograles had been elected to five terms as a member of the House of Representatives, representing the 1st District of Davao City from 1989 to 1992, 1995 to 1998 and again from 2001 to 2010. Nograles died on May 4, 2019 in Davao City at the age of 71. He died of respiratory failure caused by pneumonia.
Sylvain Mizrahi (February 14, 1951 – January 13, 2021), better known as Sylvain Sylvain, was an American rock musician. He is most notable for being a member of the New York Dolls. He was a guitarist and pianist for the group. He was a member from 1971 to 1976. He had a solo career after the band split up for the first time. From 2004 to 2011, the New York Dolls' surviving members regrouped. Sylvain was born in Cairo, Egypt to a Jewish family. In the 1950s, his family fled Egypt to live in France, before moving to the U.S. state of New York.  In April 2019, Sylvain made it known to the public that he had bladder cancer. He died from the disease on January 13, 2021 in Nashville, Tennessee at the age of 69.
Mills Bee Lane III (born November 12, 1937- 6 December 2022) was an American boxing referee and professional boxer. He was also a Nevada District Court Judge for a two-terms and a television personality.  Lane played the referee on MTV's "Celebrity Deathmatch" until 2002. Some sources say he was born in 1936. Others say he was born in 1937.
"The Power of Love" is a song written and recorded by American singer-songwriter Jennifer Rush in 1984. It was later covered by Laura Branigan, Air Supply and Celine Dion. Rush's version hit #1 in the United Kingdom. However, it only peaked at #57 in the United States. Dion's version hit #1 in the United States, Canada and Australia in 1994. The song then became a pop standard. It won an ASCAP Pop Award for Most Performed Song in the United States.
Ali Mroudjaé (2 August 1939 – 2 May 2019) was a Comorian politician. He served as the Foreign Minister of the Comoros from 1978 to 1982. He served as the nation's Prime Minister from 1982 to 1984. He was a member of the political party Comorian Union for Progress. Biography. Ali Mroudjae was born on August 2, 1939 in the district of Iroungoudjani in Moroni. Ali Mroudjaé attended the École normale supérieure des lettres et sciences humaines de Lyon. After a coup by Bob Denard (1929-2007), Ahmed Abdallah presented to the government the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ali Mroudjaé in 1978. In this post, he worked until 8 February 1982 as a member of the Prime Minister of the Comorian Union for Progress. He held this position until 31 December 1984. In 2002, he ran again in the elections but only reached 4.2%. He died after a long illness on May 2, 2019 in Moroni, at the age of 79.
Issa J. Boullata (‎; February 25, 1929 – May 1, 2019) was a Palestinian scholar and writer. He was noted for his translation of Arabic writing. He was professor of Arabic literature and language at Hartford Theological Seminary (Hartford, Connecticut, U.S.) from 1968 to 1975, and McGill University (Montreal, Quebec, Canada) from 1975 to 1999. He was a two-time winner of the Arabic Translation Award by the University of Arkansas Press in 1993 and 1997. Boullata was born in Jerusalem. He was a Palestinian Arab and Orthodox Christian. He was married to Marita Seward. The couple had three children. Boullata died on May 4, 2019 in Montreal, at the age of 90.
Terje Moe Gustavsen (20 October 1954 – 4 May 2019) was a Norwegian politician and civil servant. He was a member of the Labour Party. He served as Minister of Transport and Communications from 2000 to 2001. He became the director of the Norwegian Public Roads Administration () in 2007. He served this role until his death in 2019. He was born in Larvik. Gustavsen died of a lung infection on 4 May 2019, at the age of 64.
Rachel Grace Held Evans (June 8, 1981 – May 4, 2019) was an American Christian columnist, blogger and author. Her book, "A Year of Biblical Womanhood" (2012), was on "The New York Times" e-book non-fiction best-seller list. She also wrote for "The Washington Post" and "Vox". In total, she had four books published. Biography. Evans was born in Alabama, and grew up in Birmingham. She moved to Dayton, Tennessee as a teenager. She was married to Dan Evans. The couple had two children. In April 2019, Evans was put into a coma due to an infection. She died on May 4, 2019 in Nashville, Tennessee. She was 37.
