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Henk Schouten (16 April 1932 – 18 April 2018) was a Dutch footballer. He was born in Rotterdam, Netherlands. He was active as a midfielder. Schouten made his debut at Excelsior Rotterdam and also played for Holland Sport and Feijenoord. Schouten died of pancreatic cancer on 18 April 2018 in Rotterdam at the age of 86.
Metropolitan Cornelius Jakobs ( or secular name Vjatšeslav Vassiljevitš Jakobs, or Vyacheslav Vasilyevich Yakobs, ; 19 June 1924 – 19 April 2018) was the Metropolitan bishop of Tallinn and All Estonia, the head of the Estonian Orthodox Church of Moscow Patriarchate from 1992 until his death in 2018. He was born in Tallinn. He became the oldest bishop of the Russian Orthodox Church and celebrated his 90th birthday in 2014. Jakobs died on 19 April 2018 in Tallinn at the age of 93.
A Murder of Quality is the second novel by John le Carré. The main character is George Smiley. This is the only book about Smiley that is not about spying. It is a murder mystery. Plot summary. George Smiley is a retired spy. Ailsa Brimley was a spy with him during World War II. Brimley is the editor of a small Christian magazine. She tells Smiley that she got a letter from a reader, Stella Rode. Rode wrote that her husband wants to kill her. Stella Rode is murdered. Smiley travels to Carne to investigate. On television. John le Carré changed the novel to make a television program for Thames Television. "A Murder of Quality" was shown on ITV in 1991. It stars:
Luis Montes Mieza (1949 – 19 April 2018) was a Spanish anesthetist and pro-euthanasia activist. He was the Federal President of the association "Derecho a Morir Dignamente" from 2009 till his death in 2018. Montes died on 19 April 2018, of a heart attack, while driving to Molina de Segura, Region of Murcia at the age of 68 or 69.
Walter Leroy Moody, Jr. (March 24, 1935 – April 19, 2018) was an American convicted murderer. He was sentenced to death in Alabama for the 1989 letter bomb murder of Robert S. Vance, a US federal judge serving on the Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. After an extensive investigation, Moody and his second wife, Susan McBride, were arrested on July 13, 1990. McBride was released on $250,000 bail within a week and later testified against Moody.  Moody was executed by lethal injection on April 19, 2018 in Escambia County, Alabama at the age of 83. He became the oldest death row inmate to be executed in modern United States history.
The Picolo trumpet is a smaller version of the trumpet, that is also tuned an octave higher than the regular trumpet. Since the 19th century, regular trumpets have three valves. The piccolo usually has four valves. Note also that the piccolo trumpet is different from the pocket trumpet. A pocket trumpet has the same tonal range as a regular trumpet; it is just built differently (to be smaller).  A piccolo trumpet has another characteristic tone, which can easily be distinguished from that of a regular trumpet.  The piccolo was developed in the first quarter of the 20th century, mostly by Julius Kosleck. Kosleck used it to make it easier to play baroque music. Note however, that at the time of Johann Sebastian Bach, the trumpets had no valves; these were added in the 19th century.  Piccolo trumpets could not establish themselves in Jazz music, but they are often used to play classical trumpet.  The trumpet is a "noble instrument"; it is often used to play high-pitched notes. Such notes are easier to play with a Piccolo. Because of its construction, the piccolo cannot play the first octave of the classical trumpet.  Like the regular trumpet, the piccolo is a transposing instrument.
Jim Halpert is a fictional character in the U.S. version of the television sitcom The Office (U.S. TV series). He is played by actor John Krasinski. His character serves as the intelligent, mild-mannered straight man role to Michael Scott. Character. Jim Halpert's personality is usually sarcastic and he is known for his quick-witted comments. He is 6 foot 3 inches and weighs 180 pounds. He has a relationship with Pam Beesly and eventually got married to her later on in the seasons. Jim also develops a friendly rivalry with his co-worker Dwight Schrute.
Alex Simeon Janvier (February 28, 1935 – July 10, 2024) was an aboriginal artist from Canada. He was often called the "first Canadian aboriginal modernist". He was of Denesuline and Saulteaux descent. Janvier died on July 10, 2024 at the age of 89.
