María Antonieta Gómez Rodríguez (born 22 December 1949), more commonly known by her stage name María Antonieta de las Nieves, is a Mexican actress, comedienne, and singer. She is known for her role as La Chilindrina in the Mexican sitcom "El Chavo del Ocho".
Carlos Villagrán
Carlos Villagrán Eslava (born 12 January 1944) is a Mexican actor, comedian, and former journalist. He is best known for playing Quico in the Televisa sitcom "El Chavo del Ocho" and the Telerey sitcom "¡Ah qué Kiko!".
Ramón Valdés
Ramón Gómez Valdés de Castillo (September 2, 1923 – August 9, 1988), often credited as Ramón Valdéz, was a Mexican actor. He was best known for his role of Don Ramón in the popular sitcom "El Chavo del Ocho". He was born in Mexico City, Mexico.
Valdés died in Mexico City from stomach cancer, aged 64.
Rubén Aguirre
Rubén Aguirre Fuentes (; June 15, 1934 – June 17, 2016) was a Mexican actor. He was best remembered for his role as Professor Jirafales in the Televisa's television show "El Chavo del Ocho".
Aguirre died on June 17, 2016 at his home in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. He died from complications of pneumonia, justt two days after his 82nd birthday. He suffered from diabetes which has been said to also been a factor to his death.
Édgar Vivar
Dr. Édgar Ángel Vivar Villanueva (born December 28, 1944) is a Mexican actor. He is best remembered as "Señor Barriga" and his son "Ñoño" from "El Chavo del Ocho", and as "El Botija" from "El Chapulín Colorado" and in "Chespirito".
Raúl Padilla
Raúl "Chato" Padilla Mendoza (June 17, 1917 – February 3, 1994) was a Mexican actor. He was known for his role as Jaimito el Cartero ("Jaimito, the Mailman") in "El Chavo del Ocho". His nickname "Chato" means "Pug" because he had a flat nose and it looked like a pug.
Padilla died in Mexico City, Mexico from a heart attack, aged 76.
Pecan pie
Pecan pies are sweet pies. They are made mostly with corn syrup and pecans. Some are made with brown sugar, molasses or honey.
Pecan pie is often served in the United States with Thanksgiving and Christmas meals.
Pecan pie is common in the Southern United States.
Horacio Gómez Bolaños
Horacio Gómez Bolaños (June 28, 1930 - November 21, 1999) was a Mexican actor. He was the brother of Roberto Gómez Bolaños. On the TV show "El Chavo del 8", he played the character Godinez.
Bolaños died on November 21, 1999 of a heart attack during the production of a tribute to Chespirito for Televisa, aged 69.
Angelines Fernández
María de los Ángeles "Angelines" Fernández Abad (9 July 1922 – 25 March 1994) was a Spanish-born Mexican actress. She was best remembered for playing Doña Clotilde "La Bruja del 71" in the Televisa sitcom "El Chavo del Ocho". She was born in Madrid, Spain.
Fernández died from throat cancer in Mexico City, Mexico, aged 71.
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Gustavo Díaz Ordaz Bolaños (; 12 March 1911 – 15 July 1979) was a Mexican politician. He was a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI). He served as the President of Mexico from 1964 to 1970. His distant cousin was comedian Roberto Gomez Bolaños.
Ordaz died in Mexico City, Mexico on 15 July 1979 from colorectal cancer, aged 68.
Jean-Jacques Perrey
Jean-Jacques Perrey (; January 20, 1929 – November 4, 2016) was a French electronic music producer. He was best known for writing electronic music. He worked with the duo Perrey and Kingsley. He was also known for producing the them ""The Elephant Never Forgets"".
Perrey died from complications of lung cancer in Switzerland, aged 87.
Go Seigen
Wu Qingyuan (; June 12, 1914 – November 30, 2014), also known as Go Seigen, was a Japanese Go player.
He was thought by many other Go players as one of the greatest Go players in its history. Seigen turned 100 in June 2014. Seigen was born in Fuzhou, Fujian, China.
