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Ben Fernandez (February 24, 1925 – April 25, 2000) was an American politician, financial consultant, World War II veteran, and special ambassador. He was America's first major-party presidential nominee of an Hispanic origin. He ran as a Republican. He ran for president in 1980, 1984, and in 1988. He lost during the primaries to Ronald Reagan, in 1980 and 1984, and to George H. W. Bush in 1988.
Lowell Palmer Weicker Jr. (May 16, 1931 – June 28, 2023) was an American politician and lawyer. He was the Governor of Connecticut. He served as governor from 1991 to 1995. Weicker was a Republican. He ran for President of the United States in 1980, but lost the primary to Ronald Reagan.  From 1971 to 1989, Weicker was the United States Senator from Connecticut. From 1969 to 1971, Weicker represented the state's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Weicker, Jr. was born in Paris, France to American parents. He died on June 28, 2023 at a hospital in Middletown, Connecticut at the age of 92.
Charles Clifton "Cliff" Finch (April 4, 1927 – April 22, 1986) was an American politician. He was the 56th Governor of Mississippi. He served as governor from 1976 to 1980. He was a Democrat.  He ran for President of the United States in 1980, but lost the primary to Jimmy Carter. Finch died in Batesville, Mississippi from a heart attack, aged 59.
James Terry Sanford (August 20, 1917 – April 18, 1998) was an American politician and educator. He was the United States senator of North Carolina. He served as senator from 1986 to 1993. He was a Democrat. Sanford ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost the primary to Jimmy Carter. Sanford died in Durham, North Carolina from esophageal cancer, aged 80.
Henry Martin "Scoop" Jackson (May 31, 1912 – September 1, 1983) was an American politician. He was the United States senator of Washington. He served as senator from 1953 to 1983. He was a member of the Democratic Party.  He ran for President of the United States during the presidential elections in 1976, but lost to Jimmy Carter during the primary. Jackson died in Everett, Washington from an aortic aneurysm, aged 71.
Morris King "Mo" Udall (June 15, 1922 – December 12, 1998) was an American politician. He was a member of the United States House of Representatives for Arizona's 2nd district. He served as a representative from 1961 to 1991. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Udall ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost to Jimmy Carter during the primaries. Udall died in Washington, D.C. from complications of Parkinson's disease, aged 76.
Birch Evans Bayh, Jr. (January 22, 1928 – March 14, 2019) was an American politician. He served as a United States senator of Indiana. He served as senator from 1963 to 1981. He was a member of the Democratic Party. He was born in Terre Haute, Indiana. He ran for President of the United States in 1976, but lost to Jimmy Carter during the primary. He was known for co-authoring and introducing Title IX to the Senate.  Bayh authored the twenty-fifth and the twenty-sixth amendments to the United States Constitution. His is the only non-founding father to author two amendments. He also proposed to remove the electoral college and to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment. Bayh lost his re-election bid in 1980 to future Vice President Dan Quayle with a vote margin of 53.8% to 46.2%. Bayh's son, Evan, is a former Indiana governor and senator.  Bayh died on March 14, 2019 in Easton, Maryland from pneumonia, aged 91. Other websites.  Retrieved on 2009-05-08
Larry Lee Pressler (born March 29, 1942) is an American politician. He was born in Humboldt, South Dakota and was the United States senator of South Dakota. He served as senator from 1979 to 1997. He was a member of the Republican Party. Pressler ran for President of the United States in 1980, but lost to Ronald Reagan during the primary. Pressler announced in 2013, that he would run for the senate seat as an Independent. He soon lost the election to Republican Governor Mike Rounds.
The Yongle Encyclopedia was a Chinese compilation of information. It was ordered by the Ming Dynasty emperor Yongle in 1403, and completed by 1408. It was the world's largest known general encyclopedia at its time, and held this record for six centuries.  In the Chinese language it is: . This means "The Great Canon or Vast Documents of the Yongle Era".
Wayne Lyman Morse (October 20, 1900 – July 22, 1974) was an American politician. He was the United States senator of Oregon. He served as senator from 1945 to 1969. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Morse ran for President of the United States in 1960, but lost the primary to John F. Kennedy. Morse died in Portland, Oregon from kidney failure, aged 73.
Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg (March 22, 1884 – April 18, 1951) was an American politician. Vandenberg was known for being part of the creation of the United Nations with Franklin D. Roosevelt. Vandenberg was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He studied at the University of Michigan. In 1906, Vandenberg was married to Elizabeth Watson. Watson died in 1917. They had three children. Vandenberg married Hazel Whittaker in 1918. Their marriage lasted until his death in 1951. They had no children.  He was the United States senator of Michigan. He served as senator from 1928 until his death in 1951. He was also the President pro tempore of the United States Senate from 1947 to 1949. Vandenberg was a member of the Republican Party. He ran for President of the United States in 1948, but lost the primary to Thomas E. Dewey.  Vandenberg died in Grand Rapids, Michigan from cancer, aged 67.
Dr. Ivo "Eggman" Robotnik is the main antagonist of Sonic the Hedgehog. He first appeared in 1991 in the game "Sonic the Hedgehog" for the Sega Mega Drive. He last appeared in 2023 in the game "Sonic Superstars". Creation. In April 1990, Sega wanted a character to replace Alex Kidd as the company's mascot. One of the designs was a caricature of Theodore Roosevelt. This became the basis for the design of Dr. Eggman. They wanted a character that was the opposite of Sonic, a character that would represent technology and development. The character was also designed to be easily drawable by children. Features. Eggman is a distinguished scientist and mechanical genius with an IQ of 300. He is an expert in the field of robotics. Despite all this, Eggman uses intelligence on purposes. He attempts to conquer the world and create his own utopia. Despite many setbacks, he never gives up and he does not care what others think of his actions. He considers anyone who opposes his plans is a serious threat. Despite his intellect, Eggman is often insane. Sometimes he can't even accept the fact that he is in trouble.
Amy Rose is a fictional character from the "Sonic the Hedgehog" video game series created by Sega. She is a pink hedgehog who has a crush on the main character, Sonic. Amy is known for being optimistic, bubbly, and always eager to help her friends. She is often shown carrying a large hammer, which she uses to defend herself and her friends. Amy first appeared in "Sonic the Hedgehog CD" (1993) and has since become a recurring character in the series. Amy was designed by Kazuyuki Hoshino and first debuted in the "Sonic the Hedgehog" manga published by Shogakukan, followed by her official debut in the 1993 video game "Sonic CD" under the name Rosie the Rascal; since then, she has appeared in several games, television series, comics, and anime as the main character. Amy is among the series' most controversial characters; although many video game journalists have found her character cute and powerful, others have found her annoying, with several also criticizing her implications in gender representation in video games; despite this, Amy Rose is consistently ranked as among the most popular characters, having appeared in several pieces of merchandise since 1993. Concept and design. Amy Rose was created by Kazuyuki Hoshino, who was a character designer and visual designer for "Sonic CD". Naoto Ohshima, who'd originally created Sonic and who was spear-heading the project, influenced Amy's design of her headband and trainer shoes. Her hair was originally color red, and her skirt orange. Amy was redesigned by Yuji Uekawa in "Sonic Adventure" with a red dress and boots. Although "Sonic CD" was Amy's intended debut, she ended up appearing a year prior in Kenji Terada's "Sonic the Hedgehog" manga. In the Japan, Amy Rose is voiced by Taeko Kawata, with the exception being "Sonic Shuffle" where she is voiced by Emi Motoi. Her English voice actor has changed several times; she was originally voiced by Jennifer Douillard from "Sonic Adventure" to "Sonic Advance 3", before being replaced by Lisa Ortiz, who
Harold Raymond "Hal" Smith (June 1, 1931 – April 12, 2014) was an American Major League Baseball catcher. He played for the St. Louis Cardinals from 1956 until 1961 and briefly for the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1965. He was born in Barling, Arkansas. Smith died on April 12, 2014 in Fort Smith, Arkansas, aged 82. He was outlived by his wife and three children.