Robert L. Butler (January 23, 1927 – April 22, 2019) was an American politician. He served as the Mayor of Marion, Illinois from May 1963 until he resigned on January 31, 2018 for health reasons. At the time of his resignation, he was the second longest serving mayor in the United States. He was a member of the Republican Party. Butler was born in Marion. He studied law at the University of Illinois. He died on April 22, 2019, at the age of 92.
Luisa Pastor Lillo (10 October 1948 – 18 April 2018), was a Spanish politician. In the Spanish local elections, 2003, Luisa Pastor obtained the absolute majority for the first time for her party in San Vicente, taking 11 of the 21 council members of the Plenary. In the 2015 municipal elections, Luisa Pastor was presenting her fifth term as mayor. On 10 October 2014, a judge decided to investigate her for the possible relations with the corruption scandal "Brugal case". On 22 October 2015, after 5 months as a councilor in the opposition, she decided to renounce her councilor's act for personal reasons. Luisa Pastor died on 18 April 2018, at the age of 69, of cancer.
Jeanne Elizabeth Wilson (February 18, 1926 – April 18, 2018) was an American competition swimmer. She was born in Chicago, Illinois. She represented the United States at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London. She competed in the 200-meter breaststroke, recording a time of 3:18.3. Wilson died on April 18, 2018 in Lafayette, Indiana at the age of 92.
Roy Thomas Frank Bentley (17 May 1924 – 20 April 2018) was an English football player and manager. He was born in Bristol, England. Bentley was an England international for six years from 1950 to 1956. With his death in 2018, he was the last surviving player from England's 1950 World Cup squad. Bentley played 367 games for Chelsea and captained the club to their first League Championship in the 1954–55 season. He also won 12 caps for the England national side. He later became a manager. Bentley was, for a time, one of England's top centre forwards. Bentley died on 20 April 2018, in Reading, Berkshire at the age of 93. Career statistics. Playing statistics. Club. Source:
Pedro Erquicia López de Montenegro (24 March 1943 – 20 April 2018) was a Spanish journalist and television producer. He was born in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain. His career began in 1956 when he began working for Televisión Española. He hosted the TVE's newscast "Telediario" (1972-1973). In 1973 Erquicia created one of the longest running programs in Spanish television: "Informe Semanal". In 1987 he was fired by TVE and later he joined the then recently created public broadcaster Telemadrid. In April 2008, Erquicia announced his retirement. He died ten years later, on 20 April 2018 in Madrid of a long-illness at the age of 75.
Rajindar Sachar (22 December 1923 – 20 April 2018) was a Pakistani-born Indian lawyer and political activist. He served as Chief Justice of the Delhi High Court in 1985. He was a member of the United Nations Sub-Commission on the Promotion and Protection of Human Rights. He has served as a counsel for the People's Union for Civil Liberties. On 16 August 2011 Sachar was arrested in New Delhi during protests over the detention of Anna Hazare and his supporters. Sachar died in New Delhi on 20 April 2018 of pneumonia at the age of 94.
Pavel Šrut (3 April 1940 – 20 April 2018) was a Czech poet, translator and children's writer. He was born in Prague. He studied at Charles University. He was known for his written works "Brožované básně" and "Šišatý švec a myšut". Apart from his celebrated poetry and books for children, he was also a translator from English and Spanish. His translations include books of Dylan Thomas, Robert Graves, D. H. Lawrence, Leonard Cohen, John Updike, Federico García Lorca, and others. He was a frequent guest and worked at Western Michigan University in the summer. Šrut died in Zdice, Czech Republic of a heart attack on 20 April 2018 at the age of 78.
Shane Yarran (2 June 1989 – 20 April 2018) was a professional Australian rules footballer. He was raised in Midvale, Perth, Western Australia. He played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted with the 61st selection in the 2015 national draft. On 20 April 2018, Yarran committed suicide in his Seville Grove, near Perth, Western Australia home at the age of 28.
