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Joachim Gerhard Vobbe (January 5, 1947 – July 26, 2017) was a German bishop for the Catholic Diocese of the Old Catholics in Germany. He was born in Bad Honnef, Germany. Vobbe was ordained a priest on 14 June 1972. After serving as a chaplain ("Kaplan") for five years in Catholic parishes in Cologne (1972–1974) and Düsseldorf (1974–1977), he joined the Old Catholic Church in 1977, becoming rector in Blumberg until 1982. He then served in Offenbach, latterly as Dean of Hesse. Vobbe served as the Bishop of the Old Catholics in Germany (based in Bonn) until 2009. As bishop of a church in full communion with the Church of England, he has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in that church's Diocese in Europe since 1999. Vobbe died at Königswinter on 26 July 2017 of prostate cancer at the age of 70.
Ramón Xirau Subías (, ) (20 January 1924 – 27 July 2017) was a Spanish-born Mexican poet, philosopher and literary critic. He was born in Barcelona, Spain.  Recognitions. He received the Legion of Honour from France and the Isabel la Católica from Spain awards as well as the Cruz de Saint Jordi from the Generalitat of Catalonia for his works in essay and academics in Spanish and Catalan literature. He was a research faculty member of the UNAM y and the National System of Researchers. At the UNAM he taught at the Faculty of Philosophy and Literature and did research at the Institute of Philosophy Research. He was a member of the Colegio Nacional since 1973. Xirau died on 27 July 2017 of congestive heart failure in Mexico City at the age of 93.
Betty Boothroyd, Baroness Boothroyd (8 October 1929 – 26 February 2023) was a British politician. She served as a Labour Member of Parliament (MP) for West Bromwich and West Bromwich West from 1973 to 1992.  From 1992 to 2000, she served as Speaker of the House of Commons. She was the first, and to date only, female Speaker of the House of Commons. She sat, by tradition, as a Crossbench peer in the House of Lords. Boothroyd died at a hospital in Cambridge, Cambridgeshire on 26 February 2023 at the age of 93. Her death was announced the following day by  Sir Lindsay Hoyle.
Matthew George "Matt" Reeves (born April 27, 1966) is an American screenwriter, director and producer.  Career. Reeves began his career as a screenwriter for the movies "" (1995) and "The Pallbearer" (1996). He then worked into television as a director and co-creator of the drama series "Felicity" (1998–2002) alongside J.J. Abrams. Reeves has since directed the found-footage horror movie "Cloverfield" (2008), the romantic horror movie "Let Me In" (2010), and the science fiction sequels "Dawn of the Planet of the Apes" (2014) and "War for the Planet of the Apes" (2017).  In February 2017, Warner Bros. announced that Reeves would direct "The Batman", released in 2022 and starring Robert Pattinson as the titular character.
Hsu Pang-hsing (, January 29, 1909 - August 3, 1984) was a Hakka doctor from Pingtung, Taiwan. Life. Hsu was born in Zhongxinlun, Neipu (, a town of Pingtung) in 1909. He studied at Neiho Elementary School (), Takao Middle School () and Taihok Medical College (). In 1931, he married Chiu Jen-mei. They had six children After the end of World War II in 1945, Hsu began to serve as the first surgery director of National Taiwan University Hospital, but he resigned in 1950. After that, he set up Hsu Surgery Hospital (徐外科醫院) in 1950 and created Private Meiho Senior high school (美和高中) in 1961. In 1971, he set up the Meiho Youth baseball team, six-time world champion. In 1984, Hsu died at the age of 76.
The Eifel is a mountain range mostly in Germany. The northern part is in the state of North Rhine-Westphalia. The southern part is in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate. The very eastern part of Belgium (the High Fens and most of the German-speaking Community of Belgium) and the northern part of Luxembourg (the Oesling) are considered to be both parts of the Ardennes and parts of the Eifel. The western border of the Eifel is at the Belgian and Luxembourgian Ardennes. The eastern border is at the Westerwald across the Rhine River. The southern border is at the Hunsrück across the Moselle River. The northern border is at the lower regions of the Rhineland. Characteristics. The Eifel has hills up to about . They are made of slate and other stones. The highest hill is the Hohe Acht with an altitude of . Few people live in the mountain range. It has many trees, reservoirs and rivers. The biggest settlement is the city of Aachen at the northern edge. Because of its elevation, temperatures are low. Division. The Eifel is divided into: Language. Languages spoken in the Eifel are German, and in the Belgian and Luxembourgian parts besides German also French. Three Central Franconian dialects of German are spoken in the Eifel:
Garry Alan Monk (born 6 March 1979) is an English football manager and former player. He has managed EFL Championship club Middlesbrough since 2017. He played for Torquay United, Southampton, Barnsley and Swansea City. He has previously been the manager of Swansea and Leeds United. Career. Playing career. Garry played for Torquay United Academy until 1995, and began playing for the first team before leaving for Southampton the next year. He rarely played for The Saints and went out on loan to Torquay, Stockport County, Oxford United and Sheffield Wendesday. He also played on loan for Barnsley, before joining permanently in January 2004. He left for Swansea City in Summer 2004, and stayed there for ten years. Garry was captain for a while, but retired from football in 2004. Managerial career. Garry started managing Swansea City as their interim player-manager after Michael Laudrup was given the sack. He was good and Swansea were not relegated to the Championship. He became the main manager the next season, and they played well and finished eighth. Garry was not good at the beginning of the next season, and was sacked in Christmas time 2015. He was manager of Leeds United from 2016 to 2017, where they finished seventh; he resigned from his job despite the club wanting him to stay. Garry became the manager of Middlesbrough in 2017. Honours. Player. Swansea City Individual Manager. Individual
A general election was held on 12 December 2019 to elect all 650 members to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom. The Conservative Party won with a landslide majority and Boris Johnson stayed as Prime Minister. The Labour Party lost 60 seats, giving them their lowest number of seats (202) since 1935. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn quit after the loss saying he "would not lead Labour at the next election". This led to a leadership election in the party where Keir Starmer became the new leader. 34 MPs out of the 650 elected had quit or been disciplined by their party or by parliamentary colleagues over claims of bad behaviour by the end of 2023. This was more than any previous parliament. Summary. A summarised results of the parties that won seats at the election is as follows:
Niculae Nedeff (September 26, 1928 – July 24, 2017) was a Romanian handball player and coach of the Romania women's national handball team and Romania national handball team. He won the World Championships seven times, three times with the girls' team and four times with the boys' team. He was born in Bucharest. After retiring, he joined the Executive Committee of the Romanian Olympic Committee. Nedeff died on July 24, 2017 in Bucharest at the age of 88.
Paul Richard Shanley (January 25, 1931 – October 28, 2020) was an American priest and was accused and convicted of raping a child. He served at St. Jean's Parish in Newton, Massachusetts and was a known figure in the Boston clergy sex abuse scandal. He was incarcerated as inmate W84979 at Old Colony Correctional Center for raping a child in 1980 and was released from prison on July 28, 2017. Shanley first gained notoriety during the 1970s as a "street priest", ministering to drug addicts and runaways who struggled with their sexuality. His writings included "Changing Norms of Sexuality". During the 1980s, Shanley served as pastor of St. Jean the Evangelist Parish in Newton, Massachusetts. In February 2005, Shanley was found guilty of indecent assaults and the rape of a male minor and received a sentence of 12 to 15 years in prison. Shanley was released from Old Colony Correctional Center on July 28, 2017, after serving 12 years. Shanley died on October 28, 2020 from heart failure at the age of 89.
Mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome (MDS or MDDS) is any of a group of autosomal recessive disorders that cause a significant drop in mitochondrial DNA in affected tissues.  Symptoms can be any combination of myopathic, hepatopathic, or encephalomyopathic. These syndromes affect tissue in the muscle, liver, or both the muscle and brain, respectively. The condition is typically fatal in infancy and early childhood, though some have survived to their teenage years with the myopathic variant and some have survived into adulthood with the SUCLA2 encephalomyopathic variant.  There is currently no cure for any form of MDDS, though some preliminary treatments have shown a reduction in symptoms.
Doris Leon "D. L." Menard (April 14, 1932 – July 27, 2017) was an American singer-songwriter and guitarist in contemporary Cajun music. He was called the "Cajun Hank Williams." He was born in Erath, Louisiana. In 2010, his album "Happy Go Lucky" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the Best Zydeco or Cajun music album category. Menard died on July 27, 2017 in Scott, Louisiana of a heart attack at the age of 85.