Bodega is a census-designated place in Sonoma County, California. It is found 6.68 kilometers east of Bodega Bay, and lies 36 meters above sea level. At the 2020 census, 211 people lived there. References.
was a Japanese mathematician. He was the Michael Henry Strater Professor Emeritus of Mathematics at Princeton University. He worked in number theory, automorphic forms, and arithmetic geometry.  He was known for developing the theory of complex multiplication of abelian varieties and Shimura varieties, as well as the Taniyama–Shimura conjecture which led to the proof of Fermat's Last Theorem. Shimura died on 3 May 2019 at the age of 89.
Torrington is a city in and the county seat of Goshen County, Wyoming, United States. The population was 6,119 at the 2020 census.
Anson Jones (January 20, 1798 – January 9, 1858) was an American doctor, businessperson and politician. He was the fourth and last President of the Republic of Texas. He was sometimes called the "Architect of Annexation". On January 9, 1858 Jones shot himself in Houston, Texas at the age of 59.
Tonic water is a kind of soda that tastes slightly bitter. The quinine in tonic water has a bitter flavor. Originally, it was to protect people against malaria. The first drug against malaria was chloroquine, which became available in 1934. The first time tonic water became available was in the 1860s, over 70 years before the first drug.  Tonic water is often called Indian tonic. People drank it in Africa and Southeast Asia, where malaria was common. At the time, quinine was a powder that was mixed with water or soda water. Because quinine on its own is bitter, sweeteners were often added (usually sugar). Often, it was mixed with liquors. Gin and tonic is the most common.  Quinine should not be used during pregnancy as it will have an influence on the unborn child. There are also other conditions where quinine (and tonic water) should not be used. Today, tonic water contains a lot less quinine than before the drug was developed.
Tommy Raudonikis (13 April 1950 – 7 April 2021) was an Australian former rugby league player and coach. He played as a halfback. He played for the Western Suburbs Magpies between 1969 and 1979, and the Newtown Jets for two seasons from 1980 to 1982. He also represented both New South Wales and Australia from 1971 to 1980. He later coached the Western Suburbs Magpies and New South Wales in the 1990s. Raudonikis was born in Bathurst, New South Wales, and grew up in Cowra. His father was Lithuanian and his mother was Swiss. After years of ill health, Raudonikis died on 7 April 2021 of cancer on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He was 70.
Scott Dureau (born 29 July 1986) is an Australian former rugby league player. He played as a goal-kicking halfback. He played for the Newcastle Knights in the National Rugby League (NRL) from 2007 to 2010, and the Catalans Dragons in the Super League from 2011 to 2015. He was also loaned to the Sydney Roosters in 2014. Dureau was born in Taree, New South Wales. Dureau was first told he had brain cancer in 2014. After being cured of the disease, he was told in 2018 that his cancer had returned.
John Herriott (October 20, 1844 – September 24, 1918) was an American politician. Born in Herriottsville, Pennsylvania, in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Herriott served in the Union Army during the American Civil War as a member of the 1st Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment and participated in the Battles of Fredericksburg and Gettysburg. Herriott moved to Iowa where he was in business. Herriott served as Iowa State Treasurer and then Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1902 until 1907, serving under Governor Albert B. Cummins. He died in Des Moines, Iowa. In 1901 Herriott ran for the Republican nomination for governor of Iowa and came second to last with only 8 delegates against Cummins 860, however he won the Lieutenant Governor nomination after two ballots.
Cantharis fusca is a species of soldier beetle and is coloured red (sometimes orange) and black. This beetle is common in large parts of Europe and is 10mm to 15mm in length. It lives in bushes, edges of forests and meadows. They hunt for small insects. The larvae have black hairs and also eat small insects. They are very cold-resistant and can be seen crawling on the snow in winter.