Slangkop Lighthouse
Slangkop Lighthouse is a lighthouse close to a town called Kommetjie. The town located near to Cape Town, South Africa.
The lighthouse was supposed to be built by 1914. A brass made sign was already prepared for the opening. World War I started soon and the construction of the lighthouse was delayed. It was finally completed in 1918. However, the lighthouse was in use before 1918. HMS Himalaya noted the lighthouse was in use in the ship log on 19 July 1917. The lighthouse officially opened in 4 March 1919. It is a white circular tower made of iron. The hight of the lighthouse is 33 meters.
Roger Staubach
Roger Thomas Staubach (born February 5, 1942), nicknamed "Roger the Dodger", "Captain America" and "Captain Comeback", is a former American football quarterback in the National Football League (NFL). He was born in Cincinnati, Ohio. Staubach played for the Dallas Cowboys from 1969 to 1979.
In November 2018 he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Donald Trump.
Alan Page
Alan Cedric Page (born August 7, 1945) is an American former professional American football player and judge. He played defensive tackle for the Minnesota Vikings in the 1970s. After his professional career, he was an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court from 1993 until he retired in 2015.
Page was the first defensive player to win the MVP Award. He is a member of both the College Football Hall of Fame (1993) and the Pro Football Hall of Fame (1988).
In November 2018, President Donald Trump awarded Page the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
Martian Successor Nadesico
Martian Successor Nadesico is a science fiction comedy anime television series and a manga series. The manga series was created by Kia Asamiya. The manga was published in English by CPM Manga. The manga is loosely based on the anime.
The "Martian Successor Nadesico" anime was directed by Tatsuo Sato. It was produced by TV Tokyo, Xebec, and Yomiko Advertising, Inc. The series aired on the Bandai Channel and TV Tokyo from November 1, 1996 to March 24, 1997. It has a sequel movie called "". It is a 1998 anime movie written and directed by Tatsuo Sato. The movie won the Animage Anime Grand Prix prize in 1998. In other polls conducted by Animage, the TV series was voted the third "Favorite Anime Of The Year".
Unbiunium
Unbiunium is a hypothetical (theoretical or imagined) element of the periodic table. It is also known as eka-actinium.
The atomic number of this element is 121. It has the symbol Ubu. The name Unbiunium and the symbol Ubu are temporary IUPAC names. This name and symbol exist until a permanent name is decided. It is expected to be a F-block element and an superactinides. It is the third element in the eighth period of the periodic table.
The synthesis of unbiunium was first attempted in 1977 by bombarding a target of uranium-238 with copper-65 ions at the GSI Helmholtz Centre for Heavy Ion Research in Darmstadt, Germany:
No atoms were identified.
Another alternative name is: "Lavoisium"
Unbibium
Unbibium, also known as element 122 or eka-thorium, is the possible chemical element in the periodic table with the placeholder symbol of Ubb and atomic number 122. "Unbibium" and "Ubb" are the temporary systematic IUPAC name and symbol, which are used until the element is discovered, confirmed, and a permanent name is decided upon. In the periodic table of the elements, it is expected to follow unbiunium as the second element of the superactinides and the fourth element of the 8th period. Similarly to unbiunium, it is expected to fall within the range of the island of stability.
Another alternative name : Diburnium
Dave Laing
David William "Dave" Laing (1947 – 7 January 2019) was an English writer, editor, and broadcaster. Laing was editor of the monthly British music magazine "Let It Rock" from October 1972 to October 1973.
He co-authored, with Phil Hardy, "The Faber Companion to 20th Century Popular Music" (1995), and co-wrote, with Sarah Davis, "The Guerrilla Guide to the Music Business" (2001). He is also an editor of the "Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World".
Laing also worked for "The Guardian" during his final years.
Laing died on 7 January 2019 at the age of 71.
Bonnie Guitar
Bonnie Guitar (born Bonnie Buckingham; March 25, 1923 – January 13, 2019) was an American singer-songwriter, musician, producer, and businesswoman. She was best known for her 1957 country-pop crossover hit "Dark Moon". Guitar was born in Seattle, Washington. She retired in 1996.
Guitar died on January 13, 2019 in Washington state, at the age of 95.
Mel Stottlemyre
Melvin Leon "Mel" Stottlemyre Sr. (November 13, 1941 – January 13, 2019) was an American professional baseball pitcher and pitching coach. He was born in Hazleton, Missouri. He played for 11 seasons in Major League Baseball for the New York Yankees, and coached for 23 seasons. He was a five-time MLB All-Star and five-time World Series champion, as a coach.
Stottlemyre coached for the New York Mets, Houston Astros, New York Yankees and the Seattle Mariners.
Stottlemyre died on January 13, 2019 from multiple myeloma in Seattle, Washington, aged 77.
Paweł Adamowicz
Paweł Bogdan Adamowicz (, 2 November 1965 – 14 January 2019) was a Polish politician and lawyer. He was the mayor of the city of Gdańsk from 1998 until his assassination in 2019. He was born in Gdańsk. Adamowicz was a member of the Civic Platform party.
On 13 January 2019, Adamowicz was stabbed in the heart on stage at a charity event in Gdańsk and was taken to hospital in critical condition. He died the next day at the hospital at the age of 53. The assault was captured on video.
Suriname cherry
The Suriname cherry ("Eugenia uniflora"), also known as the pitanga, Brazilian cherry, Cayenne cherry, or Cerisier Carré is a plant which mostly grows on South America's east coast. It is in the family Myraceae (the myrtles). The plant may look like a cherry, but is not related to true cherries. The Suriname cherry can be found from Suriname, French Guiana to southern Brazil, as well as parts of Paraguay, Argentina and Uruguay. "It is known as pitanga" throughout Brazil and Uruguay, or "ñangapirí" in surrounding countriesThe plant is realtively easy to grow, resists pests well, and high in antioxidants. The tree is also grown in the West Indies, specifically in Haiti, where it is known as "Cerisier Carré", as is in French Guiana.
The Suriname cherry is often used in gardens as a hedge or screen. The tree was introduced to Bermuda for ornamental purposes but is now out of control and listed as an invasive species.
In Suriname this cherry is known as "Monkimonki Kersie", also "Montjimontji Kersie". The tree has also been introduced to Florida.
Lenin Rajendran
Lenin Rajendran (; 1951 – 14 January 2019) was an Indian movie director and screenwriter. He was born in Trivandrum, Kerala. He worked in Malayalam cinema. He was a member of the Kerala State Film Development Corporation from 2016 to January 2019. A director, he was known for his works "Venal", "Puravrutham" and "Mazha".
Rajendran died of complications from a liver transplant on 14 January 2019 in Chennai, Tamil Nadu at the age of 67.
Paul Koslo
Paul Koslo (June 27, 1944 – January 9, 2019) was a German-Canadian actor. He was born in Germany, but raised in Canada. Koslo was known for his roles as Luke in "Rooster Cogburn", Dutch in the "The Omega Man", as Charlie in "Vanishing Point" and as Langley in "The Stone Killer".
Koslo died on January 9, 2019 from pancreatic cancer at the age of 74.
Arvin Vohra
Arvin Vohra (born May 9, 1979) is an American politician, author and educator. He was the vice-chairman of the Libertarian National Committee from 2014 to 2018. Vohra ran for the Maryland House of Delegates once, and for U.S. House twice, as a Libertarian.
He was a candidate for U.S. Senate in the 2018 election in Maryland, but lost the current Senator Ben Cardin.