Akhzivland is a micronation between Nahariya and the Lebanese border on the Israeli west coast. The state was founded by Eli Avivi in 1972. The micronation is promoted by the Israel Ministry of Tourism even though its legal status remains debated.
The micronation is located near the ruins of Achziv, an ancient settlement on the Mediterranean coast in the Western Galilee, about 5 kilometers north of Nahariya.
A national park, field school, and the ruins of the Palestinian village of Az-Zeeb, which was captured by the Carmeli Brigade during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War, are located nearby.
Eli Avivi died of pneumonia on May 15, 2018.
Ayad Futayyih Al-Rawi
Ayad Futayyih Khalifa al-Rawi () (1942 – 18 May 2018) was an Iraqi general of the Iraqi Republican Guard. He later served as the head of the Jerusalem Army. He started his service in the Army as an officer in an armoured unit, later fighting in the Iran-Iraq War. He was one of Saddam Hussein's closet allies.
Rawi was arrested on 4 June 2003, following the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq. Despite its claimed size, the Al Quds Army ended up playing virtually no role in the war.
Rawi was born in Rawa. He died of a stroke in Baghdad on May 18, 2018, aged 76.
Voorhees Township, New Jersey
Voorhees Township is a township in Camden County, New Jersey, United States. As of the 2010 United States Census, the township's population was 29,131. Voorhees is a New Jersey suburb in the Greater Philadelphia Metropolitan Area.
The township is named for Foster McGowan Voorhees, the Governor of New Jersey who supported its creation.
Faribault, Minnesota
Faribault ( ) is a city in Rice County, Minnesota, United States. It is the county seat. The population was 23,352 at the 2010 census. Faribault is about south of Minneapolis and St. Paul.
Michael Luscombe
Michael Gerard Luscombe (22 July 1953 – 27 April 2018) was an Australian businessman. He was the CEO and managing director of Woolworths Limited, the largest retail company in Australia, from 2006 until 2011.
On 4 April 2011, Luscombe announced that he would be retiring as CEO of Woolworths in October.
Luscombe died on 27 April 2018 from Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at the age of 64.
Kristin Nelson
Sharon Kristin Nelson (née Harmon; June 25, 1945 – April 27, 2018) was an American primitive painter, actress and author. She was married to musician Ricky Nelson.
She was the daughter of Tom Harmon and actress/model Elyse Knox, her younger siblings are model-actress Kelly Harmon and actor Mark Harmon.
In 1988, she married Mark Tinker, who encouraged her to paint. Her brightly colored primitives found favor with Jacqueline Kennedy and Mia Farrow, among other celebrities, and they form the basis of her coffee-table autobiography "Out of My Mind".
Nelson starred in "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet", "Adam-12", "The Resurrection of Broncho Billy", which won an Academy Award for best live action short movie, and "Liar's Moon".
Her daughter, actress Tracy Nelson, announced on Facebook that her mother had suddenly died on April 27, 2018 of a heart attack.
Harvey Hall
Harvey Leonard Hall (January 5, 1941 – May 19, 2018) was an American businessman and politician. He served as the 25th mayor of Bakersfield, California. Hall was first elected in 2000, and re-elected in 2004, 2008 and 2012. He was one of the longest serving mayors in Bakersfield's history. He was born in Bakersfield.
As mayor, one of his focuses had been physical improvement of the city, through "Keep Bakersfield Beautiful" and the creation of, and participation in, monthly "Mayor’s Freeway Cleanups", trash pickups on local freeways. Hall has donated his mayor’s salary to the Kern Community Foundation, which provides scholarships to local colleges, and to California State University, Bakersfield, for local students.
Hall was the founder and former president of Hall Ambulance Service.
Hall died on May 19, 2018 in Bakersfield of Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease at the age of 77.
Maya Jribi
Maya Jribi (January 29, 1960 – May 19, 2018) was a Tunisian politician. From 2006 to 2012, she was the leader of the Progressive Democratic Party (PDP). From the PDP merged into the Republican Party in April 2012, until her resignation in 2017, she was the Secretary-General of the centrist party.
Jribi died on 19 May 2018 in Tunis of pancreatic cancer at the age of 58.
Reggie Lucas
Reginald Grant Lucas (February 25, 1953 – May 19, 2018), known as Reggie Lucas, was an American musician, songwriter and record producer. He was born in New York City. Lucas was best known for having produced the majority of Madonna's 1983 self-titled debut album, his production work with percussionist Mtume, and for playing with the Miles Davis electric band of the first half of the 1970s.
In 1986, Lucas founded the Jersey City recording studio Quantum Sound. Clients included the Pet Shop Boys, Jodeci, Jeff Buckley and Sepultura.
In 1981, Lucas and James Mtume won a Grammy Award for Best R&B Song for their composition "Never Knew Love Like This Before", which was performed by Stephanie Mills.
Lucas died of heart disease in New York City, at the age of 65.
Bobby Winkles
Bobby Brooks Winkles (March 11, 1930 – April 17, 2020) was an American baseball player and manager. He was born in Tuckerman, Arkansas, but was raised in Chicago, Illinois. Winkles was the third base coach for the Oakland Athletics int the 1970s.
Winkles worked at Arizona State University and managed in Major League Baseball. Winkles is a right-handed-hitting and -throwing infielder. He played minor league baseball in the Chicago White Sox organization between 1951 and 1958, hitting .270 with 890 hits in 858 games played before retiring to become Arizona State's head baseball coach at age 29.
Winkles died on April 17, 2020, aged 90.
Petrissa Solja
Petrissa Solja (born 11 March 1994 in Kandel) is a German table tennis player. At the World Championships 2017 she won a bronzemedal together with Fang Bo in the mixed- doubles. She is the best female German table tennis player.
2009 she played at the European Championships. There she played with her team against Netherlands and lost her match against Elena Timina. 2014 she joined to TTC Berlin eastside. Because of her successes she was chosen as the best German player in the Youth. 2013 she won the German Open in the doubles with Sabine Winter. At the European Championships 2014 she won gold with the team. In the same year she took part in the World Cup, where Solja reached the Round of 16. At the European Ranking tournament in 2015 she lost in the final to Liu Jia. At the World Cup, where Petrissa took part for the second time, she won bronze, after beating Li Jiao in the 3rd place match. 2016 she reached together with the team the Quarterfinals at the WTTC, there they lost to Japan. At the Olympic Games Solja retired already in her first match, where she played against Ri Myong-sun and lost. With the team they came surprise to the final, where they lost very clearly to China. At the WTTC 2017 in Düsseldorf she won together with Fang Bo the bronzemedal in the mixed-doubles, in the other categories she lost.
Solja is an lefthanded-player and attacker. She uses the "Joola Ryzhm 425" at the backhand, on the forehand "Joola Ryzhm".
Strengthen: Backhand Tospin and Konter
Weaknesses: Long rallies from the table, play against defenders
Tomokazu Harimoto
"Tomokazu Harimoto"' (; ; ; born 27 June 2003 in Sendai) is a male Japanese table tennis player with Chinese origin. In Japan he is the best player in his vintage and is a "monster" in the table tennis scene, because he beat Timo Boll and very strong other players.