King Clancy Memorial Trophy (1992)
Lester Patrick Trophy (2003)
Thaliacea
Thaliacea are free-floating animals with a ton-like appearance. Thaliaceae are Tunicates. They are filter feeders and live from plankton. Their reproduction is special, there is alternation of generations: One of the generations reproduces sexually, the following does not. Some of them form colonies.
Zeki Alasya
Zeki Alasya (18 April 1943 – 8 May 2015) was a Turkish actor and director. He began his acting career in the 1970s on television and movies, and directed about 20 movies. He also worked with comedian Metin Akpınar.
Alasya was born Istanbul and was of Turkish Cypriot ancestry. He died from liver disease, aged 72.
Józef Pazdur
Józef Pazdur (22 November 1924 – 7 May 2015) was a Polish Roman Catholic bishop. He became a priest in 1951. He was later named auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Wrocław in 1984, and retired in 2000.
Soma
Soma is a term with two different origins:
Atanas Semerdzhiev
Atanas Georgiev Semerdzhiev (21 May 1924 – 8 May 2015) was a Bulgarian politician. He served as the Vice President of Bulgaria from 1 August 1990 to 22 January 1992, under Zhelyu Zhelev. He was Army Chief of Staff from 1962 until the fall of communism in 1989. He was a member of the Bulgarian Socialist Party (BSP).
Semerdzhiev was born near Velingrad. He was a soldier during World War II.
Semerdzhiev died on 8 May 2015, aged 90.
Menashe Kadishman
Menashe Kadishman (lrm;; 21 August 1932 – 8 May 2015) was an Israeli sculptor and painter. He presented his artworks in central locations in Israel, such as Habima Square. His paintings can be found in many different galleries in Israel. He is most famous for his metallic sculptors and colorful sheep paintings. In 1995, he won the Israel Prize.
Kadishman was born in Tel Aviv. He was divorced and had two children.
Kadishman died on 8 May 2015 in Ramat Gan, aged 82.
Zhivko Gospodinov
Zhivko Gospodinov (; 6 September 1957 – 4 May 2015) was a Bulgarian footballer. He was an attacking midfielder and playmaker. He played for Spartak Varna, Vatev Beloslav, Spartak Pleven, AD Fafe, Cherno More Varna and Beroe Stara Zagora from 1974 to 1992.
Gospodinov was born in Vladimirovo. He died on 4 May 2015 in Varna, aged 57.
Kava
Kava is a plant of the pepper family. It comes from Polynesia and other lands in the Pacific Islands.
The roots of the plant are used to make a drink with sedative and anesthetic properties. Kava is used in many cultures in the Pacific Ocean, besides its native Polynesia. These include Hawaii, Vanuatu, Melanesia and some parts of Micronesia.
Kava is pain-relieving, calming. and is usually taken as a drug to relax without losing mental clarity in thinking and remembering . Evidence collected in studies show it is likely to be more effective than a placebo at helping calm some mild anxiety.
John Dixon (cartoonist)
John Dangar Dixon (20 February 1929 – 7 May 2015) was an Australian comic book artist and writer. He was best known for his comic strip creation, "Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors", which ran from 1959 until 1986.
Dixon was born in Newcastle, New South Wales. He moved to the United States in the 1980s. In 2012, he was diagnosed with Lewy body dementia (LBD), a type of dementia related to Parkinson's disease. He was married to Sue and had two children.
Dixon had a stroke on 18 April 2015 at his home in the U.S. state of California. He died on 7 May, aged 86.
Lo Wing-lok
Lo Wing-lok (; 13 September 1954 – 9 May 2015) was a Hong Kong doctor and politician. He was a member of the Legislative Council for Medical from 2000 to 2004.
Lo was born in British Hong Kong. He graduated from the University of Hong Kong. His wife, Anna Yung Hiu-yan, died in 2013. They had a son.
Lo died from lung cancer on 9 May 2015 in Hong Kong, aged 60.