"No Tears Left to Cry" (written in lowercase) is a song by American singer Ariana Grande. It is the lead single from her fourth studio album, "Sweetener". The song and its music video were released on April 20, 2018.  The song became Grande and Grimes's first chart-topper in Australia when it entered at the top of the ARIA Singles Chart. It entered at number two in the UK and at three in her home country of the US. With the song, she became the first act to have the first singles from four albums enter in the top ten of the "Billboard" Hot 100. Background. After taking a break from social media since New Year's Eve 2017, Grande promoted the release of the song on social media using upside-down, flipped font (ʎɹɔ oʇ ʇɟǝl sɹɐǝʇ ou). Meaghan Garvey from "Pitchfork" called the song "diva house" and the beat "UK garage-inspired," perhaps as a "nod to Manchester," referring to the May 2017 Manchester Arena bombing in England that occurred on Grande's Dangerous Woman Tour. Music video. The video features Grande and Grimes in a city with dancers and climbing up buildings and streets at right angles. It was nominated at the 2018 MTV Video Music Awards for Best Pop Video, Best Cinematography, Best Visual Effects, and Video of the Year, winning the first of these.
Udo Kier (born Udo Kierspe; 14 October 1944) is a German actor and voice actor. He has appeared in over 200 movies. He was born in Cologne, Germany. Kier is known for his roles in Ron Camp in (1994), Curly in "Barb Wire", as a NASA flight psychologist in "Armageddon", and as Ralfi in the movie "Johnny Mnemonic". Kier moved to Palm Springs, California in 1991.
Patrick Lafcadio Hearn (; ; 27 June 1850 – 26 September 1904) was a writer. People know him for his books about Japan, especially his collections of Japanese legends and ghost stories, such as "". In the United States, Hearn also wrote about the city of New Orleans. He also used the Japanese name . Life. Early life. Hearn was born in and named after the island of Lefkada, one of the Greek Ionian Islands, on 27 June 1850. He was the son of Surgeon-Major Charles Bush Hearn (of County Offaly, Ireland) and Rosa Antoniou Kassimatis, a Greek woman. Emigration to Ireland, abandonment. A complex series of conflicts and events led to Lafcadio Hearn being moved from Greece to Ireland, where he was abandoned first by his mother (leaving him in the care of her husband's aunt), then his father, and finally by his father's aunt, who had been appointed his official guardian. In 1857, he was seven years old. Both his parents were still alive, but his great aunt, Sarah Brenane, took care of him. Hearn began exploring Brenane's library and read a lot of Greek literature, especially myths. Catholic education, abandonment. In 1861, Hearn's aunt sent him to the Institution Ecclésiastique, a Catholic church school in Yvetot, France. Hearn learned to dislike Catholic education. Hearn became fluent in French and would later translate into English the works of Guy de Maupassant, who coincidentally attended the school shortly after Hearn's departure. In 1863, entered St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw, a Catholic seminary at what is now the University of Durham. At age 16, Hearn injured his left eye in a schoolyard accident. The eye became infected. He left school for one year. He became blind in that eye. Hearn also myopia, so he had poor vision for the rest of his life. Hearn was embarrassed by his appearance, so he covered his left eye. In 1867, Henry M
Kevin Levi Austin (12 February 1973 – 23 November 2018) was an English-born Trinidadian professional footballer. He worked as a youth team coach for Scunthorpe United. Career. As a player, he was a defender from 1992 until 2012. He played over 100 league matches each for Leyton Orient, Lincoln City and Swansea City. He also played in the Football League for Barnsley, Brentford, Cambridge United, Bristol Rovers and Chesterfield.  Austin also played Non-League football for Saffron Walden Town, Kettering Town, Darlington and Boston United. Death. Austin was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in April 2018. He died on 23 November 2018 from the disease at the age of 45.
Gabriel James Byrne (born 12 May 1950) is an Irish actor, movie director, movie producer, writer and audiobook narrator. In 2008, Byrne won a Golden Globe Award. In movies, he is known for his roles in "Excalibur" (1981), "Miller's Crossing" (1990), "The Usual Suspects" (1995), "Stigmata" (1999), "End of Days" (1999), "Spider" (2002), "Jindabyne" (2006), "Vampire Academy" (2014) and "The 33" (2015). Byrne co-wrote "The Last of the High Kings" (1996). Byrne has also produced several movies, including the Academy Award–nominated "In the Name of the Father" (1993). In television, Byrne is known for his role as Paul Weston in the HBO drama "In Treatment" (2008–2011).
Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas. The pancreas is a large organ behind the stomach that produces digestive enzymes and a number of hormones. There are two main types, acute pancreatitis and chronic pancreatitis. Signs and symptoms of pancreatitis include pain in the upper abdomen, nausea and vomiting. The pain often goes into the back and is usually severe. The most common causes of acute pancreatitis are gallstones and heavy alcohol use.
The Democratic Governors Association (DGA) is a Washington, D.C. based 527 organization. It started in 1983. Members are U.S. state and territorial governors who are also members of the Democratic Party.  The mission of the organization is to create party support to the election and re-election of Democratic governors. There is a similar Republican organization called the Republican Governors Association. The DGA is not directly connected with the non-partisan National Governors Association. 42nd President of the United States, Bill Clinton, was leader of the DGA in 1988. The current leader of the association is Governor of New Jersey Phil Murphy since 2019.  These people have been leaders of the DGA: John Connally, Zell Miller, Marvin Mandel, Dale Bumpers, Wendell H. Ford, Wendell Anderson, Reubin Askew, Philip W. Noel, Patrick Lucey, Brendan Byrne, Jim Hunt, Jerry Brown, Richard Riley, Dick Celeste, Michael Dukakis, Evan Bayh, Howard Dean, Tom Vilsack, Bill Richardson, Kathleen Sebelius, Dannel Malloy, and Jay Inslee.
Mitzi Hoag (born Margaret Hoag; September 25, 1932 – February 26, 2019) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 73 different TV shows and movies. Her best known roles are in "We'll Get By", "Bonanza", "Here Come the Brides", "The Facts of Life" and "The Partridge Family". Hoag died on February 26, 2019 in Sherman Oaks, California, aged 86.
A cation is an ion with fewer electrons than protons. Therefore, it has a positive charge. Its name comes from a Greek word meaning "down". The electric charge on a proton is equal in amount to the charge on an electron. So, the total electric charge on an ion is the number of protons in the ion minus the number of electrons.
Westwood Memorial Park Cemetery is a cemetery in the Westwood Village of Los Angeles. It is located at 1218 Glendon Avenue in Westwood. History. The cemetery was founded as Sunset Cemetery in 1905, but had been used for burials since the 1880s and was renamed with current name in 1926. Although it is the resting place of some of the entertainment industry's greatest names, it also contains the graves of many uncelebrated people. For example, when Marilyn Monroe died in 1962, Joe DiMaggio, responsible for Monroe's arrangements, chose Westwood not because of its celebrities but because it was the resting place of Monroe's mother's friend, Grace Goddard, and Goddard's aunt, Ana Lower, both of whom had cared for Monroe as a child.
Procoptodon is a genus of giant short-faced kangaroo living in Australia during the Pleistocene epoch. "P. goliah" was the largest kangaroo known to have existed. It stood about tall. They weighed about . Other members of the genus were smaller. "Procoptodon gilli" was the smallest of the genus, only about tall. They were browsers, not grazers like kangaroos today. They ate leaves from trees and shrubs. Their weight makes it likely that they did not hop as their relatives do today. A combination of climate change (cooling and shrinking of forest areas) would have reduced their natural habitat. Predation (hunting) by aboriginal humans probably happened. Saltbushes were their main food source, so "Procoptodon goliah" relied on free-standing water to help process its salt-laden diet.
A microatoll is a circular colony of corals, near the surface of the ocean. Because the top is not in the water all the time, the corals at the top are dead. The corals which are not exposed to fresh air are still alive. The atoll will only grow in the areas which are in the water all the time. Microatolls may be up to in diameter. They are named for their resemblance to island atolls formed during the subsidence of volcanic islands, as originally suggested by Darwin (1842). They have been used to monitor sea levels, in response to global warming. They have also been used to quantify and date changes in sea level in seismically active areas. Using microatolls, scientists were able to provide information about the water temperature at the surface of the sea.
