Medvedev died in London on 15 November 2018 of a heart attack, one day after his 93rd birthday, with his family by his side.
Roy Medvedev
Roy Aleksandrovich Medvedev (; born 14 November 1925) is a Russian political writer. He was an author of the dissident history of Stalinism. His best known work, "Let History Judge" (), first published in English in 1972. Medvedev was born in Tbilisi, Georgia.
His twin brother was biologist and Russian dissident Zhores Medvedev.
Medvedev rejoined the Communist Party in 1989, after Mikhail Gorbachev launched his perestroika and glasnost program. He was elected to the Soviet Union's Congress of People's Deputies and was named as member of the Supreme Soviet.
Luigi Rossi di Montelera
Luigi Rossi di Montelera (14 May 1946 – 15 November 2018) was an Italian company manager and politician. He was a member of the Christian Democracy. Rossi di Montelera was born in Turin, Italy. He was a member of the Member of the Chamber of Deputies from 1976 to 1992.
He was also a businessman who managed Martini & Rossi, while between 1995 and 2008 he was president of the Bacardi-Martini company.
Rossi di Montelera was kidnapped by a group of bandits of the Corleonesi Mafia clan, led by Luciano Leggio, and held as a prisoner in the bunker of a farmhouse in Treviglio, near Bergamo. He was freed by the agents of the Guardia di Finanza on 14 March 1974.
Rossi di Montelera died of a heart attack on 15 November 2018, at the age of 72, while he was in Aosta, Italy.
Aldyr Schlee
Aldyr Garcia Schlee (November 22, 1934 – November 15, 2018) was a Brazilian writer, journalist, translator, illustrator and professor. He was born in Jaguarão, Portugal. In 1953 Schlee designed the world-famous Brazil national football team jersey "Camisa Canarinho".
He was the author of various short stories and his work has been included in a number of anthologies. Some of his books first appeared in Spanish and were published in Uruguay.
Schlee died on November 15, 2018 in Lisbon at the age of 83.
Korean Air Flight 803
On 27 July 1989, a Korean Air DC-10 crashed while attempting to land in Tripoli, Libya. 75 of the 199 passengers and crew on board plus 4 persons on the ground were killed in the crash.
Flight 803 was a scheduled International passenger service from Seoul, South Korea to Tripoli, Libya with intermediate stops in Bangkok, Thailand and Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. While on final approach to Tripoli, the aircraft crashed into an orchard approximately 1.5 miles short of the runway 27. The weather at the time of the crash consisted of heavy fog and visibility was between 100 and 800 feet.
Korean Air Flight 803 was the second aviation disaster involving a DC-10 in less than two weeks. United Airlines Flight 232 had crashed on 19 July 1989 while attempting an emergency landing in Sioux City, Iowa with 111 of the 296 people on board losing their lives.
Daewoo and Donga had multiple employees, working at construction sites of those companies' facilities, on board; they were South Korean citizens.
There were 190 South Koreans, including seven Libyans, and three Japanese nationals.
After the crash Flight 803's pilot Kim Ho-jung was quoted as saying - "The airport was shrouded in dense fog and visibility was poor when I approached. I lost contact with the control tower for 15 minutes before the crash." Libya's official news agency JANA reported that a Soviet airliner one hour before Flight 803 had rerouted to Malta rather than land in the fog. Also the instrument landing system at Tripoli International Airport wasn't working at the time of the crash.
A Libyan court found the pilot and co-pilot guilty of neglect in December 1990. They were given prison sentences of two years and eighteen months respectively. In the case of the co-pilot the sentence was suspended.
The cause of the crash was determined to be crew error in attempting a descent below decision height without the runway environment in sight.
Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer
"Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" is a humorous Christmas song. It was originally performed by husband and wife Elmo and Patsy Trigg Shropshire in 1979. It was released again in later years. It sold over 11 million copies.
On the Edison Media Research and Pinnacle Media Worldwide lists, the song was both liked and disliked. The results were reported in 2007.
There have been several parodies and cover versions of this song.
In the lyrics, a grandmother is celebrating at a Christmas Eve party with her family. Against what everyone tells her, she goes outside into a blizzard while drunk on eggnog after she forgets her medication. She is found the next day, trampled over by Santa Claus and his reindeer.
The family wonder if all the gifts they bought for Grandma should be sent back. The answer is a strong yes.
Grandpa is unaffected by his wife's "death". He drinks beer, watches football and plays cards with Cousin Mel.
In the music video, Elmo plays both Grandpa and Grandma. Patsy plays Cousin Mel. Grandma survives the attack and comes back through the chimney.
Also in the music video, Grandma says that a driver's license should "never" be given to a man who drives a sleigh and plays with elves.
St. Francis River
St. Francis River is a river that feeds into the Mississippi River. It is about long, and is located in southeastern Missouri and northeastern Arkansas in the United States.
The river drains a mostly rural area and forms part of the Missouri-Arkansas state line along the western side of the Missouri Bootheel.
Waterloo Road (TV series)
Waterloo Road is a British television drama series set in a comprehensive school of the same name, broadcast on BBC One and later on BBC Three. The show is set in the English town of Rochdale from series one until the end of series seven, and the Scottish town of Greenock from the beginning of series eight until the end of the show in series ten. The first episode was broadcast on BBC One on 9 March 2006 and the final episode on BBC Three on 9 March 2015. "Waterloo Road" ran for 200 episodes and exactly nine years. In September 2019, the series was made available on BBC iPlayer.
Set in a failing comprehensive school in Rochdale, the series focuses on the life's of the teachers and pupils who are at the school.
List of Waterloo Road characters
This article lists the characters and the actors who played them in the BBC One school-based drama series, "Waterloo Road". The longest-running cast members were Philip Martin Brown (Grantly Budgen), Jason Done (Tom Clarkson), Chelsee Healey (Janeece Bryant), and Denise Welch (Steph Haydock), who appeared from series 1 until their exits in series 9 for Brown, 8 for Done and Healey, and 6 for Welch, respectively. Healey was not in series 5, however. The longest-serving Headteacher was Rachel Mason, who was played by Eva Pope, from series 3 until series 5.
List of Waterloo Road episodes
Tullus Hostilius
Tullus Hostilius was the legendary third king of Rome. He succeeded Numa Pompilius. He was one of the six Etruscan kings that ruled Rome. He ruled from 673 to 642 BC. Unlike his predecessor, he was known to be a warlike king. He was the grandson of Hostus Hostilius, who had fought with Romulus and died during the Sabine invasion of Rome. His successor was Ancus Marcius.
Montgomery, Louisiana
Montgomery is a small town in Grant Parish, Louisiana, United States.
Plain Dealing, Louisiana
Plain Dealing is a town in Bossier Parish, Louisiana.
Trevor Howard
Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith (29 September 1913 – 7 January 1988) was an English actor. He was born in Cliftonville, Kent. He was known for his roles in "Brief Encounter" (1945), followed by "The Third Man" (1949). He studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.
He declined a CBE in 1982. He won a BAFTA Award in 1959 and an Emmy Award in 1963.
Howard died on 7 January 1988 from liver failure complicated by cirrhosis in Arkley, Barnet, aged 74.
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