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Lindsey Ann Way (née Ballato; born May 21, 1976) commonly known as Lyn-Z, is a Scottish musician and artist. Born in Dunoon, Scotland, she is best known for being the bassist in American electronic rock band .  Way is also known for her artwork and has collaborated with Frances Bean Cobain, Jessicka Addams, and other fine artists. She currently resides in Los Angeles with her husband, Gerard Way and her daughter, Bandit Lee Way. Early life. On May 21 of 1976, Lindsey was born to Pam Ballato in Dunoon, Scotland. When she was a child, she and her family moved to Connecticut. Lindsey Way loves art, and she created lots of art as a child, stating that it was, "Pretty much the only thing I was good at." In her late teen, early young adult years, Lindsey attended to receive her degree in Fine Arts and Illustration. After this, she worked in New York as a window display artist. Lindsey has one sister, Amy Greene (née Ballato).  Career. Lindsey joined the band in 2001. Prior to joining the band she did not know how to play bass, or even what was. The band called her in to audition. Lindsey stated that, "There is no way I will get into this band on bass talent alone."  She did end up getting into the band, officially joining in 2001. Lindsey has played bass on every Mindless Self Indulgence release since she joined the band. The first release she played bass on was Alienating Our Audience, a live EP the band put out in 2002. The first official album she played bass on was You'll Rebel To Anything, which the band released in 2005.  In 2010, she hosted an art show alongside fellow artist, and musician, Jessicka Addams. She has hosted numerous art shows over the years, her most recent being Ghosts For Sale in 2017.  Personal life. Lindsey Way married her husband Gerard Way on September 3, 2007 at the end of their tour, which both of their bands were performing
Haggis is a Scottish food made of nutritious haggis organs like the heart or liver. Occasionally the organs of cows or sheep are used as a substitute due to the rarity of the Wild haggis, caused mainly by rampant poaching.
Salvatore Senese (3 April 1935 – 17 June 2019) was an Italian magistrate and politician. He was a member of the Democratic Party of the Left. From 1992 to 1994, he served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies. He served two terms as a Senator from 1994 to 2001. He was born in Tarsia, Calabria. Senese died on 17 June 2019 in Prato, Tuscany at the age of 84.
Chang Liyi (; 7 November 1929 – 12 June 2019), also known as Jack Chang, was a pilot in the Republic of China Air Force with the rank of major. He was a member of the CIA-trained Black Cat Squadron. His plane was shot down on 10 January 1965 over Baotou. He was captured and held in mainland China for 17 years.  After his release in 1982, he was denied entry into Taiwan and lived in the United States for years before being granted permission to return to Taiwan in 1990. On 12 June 2019, Chang died of a heart attack at Songshan Hospital in Taipei, at the age of 89.
Daniel Colin (30 September 1933 – 15 June 2019) was a French politician. He was born in Paris. He served as a Deputy for Var from 1986 to 1997. He also was deputy mayor of Toulon from 1977 to 1986, a member of the Council of Europe from 1979 to 1994, and as a regional councillor of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur of 1981 to 1998. Colin died on 15 June 2019, at the age of 85.
Charles A. Reich (May 20, 1928 – June 15, 2019) was an American legal and social scholar. He was a Professor at Yale Law School when he wrote the 1970 paean to the 1960s counterculture and youth movement, "The Greening of America". Reich was born in New York City. Reich died on June 15, 2019 in San Francisco, California at the age of 91.
On June 13, 2019, two oil tankers were attacked near the Strait of Hormuz while transiting the Gulf of Oman. The Japanese "Kokuka Courageous" and Norwegian "Front Altair" were attacked with limpet mines or flying objects, causing fire damage to both ships.  American and Iranian military personnel responded to the attacks and were involved in rescuing crew members from the ships. The attacks took place a month after a similar incident and on the same day that Ayatollah Khamenei met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe in Iran. Amid tensions between Iran and the United States, the United States blamed Iran for the attacks. Saudi Arabia and the United Kingdom supported the United States' accusation, while Japan and Germany want more proof of Iran's culpability. Iran denied the accusation, blaming the United States for spreading wrong information. The cause is currently under investigation. Another similar incident occurred in 2021.
Abraham B. Yehoshua (, December 19, 1936 – June 14, 2022) was an Israeli novelist, essayist, and playwright. "The New York Times" called him the "Israeli Faulkner". Yehoshua was the author of eleven novels, three books of short stories, four plays, and four collections of essays, including "Ahizat Moledet" ("Homeland Lesson", 2008). Yehoshua died on June 14, 2022 at a hospital in Tel Aviv, Israel from cancer at the age of 85.
Amos Adams Lawrence (July 31, 1814August 22, 1886), the son of philanthropist Amos Lawrence, was an important person in the United States abolition movement shortly before the Civil War. He was important in building the University of Kansas in Lawrence, Kansas and Lawrence University in Appleton, Wisconsin. Life. Lawrence was born in Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1814. He died at his summer resort in Nahant, Massachusetts on August 22, 1886. Abolitionism. Lawrence gave a lot of money to the New England Emigrant Aid Company because he did not want slavery. He gave guns to Jayhawkers to help them fight in the Civil War. Personal life. Lawrence's parents were Unitarians, but he became Anglican and was confirmed as a member of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Boston in 1842. He met and married Sarah Elizabeth Appleton (1822–1891) at the church. Sarah was a daughter of U.S. Representative William Appleton and Mary Ann Appleton (née Cutler). His mother was a relative of Samuel Appleton, a trustee of Massachusetts General Hospital and president of the Young Men's Benevolent Society. Amos and his wife, Sarah, had four children. They were: He died at his summer resort in Nahant, Massachusetts.
Stephen Edward Blaire (December 22, 1941 – June 18, 2019) was an American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was born in Los Angeles, California. Blaire became a priest in 1967. In February 1990, he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles and titular bishop of Lamzella by Pope John Paul II. He served as the fifth Bishop of Stockton, California from March 16, 1999 until his retirement on January 23, 2018. Blaire died on June 18, 2019 in Modesto, California. He was 77.
Friederike Else Käte de Haas (16 August 1944 – 17 June 2019) was a German politician. She was a member of the Christian Democratic Union (CDU). In 1990, she was elected as a member of the Landtag of the Free State of Saxony, serving until 2009. She also chaired the German War Graves Commission. In 2012, de Haas was awarded the Order of Merit of the Free State of Saxony. De Haas was born in Bielatal. She husband was a gynaecologist, and the couple had four children. She died on 17 June 2019, at the age of 74.
Area code 701 is an area code for the U.S. State of North Dakota. It is the only area code in North Dakota. It was one of the first area codes because it was created in 1947. The area code will have no more space by 2035.
is a Japanese former professional baseball outfielder and designated hitter who played baseball in Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) and Major League Baseball (MLB). He batted left-handed and threw right-handed. After playing the first ten seasons of his career for the Yomiuri Giants of NPB, he played the next seven seasons, from 2003 to 2009, for the New York Yankees of MLB. As a free agent, Matsui then had one-year stints with the Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, the Oakland Athletics, and the Tampa Bay Rays.
is a Japanese professional baseball pitcher that plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played for the Los Angeles Angels (MLB) and the Hokkaido Nippon-Ham Fighters of Nippon Professional Baseball's (NPB) Pacific League. Carrer Ohtani was the first pick of the Fighters in the 2012 draft. He played in NPB for the Fighters from 2013 through 2017 as a pitcher and an outfielder. Ohtani recorded the fastest pitch by a Japanese pitcher and in NPB history at 165 kilometres per hour (102.5 mph). The Fighters posted Ohtani to MLB after the 2017 season, and he signed with the Angels. He won the 2018 American League Rookie of the Year Award. He hit for the cycle on June 13, 2019.In the 2021 season, he became only the second Japanese player in history (and only the second Asian player in history) to win the season MVP and Silver Slugger Award since Ichiro in 2001. The Angels' Shohei Ohtani's 2021 season was selected No. 1 on the list. In the same month, he won the Associated Press Male Athlete of the Year award.On August 9, 2022, he became the first MLB player in nearly 104 years since Babe Ruth to reach double-digit wins and double-digit home runs; on October 5, he became the first player in the modern MLB to reach regulation innings (pitched and batted in) as both a pitcher and hitter.In the 2023 WBC, he made a major contribution to the Japanese national team as an ace and hitter, becoming the first player in WBC history to be named to the All-WBC team in two categories (pitcher and designated hitter) and the MVP of the WBC. In the season, he became the first Japanese and the first Asian in history to hit the most home runs. He also won the Silver Slugger Award for the second time in Japanese history (and the second time in Asian history), and became the first Japanese (and the first Asian
Harry Ebert Van Buren (December 6, 1924 – June 14, 2019) was an American football player. He played as a fullback and halfback. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles in the National Football League (NFL) between 1951 and 1953. His brother, Steve Van Buren, was his teammate during the 1951 season. Van Buren went to Louisiana State University and was added to the LSU Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015. Van Buren was born in the coastal town of Tela, Honduras. He died on June 14, 2019 in Monroe, Louisiana. He was 94.
