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The Chairman of the Government of the Slovak Republic (), also known as the Prime Minister (), is the head of the Government of Slovakia. They are the third highest constitutional official in Slovakia after the President of Slovakia and the Speaker of the National Council.  The office itself was created in 1969 and since then there has been 15 prime ministers serving in the office. Since 1993, when independent Slovakia emerged, seven prime ministers (five individuals only) became Prime Ministers.
Frank Giroud (May 3, 1956 – July 13, 2018) was a French comics writer. He was born in Toulouse, France. Giroud was a comics writer. He wrote the text for "Louis la Guigne", drawn by Jean-Paul Dethorey. He also wrote the text for "Mandrill", drawn by Barly Baruti, as well as "Oubliés d’Annam" and "Azrayen", drawn by Christian Lax. In 2000, he created "Le Décalogue", published by Glénat Editions. Giroud died on July 13, 2018 in Paris at the age of 62.
Claudio Pieri (21 October 1940 – 13 July 2018) was an Italian football referee. He was born in Pescia, Italy. He worked for UEFA and FIFA. He was appointed referee in the first leg final of the 1981 Coppa Italia (Roma - Torino). He was appointed international referee in 1983. On 16 May 1982, he was suspected of favouring Juventus, which was winning its 20th championship, not granting a penalty to Catanzaro for an elbow of Sergio Brio on Carlo Borghi. Pieri died on 13 July 2018 in Sestri Levante, Italy at the age of 77.
Claude Seignolle (25 June 1917 – 13 July 2018) was a French author. He wrote about folklore and archaeology before he turned to fiction. He has also written under the pseudonyms 'Starcante', 'S. Claude' and 'Jean-Robert Dumoulin'. In 1937 he co-wrote with his brother "The Folklore of Hurepoix", which was praised by Pierre Mac Orlan and Blaise Cendrars. In 1945 he published his first novel "Le Rond des sorciers". He turned 100 in June 2017 and died on 13 July 2018 at the age of 101.
Gordon Joseph Chong (October 23, 1943 – July 14, 2018) was a Canadian politician and public servant. He was born in Toronto. He was a Toronto city councillor and was vice-chairman of the Toronto Transit Commission in the 1990s. He worked on the board of GO Transit from 2000 to 2006. He was also the final chair of the Greater Toronto Services Board (2001). Chong died on July 14, 2018 from heart disease in Toronto at the age of 74.
Petr Weigl (16 March 1939 – 14 July 2018) was a Czech director and playwright. He created a number of short and feature movies for the Czech and Slovak Television, as well as for German public channel ARD and ZDF, British channels BBC and Channel 4. He was twice nominated for the Emmy Award. Weigl died on 14 July 2018 in Prague at the age of 79.
A icosikaitetragon or icositetragon is a shape with 24 sides and 24 corners. Regular icosikaitetragon. All sides of a regular icosikaitetragon are the same length. Each corner is 165°. All corners added together equal 3960°. Area. The amount of space a regular icosikaitetragon takes up is The area of a regular icosikaitetragon of side length "a" is given by  formula_1
David Goldblatt (29 November 1930 – 25 June 2018) was a South African photographer. He was known for his photographs of South Africa during the period of apartheid and more recently that country's landscapes. He called himself as a “self-appointed observer" and "critic of the society into which I was born.”  Goldblatt died on 25 June 2018 in Johannesburg from skin cancer, aged 87.
Ignatios Lappas (January 1, 1946 – June 26, 2018) was a Greek Orthodox metropolitan bishop. He was the Metropolis of Larissa and Tyrnavos, in Thessaly, from May 25, 1994, until his death on June 26, 2018. Lappas died of heart failure in Miami, Florida on June 26, 2018, at the age of 72.
Phil Rodgers (April 3, 1938 – June 26, 2018) was an American professional golfer. He was born in San Diego, California. He won the 1958 NCAA Division I Championship while playing at the University of Houston. He was placed in the first position on the first team of the 1958 All-American golf team.  Rodgers seems better known for two losses. Mainly when he lost to Bob Charles in a 36-hole playoff in the 1963 Open Championship. Lesser known is that he lost the 1962 U.S. Open by two strokes despite going 6-over-par on two holes. Rodgers died in San Diego on June 26, 2018 from leukemia at the age of 80.