Fang Bo (; born 6 November 1992) is a Chinese table tennis player. Career. In 2009 he took part in the Youth- worldchampionships, where he won all four titles (Singles, Doubles, Mixed and Team). In 2015 he became vice-world champion. He beat amongst other things Xu Xin and Zhang Jike, but he lost in the final to Ma Long.
was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person following the death of Nabi Tajima on April 21, 2018 until she died three months later. She was born in the Kanagawa prefecture on May 2, 1901.
Robert Braden (January 12, 1934 – April 15, 2018) was an American computer scientist. He played a role in the development of the Internet. His research interests included end-to-end network protocols, especially in the transport and internetwork layers. Braden worked at the University of California, Los Angeles, Carnegie Mellon University and at the Internet Architecture Board (1981–1994). He retired in 2016. Braden died on April 15, 2018 of myelodysplastic syndrome at the age of 84.
Constantine II (, "Konstantínos II"; 2 June 1940 – 10 January 2023) reigned as the King of Greece, from 1964 until the end of the monarchy of Greece in 1973. George I of Greece and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh were his relatives. Early life. Constantine was the only son of King Paul and Queen Frederica of Greece. His family was forced to leave the country during the Second World War. For this reason, he spent the first years of his childhood in Egypt and South Africa.  He returned to Greece with his family in 1946 during the Greek Civil War. King George II died in 1947. Constantine's father Paul became the new king. With this, Constantine became the crown prince. Reign. Constantine became king in 1964 after the death of his father, King Paul. Later that year he married Princess Anne-Marie of Denmark. They had five children.  At first, the new king was seen as a good sign. There was a lot of political instability during his reign, however. This instability led to the Colonels' Coup of 21 April 1967, when the Greek junta came to power. Constantine was still the head of state. There were no military forces which were loyal to him. For this reason, he was not able to do much. He agreed to inaugurate the junta, if most of the ministers were civilians. There was a coup against the junta, but it failed.  For this reason, Constantine was forced to leave the country, on 3 December 1967. Formally, he was still the head of state in exile until the junta abolished the monarchy on 1 June 1973. The 1973 Greek republic referendum ratified the abolition.  There were fears that people had been put under pressure, to vote for a republic. For this reason, some people did not accept the result of the referendum, as valid. A new referendum was held after democracy had been restored in 1974.  This second referendum was held after the fall of the junta as the 1974 Greek republic
Virginia Dighero (married Zolezzi, 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005) was an Italian supercentenarian. On 14 September 2005, she became the longest-lived person of Italian descent ever, having surpassed Amalia Ruggieri Barone, who was an emigrant to the United States. Dighero-Zolezzi died of ischaemia on 28 December 2005. Dighero became the oldest living person in Europe on 30 August 2005 following the death of Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands. At the time of her death, she was the oldest ever documented person from Italy at the age of 114 years, 4 days - a title she held for more than five years, until being surpassed by Venere Pizzinato on 28 November 2010.
George I (, "Geórgios I"; born Prince William of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg; ; 24 December 1845 – 18 March 1913) also known as Georgios I was King of Greece from 1863 until his assassination in 1913. George's reign of almost 50 years (the longest in modern Greek history) was characterized by territorial gains as Greece established its place in pre-World War I Europe. He was the grandfather of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and great-grandfather of Charles III. While out on an afternoon walk near the White Tower on 18 March 1913, he was shot at close range in the back by Alexandros Schinas, who was "said to belong to a Socialist organization" and "declared when arrested that he had killed the King because he refused to give him money". George died instantly, the bullet having penetrated his heart.
Ricardo Froilán Lagos Escobar (; born 2 March 1936) is a Chilean lawyer, economist and social democrat politician. He served as President of Chile from 2000 to 2006. Since May 2007 he has served as a Special Envoy on Climate Change for the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and António Guterres. He teaches political and economic development at Brown University in the United States.
Eduardo Alfredo Juan Bernardo Frei Ruiz-Tagle (; born June 24, 1941) is a Chilean politician and civil engineer. He was President of Chile from 1994 to 2000. He was also a Senator and later served as President of the Senate from 2006 to 2008. He ran again for President, but was narrowly defeated in 2009. His father was Eduardo Frei Montalva who was President of Chile from 1964 to 1970.