Russian soldiers captured the town of Chełmno on . By then, the Nazis had already destroyed evidence that the Chełmno camp ever existed. They left no prisoners behind. One of the camp's survivors, who was fifteen years old at the time, said that only three Jewish males had escaped successfully from Chełmno.
In 1961, the three best-known survivors testified about Chełmno at Adolf Eichmann's trial in Jerusalem. In 1962-1965, two survivors also testified at trials held in West Germany against people who worked at the camp.
Euclidean distance
In Euclidean geometry, the Euclidean distance is the usual distance between two points "p" and "q". This distance is measured as a line segment. The Pythagorean theorem can be used to calculate this distance.
In the Euclidean plane, if p = ("p", "p") and q = ("q", "q") then the distance is given by
This is equivalent to the Pythagorean theorem, where legs are differences between respective coordinates of the points, and hypotenuse is the distance.
Alternatively, if the polar coordinates of the point p are ("r", θ) and those of q are ("r", θ), then the distance between the points is
Zehava Gal-On
Zehava Gal-On, Hebrew: זהבה גלאון , born as "Zehava Schnipitzky", (born January 4, 1956 in Vilnius) is an Israeli activist and politician. She is political leader of Meretz ("Vigour"). She has been leading Meretz since 2012 (she did already an unsuccessful atttempt in 2007).
She was born in the capital of the Lithuanian Soviet Socialist Republic. As a young child she moved with her parents to Israel, where she grew up for the greater part in Petah Tikva (still living in this city). She studied philology and special education, and mastered at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Gal-On is engaged in all sorts of rights activism, like civil and human rights but also women's rights and social justice. She held leading positions in newspaper Politika, in B'Tselem (a human rights organization concerning Israel's behaviour in the Palestinian territories) and Ratz (a forerunner of Meretz).
In 1999 she was chosen into the Knesset. She lost her seat in 2009 but returned in 2011. She left the Knesset in October 2017.
As a Member of Knesset she was chairing the parliamentarian committee with regard to women trafficking, and critized the Law of Return for being discriminatory.
Nawele
Nawele was High Chief of Oahu (a Hawaiian island). His name is pronounced in Hawaiian language as "Nah-weh-leh".
Nawele was born on the island of Oʻahu as a son of Chief Kahokupohakano and his wife, Kaumana II. This means that Nawele's grandfather was High Chief Elepuukahonua. After the death of Elepuʻukahonua, an unknown person ruled over Oʻahu. After the death of that man, Nawele became a High Chief.
The wife of Nawele was called Kalanimoeikawaikai. Their son was High Chief Lakona of Oahu. Nawele died on Oʻahu.
Procter &amp; Gamble
Procter & Gamble (P&G) is an American corporation. The company is in downtown Cincinnati, Ohio. It was founded in 1837 by William Procter and James Gamble. It mostly has a wide range of cleaning products and hygienic products.
Before selling Pringles to Kellogg's, P&G's products also included food and drink.
Products produced by P&G include Crest, Ivory soaps, Tide laundry detergent and Prell shampoo. In the 1880s, they created Ivory soap, a product that floats in water.
In April 1985, the moon & stars symbol was removed from its packaging, because its stars resembled "666", the Satan symbol.
In January 2005, P&G announced they were buying Gillette, a company known for making razors and razor blades for shaving. P&G used to make Duracell batteries. The company makes Braun products and Oral-B toothbrushes.
P&G got out of the food business in 2012 when they sold Pringles to the Kellogg's food company. P&G had also sold Jif peanut butter, Crisco shortening and Folgers' coffee.
Procter and Gamble produced and sponsored the first serial dramas during the 1930s. Because of P&G being known for detergents, these serial dramas started being called soap operas. With television in the 1950s and 1960s, soap operas, such as "Guiding Light", went from the radio to CBS television. The last P&G produced show, "As the World Turns", left television in 2010. The only soap opera partially produced by P&G remaining on air is "The Young and the Restless" on CBS. From May 1964 to June 1999, P&G produced and sponsored "Another World" on the NBC network.
Jared Martin
Jared Christopher Martin (December 21, 1941 – May 24, 2017) was an American movie and television actor. He was best known for his role as Steven "Dusty" Farlow in the 1978 series "Dallas" and for roles on two science fiction TV shows, "The Fantastic Journey" and "War of the Worlds". He was born in Manhattan, New York.
Martin died on May 24, 2017 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania from pancreatic cancer at the age of 75.
Ezekiel Anisi
Ezekiel Anisi (1 September 1988 – 24 May 2017) was a Papua New Guinean politician. He was a member of the National Parliament of Papua New Guinea from August until October 2012, when he was unseated by the National Court, and from a December 2013 by-election until his death, representing the electorate of Ambunti-Dreikikir Open in East Sepik Province. He was the youngest MP in Papua New Guinea.
Anisi died on 24 May 2017 from possible cardiac arrest at a guesthouse in Port Moresby only weeks before the 2017 general election, aged 28.
Juliana Koo
Juliana Koo (formerly Young; née Yen; September 26, 1905 – May 24, 2017) was a Chinese-American diplomat. She served as first head of the United Nations Protocol Department. She was a supercentenarian and after emigrating to the United States, she became the third wife of diplomat and politician Wellington Koo.
Koo died on May 24, 2017 in New York City, aged 111.
Denis Johnson
Denis Hale Johnson (July 1, 1949 – May 24, 2017) was an American writer. He was born in Munich, Germany. Johnson best known for his short story collection "Jesus' Son" (1992) and his novel "Tree of Smoke" (2007), which won the National Book Award for Fiction. He also wrote plays, poetry and non-fiction.
Johnson died at his home on May 24, 2017 in Gualala, California from liver cancer at the age of 67.
Laura Biagiotti
Laura Biagiotti (; August 4, 1943 – May 26, 2017) was an Italian fashion designer. She was born in Rome, Italy. She had her first fashion show in 1972. The House of Biagiotti (based on Via dei Condotti in Rome) is now listed among the largest fashion houses in Italy with an expansion of products including accessories and watches. She moved to Beijing for some time and was the first Italian designer to present a collection in China, in April 1988.
Biagiotti died on May 26, 2017 in Rome from complications of a heart attack at the age of 73.
Marga Minco
Marga Minco (pseudonym of Sara Menco, born 31 March 1920) is a Dutch journalist and writer. Her real surname was Menco, but an official accidentally switched the first vowel. She was born in Ginneken to an Orthodox Jewish family. In 1957 Minco published her first book, "" ("The bitter herb"). The title of her later book was "Een leeg huis" ("An empty house").
Rose quartz
Rose quartz is a translucent pink to rose-red variety of quartz. It is rarely found as a crystal and is far more common in massive form.
Among gemstones, rose quartz is considered a semiprecious stone that may be used in jewelry. Rose quartz stones that are nearly transparent are sometimes cut to make flat surfaces called facets, to better reflect light.
Anaphrodisiac
An anaphrodisiac is something that makes the one who uses it less aroused. This can be a medicine, a food or a procedure. It is sometimes used to treat hypersexuals. It is also used for an animal that is in heat. Pills that lower the libido are sometimes called "antaphrodisiacs".
Lakona of Oahu
Lakona was High Chief of Oahu, a Hawaiian island.