Martin A. "Marty" Sklar (February 6, 1934 – July 27, 2017) was an American businessman. He was known for working with The Walt Disney Company as its International Ambassador for Walt Disney Imagineering, the subsidiary of the company which designs and constructs Disney theme parks and resorts across the world. Sklar was formerly Vice President of Concepts and Planning for the company, before being promoted to President, then Vice Chairman and Principal Creative Executive before his final role. Disney honored him with a Disneyland window dedication ceremony on his date of retirement, July 17, 2009. Sklar was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey. He studied at the University of California, Los Angeles. Sklar died on July 27, 2017 in Hollywood Hills, California at the age of 83.
Dunkirk is a 2017 British-American war drama movie written, co-produced and directed by Christopher Nolan. The movie stars Fionn Whitehead, Tom Glynn-Carney, Jack Lowden, Harry Styles, Aneurin Barnard, James D'Arcy, Barry Keoghan, Kenneth Branagh, Cillian Murphy, Mark Rylance and Tom Hardy. Plot. In 1940, during the Battle of France, Allied soldiers have retreated to Dunkirk. Tommy, a young British private, is the sole survivor of a German ambush. At the beach, he finds thousands of troops awaiting evacuation and meets Gibson, who is burying a body. After a Luftwaffe dive-bomber attack, they find a wounded man. They rush his stretcher onto a hospital ship, hoping to get aboard, but are ordered off. The ship is sunk by dive bombers; Tommy meets Alex. They leave at night on a destroyer, but it is torpedoed by a U-boat. Gibson saves Tommy and Alex from the sinking ship, and they get back to the beach. With only a single, vulnerable mole available for embarking on deep-draft ships, the Royal Navy requisitions civilian vessels in Great Britain that can get to the beach. In Weymouth, a civilian sailor Dawson, with his son Peter, sets out on his boat "Moonstone", rather than let the Navy commandeer her. Impulsively, their teenage hand George joins them, hoping to do something noteworthy. At sea, they rescue a shivering shell-shocked soldier from a wrecked ship. When he realises that Dawson is sailing for Dunkirk, the soldier demands that they turn back and tries to wrest control of the boat; in the scuffle, George suffers a head injury that renders him blind. Elsewhere, three RAF Spitfires cross the English Channel, heading towards Dunkirk, tasked with defending the evacuation. After their leader is shot down in a dogfight, one of the pilots, Farrier, assumes command, but the other Spitfire is hit and ditches. Its pilot, Collins, is rescued by "Moonstone". Tommy, Alex and Gibson join some soldiers of a
Charlie Gard (4 August 2016 – 28 July 2017) was a British infant born Bedfont, London with a rare genetic condition known as mitochondrial DNA depletion syndrome that causes progressive brain damage and muscle failure, including the muscles needed to breathe. There is no treatment, and it causes death in infancy.  Background. His parents, Chris Gard and Connie Yates, brought him to the Great Ormond Street Hospital (GOSH) in October 2016 because he was having trouble breathing, and he was put on mechanical ventilation.  His condition continued to deteriorate, and the genetic condition was diagnosed in November. The doctors and parents initially agreed to attempt an experimental treatment, but after the child had seizures that caused more brain damage in January, the doctors withdrew their support for trying the treatment, because it was "futile" and would only prolong the pain the infant might be suffering.  The doctors thought it would be best for the child to remove life support and allow him to die, but the parents still wanted to try the treatment. Court cases. This disagreement led to a series of court cases. The courts consistently supported GOSH's position, and the parents eventually dropped their challenge and agreed to withdraw life support. There was one more court case, about how to allow the child to die, which was decided on 27 July. On that day he was transferred to a hospice, and on the next day mechanical ventilation was withdrawn and he died at the age of 11 months and 24 days, a week before his first birthday. Death. A week after being placed in hospice care in London on 28 July 2017 at 11 months.
Inder Kumar (26 August 1973 – 28 July 2017) was an Indian actor. He was born in Jaipur, Rajasthan. Kumar was best known for playing supporting roles in Hindi movies such as "Wanted", "Tumko Na Bhool Paayenge" and "Kahin Pyaar Na Ho Jaaye". Death. Kumar died of a heart attack on 28 July 2017 in Mumbai, Maharastra at the age of 43.
John Godfrey Morris (December 7, 1916 – July 28, 2017) was an American picture editor and an important figure in the history of photojournalism. He was born in Maple Shade, New Jersey. He worked for the weekly picture magazine "Life" throughout World War II. Morris died on July 28, 2017 in Paris of heart failure at the age of 100.
Ovidio Messa Soruco (12 December 1952 – 27 July 2017) was a Bolivian footballer. He was born in Yacuíba, Bolivia. He was known for playing for the Bolivia national football team from 1978 through 1979.  Messa died on 27 July 2017 of pancreatic cancer in Alicante, Spain at the age of 64.
Gabriel Jesus Iglesias (born July 15, 1976) is an American stand-up comedian, actor, producer, writer, singer, dancer, voice artist, and comedian, best known for his shows "I'm Not Fat... I'm Fluffy" and "Hot &amp; Fluffy". Early life. Iglesias was born Gabriel Jesus Iglesias in San Diego, California on July 15, 1976.
Donat was a municipality in Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. On 1 January 2021, the former municipalities of Casti-Wergenstein, Donat, Lohn and Mathon merged to form the new municipality of Muntogna da Schons.
Montreux () is a municipality in Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is on Lake Geneva shoreline at the foot of the Alps and has a population, , of and nearly 90,000 in the agglomeration. The Montreux Jazz Festival, annually in July since 1967. In 1990, the Wakker Prize was awarded to Montreux. History. The earliest settlement was a Late Bronze Age village at Baugy. Montreux lies on the northeast shore of Lake Geneva at the fork in the Roman road from Italy over the Simplon Pass, where the roads to the Roman capital of Aventicum and the road into Gaul through Besançon separated. This made it an important settlement already in Roman times. In the 12th century, viticulture was introduced to the region, and the sunny slopes of the lake from Lavaux to Montreux became an important wine-growing region. The region was subject to various princes, most notably the princes of Savoy from the south side of the lake. They unified the territory which comprises the present canton of Vaud and were generally popular sovereigns. After the Burgundian Wars in the 15th century, the Swiss in Berne occupied the region without resistance, an indication of the weakness of the princes of Savoy. The Reformation made the region around Montreux and Vevey an attractive haven for Huguenots from Italy, who brought their artisanal skills and set up workshops and businesses. In 1798, Napoleon liberated the region from the Bernese. In the 19th century, the tourist industry became a major commercial outlet, with the grand hotels of Montreux attracting the rich and cultured from Europe and America. Starting in the 19th century there were three independent municipalities that shared a central authority. This county council was made up of four deputies from Le Châtelard, two from Les Planches and one from Veytaux. The church, the market hall of La Rouvenaz, the secondary school (the building was from 1872 and 1897) and the slaughter-house (1912)
Le Châtelard is a village and former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 1962 the former municipalities of Le Châtelard and Les Planches merged into the new municipality of Montreux.
Les Planches is a village and former municipality in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. On 1 January 1962 the former municipalities of Le Châtelard and Les Planches merged into the new municipality of Montreux.
Clarens is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Montreux. It was made famous throughout Europe by the immense success of the book La Nouvelle Héloïse by Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Whilst in Clarens, the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky wrote his ballets "The Rite of Spring" and "Pulcinella" and in March 1878, Tchaikovsky wrote his "Violin Concerto". Paul Kruger, hero of South African independence from Britain, died here. For this reason, a village in South Africa was given the same name. The anarchist and geographer Élisée Reclus resided in Clarens. Writer Vladimir Nabokov is buried there. The 19th century writer, diplomat and MP David Urquhart of Braelangwell, who introduced the Turkish bath to Britain, is buried here.
Glion is a village in the canton of Vaud in Switzerland. It is part of the municipality of Montreux. This place is where Henri Nestlé died of a heart attack in 1890.
Therese Johaug (born 25 June 1988) is a Norwegian professional cross-country skier. She won the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Women's 10 kilometre freestyle. Johaug will not (as of August 2017) be able to qualify for the Olympic Games in 2018. Doping and not being allowed to compete for 18 months. Johaug has (as of August 2017) a suspension for doping in sport. She cannot compete for 18 months, after 13 October 2016. FIS, or International Ski Federation, made the doping case go to CAS, or Court of Arbitration for Sport; FIS did this, because the organization thinks that the punishment is not long enough. Her case was heard on 6 June 2017. The decision (from CAS) about punishment, was: suspension for 18 months.
Johannes Joseph "Jon" van Rood (7 April 1926 – 21 July 2017) was a Dutch immunologist. He founded Eurotransplant in 1967, a non-profit organization responsible for encouraging and coordinating organ transplants. He was born in Scheveningen, the Netherlands. In 1977 van Rood was awarded the Robert Koch Prize. In 1978, he was awarded the Wolf Prize in Medicine, jointly with George D. Snell and Jean Dausset. van Rood became member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1978. He was elected a member of the Academia Europaea in 1989. Van Rood died on 21 July 2017 in Leeuwarden, the Netherlands at the age of 91.
Vincenzo Bettiza (7 June 1927 – 28 July 2017) was a Croatian-born Italian novelist, journalist and politician. He was born in Split, Kingdom of Yugoslavia . Bettiza has been director of several Italian newspaper and author of numerous books. as a journalist he devoted his attention to Eastern European countries and nationalities, and Southeastern Europe, Yugoslavian area in particular. In the period 1957-1965 he was foreign correspondent for the newspaper "La Stampa", first from Vienna and then from Moscow. Later he moved to "Corriere della Sera", for which he worked for ten years. Starting from 1976, he was member of the Italian Senate and the European Parliament. Bettiza died on 28 July 2017 in Rome, Italy at the age of 90.
Redha Malek (21 December 1931 – 29 July 2017) was an Algerian politician. He was the Prime Minister of Algeria from August 21, 1993 to April 1994. He was prime Minister in the early years of the Algerian Civil War. He did not support Islamist policies. He worked with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on a plan for financial reform. He negotiated debt relief plan with the IMF for Algeria. Malek died on 29 July 2017 in Algiers, Algeria after a long-illness at the age of 85.
Yuri Alekseevich Ryzhov (; October 28, 1930 – July 29, 2017) was a Soviet and Russian scientist in the field of fluid dynamics, political and social activist. He was born in Moscow. He was a member of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Academician since 1987; Corresponding Member since 1981). He served as Russian Ambassador to France from 1992 through 1998.[1] Ryzhov died on July 29, 2017 in Moscow at the age of 86.
Hastings and Rye is a constituency of the UK Parliament in East Sussex. It was created in 1983. Since then it has been held by the Conservative Party, apart from 1997 to 2010 when it held by Michael Foster for the Labour Party. Between 2010 and 2019 it was represented by Amber Rudd. Rudd was in the Theresa May's Cabinet. Between 2016 and 2018 she was Home Secretary, and between 2018 and 2019 she was Secretary of State for Work and Pensions. Since 2019 it has been represented by Sally-Ann Hart.
Southampton, Itchen is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2015 by Royston Smith, a Conservative member of parliament. The electorate is 74,513 (December 2010).
Bournemouth West is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament by Conor Burns. As of 2011, the population is 98,968.
Makhmut Akhmetovich Gareyev ( ) (June 23, 1923 – December 25, 2019) was a Russian General of the Army, a historian, and a military scientist. He was the former Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of the USSR. He was the president of the Russian Academy of Military Sciences. Gareyev held the Doctor of Science degree in History and Military Science. Gareev was born in Chelyabinsk. He died on December 25, 2019 in Moscow at the age of 96.
The Kosovo War was a controversial war that took place from 1998 to 1999 in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The Kosovo Liberation Army fought the Yugoslavian army from 1998 to 1999. In 1999, NATO bombed Yugoslavia to prevent genocide in Kosovo.
The Al Shaheen Oil Field is a production oil and gas field. It is located off the north east coast of Qatar in the Persian Gulf, north of Doha. The oil field lies over the North Gas Field, one of the largest gas fields in the world. In 2008, the BD-04A well in the Al Shaheen Oil Field became the longest and deepest borehole in the world.
Tomás Luis de Victoria was a Spanish composer of Renaissance music, (1548 – 27 August 1611). He was one of the most important composers of the Counter-Reformation, along with Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Orlando di Lasso. Victoria was not only a composer, but also an accomplished organist and singer as well as a Catholic priest. However, he preferred the life of a composer to that of a performer.