By the 1960s, the sportscar race was made into a 24 hour race. This required multiple drivers for each car and involved a long period of racing at night. Both races grew in popularity in the 1970s and 80s. Today the Daytona 500 is an important race in NASCAR. The Rolex 24, which is named that because it is sponsored by the Rolex watch company, is an important endurance race.
Ehrenfried von Tschirnhaus
Ehrenfried Walther von Tschirnhaus (or Tschirnhausen) (10 April 1651 – 11 October 1708) was a German mathematician, physicist, doctor, and philosopher.
Late in the seventeenth century, he was charged with making a survey of the minerals of Saxony. He had a government position there. He and his assistant, Johann Friedrich Böttger, discovered how to make porcelain.
Before that, it had only been made in Asia.
Tschirnhaus's work in mathematics is remembered in the Tschirnhaus transformation. It removed some intermediate terms from a given algebraic equation. He is also remembered in the Tschirnhausen cubic.
His work in physics included work in optics. Working with Martin Knorr, he developed an improved polishing technique. This was used in the lenses and mirrors he made. He made burning glasses of high quality. He used these in experiments.
Hank Flamingo
Hank Flamingo was an American country music group formed in 1988.
Robert Stone (novelist)
Robert Stone (August 21, 1937 – January 10, 2015) was an American novelist and journalist. He won the National Book Award for Fiction in 1975 for his novel "Dog Soldiers". He was also twice a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and once for the PEN/Faulkner Awards.
Stone was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised by his mother, who suffered from schizophrenia, until the age of six and was later raised in a Catholic orphanage. As a result of chain smoking, he had emphysema.
Stone died from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease on January 10, 2015 in Key West, Florida, aged 77.
Taylor Negron
Brad Stephen "Taylor" Negron (August 1, 1957 – January 10, 2015) was an American writer, actor, painter, and stand-up comedian. His best known movies were "Fast Times at Ridgemont High" (1982), "The Last Boy Scout" (1991), "Angels in the Outfield" (1994), "Bio-Dome" (1996), and "Stuart Little" (1999). He appeared in television shows such as "Wizards of Waverly Place", "Fresh Prince of Bel Air", "Curb Your Enthusiasm", "Reno 911", "Friends", "My Wife and Kids", "Seinfeld", "ER", and "Party of Five".
Negron was born in Glendale, California. He grew up in La Cañada Flintridge, California. He was of Puerto Rican ancestry. He was also the cousin of singer Chuck Negron. He was openly gay.
Negron died from liver cancer on January 10, 2015 in Los Angeles. He was 57.
Bruzaholm
Bruzaholm is a locality in Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2010, 250 people lived there. Bruzaholm is one of two inhabited localities in Sweden (2010) whose name contain the letter z.
Mariannelund
Mariannelund is a locality in Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,468 people lived there. Mariannelund appears as a place of setting for many of the stories of Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren's books "Emil i Lönneberga".
Hjältevad
Hjältevad is a locality in Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2010, 335 people lived there.
Hult
Hult is a locality in Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2010, 455 people lived there. Swedish writer Albert Engström grew up in Hult.
Ingatorp
Ingatorp is a locality in Eksjö Municipality in Jönköping County in Sweden. In 2010, 453 people lived there.
Chen Ning Yang
Chen-Ning Franklin Yang (born October 1, 1922), also known as Yang Zhenning, is a Chinese-born American physicist and mathematician. He works on statistical mechanics and particle physics. Yang and Tsung-dao Lee received the 1957 Nobel prize in physics. This was for their work on parity nonconservation of weak interaction.
Frösön
Frösön (Frey's island; ; "fɾøːsœʏːa" in the local dialect, Jamtlandic) is the largest island in the lake of Storsjön. It is located west of the town of Östersund in Sweden, Sweden. On the island is the "Frösö Runestone". That Runestone is dated from 1030-1050 AD.
The Swedish composer Wilhelm Peterson-Berger had a summerhouse on the island. In 1930, he made it his permanent home.
Outlaws (band)
The Outlaws is an American country rock band formed in 1972. They are a Southern rock/country rock band. Some of their best known hits were "There Goes Another Love Song" (1975), "Green Grass and High Tides" (1975) and "Ghost Riders In The Sky".
Like other southern rock bands, the Outlaws used two lead guitars. However, the Outlaws’ used three and four part vocal harmonies which made them different to other southern rock bands who usually had a single lead singer.
Over the years there has been many changes in the band's members. The current line up includes Henry Paul and Monte Yoho who were original band members. The other three original members, Hughie Thomasson, Billy Jones and Frank O'Keefe have all died.
Hawaiian Airlines
Hawaiian Airlines, Inc. is Hawai'i's largest airline and the eighth largest airline in the United States. The airline's name comes from its headquarters, which are in Honolulu, Hawaii. The airline flies between the major Hawaiian islands. These are Kaua'i, O'ahu, Moloka'i, Maui, Lanai, and the Big Island of Hawai'i. Hawaiian also flies to more distant locations, such as the U.S. mainland, Japan, Korea, and Australia. These flights arrive and depart from Oahu and Maui.
Hawaiian is the oldest U.S. airline without a fatal accident. It is also the oldest U.S. airline that has never had a plane destroyed or damaged beyond repair.
Hawaiian was incorporated as Inter-Island Airways on January 30, 1929. It gave sightseeing tours over Oahu. On November 11, 1929, it began flying between Honolulu and Hilo. Inter-Island began flying two Sikorsky S-38 amphibious flying boat. Each carried eight passengers. They added larger Sikorsky S-43s six years later for more passengers and mail service.
In 1941 Inter-Island Airways Ltd. changed its name to Hawaiian Airlines. In 1966, Hawaiian started using jets to fly between the islands. The jets were much faster and quieter than the propeller planes it was using. In 1984, Hawaiian began flying between Honolulu and the South Pacific. It also started flying between Honolulu and the U.S. West Coast.
In 1966, Hawaiian added all-jet aircraft, the McDonnell Douglas DC-9. Flying time between islands was reduced to 20–30 minutes. In 2002-03, Hawaiian replaced its planes with better ones. The new planes used less fuel to fly the same distances. It also changed the design on the tails of its planes. The airline also started flying to more locations. Today it flies approximately 212 flights a day.
Grimsås
Grimsås is a locality in Tranemo Municipality in Västra Götaland County in Sweden. In 2010, 721 people lived there.
Önnestad
Önnestad is a locality in Kristianstad Municipality, in Skåne County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,378 people lived there.
Väderstad
Väderstad is a locality in Mjölby Municipality in Östergötland County in Sweden. In 2010, 583 people lived there.
Mjällby
Mjällby is a locality in Sölvesborg Municipality in Blekinge County in Sweden. In 2010, 1,254 people lived there. Mjällby is in the Listerlandet peninsula.
Swedish Free Church Council
The Swedish Free Church Council () is an association of free churches in Sweden. The association is part of the Christian Council of Sweden (). The Swedish Free Church Council was established in 1992.
Following denominations are members.
Livets ord
Livets ord, literally "Word of Life", is a congregation within the Swedish Word of Faith movement. It was founded in Uppsala by Ulf Ekman on 24 May 1983. Ulf Ekman left in March 2014 to join the Roman Catholic Church. Between 1994 and 2014 the congregation ran its own seminary.
Örebro Mission