A megaflood is a flood which suddenly releases a huge amount of water. In geomorphology it is sometimes called an outburst flood. At the end of the last ice age, many large floods were caused by the collapse of ice sheets or glaciers which formed the dams of glacial lakes. Examples of older outburst floods are known from the geological past of the Earth. Landslides, lahars, and volcanic dams can block rivers and create lakes. When the rock or earth barrier collapses, or is eroded, this triggers a flood. Lakes also form behind glacial moraines, which can collapse and create outburst floods. Examples. The Black Sea (~7,600 years ago). It is claimed that a rising sea flood led to refilling of the freshwater glacial Black Sea with water from the Aegean. It is described as "a violent rush of salt water into a depressed fresh-water lake in a single catastrophe that has been the inspiration for the flood mythology". The marine incursion was caused by the rising level of the Mediterranean about 7,600 years ago. It is the subject of debate among geologists. The existence of the flood is not certain, and the theory that it was the basis for later flood myths is not proven. The Caspian and Black Seas (around 16,000 years ago). A theory proposed by Andrey Tchepalyga of the Russian Academy of Sciences dates the flooding of the Black Sea basin to an earlier time and from a different cause. According to Tchepalyga, global warming beginning from about 16,000 years ago caused the melting of the Scandinavian ice sheet. This caused a massive river discharge which flowed into the Caspian Sea. The Caspian basin could not contain all the floodwater, which flowed into the ancient Black Sea basin. This would have flooded large areas that were previously settled or used for hunting. Tchepalyga suggests this may have formed the basis for legends of the great Deluge. English Channel floods. Originally there was an isthmus across the Strait of Dover. During an earlier glacial maximum, the exit from the North Sea was blocked to the north by an ice dam, and the
Erik Homburger Erikson (born Erik Salomonsen; 15 June 1902 – 12 May 1994) was a German-born American developmental psychologist and psychoanalyst. Erikson is known for his theory on psychosocial development of human beings. Erikson is also known for coining the phrase "identity crisis". His son is Kai T. Erikson, a sociologist. In 1970, Erikson won a Pulitzer Prize in "General Nonfiction" and won a U.S. National Book Award in the "Philosophy and Religion" category, both for "Gandhi's Truth". Erikson died at the Rosewood Manor Nursing Home in Harwich, Massachusetts on 13 May 1994.
Lucy is a 2014 French science fiction superhero action movie. It is about street gangs, drugs and changing of the title character to superhuman. It was written and directed by Luc Besson and is set in Taipei. Scarlett Johansson plays Lucy. Morgan Freeman plays Norman. The movie was released in July 2014 in the United States.
Air China flight 129 is an international scheduled flight from Beijing to Busan. On April 15, 2002, the Boeing 767-2J6ER flying the route crashed into a mountain while trying to land at Busan-Gimhae International Airport. Of the 166 people on the aircraft, 129 were killed. Investigators determined that pilot error was the cause of the crash. This was the first time an Air China crash killed people. It was also the worst plane crash in South Korea until the crash of Jeju Air Flight 2216.
Lieutenant Commander Sir Arthur Owen Woodhouse (18 July 1916 – 15 April 2014), better known as Owen Woodhouse, was a New Zealand lawyer, jurist and chair of government commissions. He was a member of the Supreme Court. He later served as President of the Court of Appeal from 1981 until 1986. Woodhouse was born in Napier and studied at the University of Auckland. During World War II, he served as a lieutenant commander in the Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve. Woodhouse died from natural causes on 15 April 2014 in Auckland, aged 97.
Davidson Black (July 25, 1884 – March 15, 1934) was a Canadian doctor who studied anatomy and anthropology. He was born in Toronto and died in Peking (now Beijing). In 1927, he led a team that discovered bone fossils from an early species of human beings in China. The fossils were about 750,000 years old. They belonged to the species "Sinanthropus pekinensis" or Peking Man. He and his team found these fossils near the village of Zhoukoudian, near Beijing. He graduated from the University of Toronto. In 1921, he became a professor of anatomy in China at Peking Union Medical College. He died on March 15, 1934.
Rhys Montague Darby (born 21 March 1974) is a New Zealand actor and comedian. He is best known for playing Murray Hewitt, the band manager of Flight of the Conchords, in the HBO television series of the same name (2007–2009). He has since appeared in movies such as "Yes Man" (2008), "The Boat That Rocked" (2009), "" (2009), "Love Birds" (2011), "Arthur Christmas" (2011), and "What We Do in the Shadows" (2014). Darby was born in Auckland. He grew up in the suburb of Pakuranga. He was a soldier in the New Zealand Army. He is married to Rosie Carnahan. The couple have two children.
Albert Sidney Johnston (February 2, 1803 – April 6, 1862) was a Confedeate general during the American Civil War. He was born in 1803 in Tennessee. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1826. He resigned from the U.S. army in 1834 after his wife died. He then joined the Texas army during the Texas Revolution and continued serving in it after Texas became a republic. In 1840 he resigned from the Texas army and moved to Kentucky. Johnston rejoined the U.S. army for the Mexican–American War. By 1860 he was in charge of the U.S. army in California. He resigned in May 1861 after Texas joined the Confederate States of America. He was made a four star general in the Confederate army and put in charge of the Confederate units in Kentucky and Tennessee. He was killed at the Battle of Shiloh on April 6, 1862.
Brick Mansions is a 2014 French-Canadian-American urban crime movie. The movie is about crimes in Detroit and plans to ruin the area. Paul Walker plays Damien Collier. The movie was released on April 25, 2014. It is a remake of "District 13".
John Bell Hood (1831 – August 30, 1879) was a Confederate army general during the American Civil War. He was born in 1831 in Kentucky. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1853. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, he joined the Confederate army as colonel of the 4th Texas Infantry. In February 1862, he became commander of the Texas Brigade as a brigadier general. He became commander of a division in July 1862. He was wounded at the Battle of Gettysburg in July 1863. He was wounded again at the Battle of Chickamauga in September 1863. In late July 1864, he became commander of the Army of Tennessee. After the war, Hood became a businessman. He married in 1868 and had eleven children. He died in 1879 during a yellow fever epidemic in New Orleans.
A brigade is a military unit in an army. Currently, in most armies, a brigade is made up of several thousand soldiers in several battalions plus a brigade headquarters. This is common in the United States Army. Before World War II, a "square division" had two brigades and each brigade had two regiments. Some modern armies have several types of brigades. Each of these brigades has a brigade headquarters and a few battalions. Depending on the country an army brigade is under the command of a Brigadier General or a Colonel.
Sportsnet 360 is a Canadian English language cable and satellite television specialty channel. Sportsnet 360 is owned by Rogers Media. They show sports highlights, news, analysis programming as well as live sports coverage with basketball, college/university sports, mixed martial arts, professional wrestling, and soccer.  The channel was first launched in 1994 and was known as Sportscope. It was relaunched in May 1997 under the name Headline Sports with channel licencing Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. The licence was rewritten by the CRTC to allow live sports programming and because of this, as well as legal issues with U.S. cable news channel CNN Headline News which also had a "Headline Sports" segment, the channel became known as The Score Television Network.  On October 19, 2012, they were acquired by Rogers Media for $167 million. On July 1, 2013, Rogers renamed the channel Sportsnet 360.
Claire Denis (born April 21, 1946) is a French movie director. In 1988, the first movie directed by Denis, "Chocolat", was released. It was nominated for the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival. Early life. Denis was born in Paris in 1946, but she was raised in colonial French Africa. When she was 14, she moved back to Paris with her mother to finish her education.
Clarence is a cartoon television show aired on the television channel "Cartoon Network". Description. The show is about the daily life of Clarence Wendle, a spirited boy who loves fun, and his best friends: Jeff, who is the more intellectual type, and Sumo, who often does crazy things when solving problems. Clarence lives with his divorced mother, Mary, and her boyfriend Chad in the fictional town of Aberdale, in Arizona, near Phoenix. Each episode focuses on the daily-life situations and problems that Clarence and his friends encounter, and their everyday adventures and life experiences as kids. Other characters include students and faculty at Aberdale Elementary, Clarence's school. Some episodes focus on the life of supporting characters, like the citizens of Aberdale and Clarence's classmates.