was a Japanese freestyle swimmer. She was born in Hashimoto, Wakayama. She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle and 4 × 100 metre freestyle relay events at the 1932 and 1936 Summer Olympics.
Jiao Ruoyu (; 7 November 1915–1 January 2020) was a retired Chinese politician and diplomat. He served as a deputy mayor of Shenyang under Huang Oudong. He was a Chinese Ambassador to North Korea (1965–1970), Peru (1972–1977) and Iran (1977–1979). Jiao was also the mayor of Beijing from 1981 to 1983. Jiao was born in Ye County, Henan. He turned 100 in November 2015.
Mary Ward Breheny (6 March 1915 – 19 July 2021) was an Australian former actress and radio announcer. She was trained in acting in Australia and Britain, and appeared in many British stage and movie productions before moving back to Australia. She was one of the first female radio announcers for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC).  She was probably best known for her role as Jeanette "Mum" Brooks in the cult series "Prisoner". She also appeared TV series such as "Sons and Daughters", "Neighbours" and "Blue Heelers". Ward retired in 2000. Ward was born in Fremantle, Western Australia. She turned 100 in 2015. War died in Melbourne on 19 July 2021, aged 106.
A water supply system or 'water supply network' is an engineering system which provides a supply of water.  A water supply system typically includes:  The second part of the system is dealing with the sewage and waste water which is eventually put back or comes back into the system. If this' waste water' is not purified, cholera and typhoid epidemics will occur, and still do occur, in cities where the water engineering has not kept pace with population increase.  This type of system was a consequence of the work of John Snow on the mid-19th century cholera plagues in London. Despite all efforts, epidemics do still occur if there are leaks in the underground sewage system and leaks in the underground water pipes.
Carl-Göran Ekerwald (born 30 December 1923) is a Swedish author, literary critic, forest worker and teacher. He has written novels, short stories, essays and memoirs. His most noted works include the short story collection "Kumminåkern" (1962), "Skogvaktarens pojke" (2002) and "Horatius: Liv och tänkesätt" (2006). He was awarded the Dobloug Prize in 1987. Ekerwald was born in Östersund. He was married to Anna Westerberg from 1945 until her death in 2009. He lived with author Sigrid Kahle from 2010 until her death in 2013.
Milena Djukić (born 1 July 1960 in Gracanica, SFR Yugoslavia), played until 1991 in Yugoslavia basketball. Djukić started her career at Jedinstvo Aida in Tuzla. In the 1980s, the club won as Jedinstvo Aida three championships in the Yugoslav basketball league for women. During her career she won three national championships and a national cup.  Djukić married Lučić. She lives in Germany today. She is a specialist in occupational medicine and sports medicine. In May 2015, she received her doctorate from Eberhard Karls University Tübingen (Germany).
Jon Ola Hauger Norbom (15 December 1923 – 12 April 2020) was a Norwegian economist and politician. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He served in the cabinets of Prime Ministers Per Borten and Lars Korvald. From 1950 to 1952, he was the leader of the Young Liberals of Norway, the youth wing of the Liberal Party. He was State Secretary in the Ministry of Finance from 1967 to 1969, and was Minister of the Finance from 1972 to 1973. He never held any elected political office. Norbom was born in Bærum. In 1942, during World War II, Norbom was a prisoner at Grini concentration camp for a short time. He was later imprisoned at Buchenwald concentration camp. Norbom died in Suwanee, Georgia, United States on 12 April 2020. He was 96.
