Martin Szipál (born Márton Szipál; May 6, 1924 – April 26, 2016), also known as Martin S. Martin, was a Hungarian photographer. He was known for his portrait photography of movie stars and celebrities. He was born in Szolnok.
He worked with many magazines and took pictures of many famous celebrities such as John Wayne, Tommy Lee Jones, Leslie Nielsen, Charlene Tilton, Margaux Hemingway, Timothy Hutton, Priscilla Presley and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.
Szipál returned to Hungary in 1997, where he worked for newspapers and taught in several photographer schools. He died of prostate cancer in his home in Budapest on April 26, 2016, just before turning 92.
Edward Ashmore
Admiral of the Fleet Sir Edward Beckwith Ashmore (11 December 1919 – 28 April 2016) was a senior Royal Navy officer. He was born in Queenstown, Ireland.
He was in active service in the Second World War. He later commanded two frigates before achieving high command in the Navy. He served as First Sea Lord and Chief of the Naval Staff in the mid-1970s. He went on to be Chief of the Defence Staff, serving briefly. In retirement he became a Director of Racal Electronics and a Governor of Suttons Hospital in London.
Ashmore died on 28 April 2016 in London at the age of 96.
Vasily Zvyagintsev
Vasily Dmitrievich Zvyagintsev (; November 21, 1944 – April 30, 2016) was a Russian science fiction author. He was born in Grozny. He wrote his only novel series "Odysseus leaves Ithaca", set during World War II. The series was liked by literary critics. It contains more than 10 volumes. He won the Aelita Prize, Interpesscon, А. R. Belyaev award and special international award Eurocon.
Zvyagintsev died on April 30, 2016 in Stavropol, Russia from a heart attack, aged 71.
Uwe Friedrichsen
Uwe Friedrichsen (27 May 1934 – 30 April 2016) was a German movie and television actor. He was born in Hamburg, Germany. He was known for his roles in "Faust", "John Kling", "Maximilian von Mexiko", "Sesamstraße", and "Schwarz Rot Gold".
Friedrichsen died in Hamburg, Germany from complications of pneumonia on 30 April 2016, aged 81.
Marisol Escobar
Marisol Escobar (May 22, 1930 – April 30, 2016), otherwise known simply as Marisol, was a French-born sculptor of Venezuelan heritage. She worked in New York City. Marisol has received awards including the 1997 Premio Gabriela Mistral from the Organization of American States for her contribution to Inter-American culture. In 2004, Marisol's work was featured in "MoMA at El Museo", an exhibition of Latin American artists held at the Museum of Modern Art.
Marisol died on April 30, 2016 in New York City from pneumonia, aged 85.
Daniel Aaron
Daniel Aaron (August 4, 1912 – April 30, 2016) was an American writer and academic. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. He helped found the Library of America in 1979. He served as president until 1985. He was later a board member and remained an emeritus board member. His latest work is an autobiography, "The Americanist" (2007). He taught at Smith College from 1971 through 1980.
Aaron died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 30, 2016 from complications of pneumonia, aged 103.
Daniel Berrigan
Daniel Joseph Berrigan, S.J. (May 9, 1921 – April 30, 2016), was an American Jesuit priest, anti-war activist, and poet. He moved to Syracuse, New York at age five. He was known for protesting against the Vietnam War during the 1970s. It also landed him on the FBI's "most wanted list", on the cover of "TIME" magazine, and in prison. In 1980, he founded the Plowshares Movement, an anti-nuclear protest group, that put him back into the national spotlight.
Berrigan died on April 30, 2016 in The Bronx, New York City after a long-illness, aged 94.
Dmytro Hnatyuk
Dmytro Hnatyuk (; 28 March 1925 – 29 April 2016) was a Ukrainian baritone opera singer and a former member of the Ukrainian Parliament. He was a singer at the Kiev Opera and Ballet Theatre appearing as a soloist in many songs. Hnatyuk was elected the head of the Musical Society of Ukraine.
Hnatyuk died on 29 April 2016, aged 91. He was buried at Kiev's Baikove Cemetery.
Solomon W. Golomb
Solomon Wolf Golomb (May 30, 1932 – May 1, 2016) was an American mathematician, engineer and professor of electrical engineering at the University of Southern California.
He was best known for his works on mathematical games. He invented Cheskers in 1948 and coined the name. He also fully described polyominoes and pentominoes in 1953. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland. He has specialized in problems of combinatorial analysis, number theory, coding theory and communications. His game of pentomino inspired Tetris.
Golomb died in Los Angeles, California on May 1, 2016 from heart failure, aged 83.
Bianca
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Air Nigeria
Air Nigeria used to be the flag carrier of Nigeria between 2004 and 2012. It was founded by the Virgin Group on September 28, 2004. It was originally called Virgin Nigeria Airways. The first flight happened on June 28, 2005. The name was changed to Nigerian Eagle Airlines in 2009. It started a frequent-flyer program called "Eagleflier". The Virgin Group sold the airline in 2010 to the NICON Group. The name was finally changed to Air Nigeria in 2010. Air Nigeria's flying license was taken away on June 13, 2012. The airline shut down on September 12, 2012. There were plans to restart the airline in 2015.
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman
Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (17 March 1922 - 15 August 1975) was the founding leader of Bangladesh. He was the first president of Bangladesh. He was also the second prime minister. Rahman was assassinated on 15 August 1975 along with all his family members present at home that time. His elder daughter Sheikh Hasina is the current prime minister of Bangladesh.
Rahman was born in Tungipara village of Gopalganj District. His father, Sheikh Lutfur Rahman, was a serestadar, an officer responsible for record-keeping at the Gopalganj civil court. He is the third child of his parents.
Battle of Inkerman
The Battle of Inkerman was fought on 5 November 1854 during the Crimean War. British and French troops defeated the Imperial Russian Army. The British Army suffered 597 killed and 1,860 were wounded. The French lost 143 killed and 750 were wounded. The Russians lost 10,729 killed and wounded. The battle broke the spirit of the Russian Army which never again fielded an army against the British and French allies. It was followed by the Siege of Sevastopol.
The allied armies of Britain, France, Sardinia, and the Ottoman Empire had landed on the west coast of Crimea on September 14, 1854. They meant to capture the Russian naval base at Sevastopol. They defeated the Russian army in the Battle of Alma. The allies could have attacked Sevastopol, but the British general and the French commander could not agree on a plan of attack.
Instead, they decided to march around the city, and put Sevastopol under siege. Towards the end the allies marched to the southern coast of the Crimean and set up a supply port in the city of Balaklava. Before the siege the Russian commander retreated out of Sevastopol. On 25 October 1854, a Russian force attacked the British base at Balaklava. The attack failed before they could reach it, but the Russian had a strong hold on the British line.
Jan Oort
Jan Hendrik Oort FRS (28 April 1900 – 5 November 1992) was a Dutch astronomer.
Oort made significant contributions to understanding the Milky Way, and was a pioneer in the field of radio astronomy. His New York Times obituary called him “one of the century's foremost explorers of the universe”. The European Space Agency website describes him as, “one of the greatest astronomers of the 20th century”, and says he “revolutionised astronomy through his ground-breaking discoveries”.
In 1955, Oort’s name appeared in Life Magazine’s list of the 100 most famous living people. He has been described as “putting the Netherlands in the forefront of postwar astronomy”.