The Caledonian orogeny was a mountain building era. It left its mark in the northern parts of the British Isles, the Scandinavian Mountains, Svalbard, eastern Greenland, northern Europe and the eastern United States. The events occurred from the Ordovician to early Devonian, roughly 490390 million years ago (mya). It was caused by the closure of the Iapetus Ocean when the continents and lands of Laurentia, Baltica and Avalonia collided. The Caledonian orogeny is named after Caledonia, the Latin name for Scotland. The name is not used for an absolute period of time: it applies only to the series of mountain-building events. Part of the mountain chain ended up in modern North America, where it is called the Acadian orogeny (see Appalachian Mountains). Stages. The Caledonian orogeny was one of several orogenies that would eventually form the supercontinent Pangaea later in the Palaeozoic era. The main phase of the Caledonian orogeny happened from about 425 to 395 million years ago. Continental collision started in the mid Silurian, and mountain building took place in the early Devonian (from 407 million years ago onward).
Sheila Jeffreys (born 1948) is a lesbian feminist activist. She was born in the United Kingdom.  Career. Jeffreys helped write "Love Your Enemy? The Debate Between Heterosexual Feminism and Political Lesbianism" in 1979. Her first book written without other writers was published in 1985. She moved to Melbourne in Australia in 1991 to work at the University of Melbourne. In 2009 "The Industrial Vagina" was published. Jeffreys' most recent book, "Gender Hurts", was published in April 2014. Personal life. In 1973 Jeffreys became a political lesbian.
Armando Peraza (May 30, 1924 – April 14, 2014) was a Cuban-American Latin jazz percussionist. His career began during the 1950s.  He performed with many professional artists such as Perez Prado, Machito, George Shearing, Charlie Parker, Tito Puente, Cal Tjader, and Carlos Santana. He was born in Havana, Cuba. Peraza died from pneumonia on April 14, 2014 in San Francisco, California, aged 89.
Shirley Anita St. Hill Chisholm (November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician, educator, and writer. She was a member of the Democratic Party. Chisholm was born in Brooklyn, New York City. She studied at Brooklyn College.  She was a member of the United States House of Representatives for New York's 2nd district. She served as a representative from 1969 to 1983.  She ran for President of the United States in 1972 as a Democrat. She lost the primary to George McGovern. Chisholm became the first major-party black candidate for President of the United States. She was married to Conrad Chisholm. Their marriage ended in divorce. Then she was married to Arthur Hardwick, Jr.. Their marriage would last until his death. Chisholm died in Ormond Beach, Florida from a stroke. She was 80 years old.
William Warren "Bill" Bradley (born July 28, 1943) is an American politician, basketball player, and educator. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Bradley was born in Crystal City, Missouri. He studied at Princeton University.  Bradley served as a United States senator of New Jersey. He served as senator from 1979 to 1997. He ran for President of the United States in 2000. He withdrew from the race. Al Gore would eventually won the Democratic Party ticket. Bradley married Ernestine Bradley in 1974. Their marriage ended in divorce in 2007. They had one child. He is currently in a relationship with Betty Sue Flowers, former director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum.
Shane Paul Gibson (February 21, 1979 – April 15, 2014) was an American musician. He was best known as guitarist of Korn and stOrk. He was also a member Jonathan Davis and the SFA and L. Shankar. He was born in Houma, Louisiana and raised in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Gibson died due to complications from a blood clotting disorder on April 15, 2014 at a hospital in Birmingham, Alabama. He was 35.
Robert Samuel Kerr (September 11, 1896 – January 1, 1963) was an American politician and businessman. He was a member of the Democratic Party. Kerr was born in Ada, Oklahoma. He studied at Oklahoma Baptist University and for a short while at Oklahoma State University. Kerr served as Governor of Oklahoma. He served as governor from 1943 to 1947. Then, Kerr was the United States senator of Oklahoma. He served as senator from 1949 to 1963. Kerr ran for President of the United States in 1952. He lost the primary to Adlai Stevenson II.  Kerr died from a fatal heart attack in Washington, D.C., aged 66.
Transcendence is a 2014 American science fiction drama movie directed by Wally Pfister. It is produced by Christopher Nolan. It stars Johnny Depp, Rebecca Hall, Kate Mara, Cillian Murphy, Paul Bettany, and Morgan Freeman. Transcendence was released in New York City on April 10, 2014. It was released on April 18, 2014 in other cities and countries.