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Chocó Department is a department of Colombia known for its large Afro-Colombian population. It is in the west of the country. It is on the border to Panama. The capital is Quibdó. The Chocó Department makes up most of the ecoregion known as El Chocó that extends from Panama to Ecuador.
WWE Clash of Champions was a series of professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) and livestreaming shows made by WWE from 2016 to 2020. It was named after Clash of the Champions, which were television specials made by World Championship Wrestling (WCW), Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), and the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). Like with Night of Champions, most matches at these events were championship matches. In 2018, an all-female event, WWE Evolution, took place instead. Clash of Champions returned the following two years.
Damian Beckett (born 24 February 1979), known as Cham and Baby Cham, is a Jamaican rapper, singer-songwriter and actor. He is best known for his 2006 hit singles "Ghetto Story", Ghetto Story Chapter 2 (featuring Alicia Keys) and "Vitamin S"
June Rowlands (May 14, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a Canadian politician. She was born in Toronto. She was the 60th mayor of Toronto, Ontario, serving from 1991 through 1994. She was the first woman to hold that office. She served a longtime city councillor, unsuccessful federal candidate, and chair of the Metropolitan Toronto Police Commission. Rowlands was known during her mayoral term clashing with youth riots and was criticized for her actions which related to political correctness. After one term in office, Rowlands was defeated in 1994 by Barbara Hall, and retired from politics. Rowlands died on December 21, 2017 in Toronto of Parkinson disease-related complications at the age of 93.
Manouchehr Boroumand (26 March 1934 – 21 December 2017) was an Iranian heavyweight weightlifter. He was born in Babolsar, Iran. He was selected for the 1960 Summer Olympics, but withdrew in the last moment due to an illness. Boroymand also missed the 1962 Asian Games because Iran did not send a delegation there. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he placed 12th. Boroumand was known for his victory in 1966, when he won a gold medal at the Asian Games. He became the first Asian weightlifter to cross the 500 kg barrier in the total, which he has done at the world championships. Boroymand died of a cerebral hemorrhage on 21 December 2017 in Babolsar at the age of 83.
Jerome "Jerry" Yellin (February 15, 1924 – December 21, 2017) was a former United States Army Air Forces fighter pilot. He flew the final combat mission of World War II in a North American P-51 Mustang against a military airfield near Tokyo on August 14, 1945 (August 15, 1945 local time in Tokyo).  Yellin's mission was executed five days after a U.S. Army Air Force Boeing B-29 Superfortress named Bockscar had dropped a second American nuclear weapon on Japan, with the second being dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki. Yellin died of lung cancer in Orlando, Florida on December 21, 2017 at the age of 93.
Clifford Michael Irving (November 5, 1930 – December 19, 2017) was an American novelist, investigative reporter and convicted fraudster. He was born in New York City. Although he published 20 novels, he was best known for an "autobiography" allegedly written as told to Irving by billionaire recluse Howard Hughes. The fictional work was to have been published in 1972. After Hughes denounced him and sued the publisher, McGraw-Hill, Irving and his collaborators confessed to the hoax. He was sentenced to years in prison, of which he served 17 months. Irving wrote "The Hoax" (1981), his story of events surrounding the development and sale of the fake autobiography. Irving died on December 19, 2017 in Sarasota, Florida of pancreatic cancer at the age of 87.
Stanislaus Josef "Stan" Pilecki (4 February 1947 – 20 December 2017) was an Australian rugby union player. He played 18 times for the national team, the Wallabies, between 1978 and 1984. He also played for the Queensland in 122 games. Pilecki was born in refugee camp in Augustdorf, Germany. His parents were Polish. He grew up in Queensland, Australia. Pilecki died of a short illness on 20 December 2017 at his home in Jindalee, Queensland. He was 70.
Kenneth William "Ken" Catchpole (21 June 1939 – 21 December 2017) was an Australian rugby union player. He played 27 times for the national team, the Wallabies, between 1961 and 1968. He also played for the New South Wales in 27 games. He was sometimes called one of the best Australian scrum-halves. He was born in Paddington, New South Wales. Catchpole died on 21 December 2017, at the age of 78.