Sir Robert James Charles (born 14 March 1936) is a New Zealand professional golfer. He was born in Carterton, New Zealand. In his fifty years career, many rank him among the most successful left-handed golfers of all time. He is the first lefty to win a golf major, winning more than 70 titles, and beating his age twice during a tournament as a 71-year-old. In the 1999 New Year Honours, Charles was made a Knight Companion of the New Zealand Order of Merit for work to golf. In the 2011 New Year Honours 2011, Charles was made a Member of the Order of New Zealand, New Zealand's highest civilian honour, for services to New Zealand.
Mario Casalinuovo (18 May 1922 – 14 July 2018) was an Italian politician. He was a Deputy from 1979 to 1987 and worked as Minister of Transports from 1982 to 1983. Casalinuovo died on 14 July 2018 in Rome of complications from Parkinson's disease, aged 96
Liliana Piera Marina Brescia Clerici, best known professionally as Liliana Ross, (March 30, 1939 – June 10, 2018) was an Italian-born Chilean actress, director, playwright, and theatrical producer. She was born in Genoa, Italy. Her career lasted for fifty years. She was best known for her starring roles in the Chilean telenovelas "La Colorina" (1977) and "Machos" (2003). Ross died at her home in Santiago, Chile, on June 10, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, at the age of 79.
Lieutenant General Henry John Coates, AC, MBE (28 December 1932 – 11 June 2018) was an Australian general. He was a senior officer in the Australian Army. He was Chief of the General Staff from 1990 to 1992.  Coates died at his Canberra home on 11 June 2018, aged 85.
Bertha Elba Sanseverino Mansilla (April 25, 1946 – June 18, 2018) was a Uruguayan politician. She was a member of the Broad Front ("Frente Amplio") from 1971 until her death and the Liber Seregni Front section of the Uruguay Assembly. Sanseverino was a member of the Departmental Board of Montevideo for two terms from 1995 until 2004. In 2010, she was elected to the national Chamber of Representatives of Uruguay, where she worked until her death in office in June 2018.
Sally Pierone (10 February 1921 – 22 June 2018) was an American art director and psychiatrist. In 1952, she worked at the American Embassy in Paris creating posters, booklets and displays of the Marshall Plan to help rebuild Europe after World War II. Pierone died in Pasadena, California on 22 June 2018 from renal failure at the age of 97.
Harald von Boehmer (30 November 1942 – 24 June 2018) was a German/Swiss immunologist. He was best known for his work on T lymphocytes. Boehmer was elected a member of the Academia Europaea (1990), was elected as a Senior Member of the Institut Universitaire de France (1997), was awarded the Louis-Jeantet Prize for Medicine jointly with Nicole Le Douarin and Gottfried Schatz in Geneva (1990) and received an honorary Medical Degree from the University of Technology, Munich (2002). Boehmer retired at the end of 2012 and is guest professor in the Institute for Immunology of Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich from January 2013 until his death.
Christine Nöstlinger (13 October 1936 – 28 June 2018) was an Austrian children's writer. She was born in Vienna. She was best known for work to "children's and young adult literature in the broadest sense". She won two inaugural Astrid Lindgren Memorial Awards from the Swedish Arts Council in 2003, the biggest prize in children's literature. She won the Hans Christian Andersen Medal for "lasting contribution to children's literature" in 1984. Her first book was "Die feuerrote Friederike", published in 1970, which she illustrated herself. The book was published in English in 1975 as "Fiery Frederica". Her best known work was "Fly away home" ("Maikäfer flieg", 1973). Nöstlinger died on 28 June 2018 in Vienna at the age of 81.
was a Japanese professional wrestler better known as Mr. Saito or . He wrestled for several years in many promotions owned by the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). He was born in Tokyo. He later joined the World Wrestling Federation (WWF), where he teamed with Mr. Fuji to hold the World Tag Team Championship twice. He also won the AWA World Heavyweight Championship in 1990. In Japan, Saito wrestled for both All Japan Pro Wrestling and New Japan Pro Wrestling. In 2000, Saito was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. He died of complications from the disease in Tokyo at the age of 76.
Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born on February 20, 1943 – October 1, 2022) was a Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promoter, politician, and retired professional wrestler and martial artist, best known by his ring name Antonio Inoki. Inoki's ring name was a tribute to fellow professional wrestler Antonino Rocca. Inoki began his professional wrestling career in the Japanese Wrestling Association (JWA) under the tutelage of Rikidōzan. Inoki quickly became one of the most popular stars in the history of Japanese professional wrestling. In 1989, Inoki entered Japanese politics as he was elected to the Japanese House of Councillors and as part of his first term with the House of Councillors successfully negotiated with Saddam Hussein for the release of Japanese hostages. He retired from politics in 1995, but was re-elected in 2013. On October 1, 2022, at age 79, Inoki died from systemic transthyretin amyloidosis.
It: Chapter Two is a 2019 American supernatural horror movie directed by Andy Muschietti and written by Gary Dauberman. It is a sequel to the 2017 movie "It", taking place 27 years after the first movie. It is based on the novel of the same name by Stephen King. The movie stars James McAvoy, Jessica Chastain, Jay Ryan, Bill Hader, Isaiah Mustafa, James Ransone and Andy Bean. Bill Skarsgård reprises his role as Pennywise the Dancing Clown. It is produced by New Line Cinema, Vertigo Entertainment and Rideback, and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures. The movie was released on September 6, 2019.
Red Robin Gourmet Burgers and Brews (or simply Red Robin) is an American casual dining restaurant chain. It was founded in September 1969 in Seattle, Washington. Ten years later in 1979, the first franchised Red Robin was opened in Yakima, Washington. The restaurant chain is now headquartered in Greenwood Village, Colorado (a suburb of Denver). It has over 530 locations, 499 of which are company owned. The original Red Robin in Seattle closed in March 2010. It was later demolished in 2014. Red Robin later added a "simplified" line of restaurants called Red Robin's Burger Works in Washington, D.C., Ohio, Illinois and Colorado. These restaurants are quick-service eateries.
The Bristol Channel () is a major inlet in south-western Britain. It separates South Wales from Devon &amp; Somerset in South West England. It extends from the lower estuary of the River Severn to the Atlantic Ocean.  It takes its name from the English city of Bristol, and is over 30 miles (50 km) wide at its widest point.
Droughts in the United States is similar to drought around other parts of the world. Below-normal precipitation leads to drought. That's caused by an above average persistence of high pressure over a dry area. Drought in the United States occurs during climate cycles, such as the North Atlantic oscillation, Atlantic multidecadal oscillation and the El Niño-Southern Oscillation. These determine what areas are more likely to have development of drought and when drought develops. Droughts are periodic. They alternate with floods over a series of years. The worst droughts in U.S. history happened in the 1930s and 1950s. The U.S. drought in the 1930s was called the Dust Bowl. The 1936 North American heat wave was part of the Dust Bowl. Other major droughts in the 20th and 21st centuries happened in the United States in the 1960s, 1980, 1983, 1988-90, 2002 and 2012-14. The costliest drought in United States history was the 1988-90 drought. The drought caused just over $60 billion in damage. During the drought, there were also heat waves that took the lives of 4,800-17,000 people in the U.S. This drought was also the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history before Hurricane Katrina. Droughts can affect anywhere within the United States. But the Midwest, Great Plains and Western United States are most likely to be affected by droughts.
