Air Chief Marshal Sir Neville Patrick McNamara, (17 April 1923 – 7 May 2014) was an Australian war veteran. He was the senior commander of the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF). He served as the RAAF's highest-ranking position, Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), from 1979 until 1982. He was also Chief of the Defence Force Staff (CDFS), Australia's top military role at the time, from 1982 until 1984.
McNamara was born in Toogoolawah, Queensland.
McNamara died on 7 May 2014 in Jervis Bay, New South Wales, aged 91. His wife and two daughters outlived him.
Barbara Murray
Barbara Ann Murray (27 September 1929 – 20 May 2014) was an English actress. She was known in movies for appearing in "Passport to Pimlico" (1949), "Meet Mr. Lucifer" (1953) and "The Curse of King Tut's Tomb" (1980). On television, she was best known for her role as Lady Pamela Wilder in the 1960s drama series "The Plane Makers" (and the sequel, "The Power Game"). She was born in London.
Murray was married to actor John Justin from 1952 until they divorced in 1964. The couple had three daughters.
Murray died from a heart attack in Spain, aged 84. She had been in hospital for an operation to fix her broken hip.
Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar (born 24 March 1947) is a British businessman and television personality.
Sugar founded electronics company Amstrad in 1968. He was the chairman of Tottenham Hotspur F.C. from 1991 until 2001. He is the boss on "The Apprentice". He has a fortune of about £770 million.
Sugar was born in Hackney, London and brought up in a council house there. He married in 1968. The couple live in Chigwell, Essex. They have two sons and a daughter. He is an independent life peer.
Reg Gasnier
Reginald William "Reg" Gasnier (12 May 1939 – 11 May 2014), also nicknamed "Gaz", was an Australian rugby league footballer and coach. He played centre for the St. George Dragons from 1959 to 1967 and represented Australia. He was on the National Rugby League's list of 100 greatest players and the honorary Team of the Century.
Gasnier was born in Mortdale, Sydney, New South Wales. He was the uncle of rugby league player Mark Gasnier.
Gasnier died from an illness on 11 May 2014 in Miranda, Sydney. He was 74 and would have turned 75 the next day. His wife and children, Peter and Kellie, outlived him.
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames
Mary Soames, Baroness Soames (born Mary Spencer-Churchill; 15 September 1922 – 31 May 2014) was the youngest of the five children of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill and his wife Clementine. Until her death, she was their only surviving child.
Soames was born in Chartwell, Westerham, Kent. She was married to Christopher Soames, Baron Soames or The Lord Soames from 1947 until his death in 1987. The two had five children, Nicholas, Emma, Jeremy, Charlotte and Rupert.
Soames died after a short illness on 31 May 2014 in London, aged 91.
Westerham
Westerham is a town in Sevenoaks District in Kent, South East England. About 5,000 people live in Westerham. Its postcode is TN16.
Sevenoaks District
Sevenoaks is a borough in the far west of Kent, South East England. It was created on 1 April 1974. About 120,000 people live in the borough. Its headquarters are in Sevenoaks.
Joseph Fletcher
Joseph Francis Fletcher (April 10, 1905, Newark, New Jersey – October 28, 1991, Charlottesville, Virginia) was an American professor and bioethicist. He was a member of the American Eugenics Society and the Association for Voluntary Sterilization.
Jamie Allison
James E. Allison (born May 13, 1975) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He played a career total of 372 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Calgary Flames, Chicago Blackhawks, Columbus Blue Jackets, Nashville Predators, and Florida Panthers.
Before playing in the NHL, Allison played 1 year with the Windsor Spitfires and 3 years with the Detroit Jr. Red Wings of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL).
Allison was drafted with the 44th overall pick by the Calgary Flames in the 1993 NHL Entry Draft. He played 64 games with the Flames, 142 games with the Chicago Blackhawks, 37 more games with the Flames, 55 games with the Columbus Blue Jackets, 67 games with Nashville Predators and 7 games with the Florida Panthers. Allison retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2007. Since retiring, Allison started The Hockey Force Hockey Camp which helps teach kids both hockey and life skills which helps them on and off the ice.
Todd White
Todd White (born May 21, 1975) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre. He played a career total of 653 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Philadelphia Flyers, Ottawa Senators, Minnesota Wild, Atlanta Thrashers, and New York Rangers.
Before playing in the NHL, White played 4 years of college hockey with Clarkson University. During his time playing college hockey, he was named as a Hobey Baker Award finalist.
He went undrafted but he signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks on August 6, 1997. He played 43 games with the Blackhawks before he was traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for a conditional draft pick. White spent most of his time with the Flyer's AHL affiliate team, Philadelphia Phantoms.
He only played 3 games with the Flyers before he signed as a free agent with the Ottawa Senators on July 12, 2000.
He had some success with the Senators and was able to reach the second round of the playoffs with the but they were eliminated by the Toronto Maple Leafs. The next year, he was able to make the playoffs but they were again eliminated by the Maple Leafs this time in the first round.
When the season ended, White was traded to the Minnesota Wild for a fourth round draft pick.
He played 2 seasons with the Wild and signed a four-year contract with the Atlanta Thrashers. He was traded to the New York Rangers for Donald Brashear and Patrick Rissmiller on August 2, 2010. He retired from playing professional ice hockey in 2011.
Sino-Indian border dispute
The Sino-Indian border dispute is about several territories that are claimed by both the People's Republic of China and the Republic of India. The farthest west, Aksai Chin, is part of another dispute involving Pakistan. It is controlled by China but is claimed by the Government of India. They consider it part of the region of Xinjiang. It is place where very few people live. The other large disputed territory is to the east. It is south of the McMahon Line. It used to be called the North East Frontier Agency. It is now called South Tibet. The McMahon Line was part of the 1914 Simla Convention between British India and Tibet. China rejected the agreement.
In 1975 India annexed the territory of Sikkim. This was rejected by China. Today, the Sikkim-China border's most northern point, "The Finger", is still disputed.
Nancy Kelly
Nancy Kelly (March 25, 1921 – January 2, 1995) was an American actress. She was a leading movie lady in the 1930s. She made movies between 1926 and 1977. In "The Bad Seed", she played Christine. In "Show Business" (1944), she played Nancy Gae.
Kelly was born in Lowell, Massachusetts. She died from diabetes in Bel-Air, California at age seventy-three.
Patricia Highsmith
Patricia Highsmith (previously: Mary Patricia Plangman; 19 January 1921 – 4 February 1995) was an American novelist and short story writer. She was known for psychological thrillers.
She wrote the novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley" in 1955. Her first book, "Strangers on a Train" was 1950. Some of her novels included homosexual themes or undertones.
The novelist was born in Fort Worth, Texas. She had sexual relationships with men and women. She died in Locano, Switzerland from aplastic anemia at age seventy-four.
Melvin Franklin
David Melvin English (later Melvin Franklin; October 12, 1942 – February 23, 1995) was an American bass singer. He was known for being in the Motown group The Temptations.