Seigen died in Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan from natural causes, aged 100.
Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores
Brigadier General Óscar Humberto Mejía Victores (December 9, 1930 – February 1, 2016) was a Guatemalan politician. He was the 27th President of Guatemala from 8 August 1983 to 14 January 1986.
Victores died in Guatemala City from Parkinson's disease on February 1, 2016 at the age of 85.
Álvaro Arzú
Álvaro Enrique Arzú Yrigoyen (14 March 1946 – 27 April 2018) was a Guatemalan politician. He was the 32nd President of Guatemala from January 14, 1996 until January 14, 2000. He was elected Mayor of Guatemala City five times and served his fifth term from 2004 until his death in 2018.
On April 27, 2018, Arzú suffered a heart attack while playing golf with his son in Guatemala City. He died in the hospital later that day.
Óscar Berger
Óscar José Rafael Berger Perdomo (born 11 August 1946 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan politician. He served as President of Guatemala serving from 2004 through 2008.
Monosodium glutamate
Monosodium glutamate (MSG), also known as sodium glutamate, is the sodium salt of glutamic acid. It is a chemical used to make foods taste better. This works because savory flavors are enhanced. That means the savory flavors are stronger. MSG is found in most foods. It is in higher concentrations in high protein foods such as meat, fish and dairy products. It has the E number of 621. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has classed MSG as a food additive that is "generally recognized as safe". However, the FDA requires that it be listed on the label.
Sergio Corona
Sergio Corona Ortega (born October 7, 1928) is a Mexican television and movie actor and comedian. He has appeared in over 50 telenovelas. Corona is known for his roles as Don Tomas Leon in the Mexican telenovela "Come dice el dicho" and as Don Boni in "Plaza Sésamo" (Spanish version of "Sesame Street"). He also appeared as a bellboy in the 1989 James Bond movie "License to Kill".
Corona was born in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico.
Aqueous solution
An aqueous solution is a solution where the solvent is water. In a chemical equation it is written by adding (aq) to the formula. A solution of ordinary table salt in water would be written as NaCl(aq). NaCl is the part that means table salt. The word "aqueous" means being dissolved in water. Water is a solvent. It is found all over the place. Water is a solvent in chemistry.
Luc De Vos
Luc De Vos (12 July 1962 – 29 November 2014) was a Belgian musician and writer. He was best known as the lead singer of the Alternative Dutch language rock group Gorki. He also voiced Fillmore in the Flemish version of the Disney movie Cars. He was born in Evergem, Belgium.
Vos died from acute multiple organ failure in Ghent, Belgium, aged 52.
2014 India-Pakistan floods
In September 2014, the Kashmir region in South Asia witnessed heavy floods across a large part of its districts. This was caused by heavy rainfall. In Jammu & Kashmir in India, as well as Azad Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan and Punjab in Pakistan, were affected by these floods. 566 people died due to the floods in this area.
Mother (Gorky Novel)
Mother ("") is a novel written by Maxim Gorky in 1906. It is about an woman who began to take on extreme political beliefs. It was translated into many languages, many movies are also inspired by it.
The play "The Mother" by German playwright Bertolt Brecht is based on this novel.
Demaratus
Demaratus () was a co-king of Sparta from 515 until 491 BC. He succeeded his father Ariston as king. In 491 Demaratus and his co-king Cleomenes I became bitter rivals. Cleomenes plotted to have his kinsman Leotychides replace Demaratus as king. Cleomenes bribed the Oracle of Delphi to say that Demaratus was not actually the son of Ariston. Demaratus lost his kingship. But he still held a position as a magistrate in Sparta. After being ridiculed by the king over no longer being a king himself, Demaratus went into exile. He went to Darius I of Persia who gave him cities to rule over. Demaratus later went with king Xerxes I on his invasion of Greece in 480 BC. He warned Xerxes not to underestimate the Spartans before the Battle of Thermopylae.