The list of Texas hurricanes lists tropical storms and hurricanes that hit the U.S. State of Texas during that 50-year period. 1900-1929. September 8-9, 1900: The 1900 Galveston Hurricane hit Galveston, Texas. The storm killed 8,000 to 12,000 people, mostly in Texas. It also caused $30 million in damage. It was the deadliest hurricane to ever hit the United States. August 16-18, 1915: The 1915 Galveston hurricane hit just to the southwest of Galveston. The storm caused $56 million in damage in Texas alone. There were 111 deaths in or near Texas. September 14-15, 1919: The 1919 Florida Keys hurricane struck near Corpus Christi, Texas. The storm took 284 to 300 lives near Corpus Christi. 1930-1949. August 13-14, 1932: The 1932 Freeport hurricane hit around Freeport. The storm caused forty deaths in Texas. September 4-5, 1933: The eleventh storm struck just north of Brownsville. It killed 179 people. It caused $28 million in damage. August 29-30, 1942: The 1942 Matagorda hurricane hit around Matagorda, Texas. It did $26.5 million in damage in south-central Texas. Eight people died. July 27, 1943: The 1943 Surprise Hurricane hit at the Bolivar Peninsula, near Galveston. It was a Category 2 storm having winds near 105 mph. The storm killed 19 people. It caused $17 million in damage.
The 1932 Freeport hurricane was a severe tropical cyclone. The storm happened in August 1932. It mostly affected certain areas of the Upper Texas coast. It was the second storm and first hurricane of the season. It developed near the Mexican Yucatán Peninsula on August 12. As it moved to the northwest, it began to get stronger the next day. It quickly went from a Category 1 hurricane to a Category 4. Winds got as high as 150 mph (240 km/h). The storm struck near Freeport, Texas as a Category 4 with maximum sustained winds of 150 mph. The storm caused heavy rainfall inland. Rainfall peaked at 9.93 inches near Angleton. There were 40 deaths from the hurricane.
Hobie Billingsley (June 23, 1927 – July 16, 2022) was an American diving champion. He was honored at the International Swimming Hall of Fame. He was best known for coaching the U.S. Swim Team in 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. He was born in Erie, Pennsylvania.  Billingsley published the second edition of his "Diving Illustrated". Billingsley was one of only six diving coaches mentioned in the American Red Cross's "Swimming and Water Safety" [WSI Manual, 2004]; in the chapter on the history of the sport. In July 2018, Billingsley was diagnosed with myasthenia gravis and hospitalized. He died from the disease on July 16, 2022 in Bloomington, Indiana at the age of 95.
Christopher Robin Milne (21 August 1920 – 20 April 1996) was the son of author A. A. Milne. As a child, he was the inspiration of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems. Milne gave the original stuffed animals that inspired the Pooh characters to the books' editor, who in turn donated them to the New York Public Library. He hated the idea of Winnie-the-Pooh being commercialized. Milne died in his sleep on 20 April 1996 in Totnes, Devon, aged 75.
Alan Alexander Milne (; 18 January 1882 – 31 January 1956) was an English author. He was best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for many poems.  Milne served in both World Wars, joining the British Army in World War I, and was a captain of the British Home Guard in World War II. Milne's son, Christopher Robin, served as the inspiration of the character of the same name in his Winnie-the-Pooh books. Milne retired to the farm after a stroke and brain surgery in 1952 which left him paralyzed. Milne died on 31 January 1956, nearly two weeks after his 74th birthday.
Unbinilium is a hypothetical (theoretical or imagined) element of the periodic table. It is also known as eka- radium. Its atomic number should be 120 and is has the symbol Ubn. The name Unbinilium and the symbol Ubn are temporary IUPAC names (meaning "one-two-zero-ium" in Latin). This name and symbol exists until a permanent name is decided and the element is discovered. It is expected to be a s-block element and an alkaline earth metal. It is the second element in the eighth period of the periodic table. This element has not been synthesized (obtained or discovered) yet. A German team at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research attempted a research on 2011. It suggested a possible production of 299Ubn. But it couldn't be done. Attempts were planned by the Russian, Japanese, and French teams. Attempts were made in 2017-2020 and the experiments from the attempts showed that 8th period elements were difficult to synthesize. Unbinilium is expected to be the last element that can be synthesized through current technology. Uses. As of 2025, it hasn't been made and has no uses.
The Prime Minister of Malaysia (; ) is the head of government and the highest political office in Malaysia. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints Prime Minister as a Member of Parliament (MP). The Prime Minister chairs the Cabinet of Malaysia, the de facto executive branch of government. List of prime ministers of Malaysia. Colour key (for political coalitions/parties):
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (Jawi: تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه ; , 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian politician. He was the first Chief Minister of the Malaysia from 1955 to 1957, before becoming the country's first Prime Minister after independence in 1957. He resigned in 1970.
