Beckton is an area in East London, England. It is part of the London Borough of Newham. It is located east of Charing Cross. Beckton was unpopulated marshland until the 19th century. More housing was needed as London grew, so housing was created in Beckton for workers at the gas and sewage works. Between 1981 and 1995 Beckton was within the London Docklands Development Corporation area. This caused the population to increase as new homes were built and the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) was constructed. Beckton has a station on the DLR.
Tower Gateway DLR station
Tower Gateway is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in the Tower ward in the City of London, England. It is located near the Tower of London and Tower Bridge. It is located on the site of the former London and Blackwall Railway station at Minories and is close to Fenchurch Street station. Tower Gateway is within Travelcard Zone 1.
Docklands Light Railway rolling stock
Docklands Light Railway rolling stock means the passenger trains and service vehicles used on the Docklands Light Railway (DLR) in London, England. These vehicles are collectively known as rolling stock. The DLR serves the London Docklands area of East London.
Stefan Demert
Stefan Demert (15 December 1939 – 9 July 2018) was a Swedish singer-songwriter and musician. Demert was born in Nyköping. His best-known songs include ”Balladen om den kaxiga myran”, ”Till SJ”, and ”Anna Anaconda” Several of his songs charted on Svensktoppen in the 1970s.
Demert died on 9 July 2018 in Kungsbacka, Sweden, aged 78.
Jonathan Bartley
Jonathan Bartley (born 16 October 1971 in London) is a English politician who is co-leader of the Green Party of England and Wales with the MP Caroline Lucas. He is currently a councillor on the Lambeth London Borough Council and is leader of the opposition.
Edvin Hodžić
Edvin Hodžić (29 November 1994 – 10 July 2018) was an Austrian professional footballer. He played as a midfielder.
Hodžić played at youth level for LASK Linz from 2002 to 2010. He then played for FC Pasching, SV Wallern, SC Ritzing, ATSV Stadl-Paura, Austria Klagenfurt and Kapfenberger SV. At the time of his death he was hired to play for the German club SV Schalding-Heining for five weeks.
Hodžić died on 10 July 2018, at the age of 23.
Kezia Dugdale
Kezia Alexandra Ross Dugdale (born 28 August 1981) is a Scottish politician. She was the leader of the Scottish Labour Party from 2015 until 2017. She was a member of the Scottish Parliament.
Clive King
David Clive King (24 April 1924 – 10 July 2018) was an English author. He was best known for his children's book "Stig of the Dump" (1963). He was in the British army during World War II, then worked for the British Council.
King died on 10 July 2018 in Norfolk at the age of 94.
Richard Kuklinski
Richard Leonard Kuklinski (April 11, 1935 – March 5, 2006), also known as The Iceman, was an American contract killer (hitman) who was convicted of murdering six people. However, many people believed he murdered two hundred people (based on claims by Kuklinski himself). He worked with members of the American Mafia. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey.
Kuklinski died at age 70 on March 5, 2006 in Trenton, New Jersey of complications from blood disease. His body was cremated.
Hematology
Hematology, also spelled as haematology, is the branch of medicine about the study of the cause, diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of diseases related to blood.
It involves treating diseases that affect the production of blood, such as blood cells, hemoglobin, blood proteins, bone marrow, platelets, blood vessels, spleen, and the mechanism of coagulation. Such diseases might include hemophilia, blood clots, other bleeding disorders and blood cancers such as leukemia, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma.
West India Quay DLR station
West India Quay is a Docklands Light Railway (DLR) station in Poplar, London, England. It serves the West India Quay quarter and is close to Canary Wharf. The station is situated near the boundary between the Isle of Dogs and Tower Hamlets and is within the East End of London. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2.
Jules Rimet
Jules Rimet (; 14 October 1873 – 16 October 1956) was a French football administrator. He was the 3rd President of FIFA from 1921 to 1954. He is FIFA's longest-serving president, in office for 33 years. He was the president of the French Football Federation from 1919 to 1942.
The Jules Rimet Trophy was named in his honor. He also founded the French football club Red Star Saint-Ouen.
FIFA World Cup Trophy
The World Cup is a gold trophy that is awarded to the winners of the FIFA World Cup tournament. Since the creation of the World Cup in 1930, two trophies have been used: the Jules Rimet Trophy from 1930 to 1970, and the FIFA World Cup Trophy from 1974 to the present day.
The first trophy, originally named "Victory", but later renamed in honour of FIFA president Jules Rimet.
It is made of 18 carat gold and stands 36.8 centimeters high and weighs 6.1 kilograms.
List of Presidents of FIFA
The following is a list of presidents of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the world association football governing body.
The current president is Swiss-Italian Gianni Infantino. Before him, Cameroonian Issa Hayatou was acting president after the impeachment of Sepp Blatter on 8 October 2015, which was later followed by a six-year ban from all football-related activities on 21 December 2015.
Robert Guérin
Robert Guérin (28 June 1876 – 19 March 1952) was a French journalist. He was the 1st President and one of the founders of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA). On 23 May 1904, Guérin (then just 28 years old) was elected president and remained in his post for two years.
Daniel Burley Woolfall
Daniel Burley Woolfall (15 June 1852 – 24 October 1918) was the second President of FIFA from 1906 to 1918.
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman
Cornelis August Wilhelm Hirschman (16 February 1877 – 26 June 1951), known as Carl Anton Wilhelm Hirschman, was a Dutch banker. He was a co-founder of FIFA in 1904 and the 2nd General Secretary of FIFA from 1906 to 1931. In 1912 he was also one of the founders of the Dutch Olympic Committee (NOC). He was the acting President of FIFA from 1918 to 1921.
Rodolphe Seeldrayers
Rodolphe William Seeldrayers (December 16, 1876 – October 7, 1955) was a Belgian football administrator. He was the fourth President of FIFA from 1954 to 1955. He was worked in the official associations of Belgium sports.
Arthur Drewry
Arthur Drewry, CBE (3 March 1891 – 25 March 1961) was an English football administrator. He was the fifth President of FIFA from 1955 to 1961. He was also chairman of The Football Association and president of The Football League.
Stanley Rous
Sir Stanley Ford Rous, CBE (25 April 1895 – 18 July 1986) was the 6th President of FIFA from 1961 to 1974. He was also secretary of the Football Association from 1934 to 1962 and was an international referee.
John Roselli
John "Handsome Johnny" Roselli (born Filippo Sacco; July 4, 1905 – , 1976), sometimes spelled Rosselli, was an Italian-American mobster was part of the Chicago Outfit. He helped that organization control Hollywood and the Las Vegas Strip. He was born in Esperia, Lazio. In the early 1960s, Roselli was hired by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in a plan to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro.
Roselli's decomposing body was found in a steel barrel near Miami, Florida on August 9, 1976. He was 71 years old. Many believe he was murdered by members of the Chicago Outfit.
Russell Bufalino
Russell Alberto Bufalino (October 29, 1903 – February 25, 1994) also known as "McGee" and "The Old Man", was a Sicilian-born American mobster. He was born in Sicily, Italy. He became the boss of the Northeastern Pennsylvania crime family known as the Bufalino crime family. He was leader of the organization from 1959 to 1989.