Woodstock '94 was a music festival. It was organized in 1994 to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the original Woodstock festival of 1969.
The 1994 concert was scheduled for Saturday, August 13 and Sunday, August 14. The third day, Friday, August 12, was added later. But the weather was rainy that weekend. By that Saturday, much of the field had turned to mud.
The event happened in Saugerties, New York. More than 500,000 people attended the festival.
Unbihexium
Unbihexium, also known as element 126 or eka-plutonium, is the possible chemical element with atomic number 126 and placeholder symbol Ubh. "Unbihexium" and "Ubh" are the temporary IUPAC name and symbol, until the element is discovered, confirmed, and a permanent name is decided upon. In the periodic table, unbihexium is expected to be a g-block superactinide and the eighth element in the 8th period.
River Teign
The River Teign (pronounced 'tain') is a river in south Devon. It is 31 miles (50 km) long and rises on Dartmoor. It becomes an estuary just below Newton Abbot and flows into the English Channel at Teignmouth.
The Teign is formed by the joining together of the rivers North Teign and South Teign.
Crossharbour DLR station
Crossharbour is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Cubitt Town, East London. The station is on the Isle of Dogs between Mudchute and South Quay stations. It is in Travelcard Zone 2. The name "Crossharbour" refers to the nearby Glengall Bridge across Millwall Inner Dock.
The Docklands Light Railway station opened as "Crossharbour" on 31 August 1987. It was renamed in 1994 to "Crossharbour and London Arena". After the neighbouring London Arena was demolished in 2006, the original name was restored.
Mudchute DLR station
Mudchute is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Millwall, next to Mudchute in London, England. The station is situated on the Isle of Dogs. It is in Travelcard Zone 2.
The original Mudchute DLR station was on the route of the old Millwall Extension Railway. This was a Victorian railway line that had been disused for many years. The original elevated station opened on 31 August 1987. It was the last station before the terminus at Island Gardens. When the line was extended under the River Thames to a new terminus at Lewisham, Mudchute station was rebuilt in a shallow cutting close to the tunnel entrance. The rebuilt station opened on 20 November 1999. In April 2008 work started on replacing the siding formed by the old route into a third platform for reversing trains and adding a canopy over the station. By October 2009 these works were complete.
Island Gardens DLR station
Island Gardens is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line. It is next to Island Gardens in North Greenwich, East London. It is just north of the River Thames, on the Isle of Dogs. The station is close to the southern tip of the Isle of Dogs and the River Thames.
The original Island Gardens DLR station was opened on 31 August 1987 as the southern terminus of the initial DLR system. It was built next to the site of the old North Greenwich railway station, which had been the southern terminus of the old Millwall Extension Railway. Island Gardens DLR station was elevated with two platforms.
The extension of the DLR to a new terminus at Lewisham passes under the River Thames in a deep tube tunnel. This required a new Island Gardens DLR station to be built, further away from the river, and underground. The original station and the southern end of the connecting viaduct have since been demolished.
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich DLR station
Cutty Sark for Maritime Greenwich is a light metro station on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) Bank-Lewisham Line in Greenwich, south-east London. It is named for its proximity to the ship Cutty Sark in the Maritime Greenwich district. It is the most central of the Greenwich DLR stations, being situated in Greenwich Town Centre.
The Samaritan Museum
The Samaritan Museum is an Ethnographic Museum and Archaeological Museum in Mount Gerizim, near "Nablus" (biblical "Shechem"). the museum is explores and presenting the culture of the "Samaritans" people. The museum is the only museum in the world dedicated to Samaritans and their language. The museum was opened in 1991.
Mien Schopman-Klaver
Wilhelmina Hendrika "Mien" Schopman-Klaver (26 February 1911 in Amsterdam – 10 July 2018 in Leiden, Netherlands) was a Dutch athlete. She was a reserve for the 4 × 100 metres relay at the 1932 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.
Schopman-Klaver became a centenarian in 2011 and celebrated her 106th birthday in 2017.
Ye Lwin (musician)
Ye Lwin (; December 1947 – 10 July 2018) was a Burmese musician, guitarist and peace activist. He was the longtime bass guitarist and singer of the Mizzima Wave () band. He was one of activist musician in the peace movement of Myanmar. He created many own original tunes, and one of his song ""Pan Kayan Pya" " (Violet Flower) was most popular and banned from 1962 to 1988.
On 18 June 2018, Ye Lwin was hospitalized in Yangon for liver cancer. He died there on 10 July 2018, aged 70.
Gabriel Caruana
Gabriel Caruana (7 April 1929 – 16 July 2018) was a Maltese artist. He worked in ceramics. He studied at the Malta School of Art (1953–59). He exhibited internationally, including a group exhibit by Maltese artists at Hunter College in 1996. Caruana was a pioneer of modern art in Malta, drawing inspiration from popular art traditions and the architecture of the Island.
Caruana died on 16 July 2018 in Qormi at the age of 89.
Rita Bhaduri
Rita Bhaduri (4 November 1955 – 17 July 2018) was an Indian movie and television actress. She was born in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh. Bhaduri was known for her roles in "Nimki Mukhiya", "Kabhi Haan Kabhi Naa", and in "Sindoor Aur Bandook".
Bhaduri died on 17 July 2018 at a Mumbai hospital from kidney disease at the age of 62.
Yvonne Blake
Yvonne Blake (1940 – 17 July 2018) was a British-born Spanish costume designer. She was born in Manchester. Blake won an Academy Award for Best Costume Design for the movie "Nicholas and Alexandra". She also won four Goya Awards and was nominated for the BAFTA Awards and the Emmy Awards.
Blake was also known for her production design in "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "Superman".
Blake died on 17 July 2018 in Madrid from complications of a stroke at the age of 78.
List of New York hurricanes
The U.S. State of New York has been affected or hit by eighty-four tropical or subtropical cyclones since the 17th century. New York is in the northeastern U.S. on the East Coast. The strongest storm of all to hit the state was the 1938 New England hurricane. That storm also killed over 600 people.
October 9, 1804: A hurricane generates heavy snow as it moves north over the East Coast. The storm later becomes extratropical.
September 5, 1815: A hurricane moves over North Carolina. It then parallels the United States' East Coast. The storm causes a heavy rainstorm in New York.
September 3, 1821: The 1821 Norfolk and Long Island hurricane causes severe damage in Long Island. Storm surge is 13 feet. High winds cause a ship to crash. Seventeen people are killed in the shipwreck. There are 22 deaths total.
September 6, 1869: A hurricane brushes Long Island while hitting Rhode Island. Minimal damage results from the storm.
August 23-25, 1893: The 1893 New York hurricane hits New York City at the Brooklyn area. The storm is a Category 1 hurricane when it hits. Hog Island is washed away by the storm.
Over 30 people are killed.
August 29-30, 1893: The 1893 Sea Islands hurricane causes severe damage in New York. A number of lives are lost in the storm.
September 17, 1903: The 1903 New Jersey hurricane causes wind gusts of over 65 miles per hour. Three inches of rain fall in Central Park in New York City.