Lake Agassiz was a very large glacial lake in central North America. Fed by glacial meltwater at the end of the last ice age, its area was larger than all of the modern Great Lakes combined.
The area that was covered by Lake Agassiz was the geographic center of North America. Its extent was about from 45° 30' to 55° of north latitude, and from 92° 30', on the international boundary, to 106°, on the Saskatchewan River.
Its existence was first proposed in 1823, It was named in 1879 after Louis Agassiz.
Juan José Muñante
Juan José Muñante López (12 June 1948 – 23 April 2019) was a Peruvian footballer. He played as a right winger.
Muñante was born in Pisco. He played for Sport Boys, Universitario, Atlético Español, Pumas de la UNAM and Tampico Madero. He won league titles with Universitario de Deportes, Pumas de la UNAM and Atlético Español. He also won the CONCACAF Champions' Cup with Atlético in 1975.
Muñante played for Peru between 1967 and 1978. He played 48 times and scored six times for his country. He also played for Peru at the 1978 FIFA World Cup.
On 23 April 2019, Muñante died of lung cancer in Florida, United States. He was 70.
Cindy Axne
Cynthia Lynne "Cindy" Axne (née: Wadle; born April 20, 1965) is an American business woman and politician. She became the United States Representative for the 3rd Congressional District of Iowa. The district represents the southwest part of Iowa. Axne is a member of the U.S. Democratic Party.
Axne was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Biodiversity Convention
The Convention on Biological Diversity is a treaty created from signature at Rio Summit on 1992. The Last Conference of Parties took place at Sharm-El Sheikh in Egypt on 2018.
There have been criticisms against CBD that the Convention has been weakened in implementation due to the resistance of Western countries to the implementation of the pro-South provisions of the Convention.
Matthew Buckland
Matthew Buckland (22 August 1974 – 23 April 2019) was a South African Internet entrepreneur and businessman. He was the founder of digital agency and publisher Creative Spark. He was head of "Mail & Guardian" online. Buckland was also the founder of Burn Media, which publishes technology brands such as Memeburn, Ventureburn.com and Gearburn.com. He served as a board member of Creative Commons.
Buckland lived in Cape Town with his wife and two daughters. He died of cancer on 23 April 2019, at the age of 44.
Terry Rawlings
Terence Rawlings (4 November 1933 – 23 April 2019) was a British movie and sound editor. He was the founding member of the Guild of British Film and Television Editors (GBFTE). He served as editor for many movies, such as "Alien" (1979), "Chariots of Fire" (1981), "Blade Runner" (1982), "Not Without My Daughter" (1991), "Alien 3" (1992), "GoldenEye" (1995), "U.S. Marshals" (1998) and "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004). He had three BAFTA nominations and one Academy Award nomination.
Rawlings was born in London. He was married. He died at his home in Hertfordshire on 23 April 2019 of heart failure. He was 85.
Oiva Toikka
Oiva Kalervo Toikka (29 May 1931 – 22 April 2019) was a Finnish glass designer. He designed for Iittala. He was best known for his bird designs for Iittala. He trained in ceramics at the University of Art and Design in Helsinki. He also worked as a stage and costume designer. He designed textiles for Marimekko.
Toikka was born in Viipuri. He died on 22 April 2019, at the age of 87.
Heather Harper
Heather Mary Harper (8 May 1930 – 22 April 2019) was a Northern Irish opera soprano. She first became known in 1954 for "Medea" at the Oxford University Opera Club. From 1956 to 1975, she was a member of the English Opera Group. She later became noted for her performances of Elsa in Strauss's "Arabella", Ellen Orford in Britten's "Peter Grimes" and as the Governess in Britten's "The Turn of the Screw". She retired in 1994.
Harper was born in Belfast. She studied at the Trinity College of Music in London. She died on 22 April 2019, at the age of 88.
Jarosław Biernat
Jarosław Biernat (6 September 1960 – 20 April 2019) was a Polish footballer. He played as a midfielder.
Biernat was born in Szczecin. He played professionally from 1982 to 1992. He played for Polish sides Pogoń Szczecin and Legia Warsaw. He later played for German clubs Eintracht Frankfurt, SG Union Solingen, SpVgg Bayreuth and SG Düren 99. He died after a long illness in 2019, at the age of 58.
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University
Chittagong Veterinary and Animal Sciences University (CVASU) is a public university located at Khulshi area in Chittagong. It is a specialized university and founded in 2007.
Sophora violacea
Sophora violacea is an endemic Sophora from Ceylon Island, it also appears on Java.
G P Jakovlev recognized two subspecies, namely S v subsp pilosa (Gagnep)Yakovlev (syn. S.exigua Craib. ) (as segregated from typical S.violacea subsp violacea)
Giraffoidea
Giraffoidea is a superfamily that contains Climacoceratidae and Giraffidae. The only living members are giraffes and okapis.
Wolcottville, Indiana
Wolcottville is a town in Johnson Township, LaGrange County and Orange Township, Noble County in the U.S. state of Indiana. The population was 998 at the 2010 census.
Wolcottville is located at (41.525522, -85.366015).
According to the 2010 census, Wolcottville has a total area of , all land.
David Milch
David Sanford Milch (born March 23, 1945) is an American television director and writer. He has created several television shows, including "NYPD Blue" (co-created with Steven Bochco) and "Deadwood". He was born in Buffalo, New York.
Milch has bipolar disorder. He was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease in 2017.
Lenny Johnrose
Leonard Johnrose (born 29 November 1969) is an English former professional football player. During his career. he played for several clubs including Burnley, Bury and Swansea City. Johnrose was best known as a tough-tackling defensive midfielder. He was born in Preston, Lancashire.
In March 2017, he was diagnosed with motor neurone disease.
Dick Rivers
Dick Rivers (born Hervé Forneri; 24 April 1945 – 24 April 2019) was a French singer and actor. He was born in Nice, France. He began performing in the early 1960s. He was an important figure in introducing rock and roll music in France. He was inspired by Elvis Presley. He formed his band Les Chats Sauvages in 1961.
Rivers died of cancer in Paris on his 74th birthday on 24 April 2019.
Mark Medoff
Mark Medoff (March 18, 1940 – April 23, 2019) was an American playwright, screenwriter, movie and theatre director, actor, and professor. He was born in Mount Carmel, Illinois.
His play "Children of a Lesser God" won both the Tony Award and the Olivier Award in 1980. He was nominated for an Academy Award and a Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Award for the movie script of "Children of a Lesser God". He also won an Obie Award for his play "When You Comin' Back, Red Ryder?".
Medoff died on April 23, 2019, from problems caused by a fall and cancer in hospice care in Las Cruces, New Mexico at age 79.
John Quinn (wrestler)
John Quinn (October 15, 1941 – April 22, 2019) was a Canadian professional wrestler. He was best known for his appearances in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF) under the ring name The Kentucky Butcher in the late-1960s. He challenged then WWWF World Heavyweight Champion Bruno Sammartino on several occasions, including a 1968 main event at Madison Square Garden.
During his later career, he also appeared in European and Japanese organizations from the 1970s until the late 1980s.
William Krehm