Thomas Eyre Forrest Hughes (26 November 1923 – 28 November 2024) was an Australian politician and lawyer. He was a member of the Liberal Party. He served as the 19th Attorney-General of Australia from 1969 to 1971. He was also a member of Australian House of Representatives from 1963 to 1972, first holding the seat of Parkes. Later, when the Division of Parkes was abolished in 1969, he held the seat of Berowra. He served in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) during World War II. He was awarded the French Legion of Honour ("Légion d'honneur") in 2005 for his efforts during the Invasion of Normandy. Hughes was born in Sydney, New South Wales. His brother was critic and writer Robert Hughes. Hughes has three children. His daughter, Lucy, was Lord Mayor of Sydney and is married to former Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Hughes died on 28 November 2024, two days after his 101st birthday.
Andry Nirina Rajoelina (Malagasy: ; born 30 May 1974) is a politician and businessman. He is was 6th President of Madagascar since December 2023. He was previously president from January 2019 to September 2023.  He was the Mayor of Antananarivo from December 2007 to February 2009, and President of the High Transitional Authority of Madagascar from 21 March 2009 to 25 January 2014. In June 2023, the revelation of French nationality led to the opening of a parliamentary inquiry, followed by the questioning of the High Constitutional Court by a group of citizens of the Malagasy diaspora in France..
Désiré Rakotoarijaona (born 19 June 1934) is a Malagasy politician. He was the Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1 August 1977 to 12 February 1988 under President Didier Ratsiraka. Rakotoarijaona was replaced by Victor Ramahatra. Rakotoarijaona also ran in the November 1996 presidential election but finished in last place out of 15 candidates with 0.37% of the vote.
Peng Xiaolian (; 26 June 1953 – 19 June 2019) was a Chinese movie director, scriptwriter and author. She graduated from the Beijing Film Academy in 1982. She was considered a member of the Fifth Generation. She moved to the U.S. to live in New York in 1989, and before moving back to China in 1996. Many of her movies focused on the city of Shanghai. She directed the movies "Women's Story" (1989), "A Dog to Kill" (1997), "Once Upon a Time in Shanghai" (1998), "Keke's Magic Umbrella" (2000), "Shanghai Women" (2002), "Shanghai Story" (2004), "Shanghai Rumba" (2006) and "Shanghai Kids" (2008). "Shanghai Story" won four Golden Rooster Awards, including the Best Picture and Best Director awards. Peng was born in Hunan. She died on 19 June 2019 in Shanghai, at the age of 66.
Marko M. Feingold (28 May 1913 – 19 September 2019) was an Austrian Holocaust survivor and centenarian. He was the president of the Jewish community in Salzburg. He was also in charge of Salzburg's synagogue. At years of age, he was the oldest living Austrian Holocaust survivor. He was imprisoned at the concentration camps Auschwitz, Neuengamme, Dachau and Buchenwald during the Holocaust. Feingold was born in Besztercebánya/Neusohl, Austria-Hungary (now Banská Bystrica, Slovakia). He grew up in Leopoldstadt, Vienna.
Jimmy Weldon (born Ivy Laverne Shinn; September 23, 1923 – July 6, 2023) was an American voice actor, television host and ventriloquist. He was born in Dale, Texas. He was best known as the voice of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Yakky Doodle in "The Yogi Bear Show" and related series.  He was the host and ventriloquist in the locally produced television series "The Webster Webfoot Show". He has also appeared in "The Waltons", "Dallas", "Diff'rent Strokes" and "Tom and Jerry Kids". Weldon died in Paso Robles, California, on July 6, 2023, at the age of 99.