Yang DiHormat Orang Kaya Indera Shahbandar ke-10, Tun Haji Abdul Razak bin Dato' Hussein, , (Jawi: عبد الرزاق بن حسین; born 11 March 1922; died 14 January 1976) was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1970 to 1976.
Woodstock '99 was the second music festival (after Woodstock '94) that tried to copy the feel of the original Woodstock festival. It was held between July 22 and 25, 1999, in Rome, New York, 200 miles (320 kilometres) from the original event. Unlike the original Woodstock and Woodstock '94, this had several problems that became more famous than the actual event. Firstly, it was very hot in the area, often reaching 100 °F (38 °C) and the area, an old air base, had no trees to keep people cool. Secondly, people were not allowed to bring their own food and drink into the festival, and they had to buy from food sellers in the festival, which was very expensive, costing $12 for a single slice of pizza, and a 590ml bottole of water cost $4. Thirdly, there was a very small amount of toilets for all the people, and within a short time, they were broken. The festival also had a big violence problem, including the audience tearing plywood from the walls during the performance of the Limp Bizkit song “Break Stuff”. On one occasion, a group handed out candles for a candlelight vigil, but the audience instead used them as a bonfire, throwing water bottles at it to burn longer.
Stratford High Street is a Docklands Light Railway station in Stratford, London, England. It is located on the Stratford International branch of the Docklands Light Railway, which opened on 31 August 2011. History. The site was the location of an earlier railway station from 1847 to 1957. This was first called Stratford Bridge and later Stratford Market.
The 2018 Malaysian general election (formally the 14th Malaysian general election) was held on 9 May 2018 to elect members to the Dewan Rakyat of the 14th Parliament of Malaysia and therefore a new Prime Minister of Malaysia. All 222 seats in the Dewan Rakyat and 505 seats in 12 out of the 13 State Legislative Assemblies of Malaysia were up for election. Parliament results. Malaysia's main opposition, Pakatan Harapan, led by Mahathir Mohamad, along with the Sabah Heritage Party, won 121 seats in the Dewan Rakyat, allowing them to form a majority government. Mahathir became the next Prime Minister. Mahathir was sworn in on May 10, a day after the election. Barisan Nasional, led by former Prime Minister Najib Razak, won 79 seats, becoming the Opposition after 61 years of holding the majority.
Dato' Seri Tuan Guru Haji Abdul Hadi bin Awang (Jawi: حاج عبدالهادي اوڠ, born 20 October 1947) is a Malaysian politician. He is President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), an Islamist political party in Malaysia, since 2002. He led the party in the 2018 general election, but lost. He was Menteri Besar of Terengganu from 1999 to 2004.
Richard Hofstadter (August 6, 1916 – October 24, 1970) was an American historian and educator. He was born in Buffalo, New York. Hofstadter was the DeWitt Clinton Professor of American History at Columbia University. His most important works are "Social Darwinism in American Thought, 1860–1915" (1944); "The American Political Tradition" (1948); "The Age of Reform" (1955); "Anti-intellectualism in American Life" (1963), and the essays collected in "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" (1964). He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize two times: in 1956 and 1964. Hofstadter died on October 24, 1970 in New York City of leukemia, aged 54.
John A. Stormer (February 9, 1928 – July 10, 2018) was an American Protestant anti-communist author. He was born in Altoona, Pennsylvania. Stormer was best known for his 1964 book "None Dare Call it Treason." His books sold millions, warning America about the communist in the American society, politics and culture. Richard Hofstadter in "The Paranoid Style in American Politics" called it a "masterful piece of folkish propaganda." Stormer died on July 10, 2018 in Troy, Missouri at the age of 90.
Dover is a city in Strafford County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 32,741 at the 2020 census, the largest in the New Hampshire Seacoast region. It is the county seat of Strafford County, and home to Wentworth-Douglass Hospital, the Woodman Institute Museum, and the Children's Museum of New Hampshire.