The TV channel was launched on March 16, 2007, by Nabil karoui and Ghazi Karoui in partnership with Tarak Ben Ammar and Silvio Berlusconi. It was created it as a subsidiary of Karoui & Karoui World Group.
Yukichi Chuganji
Yukichi Chuganji (中願寺 雄吉; "Chūganji Yūkichi", 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003) was a Japanese supercentenarian who at the time of his death at age 114 years, 189 days was the 4th oldest person ever from Japan as well as the oldest person ever from the island of Kyushu, and the world's oldest living person. However, he was only verified as the oldest living man as the oldest living person was believed to be Kamato Hongo, also from Kyushu, who claimed to be almost one and a half year older but was more likely around four years younger and therefore became disputed.
Chuganji, who was born in Fukuoka Prefecture, graduated from a technical school in early 1900s and worked as a silkworm breeder, instructor in the agricultural specialty, as a bank employee, and community welfare officer. He had 4 sons and one daughter, who was 74 years old at the time of his death and the only living child, 7 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren. He did not like to eat vegetables but liked beef, pork and chicken, and daily ate toffee and drank a glass of milk and the occasional apple juice and only drank alcohol in moderation (and believed that to be the secret to his long life). During the last years of his life, he had failing eye sight and was bedridden.
Chuganji, who was the 6th Japanese man to become a supercentenarian as well as the oldest living Japanese man after Sadayoshi Tanabe's death on 18 January 2000 and later the third Japanese man to become at least 112 years old as well as the oldest Japanese man ever after surpassing both Gengan Tonaki and Denzo Ishizaki, was the oldest living man in the world after the death of Italian World War I-veteran Antonio Todde on 3 January 2002, the same day as he became Japan's oldest living person after Matsuno Oikawa's death, and later also the oldest living person in the world after Americanwoman Mae Harrington on 29 December 2002. On 23 March 2003, Chuganji became the first Japanese man, as well as the third man in the world and the first since Christian Mortensen's death almost 5 years earlier, to reach age 114.
On the evening of Sunday 28 September 2003, after being served a glass of apple juice by his daughter, Chuganji died of natural causes aged 114 years, 189 days and was the third oldest man ever behind Christian Mortensen and Mathew Beard and the oldest Japanese man ever before 26 October 2011 when Jiroemon Kimura, the second Japanese man to become 114 years old, surpassed his age, and later even Mortensen's age, and (since 111-year-old Norio Kawada's death on 6 June 2003) the only living Japanese male supercentenarian. The first Japanese man to become a supercentenarian after Chuganji's death was Kohachi Shigetaka (10 May 1895 – 3 July 2005); Kameni Nakamura and Minsho Ozawa, who were the oldest living Japanese men after Chuganji and both born in October 1894 and died in 2004, only lived to age 109, as well as Totaro Murakami who succeeded Minsho Ozawa.
Chuganji was succeeded as the oldest living person by Mitoyo Kawate from Hiroshima and as the oldest living man by Spaniard Joan Riudavets.
June Bacon-Bercey
June Esther Bacon-Bercey ("née" Griffin, October 23, 1928 – July 3, 2019) was an American international expert on weather and aviation. She worked for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, the National Weather Service and the Atomic Energy Commission.
She was believed to be the first African-American woman to gain a degree in meteorology and was confirmed to be the first African-American woman to be a televised meteorologist.
Bacon-Bercey died under hospice care in Burlingame, California from frontotemporal dementia on July 3, 2019 at the age of 90.
President of Nicaragua
The President of Nicaragua () officially known as the President of the Republic of Nicaragua () is the head of state of Nicaragua. The office was created in the Constitution of 1854. From 1825 until the Constitution of 1838, the head of state of Nicaragua was known simply as Head of State ("Jefe de Estado").
Henry Gray (musician)
Henry Gray (January 19, 1925 – February 17, 2020) was an African-American blues pianist and singer. He was born in Kenner, Louisiana. His career began in the 1930s and had performed with many artists, including Robert Lockwood Jr., Billy Boy Arnold, the Rolling Stones, Muddy Waters and Howlin' Wolf. He created more than 50 albums. He was known for the creation of the distinctive sound of the Chicago blues piano.
In 2017, Gray was added in to the Blues Hall of Fame.
On October 10, 2019, it was confirmed by Gray's family that he had entered hospice care in Baton Rouge. Gray died at the age of 95 on February 17, 2020.
Billy Boy Arnold
William "Billy Boy" Arnold (born September 16, 1935) is an American blues harmonica player and singer-songwriter.
In the early 1950s, he joined forces with street musician Bo Diddley and played harmonica on the March 2, 1955 recording of the Bo Diddley song "I'm a Man" released by Checker Records.
Arnold signed a solo recording contract with Vee-Jay Records, recording the originals of "I Wish You Would" and "I Ain’t Got You".
Robert Lockwood Jr.
Robert Lockwood Jr. (March 27, 1915 – November 21, 2006) was an American Delta blues guitarist. He recorded for Chess Records and other Chicago labels in the 1950s and 1960s. He was the only guitarist to have learned to play directly from Robert Johnson.
Lockwood is known for his longtime works with Sonny Boy Williamson II and for his work in the mid-1950s with Little Walter.
He was honored with the National Heritage Fellowship awarded by the National Endowment for the Arts, which is the highest honor in the folk and traditional arts in the United States in 1995.
Lockwood died at the age of 91 in Cleveland from a cerebral aneurysm caused by a stroke on November 21, 2006.
Turkey Scratch, Arkansas
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Coventry University
Coventry University is a university in Coventry, England. It was known as Lanchester Polytechnic until 1987. From 1987 it was known as Coventry Polytechnic. It became a university in 1992.
Coventry School of Design was created in 1843. It was renamed Coventry School of Art. Then it was renamed Coventry Municipal Art School in 1902. another name change took place in the 1950s. It became known as Coventry College of Art.
Lanchester College of Technology opened in 1961. It was named after the engineer Frederick Lanchester.
In 1970, three organisations were merged. These were Lanchester College of Technology, Coventry College of Art, and Rugby College of Engineering Technology. The new organisation was called Lanchester Polytechnic.
In 2010, the university opened a campus in London. This was done to attract more international students.
In July 2017, the university announced Margaret Casely-Hayford as its new chancellor. She replaced Sir John Egan.
The "Chancellor" is the formal head of the university. This is a mostly ceremonial role. The current chancellor is Margaret Casely-Hayford. The Chancellor is appointed by the university's Board of Governors. The Chancellor is supported by six Pro-Chancellors. The Chancellor and Pro-Chancellors are appointed for a five year period. The Chancellor can serve for several of those periods. Pro-Chancellors are limited to two periods. The day-to-day management of the university is by the Vice-Chancellor. There are also four Deputy Vice-Chancellors and three Pro Vice-Chancellors. The is Vice-Chancellor John Latham. He has been Vice-Chancellor since March 2014.
Coventry is divided into four faculties. Each faculty is divided into different schools:
Faculty of Arts and Humanities
Faculty of Business and Law
Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing