Philibert Tsiranana (18 October 1912 – 16 April 1978) was a Malagasy politician and leader. He served as the first President of Madagascar from 1959 to 1972.
Gabriel Ramanantsoa
Gabriel Ramanantsoa (13 April 1906 Antananarivo - 9 May 1979 Paris) was an Malagasy politician. He was the President and Prime Minister of Madagascar from 1972 to 1975.
He died in Paris from a heart attack, aged 73.
Sirp
Sirp is the only cultural newspaper published in Estonia. It was first published on 5 October 1940. Until 2013, it was released in black and white.
Jerry Tarkanian
Jerry Esther Tarkanian (August 8, 1930–February 11, 2015), also known as "Tark the Shark", was an American college basketball coach. Tarkanian was one of the most successful coaches in college basketball history, most notably at UNLV. He was a coach for the San Antonio Spurs from 1992 to 1993.
Tarkanian was born in Euclid, Ohio. On February 11, 2015, Tarkanian died at the age of 84 in Las Vegas, where he had been hospitalized days earlier after "difficulty breathing", aged 84.
Percy Lavon Julian
Percy Lavon Julian (April 11, 1899 – April 19, 1975) was an American research chemist and a well known scientist in the chemical synthesis of medicinal drugs from plants. His works would lead to the invention of birth control pills. He was born in Montgomery, Alabama.
Julian died in Waukegan, Illinois from liver cancer, aged 76.
La Wantzenau
La Wantzenau is a commune in the Bas-Rhin department, Alsace, France. It is close to Strasbourg. There are many Alsatian-style houses left in La Wantzenau. There are also modern houses.
Ill (France)
The Ill is a river in France that flows through the plain of Alsace. It is an important left tributary of the Rhine river and the main river of Alsace. It flows through the Haut-Rhin and the Bas-Rhin departments in the Grand Est region.
The Ill river has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of .
The Ill starts in the northern side of the Glaserberg mountain, in the Jura Mountains near the Swiss border, in the "commune" of Winkel, (Haut-Rhin department), at an altitude of about . From here, the Ill flows first to the east to Ferrette and to Illfurth where it is joined by the "Largue" river, the main right tributary of the Ill.
From Illfurth, the Ill runs northward through Alsace, flowing parallel to the Rhine river.
The Ill river flows within the Grand Est region, 2 departments and 70 "communes". It flows through the following "communes", among others:
Five "communes" in the Alsace have their names from the riverː
Finally, the Ill river flows into the Rhine river in the "commune" of Offendorf, just to the north of Strasbourg.
The main tributaries of the Ill river are all left tributaries; the right tributaries are very short streams. Only the Largue starts in the Jura Mountains; the rest have their sources in the Vosgues mountains, to the east.
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is at Strasbourg in the Bas-Rhin department, for the period 1974 - 2017.
Boston Public Library
The Boston Public Library is a municipal public library in Boston, Massachusetts. It was established in 1848. This library is also called Library for the Commonwealth.
Chicago Public Library
The Chicago Public Library (CPL) is the public library system that serves the City of Chicago in the U.S. state of Illinois. It has over 80 libraries in the city. The system was made in 1873.
Chicago Public Schools
Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is a system of public schools in the city of Chicago. It is the third largest school district in the United States. CPS reported having 681 schools including 472 elementary schools, 106 high schools, 96 charter schools, and 7 contract schools. The current "interim" superintendent is Dr. Janice K. Jackson since December 2017.
Richard Lewis
Richard Philip Lewis (born June 29, 1947) is an American comedian and actor. He was known for his roles as Marty Gold in "Anything But Love" and as himself in "Curb Your Enthusiasm".
Lewis was born in Brooklyn, New York. He was raised in Englewood, New Jersey. Lewis is Jewish.
Englewood, New Jersey
Englewood is a city in southeastern Bergen County, New Jersey. It was established as a city in 1899. About 27,150 people live in Englewood. Actors John Travolta and Richard Lewis were born in Englewood.
Vladimir Ivashko
Vladimir Antonovich Ivashko (Russian language: Влади́мир Анто́нович Ива́шко 28 October 1932 – 13 November 1994) was a Ukrainian politician. He was the leader of the Soviet Union for a short time. He became the leader in 1991. He ruled for five days until his political party was declared politically impotent and on 29 August 1991 it was banned.
Ivashko died from an "undisclosed long-illness" in Moscow, aged 62.
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Pietro Ingrao
Pietro Ingrao (March 30, 1915 – September 27, 2015) was an Italian politician, journalist and former partisan. He had been, for many years, a senior figure in the Italian Communist Party (PCI). He served as President of the Chamber of Deputies from June 5, 1976 to July 19, 1979.
Ingrao was born in Lenola, Italy. He died on September 27, 2015 at the age of 100 in Rome.
Pairi Daiza
Pairi Daiza (before Paradisio) is a private-owned property that has 55 hectares. It is a zoo and a botanical garden open to the public in Hainaut, Belgium. It has more than 55 acres. In this zoo there are approximately 5,000 animals. Pairi Daiza is owned by Pairi Daiza Belgium SA.
The parks has many different animal species. It also has many different activities and attractions for children.
Latin School of Chicago
The Latin School of Chicago is a private elementary, middle, and high school in Chicago. The school was founded in 1888 by Mabel Slade Vickery. Latin School of Chicago is the oldest independent day school in the city of Chicago. Nancy Reagan studied at the Latin School.
Euclid, Ohio
Euclid is a city in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is near Cleveland. It has a population of 48,920 people. It was made a city in 1930.
Clovis point
Clovis points are the characteristic spear-heads used by the North American Clovis culture. They date from about 13,500 years ago. They are called after the city of Clovis, New Mexico, where examples were first found in 1929.
To the right is a typical Clovis point. The length is 4–20 cm/1.5–8 inches, width: 2.5–5 cm/1–2 inches. The sides are parallel to convex, and show careful pressure flaking along the blade edge. The back end of the blade and base are shaped for hafting (attaching) to a wooden spear or knife-handle.
Kingdom of Sardinia
The Kingdom of Sardinia was a monarchy that ruled the Italian island of Sardinia. It was established in 1324. It was given to the House of Habsburg. They were eventually forced to give it to the House of Savoy. Since the House of Savoy also ruled Piedmont, the Kingdom was sometimes referred to as Sardinia-Piedmont. The Savoy family ruled from 1720 till 1861 when Italy officially united itself. Under the Savoy family, the capital of the state was Turin. The territory also included the city and surrounding land of Genoa. In Italian it was known as the "Regno di Sardegna".
The kingdom was originally made up of the islands of Corsica and Sardinia. Sovereignty over both of those was claimed by the Popes. While under Spanish rule, the state was ruled by viceroys.
Brita Koivunen
Brita Koivunen-Einiö (31 August 1931 – 12 April 2014) was a Finnish jazz and schlager singer. Some of her most famous songs include "Suklaasydän", "Sävel rakkauden" and "Mamma, tuo mies minua tuijottaa" all from the 1950s. She was born in Helsinki.
Koivunen died on 12 April 2014 in Helsinki, aged 82.
Bangladesh–Laos relations
Bangladesh–Laos relations refer to the bilateral relations between Bangladesh and Laos. Diplomatic relations between the two countries were officially started in 1988. Laos also supports Bangladesh getting observer status in ASEAN.
Norman Girvan