The 2019 Pacific typhoon season was the most costly pacific typhoon season on record. It's based on typhoons coming to the coasts of countries around the Pacific Ocean. The storms that have formed during the period are listed below. Season summary. January, February and March. January was very active, as it opened with Tropical Storm Pabuk (2019), the earliest-forming tropical storm in the Western Pacific, beating Typhoon Alice (1979), it was also the first system in the 2019 North Indian Ocean cyclone season, as Pabuk crossed the boundary as a tropical storm, right after its Malaysian landfall, before it disappeared due to wind shear. Tropical Depression 01W formed near the Marshall Islands, where a day later, it dissipated, but after crossing into the Philippine Sea, the depression regenerated into Tropical Depression Amang, and made landfall in the Samar region, where it soon dissipated, but floods from tropical depression Amang resulted in a million-peso damage and 10 deaths in Mindanao. February was also active, with Tropical Depression 02W, which became Tropical Storm Wutip on February 19, and developed gradually in the Western Pacific, and became the season's first typhoon, and after an eyewall replacement cycle, it became the season's first Category 5 super typhoon, beating Typhoon Higos. After this, Wutip was attack by massive wind shear amounts, but managed to enter the Philippine Area of Responsibility as Tropical Depression Betty before dissipating in the Philippine Sea, and many are debating on whether Wutip's immense power was normal as March was coming, or it was caused by the deadly climate change, which already took a toll on the world, humans and animals alike. Wutip spared landmasses, but the Micronesia Islands suffered minimal damages after Wutip passed there as a Category 3 typhoon. March was an inactive season, with only one tropical depression forming, Chedeng, which made landfall in Mindanao, before dissipating in the Sulu Sea, where wind shear was destructively high. April and May. No storms in April formed,
Grover is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is 4 miles west of Lecompton and 6 miles east of Tecumseh.  History. Grover created a post office in 1886. It closed in 1895. It opened again in 1897, but it closed in 1899.
Clearfield is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is nine miles northeast of Baldwin City. History. Clearfield created a post office in 1885. It closed in 1900.
Kanwaka is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is 4 miles west of Lawrence. The name is a portmanteau of the Kansas and Wakarusa Rivers. Kanwaka is at the intersection of U.S. Highway 40 and Stull Road. The name Kanwaka actually refers to an area, not a town. History. Kanwaka was first settled in 1854. Kanwaka had a post office from 1857 to 1870 and again from 1898 until 1900.
Weaver is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas. History. A post office called Weaver was created in 1891. It stayed until 1903 The area had a lot of floods in the past.
Lake View is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is 1 mile north of Lawrence.  History. Lake View was created in 1892 as a lake side resort. It was in use until the 1930s. The Lake View club still keeps the oxbow lake. A post office opened in Lake View (but spelled Lakeview) in 1898. It stayed until 1914. Lake View was a station on the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway.
Hesper is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas. It is two and a half miles southeast of Eudora. History. Hesper was created in 1858 by Quakers. They wanted to help the free-state cause. In 1884, the Hesper Academy opened, but it closed in 1912. A post office was opened in Hesper in 1868. It closed in 1900. Friends University in Wichita was created by James Davis. He was from Hesper. The college football player and coach John H. Outland was also from Hesper. The Outland Trophy was named after him.
Midland is an unincorporated community in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. It is two miles north of Lawrence. Geography. Climate. Midland has hot, humid summers and cool winters. The Köppen Climate Classification system says that Midland has a humid subtropical climate.
Lapeer is a ghost town in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas. History. Lapeer was created in 1855 on the Santa Fe Trail route. The community was named after Lapeer, Michigan. The Lapeer post office closed in 1902.
Belvoir is a ghost town in Douglas County, Kansas, United States. History. The first settlement at Belvoir was made in the 1850s. A post office was created at Belvoir in 1869. It stayed until 1903. The community was named after Belvoir, the plantation home of William Fairfax in Virginia.
Media is a ghost town in Douglas County, in the U.S. state of Kansas. History. The first settlement at Media was made in 1878. Media was located on the Kansas City, Lawrence &amp; Southern Kansas Railroad. A post office was created in Media in 1878. It stayed until 1903. Media merged into present-day Baldwin City.
A historical society (sometimes also preservation society) is group that collects, keeps, and understands historical information or historical things. These groups were created to help people in the future understand their heritage. Historical societies can do many different things. Some do genealogy, some try to protect historical buildings, some focus on certain towns, countries, people, railroads, or religious groups.
The Kansas Historical Society is the official state historical society of Kansas. It is in Topeka. History. The Kansas Editors' and Publishers' Association created the Kansas Historical Society in 1875. They wanted to save old and new documents. In 1879, the Kansas Legislature said that the Kansas Historical Society was the official group for saving Kansas's history. Their budget is about six million dollars, and they have about 100 employees.  The Kansas Historical Society's first website was created in 1993 by two KU students. It was on the University of Kansas's website. It was the first state or city historical society website ever. The Kansas Historical Society created its own website in 1998. It has about 4,000 pages of information, and it has received many awards. Awards. The Kansas Historical Society has received many awards from other groups related to history: