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The Kingdom of Kquoja or Koya or Koya Temne, or the Temne Kingdom (1505–1896), was a pre-colonial African state. It was located in the north of Sierra Leone. Its capital was at Cape Mount in what is now Liberia. The kingdom was founded by the Temne ethnic group in or around 1505. Migrants from the north who wanted to trade with the Portuguese in the south founded the kingom.  It was ruled by a king called a Bai or Obai. The sub-kingdoms within the state were ruled by nobles titled "Gbana". The Koya Kingdom kept and maintained diplomatic relations with the British and French in the 18th century. Children of Temne nobles were allowed to get western educations abroad. Koya also traded with Islamic states to its north and had Muslims within its borders. Under Nembanga's reign (1775–1793), the Koya kingdom signed a treaty which made it possible for the establishment of a British colony on the peninsula of Sierra Leone in 1788. Koya participated in the trans-atlantic slave trade, though sources state that such commerce was much more privatized than in other kingdoms. Subjects of Koya traded in slaves on the coast even against the wishes of the state at times. From 1801 to 1807, Koya fought a war with British colonists and the Susu. Koya lost the northern shoreline of Sierra Leone to the British and Port Loko to the Susu. However, they remained a power in the region. In 1815, the Temne fought another war with the Susu and regained the port. In 1841, the Temne defeated the Loko tribe of Kasona on the Mabaole River dispersing many of the people. In response to a British bombardment, the kingdom expelled the Church Missionary Society missionaries operating at Magbela in 1860. The kingdom became a British protectorate August 31, 1896. At that point the Koya kings lost almost all power. Revolts of the Temne and Mende in 1898 were fierce but futile. The British would govern the area of the former kingdom until 1961.
Peter Gammond (30 September 1925 – 6 May 2019) was a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist. Gammond was born in Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire. Upon returning to civilian life in 1947 Gammond continued his studies at Wadham College, Oxford, until 1950, where he read English. During his time at Oxford, he composed and produced an operetta, "Love and Learning". Gammond worked for a time in a West Country pub and as a rates assessor in Willesden, before joining the publicity department of the Decca Record Company in 1952, as an editor and sleeve-note writer. He died on 6 May 2019 at the age of 93.
George Zweig (; born May 30, 1937) is a Russian-American physicist. He was trained as a particle physicist under Richard Feynman. He is known for his works with Murray Gell-Mann especially when they created the quark model (although he named it "aces"). He later turned his works to neurobiology.  He has worked as a Research Scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory and MIT, and in the financial services industry.
Flaminia Jandolo (February 11, 1930 – May 22, 2019) was an Italian actress and voice actress. She dubbed many animated characters in Italian such as Lady in "Lady and the Tramp", the fairy Merryweather in "Sleeping Beauty", Perdita in "One Hundred and One Dalmatians" and Mrs. Brisby in "The Secret of NIMH". Jandolo died on May 22, 2019 in Rome at the age of 89.
The historical province of Colchagua was one of the regions of Chile, between 1826 and 1976. Its capital was located in San Fernando during most of its existence. For some years, Curicó and Rancagua were capitals of Colchagua. History. The province of Colchagua was one of the eight provinces of Chile (Coquimbo, Aconcagua, Santiago, Colchagua, Maule, Concepción, Valdivia, and Chiloé) created by the federal laws of 31 January 1826. Its territory comprised former delegations of Colchagua, Curicó and Talca. The province was sanctioned by the 1828 Constitution. During its early years, Colchagua was divided into the departments of San Fernando (cap. San Fernando), Curicó (cap. Curicó), and Talca (cap. Talca). In 1833, a new Constitution reorganized the country, creating departments, subdelegations and districts as lower entities of provinces. Later that year, by law dated August, the department of Talca was separated to create the province of Talca, and in 1834, the department of Caupolicán was created, with Rengo as its capital. Although the title of provincial capital was disputed by San Fernando, Curicó and Talca a September 1840 decree established San Fernando as the capital. In 1865, the department of Curicó was separated from Colchagua, in order to create the province of Curicó. On 17 September 1925, by Law Decree N.° 529, the department of San Vicente was created, separated from Caupolicán. In 1928, the government of Carlos Ibáñez del Campo decided to reorganize the provinces of Chile, by Decree with Law Force N.° 8.582 dated 28 January 1929. The new province of Colchagua incorporated the departments of Rancagua (cap. Rancagua) and Cachapoal (cap. Peumo), originally from the province of O'Higgins, and the department of Santa Cruz (
Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is an American political scientist, writer and politician. He was born in South Orange, New Jersey. A neoliberal and Democrat, he is best known for his 1977 book "Power and Interdependence" and for his theories and explanations between soft and hard power in the international political scale.  Nye was Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs for President Bill Clinton from 1994 to 1995. Before, he was Chair of the National Intelligence Council from 1993 to 1994.
Wonder Stories is an early American science fiction magazine. It was published under several titles from 1929 to 1955. Hugo Gernsback started the magazine after he had lost control of his first science fiction magazine, "Amazing Stories". "Air Wonder Stories" and "Science Wonder Stories" were merged in 1930 as "Wonder Stories". The magazines were not financially successful, and in 1936 Gernsback sold "Wonder Stories" to Ned Pines at Beacon Publications, where, retitled "Thrilling Wonder Stories", it continued for nearly 20 years. The last issue was dated Winter 1955, and the title was then merged with "Startling Stories", another of Pines' science fiction magazines. The editors under Gernsback's ownership were David Lasser, who worked hard to improve the quality of the fiction, and, from mid-1933, Charles Hornig. Publication history. Gernsback era. Gernsback's new magazine, "Amazing Stories", was successful, but Gernsback lost control of the publisher when it went bankrupt in February 1929. Gernsback claimed that science fiction was educational. In 1930, Gernsback decided to merge "Science Wonder Stories" and "Air Wonder Stories" into "Wonder Stories".  The first issue of the merged magazine appeared in June 1930, still on a monthly schedule, with Lasser as editor. "Wonder Stories" had a circulation of about 25,000 in 1934. "Thrilling Wonder Stories". Pines' magazines included several with "Thrilling" in the title, such as "Thrilling Detective" and "Thrilling Love Stories". The title was changed to "Thrilling Wonder Stories" to match the rest of the "Thrilling" line. The first issue appeared in August 1936—four months after the last Gernsback "Wonder Stories" appeared. "Air Wonder Stories" * David Lasser (July 1929 – May 1930) "Science Wonder Stories" * David Lasser (June 1929 – May 1930) "Science Wonder Quarterly" * David Lasser (
The Yemeni Civil War is an ongoing war that began in 2015 between two factions: the Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi led Yemeni government and the Houthi armed movement, along with their supporters and allies. Background. Both sides claim to constitute the official government of Yemen. Houthi forces currently controlling the capital Sanaʽa, allied with forces loyal to the former president Ali Abdullah Saleh, have clashed with the forces loyal to Hadi who are based in Aden. Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant have also carried out attacks, with AQAP controlling swathes of territory in the hinterlands, and along stretches of the coast. On 21 March 2015, after taking over Sanaʽa and the Yemeni government, the Houthi-led Supreme Revolutionary Committee declared a general mobilization to overthrow Hadi and expand their control by driving into southern provinces. The Houthi offensive, allied with military forces loyal to Saleh, began fighting the next day in Lahij Governorate. By 25 March, Lahij fell to the Houthis and they reached the outskirts of Aden, the seat of power for Hadi's government. Hadi fled the country the same day. At the same time, a coalition led by Saudi Arabia launched military operations by using air strikes to restore the former Yemeni government. The United States provided intelligence and logistical support for the campaign.  Damages. According to the UN and other sources, from March 2015 to December 2017, between 8,670–13,600 people were killed in Yemen, including more than 5,200 civilians. They estimated more than 50,000 have died as a result of an ongoing famine due to the war. With Iran suporting the Huthi and Saudi Arabia opposing them, the conflict has been widely seen as a proxy war and a means for Saudi Arabia to combat Iranian influence in the region.  Starvation. In 2018, the United Nations warned that 13 million Yemeni civilians face starvation in what it says could become "the worst famine in the world in 100
The Right Reverend Scott Field Bailey was the 6th diocesan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas, a district of the Episcopal Church consisting of part of Texas, from 1977 to 1987. He was born on October 7, 1916, in Houston, Texas and died in San Antonio, Texas on April 9, 2005. References.
Scott Michael Bailey (born December 16, 1978) is an American actor. He is known for his roles as Sandy Foster on the CBS soap opera "Guiding Light" and as Roman Martin on the MyNetworkTV limited-run serial "Saints &amp; Sinners". He has acted in movies including Bank Roll, and Timeless.
Stephen Thorne (2 March 1935 – 26 May 2019) was a British actor. He largely worked in radio, appearing in over 2000 BBC broadcasts. He is well known for his roles as villains Omega, Azal and Eldrad in "Doctor Who". He acted in other TV series including "Z-Cars", "Crossroads" and "Last of the Summer Wine". He recorded over 300 audiobooks including children's stories. He was born in London and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). Thorne died on 26 May 2019, at the age of 84.
Jean Ethel Burns (December 1919 – 25 May 2019) was an Australian aviatrix. She was the first Australian woman to parachute from an aeroplane over Australia. She also held the title of being the youngest female pilot in Australia for 15 years, between 1937 and 1952. She was born in the inner Melbourne, Victoria suburb of Brunswick East. Burns died on 25 May 2019, at the age of 99.
Vittorio Guido Zucconi (16 August 1944 – 26 May 2019) was an Italian journalist and author. He was also a naturalized U.S. citizen. He was director of the online edition of the newspaper "la Repubblica". He also served as the U.S. correspondent for the same newspaper. He also reported for the newspapers "Corriere della Sera" and "La Stampa". He was awarded the America Award of the Italy–USA Foundation in 2015.  Zucconi was born in the Emilia-Romagnan "comune" of Bastiglia, Province of Modena. He was married and had two children. He lived in Washington, D.C. until his death. Zucconi died on 26 May 2019 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 74.
Charles Curtis "Buck" Pattillo (June 3, 1924 – May 20, 2019) was an American Air Force lieutenant general. He was deputy commander in chief, U.S. Readiness Command and vice director of the Joint Deployment Agency with headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. In 1953, he helped organize and then flew left wing for the U.S. Air Force demonstration team, the "Thunderbirds". He was born in Atlanta, Georgia. His twin brother was Cuthbert A. Pattillo. Pattillo died on May 20, 2019, at the age of 94.
Abdel Latif El Zein (‎; 23 November 1932 – 26 May 2019) was a Lebanese politician. He served as a member of the Lebanese Parliament from 1960 to 2018. He was also the national Minister of Agriculture. He was born in Kfar Remen. Zein died on 26 May 2019, at the age of 86.
Golden is the fourteenth studio album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released worldwide on 6 April 2018 by BMG Rights Management. Most of the album was recorded in Nashville, Tennessee and spawned six singles. Minogue described the album as one of her most personal efforts, writing songs about topics like failed relationships, death and having fun. Track listing. Credits taken from album notes.
KylieFever2002 was the seventh concert tour by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The tour was created to promote her eighth studio album, "Fever" (2001). It began in Cardiff, Wales on 26 April 2002 and ended on 16 August 2002 in Melbourne, Australia. Background. At the time, KylieFever2002 was the biggest tour Minogue had created. The album and its music videos were able to provide and inspire multiple stage sets and costume changes. It also had a much larger budget than past tours, due to the success of the album and its singles. The tour was sponsored by Evian, a brand of mineral water, and Vodafone, a mobile phone network operator. At each of the shows in the United Kingdom, Evian provided free bottles of their water with the name 'Kylie' written on them. A special webcast of a show at the Manchester Evening News Arena was shown on MSN UK live for fans across the world. Set list. Act 1: Silvanemesis Act 2: Droogie Nights Act 3: The Crying Game Act 4: Street Style Act 5: Sex in Venice Act 6: Cybertronica Act 7: Voodoo Inferno Encore
Umar Arteh Ghalib or Omer Carte Qalib (, ) (1930 – 18 November 2020) was a Somali politician. He was Prime Minister of Somalia from January 24, 1991 to May 1993.  Ghalib died on 18 November 2020 at the age of 90.