Leif Holger Larsen
Leif Holger Larsen (27 January 1954 – 8 May 2015) was a Norwegian diplomat. From 2014 until his death in 2015, he served as Norway's ambassador to Pakistan.
Larsen was born in Stavanger. He was married and had a son. Larsen died on 8 May 2015 in a helicopter crash in Naltar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He was 61.
Domingo Lucenario, Jr.
Domingo D. Lucenario, Jr. (3 September 1960 – 8 May 2015) was a Filipino diplomat. From 2013 until his death, he was the Ambassador to Pakistan.
Lucenario was born in Manila. He was married and had three children.
Lucenario died on 8 May 2015 in a helicopter crash in Naltar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. He was 54.
2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash
The 2015 Pakistan Army Mil Mi-17 crash happened on 8 May 2015 when a Pakistan Army helicopter crashed in Naltar, Gilgit-Baltistan, Pakistan. Of the 17 passengers and three crew, eight people died, including ambassadors Domingo Lucenario, Jr. from the Philippines, Leif Holger Larsen from Norway, and Burhan Muhammad from Indonesia.
Phil Skoglund
Philip Charles "Phil" Skoglund (20 June 1937 – 8 May 2015) was a New Zealand lawn bowls player. He competed in three Commonwealth Games (1974, 1978, 1990). He competed in five World Championships (1966, 1972, 1980, 1984, 1988), winning a gold medal (triples 1988).
Skoglund was born in Palmerston North. He was the son of politician and cabinet minister Philip Oscar Skoglund and nephew of champion lawn bowls player Pete Skoglund.
Skoglund died on 8 May 2015 in Palmerston North, aged 77.
Maurice Flanagan
Sir Maurice Flanagan (17 October 1928 – 7 May 2015) was a British businessman. He was the founding CEO of Emirates. He was also the Executive Vice-Chairman of The Emirates Group.
Flanagan was born in Leigh, Lancashire. He was married to Audrey Bolton from 1955 until his death. They had three children. He lived in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Flanagan died on 7 May 2015 in London, aged 86.
Michael MacKellar
Michael John Randal MacKellar (27 October 1938 – 9 May 2015) was an Australian politician and agricultural scientist. He was the Liberal Member for Warringah from 25 October 1969 until 18 February 1994.
MacKellar was born in Moree, New South Wales. He had a partner and had three children. He died at the age of 76.
.5: The Gray Chapter
.5: The Gray Chapter is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band, Slipknot. ".5: The Gray Chapter" was released on October 17, 2014 through Roadrunner Records.
It is Slipknot's first album to not feature bassist Paul Gray who died on May 24, 2010. It also did not feature drummer Joey Jordison who was fired from the band in December 2013.
The album peaked at #1 on the "Billboard" 200, #18 on the Top Hard Rock Albums, and at #2 on the Top Rock Albums. In 2014, the song "The Negative One" was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Metal Performance.
My Immortal
"My Immortal" is the third single off American rock band Evanescence's first studio album "Fallen". The song was released in December 8, 2003.
The song was written by guitarist Ben Moody except for the bridge. It is a piano and power ballad. The lyrics of the song are about a spirit that haunts the memory of a grieving loved one. It is based on a short story that Moody had written before.
On the "Billboard" charts, "My Immortal" was able to peak at #7 on Hot 100, #2 on the Mainstream Top 40, #1 on the Adult Top 40, and #19 on the Adult Contemporary charts. In 2005, the song was nominated for a Grammy Award in the category of Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals.
Nagoya University
, also known as , is a university in Nagoya, Japan. Its first name was "Nagoya Imperial University".
Six alumni and faculties of Nagoya University have received the Nobel Prize.
Igor Gorynin
Igor Vasilievich Gorynin (; 10 March 1926 – 9 May 2015) was a Russian metallurgist and politician. He was the creator of many new titanium and aluminium alloys, and reactor steels. He was also the inventor of the radiation hardened steels. He was the director of the Central Research Institute of Structural Materials (CRISM).