Hiep Thi Le (; November 30, 1971 – December 19, 2017) was a Vietnamese-American actress. She was known for her role in "Heaven &amp; Earth" (1993). She appeared in "Bugis Street" (1995, released in the United States in 1997) and co-starred in the little-scene "Dead Man Can't Dance" (1997). On February 23, 2014, Le appeared on the Food Network game show "Chopped", appearing and competing in the eighteenth-season episode "Beer Here!". Le died on December 19, 2017 in Los Angeles, California from stomach cancer at the age of 46.
Francelino Pereira dos Santos (2 July 1921 – 21 December 2017) was a Brazilian politician. From 1995 to 2003, he was a member of the Federal Senate. He also served as Governor of Minas Gerais from 1979 to 1983 and as Deputy from 1963 to 1979. He was born in Angical do Piauí, Brazil. Pereira died at the age of 96 on 21 December 2017 in Belo Horizonte, Brazil of pneumonia.
Dylan Bruce (born April 21, 1980) is a Canadian actor. He is best known for his roles as Chris Hughes on the CBS daytime soap opera "As the World Turns" and Paul Dierden on the BBC America/Space science fiction series "Orphan Black". He has also had small roles in "Passions", "Joey", "Las Vegas", "" and "The Sopranos". Bruce was born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He grew up in Boundary Bay.
Steven Van Zandt (' Lento; November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven and Miami Steve"', is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Silvio Dante in the HBO drama series "The Sopranos" (1999–2007) and Frank Tagliano / Giovanni "Johnny" Henriksen on the NRK1 drama "Lilyhammer" (2012–2014). He was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014. Van Zandt was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He has Italian ancestry. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey. He married Maureen Santoro in 1982.
A tram stop is a place where a tram stops so passengers can get on or get off. Tram stops are similar to bus stops, but because trams move on rails, they may include railway platforms. Platforms are needed if the tram system uses stepless entries for accessibility. However, trams may also stop at mid-street pavements when they run along streets. A tram stop may also be called a tram station or streetcar stop.
The national flag of the Gambia has three horizontal red, blue and green stripes separated by two thinner white stripes. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 2:3. The flag of The Gambia was adopted in 1965 after its independence from Britain
Sils im Domleschg () is a municipality of the district of Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland. Villages. Freihof, Campi and Albula.
Yoshkar-Ola (; ) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. 248,782 people lived in the city in 2010. Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the Mari El Republic in western Russia. In the city center, the National Art Gallery hosts changing exhibits in a Renaissance-style building. The Museum of the History of Yoshkar-Ola displays military artifacts and folk art in a former merchant’s house. The green-domed Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is nearby. The riverside Republican Puppet Theater resembles a medieval castle. It used to be named Tsaryovokokshaysk () before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk () between 1919 and 1927
Pia Olsen Dyhr is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, and leader of the democratic socialist party SF (Socialist People's party) since 13th February, 2014. She took over as leader from Annette Vilhelmsen. Dyhr was previously Minister for Trade and Investment (3rd October 2011 - 9th August 2013) and Minister for Transport (9th August 2013 - 3rd February 2014). External sources. Pia Olsen Dyhr at the Danish Parliament
Charles Zentai (born Károly Steiner; October 8, 1921 – December 13, 2017) was a Hungarian-born resident of Australia accused of a Holocaust-related war crime. He has lived in Perth, Australia for many years after living in the American- and French-occupied zones of post-World War II Germany. He was born in Budapest. Zentai was on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals until 2013. On 8 July 2005, Zentai was arrested by the Australian Federal Police to await an extradition hearing. Zentai's family say the 86-year-old widower, who has heart disease and peripheral neuropathy, would not survive the trip to Hungary. Zentai died in Perth on December 13, 2017 of heart disease and peripheral neuropathy at the age of 96.
Reinhart Fuchs (September 28, 1934 — December 16, 2017) was a German chess player, international master (1962). In the national team of the GDR party of six Chess Olympiads (1956-1966) and IV European team championship (1970) in Kapfenberg. He was born in Berlin. Fuchs died on December 16, 2017 in Berlin at the age of 83.
Åke Fredrik Hellman (19 July 1915 – 18 December 2017) was a Finnish still life and portrait artist and art professor. He has worked as art teacher at the University of Helsinki. In 1963, he received the order of the Lion of Finland. He was born in Helsinki. Hellman turned 100 on 19 July 2015. He died on 18 December 2017 in Borgå, Finland, at the age of 102.
Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963), better known as Seal, is a British singer and songwriter. He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. He is best known for his song "Kiss from a Rose". The worldwide hit was used for the soundtrack of the movie "Batman Forever" (1995). He has won three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. He has also won two Ivor Novello Awards for the songs "Killer" and "Crazy". He was a coach on "The Voice" in Australia for the 2012, 2013 and 2017 seasons. Seal was born in Paddington, London. His mother is Nigerian and his father is Brazilian. He was married to German model Heidi Klum from 2005 to 2015. They have four children.  Seal has scarring on his face caused by a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus.
March Kong Fong Eu (; March 29, 1922 – December 21, 2017) was an American politician. She was a member of the California State Assembly and went on to serve as Secretary of State of California. She was born in Oakdale, California. She served under the governships on Jerry Brown, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Eu was a member of the Democratic Party. In 1987 Eu was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, running against Leo McCarthy for the right to challenge the Republican incumbent, Pete Wilson. Eu dropped out later that year. President Bill Clinton appointed Eu as United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia in 1994. She served in that post until 1996. Eu died on December 21, 2017 in Irvine, California following surgery after suffering a fall, at age 95.
Halvard Magne Kausland (25 April 1945 – 21 December 2017) was a Norwegian jazz guitarist, composer and civil servant. He was born in Sund, Sotra, Norway. Kausland was also a well-known jazz guitarist, having played in the band of Ole Paus among other things. Kausland had been appointed as acting director of the Arts Council Norway from 1 November 1996 to 31 March 2000. From 1966 to 1979 he was married to Grethe Kausland. Kausland died of thyroid cancer in Oslo on 21 December 2017 at the age of 72.
Bruce McCandless II (June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. During the first of his two Space Shuttle missions he made the first ever untethered free flight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit in 1984. This action was settled amicably on January 14, 2011. He logged more than 5,200 hours flying time, including 5,000 hours in jet aircraft. On December 21, 2017, McCandless died in Denver, Colorado at age 80.
Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. He was born in Sharon, Connecticut. Although he worked in many genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college) and other genres of music, he was known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz.  From 1962 until his death in 2017, Rudd had worked extensively with saxophonist Archie Shepp. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999. Rudd died on December 21, 2017 of prostate cancer in Kerhonkson, New York at the age of 82.
Jason Lowndes (14 December 1994 – 22 December 2017) was an Australian cyclist. He was born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia. He rode professionally for Garneau–Québecor, Drapac Professional Cycling and Israel Cycling Academy teams. Lowndes died after being hit from behind by a car near Bendigo, Victoria at the age of 23.
Gerald Bernard "Jerry" Greenberg (July 29, 1936 – December 22, 2017) was an American movie editor with more than 40 feature movie works. He was born in New York City. Greenberg won both the Academy Award for Film Editing and the BAFTA Award for Best Editing for the movie "The French Connection" (1971). In the 1980s, he edited five movies with director Brian De Palma. He also worked on "Apocalypse Now" and "Scarface". Greenberg died on December 22, 2017 in Santa Monica, California of a stroke at the age of 81.
María Aurelia Paula Martínez Suárez, known professionally as Silvia Legrand (23 February 1927 – 1 May 2020), was an Argentine movie actress. She co-starred with her twin sister Mirtha Legrand, in many movies and was the sister of director José A. Martínez Suárez. She starred in some 20 movies between 1940 and 1972. Legrand was known for her roles in "Educating Niní" (1940) and in "Seven Women" (1944). Legrand died of cardiac arrest on 1 May 2020 in Buenos Aires, aged 93.
Rosa María Juana Martínez Suárez (born 23 February 1927), known by her stage name Mirtha Legrand is an Argentine actress and television presenter. She is the twin sister of Silvia Legrand. She is known for her roles in "Educating Niní" and in "Los martes, orquídeas" (1941). With a 72-year career, Legrand is one of the most popular entertainment figures in Argentina. Despite having appeared in 36 movies and twelve theatrical performances, Legrand is best known for her television programmes. Her brother was movie director José A. Martínez Suárez.
Richard Savitt (March 4, 1927 – January 6, 2023) was an American tennis player. In 1951, at the age of 24, he won both the Australian and Wimbledon men's singles championships. Savitt was mostly ranked world No. 2 the same year behind fellow amateur Frank Sedgman, though was declared world No. 1 by The New York Times and The Owosso Argus-Press following his Wimbledon victory. He retired the next year. Savitt is one of four American men who have won both the Australian and British Championships in one year, following Don Budge (1938) and preceding Jimmy Connors (1974) and Pete Sampras (1994 and 1997). Savitt died on January 6, 2023, in Manhattan, New York City. He was 95.
Reimerswaal, Zeelandic: "Reimerswaol", is a municipality on the former island of Zuid-Beveland, Province of Zeeland, the Netherlands. About 22,000 people were living in Reimerswaal in 2017. North of the municipality lies the Eastern Scheldt, south the Western Scheldt. Reimerswaal borders the Province of North Brabant, and the Belgian Province of Antwerp (just a small piece). Yerseke is the biggest village in Reimerswaal. It is famous for its breeding of blue mussels and oysters. Settlements. Villages with people in the municipality of Reimerswaal:
Doki Doki Literature Club! is a visual novel that was created by Team Salvato. It was released on 22 September 2017 for Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. On 6 October 2017, it was released for Steam. The story involves a high school student that joins the school's Literature Club and the way the character interacts with its four female members. At first, it looks like a light anime dating simulator, but it soon becomes a psychological horror game. It is a game that breaks the fourth wall very often. The creator of the game, Dan Salvato, was working on the game for close to two years. Before creating this game, Salvato created modifications, or "mods", to "Super Smash Bros. Melee". At first, "Doki Doki Literature Club!" was released on itch.io then released on Steam. The game is free, but if you pay $10, you can receive the downloadable content. The game got more than one million downloads three months after it was released. On June 30, 2021, Team Salvato and Serenity Forge released an expanded version of the original game, Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!, to Microsoft Windows, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and Series S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. The expansion was later released to macOS on August 12, 2021. Gameplay. "Doki Doki Literature Club!" is a visual novel, so most of the game is the player reading the game's story. Sometimes, the player has to make decisions that change how the story goes. The game has a poetry minigame where the player chooses certain words. These words correspond to a certain girl. If certain words are picked, different parts of the story can be viewed. The game also makes the player view some of the files that the game uses to play. The game has a lot of foreshadowing that tells the player certain things about the story. If the player decodes the character files, there are extra stories unlocked. At certain times special files appear in the game files. Text documents show up about the next scenes. In the end every player ends up at the same
is a Japanese anime drama movie. It was released in 2016. The director of the movie was Makoto Shinkai and it was produced by Noritaka Kawaguchi and Genki Kawamura. The music for the movie was written by Radwimps. The movie is about two high school students that can switch bodies. One lives in rural Japan and one lives in Tokyo. The movie stars Ryunosuke Kamiki, Mone Kamishiraishi, Masami Nagasawa and Etsuko Ichihara. Shinkai wrote a book that was based on the movie. The book was released one month before the movie was released. "Your Name" was shown at Anime Expo 2016 in Los Angeles. It was played in Japan on 26 August 2016. The movie made a lot of money. It became the fourth-highest-earning movie in Japan, the seventh-highest-earning animated movie, the highest-earning anime movie, and the fifth-highest earning movie in the world that was not in English. Movie critics liked the movie, saying that the animation and emotion were very well done. The movie won the "Best Animated Feature Film" prize. It won at the 49th Sitges Film Festival, the 2016 Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards and the 71st Mainichi Film Awards. The movie was also nominated for the 40th Japan Academy Prize. Plot. Mitsuha is a high school girl living in the town of Itomori located in Hida region. She works as a maiden at the family temple. She begins having dreams, where she is a boy living in Tokyo. She learns that she wrote "Who are you?" on a notebook. Taki is a high school boy living in Tokyo. He is also having dreams where he is Mitsuha. He learns that they can switch bodies when they wake up. They begin communicating with each other. Taki leaves notes in Mitsuha's notebook and Mitsuha leaves memos in Taki's phone. They change each other's lives during this time. When Taki is being Mitsuha, he goes with Mitsuha's grandmother and sister to a shrine
Jesús Castillo Rangel (24 October 1896 – 20 December 2017), also known as "Don Chuchito", was a Mexican revolutionary leader. He was born in Chiapas, Mexico. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living person in Mexico. His age and date of birth is verified by the Archivo General de la Nación. He fought in the Mexican Revolution in Quintana Roo. Rangel died at the alleged age of 121 on 20 December 2017 in Quintana Roo, Mexico of respiratory failure.
John Pierre Herman Joubert ( ) (20 March 1927 – 7 January 2019) was a South African-born British composer who worked in choral works.  Biography. A music academic at the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on composing and remained active into his 80s.  Though perhaps his best known for his choral music, were the carols "Torches" and "There is No Rose of Such Virtue" and the anthem "O Lorde, the Maker of Al Thing". Joubert composed over 160 works including two symphonies, four concertos and seven operas. Joubert was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He studied at Diocesan College, South African College of Music and at the Royal Academy of Music. Joubert lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 50 years at the time of his death. He died on 7 January 2019 in Moseley at the age of 91.
The Equals were a British pop, R&amp;B and rock group. They were formed in North London, England in 1965. They are mainly remembered for their million-selling UK number 1, "Baby, Come Back". Eddy Grant founded the group. The group's members were Grant, John Hall, Pat Lloyd, and brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon. Grant left the group in 1971. The Equals stopped performing in 1979. The Equals were one of the first racially united bands in the United Kingdom. Grant was born in Guyana, Hall and Lloyd were from London, and the Gordon brothers were born in Jamaica.
Edmond Montague "Eddy" Grant (born 5 March 1948) is a Guyanese-born British musician. He was a founding member of The Equals, one of the United Kingdom's first racially united music groups. He left the group in 1971. He is also known for a successful solo career that includes the platinum funk single "Electric Avenue" and the reggae song "I Don't Wanna Dance". Grant was born in Plaisance, British Guiana (now Guyana). His younger brother, Rudy, is a reggae musician. In 1960, he moved to London to live with his parents.
Andrea Donna "Drea" de Matteo (born January 19, 1972) is an American actress. She is best known for her roles on television such as Adriana La Cerva in the HBO drama series "The Sopranos", Angie Bolen in the ABC drama series "Desperate Housewives", Joey Tribbiani's sister Gina in the NBC sitcom "Joey" and Wendy Case in the FX drama series "Sons of Anarchy". She won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series for her role on "The Sopranos" in 2004. She has starred as Detective Tess Nazario in the NBC crime-drama "Shades of Blue" since 2016. De Matteo was born in Queens, New York. She is of Italian ancestry. She dated country musician Shooter Jennings from 2001 to 2013. They have two children. She became engaged to Michael Devin in 2015.
Cassius "Clay" Levy is an American stand-up comedian and actor, best known for creating "Cashing in with T. J. Miller". He was born in St. Louis, Missouri.
Edgar Howard Wright (born 18 April 1974) is a British movie director, screenwriter and producer. He is best known for directing the movies "Shaun of the Dead" (2004), "Hot Fuzz" (2007), "Scott Pilgrim vs. the World" (2010), "The World's End" (2013), "Baby Driver" (2017), and "Last Night in Soho" (2021). He has also co-wrote the movies "The Adventures of Tintin" (2011) and "Ant-Man" (2015). Wright was born in Poole, Dorset, England. He grew up in Wells, Somerset. He dated American actress Anna Kendrick from 2009 to 2013.
The New Zealand Herald is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand. It is the most printed and sold newspaper in New Zealand. It peaked at over 200,000 copies daily in 2006. The newspaper was founded in 1863. The current editor is Murray Kirkness.