Anthony A. Graziano (November 12, 1940 – May 25, 2019) was an American mobster and consigliere. He worked in the Bonanno crime family. In 1990, Graziano pleaded guilty to federal tax evasion. He had failed to pay $100,000 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS).  In September 2002, Graziano was indicted on federal racketeering and extortion charges, bookmaking, and murder based on recorded conversations with his son-in-law and Hector Pagan Graziano, Jr. and conspiracy to commit murder. On July 18, 2003, Graziano was sentenced to 11 years in prison on the Florida charges. On November 13, 2003, Graziano was sentenced to nine years in prison on the New York charges. He was suffering from diabetes and bladder cancer. Graziano died on May 25, 2019 at the age of 78.
Dmytro Dmytrovych Kremin (; August 21, 1953 – May 25, 2019) was a Ukrainian poet, journalist, translator and scholar. Kremin won the Taras Shevchenko National Literary Prize in 1999. He was known for his book of poems called "Pectoral". He was born in Irshava district of Transcarpathia (Zakarpattia region), Ukraine. Kremin died on May 25, 2019 in Mykolaiv, Ukraine at the age of 65.
Mira Zakai (‎; 21 September 1942 – 20 May 2019) was an Israeli opera singer. She was a contralto. She was born in Jerusalem. She worked with Yehudi Menuhin. She appeared with Menuhin at a concert in Castel Gandolfo for Pope John Paul II. Before this, she appeared in Menuhin's festival as a soloist in Bach's "Mass in B minor". Her recording of Mahler's Symphony No. 2 with Georg Solti won the Grammy Award for Best Overall Classical Recording in 1982. She studied at the University of Tel Aviv, where she later served as a professor. On 20 May 2019, Zakai died of problems caused by a stroke she had a year before. She was 76.
Ibrahim Yakubu Lame (10 February 1953 – 25 May 2019) was a Nigerian educator and politician. He served in the Senate from 1992 to 1993. He was made Minister of Police Affairs by President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua in 2008, serving until 2010. He was born in Bauchi State. Lame died on 26 May 2019 in Abuja, at the age of 66.
Andrew Sharp Peacock AC GCL (13 February 1939 – 16 April 2021) was an Australian politician and diplomat. He was leader of the Liberal Party (1983–1985 and 1989–1990). During his leadership, the party lost in the 1984 and 1990 elections.  When John Howard became Prime Minister, he made Peacock the Australian Ambassador to the United States. Peacock died at his Austin, Texas home on 16 April 2021, aged 82.
Siamodon is an iguanodontian dinosaur. Its fossils were found in the Nakhon Ratchasima Province, Thailand.
Bill Blair (July 14, 1911 in High Point, North Carolina, US – November 2, 1995) was an American stock car racing driver in the 1940's and the 1950's, and he was one of the pioneers of NASCAR. Wins. Blair won three NASCAR Strictly Stock/Grand National races: Memorial. Blair, Jimmie Lewallen, and Fred Harb are the subject of the independent movie "Red Dirt Rising", which is based on the book "Red Dirt Tracks: The Forgotten Heroes of Early Stockcar Racing" by Gail Cauble Gurley.
A waterhole or water hole is a depression in the ground in which water can collect. Waterhole or water hole may also refer to:
Chumbawamba were a British alternative rock group. They were formed in 1982. They stopped in 2012. The band constantly changed their musical style. They music genres included punk rock, pop and folk. The band were known for the 1997–98 hit song "Tubthumping". That was nominated for the Best British Single at the 1998 Brit Awards.  Between 31 October and 3 November 2012, Chumbawamba played their last three shows.
Veeru Devgan (25 June 1934 — 27 May 2019) was an Indian stunt and action choreographer and movie director. He was active in helping create fight and action scenes in over 80 Hindi movies, including "Inkaar" (1977). He directed the action movie "Hindustan Ki Kasam" (1999). He was born in Amritsar, Punjab. Devgan died of a cardiac arrest on 27 May 2019 in Mumbai. He was 85.
Margaret-Ann Armour (September 6, 1939 – May 25, 2019) was a Scottish-born Canadian chemist. She is best known for her work in creating guidelines for hazardous laboratory waste disposal. She was also a voice for women in science. She founded the Women in Scholarship, Engineering, Science and Technology (WISEST) program. She was a professor at the University of Alberta. She was named a member of the Order of Canada in 2006, and a Canada 150 ambassador in 2017. She was born in Glasgow. Armour died on May 25, 2019, at the age of 79.
Alan Albert Murray (17 June 1940 – 24 May 2019) was an Australian professional golfer. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales. He played golf around the world and won 76 tournaments. Notable wins by Murray include the 1962 French Open, the 1961 Australian PGA Championship and the 1967 Australian Wills Masters. He was the 1961 Australian PGA Order of Merit winner. He finished tied for 19th in the 1964 Open Championship. He represented Australia at the 1967 World Cup in Mexico City. Murray died of skin cancer in Perth, Western Australia on 24 May 2019. He was 78.
Gianfranco Bozzao (3 August 1936 – 24 May 2019) was an Italian footballer. He played as a defender. Bozzoa was born in Venice. He played for Fiorentina, Salernitana, Arezzo, SPAL, Juventus and Piacenza during the 1950s and 1960s. He died in Ferrara in 2019, at the age of 82.
Henry Anthony Hood (3 October 1944 – 26 May 2019) was a Scottish football player and manager. He played as a forward. Hood was born in Glasgow. During the 1960s and 1970s, he played for Clyde, Celtic, Motherwell and Queen of the South in Scotland, Sunderland in England and San Antonio Thunder in the United States. He won over ten domestic honours with Celtic. He later managed Albion Rovers and Queen of the South during the early 1980s. Hood died on 26 May 2019, at the age of 74. Honours. Club. Celtic
Thembinkosi Khumo Mbamba (9 September 1995 – 25 May 2019) was a South African professional footballer. He played as a forward. Mbamba played for TS Galaxy of the National First Division. He won the 2018–19 Nedbank Cup with TS Galaxy on 18 May 2019. On 25 May 2019, a week after winning the final, he died in a car accident in Duduza, Gauteng.
William Joseph Buckner (December 14, 1949 – May 27, 2019) was an American professional baseball player. He played as a first baseman in Major League Baseball (MLB) between 1969 and 1990. During his career, he played for the Los Angeles Dodgers, Chicago Cubs, Boston Red Sox, California Angels and Kansas City Royals. He won a batting title in 1980. He also represented the Cubs at the All-Star Game in 1981. Buckner famously made an error fielding a ground ball in the tenth inning when playing for the Red Sox that ended Game 6 of the 1986 World Series against the New York Mets. The moment has since become a very famous event in baseball history. Buckner was born in Vallejo, California. He was married to Jody and had three children. Buckner died of Lewy body dementia on May 27, 2019 in Boise, Idaho. He was 69.
Gangkhar Puensum is a mountain in the Himalayas range, in Bhutan and Tibet. It is the 40th highest mountain in the world. It is also known as Kangkar Pünzum. The name means "White Peak of the Three Spiritual Brothers". No one has ever made it to the top of Gangkhar Puensum. It is the highest unclimbed mountain in the world. Details about the mountain have not always been correct. It was first measured in 1922, but not all maps showed the same height. There was also confusion on the location of the mountain. Some maps showed it in different places than others. Due to this confusion, the first team to try to climb it wasn’t even able to find it at all. The present listed height and location are from China, as Bhutan has not surveyed the mountain. A few people have tried to climb the mountain in the past, but none succeeded. In 1994, Bhutan made a law that no one could climb above . Then in 2003, they banned all climbing. As long as the ban is in place, it is unlikely that anyone will reach the top from the Bhutan side. While it may be possible to start the climb in Tibet, China has not allowed it. Tibet is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC). This is a political decision due to issues in the border region between China and Bhutan. There is a border dispute between the two countries.
José Gabriel de Souza Diniz (18 October 1990 – 27 May 2019), better known as Gabriel Diniz, was a Brazilian singer and guitarist. He became known nationally in Brazil following his hit single "Jenifer", released in 2018. He released three studio albums, the first coming in 2016. He worked with Wesley Safadão on the 2017 single "Acabou Acabou". He was born in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul. On 27 May 2019, Diniz was killed in a plane crash in Estância, Sergipe.