Volodymyr Oleksandrovych Zelensky (; born 25 January 1978) is a Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, actor, comedian and director. He is the President of Ukraine, upon winning the round-off election against incumbent President Petro Poroshenko on 21 April 2019.
Zelensky was the front-runner in the 2019 Ukrainian presidential election. Six months before he announced his candidacy on 31 December 2018, he was already one of the frontrunners in opinion polls for the election.
Zelensky played the role of President of Ukraine in the hugely popular 2015 television series "Servant of the People". The political party "Servant of the People" was created in March 2018 by people from the TV production company Kvartal 95 who also created the TV series of the same name.
In September 2019 it was reported that U.S. President Donald Trump had pressured Zelensky during a July phone call between the two Presidents to investigate alleged wrongdoing by Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden. This led to the Trump–Ukraine scandal and the impeachment inquiry against Donald Trump which would result in Trump's impeachment.
Zelensky was born 25 January 1978 in Kryvyi Rih, Ukrainian SSR in a secular Ukrainian Jewish family. His father, Oleksandr Zelensky, is a professor at the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics. His mother, Rymma Zelenska, worked as an engineer. Before going to school Volodymyr lived for four years in Mongolia where his father worked at that time.
Zelensky earned a law degree from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics. He fluently speaks Ukrainian and Russian.
In 2008, he starred in the feature film "Love in the Big City", and its sequel, "Love in the Big City 2". Zelensky also played the main role in the movie "Office Romance, Our Time, Rzhevsky Versus Napoleon, Love in the Big City 3, 8 First Dates," etc"."
In 2015, Zelensky became the main actor of the popular Ukrainian television series "Servant of the People", where he played the role of the President of Ukraine.
Eduardo Fajardo
Eduardo Martínez Fajardo (14 August 1924 – 4 July 2019) was a Spanish actor. He was born in Meis (Pontevedra), Spain. He appeared in more than 160 movies between 1947 and 2002. He was known for his roles in "7th Cavalry" and "Django".
Fajardo died on 4 July 2019 while on a trip in Mexico City at the age of 94.
José Terrón
José Terrón Peñaranda (5 July 1939 – 12 May 2019) was a Spanish movie actor. He was born in Madrid. He played Guy Callaway in "For a Few Dollars More" (1965), and Thomas "Shorty" Larson in "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" (1966).
Terrón died on 12 May 2019 in Benidorm, Spain at the age of 79.
Héctor Alterio
Héctor Benjamín Alterio Onorato (born 21 September 1929) is an Argentine actor. His best known role was in "La Patagonia rebelde" ("The Rebel Patagonia"). His voice was used in "Ya es tiempo de violencia" (1969), an anonymous movie about the "Cordobazo" riots which took place the same year.
Julieta Serrano
Julieta Serrano Romero (born 2 January 1933) is a Spanish actress. In September 2018 she was awarded by the Premio Nacional de Teatro. Her best known roles were in "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown" (1988), "Dark Habits" (1983) and "Teatro de siempre" (1966). Serrano appeared in many movies directed by Pedro Almodóvar.
Marisa Paredes
María Luisa Paredes Bartolomé (born 3 April 1946), known professionally as Marisa Paredes, is a Spanish actress. She has appeared in famous Spanish and English language movies, including "In a Glass Cage" (1986), "Life Is Beautiful" (1998), "Deep Crimson" (1996) and "The Devil's Backbone" (2001).
Deaths in April 2019
The following is a list of deaths that should be noted in April 2019. For deaths that should be noted before the month that the world is in, please see "Months". Names under each date are noted in the order of the alphabet by last name or pseudonym. Deaths of non-humans are noted here also if it is worth noting.
Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, where they came from, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and a source.
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium
Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is a stadium that serves as the home ground for Tottenham Hotspur in north London, replacing the club's previous stadium, White Hart Lane. It has a capacity of 62,062, making it one of the largest stadiums in the Premier League and the largest club stadium in London. It is designed to be a multi-purpose stadium and features the world's first dividing, retractable football pitch, which reveals a synthetic turf pitch underneath for NFL London Games, concerts and other events.
"Tottenham Hotspur Stadium" is unlikely to remain the official stadium name indefinitely, it is widely expected that the rights to the naming of the stadium will be sold. The stadium is occasionally referred to as New White Hart Lane by fans and some in the media.
The stadium is accessible through a number of London Overground, London Underground and National Rail stations: Seven Sisters, Tottenham Hale, Northumberland Park, and White Hart Lane stations. The nearest station, at around 200 m away, is White Hart Lane (London Overground), which is being rebuilt, and a Wembley-style walkway for fans from the station to the stadium is planned. The stadium area is also served by up to 144 buses an hour. Bus routes that stop close to the ground are 149, 259, 279, 349, and W3. The club will also operate two high frequency shuttle bus services to the stadium, one from Alexandra Palace through Wood Green, and the other from Tottenham Hale.
Jenny Shipley
Dame Jennifer Mary Shipley (née Robson; born 4 February 1952) is a former New Zealand politician. She was the 36th Prime Minister of New Zealand from 1997 to 1999. She was the first female Prime Minister of New Zealand. She was the only woman to have led the National Party.
Shipley was born in Gore, Southland. She was raised in rural Canterbury.
Before entering politics, Shipley was involved with several community organizations.
Shipley was elected to the New Zealand Parliament in the 1987 election. She won the Ashburton electorate.
When the National Party returned to power in 1990, Shipley was appointed to the Cabinet of New Zealand under Jim Bolger. She was the Minister of Social Welfare (1990-1996), the Minister for Women's Affairs (1990-1996), a member of the Minister of Health (1993-1996) and a member of the Minister of Transport (1996-1997).
In December 1997, after Bolger resigned as Prime Minister, Shipley was elected as his replacement unopposed.
Shipley was the first Prime Minister to attend the gay and lesbian Hero Parade.
Chinatown
Chinatown is the name used for neighborhood in any city outside of China where many Chinese immigrants came to live together. Chinatowns became common in cities around the world after China lost the first Opium War with the British Empire. After China lost, many Chinese people became poor, especially people living in Guangdong province. That was where most of the fighting took place. People from Guangdong went outside of China to look for work. They moved to places like Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, and the United States. When Chinese people moved to these places, they usually lived close together in the city they were staying. These became Chinatowns.
Famous Chinatowns around the world include those in San Francisco, New York City, and Kuala Lumpur.
Most early immigrants came from provinces of Guangdong and Fujian in southeastern China. The common languages there are Toishanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Teochew, and Hokkien. So, these are common languages in many Chinatowns. Also, since most Chinatowns were created before the Chinese Communist Party took over mainland China, most Chinatowns use traditional Chinese characters. However, both simplified and traditional characters are often seen in Chinatowns in Malaysia.