Gerald Stern (born February 22, 1925) is an American poet, essayist and educator. He is the author of twenty collections of poetry and four books of essays. Stern has taught literature and creative writing at Temple University, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, Raritan Valley Community College, and Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Since 2009, Stern has been distinguished poet-in-residence and a member of the faculty of Drew Universitys graduate programme for a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) in poetry. In 2000, New Jersey Governor Christine Todd Whitman appointed Stern as the state's first poet laureate.
Kay Kyser
James Kern "Kay" Kyser (June 18, 1905 – July 23, 1985) was an American bandleader and radio personality. He was known for being the bandleader of "Kollege of Musical Knowledge". Kyser was born in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina.
Kyser died in Chapel Hill, North Carolina from a heart attack at the age of 80.
WrestleMania 32
WrestleMania 32 was the thirty-second yearly WrestleMania professional wrestling pay-per-view (PPV) event made by WWE. It happened on April 3, 2016 at AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. It was the third WrestleMania to take place in Texas. WWE also hoped that WrestleMania 32 would break the record for people to show up at a wrestling event, aiming for 100,000 people at AT&T Stadium. At the event they said 101,763 people showed up at WrestleMania 32, breaking 1987's WrestleMania III's record of 93,173. However, wrestling expert Dave Meltzer said only 93,730 people showed up. But this still would break WrestleMania III's record. But Meltzer adds that he believes the record was actually held by SummerSlam's (1992) 79,127 while only 78,000 actually showed up for WrestleMania III. Meltzer has also written that WWE would have said the attendance was higher than it actually was because they didn't want to let their fans down.
Twelve matches took place at this event and at least two made history. Charlotte went into her match as the WWE Divas Champion, but became WWE Women's Champion at the end of the match and the Divas title has not existed since. After The Rock defeated Erick Rowan, ring announcer Lilian Garcia said that the match ended in six seconds, a WrestleMania record. The previous record wasKane versus Chavo Guerrero, Jr. from WrestleMania XXIV which lasted eleven seconds.
Fandango, Damien Sandow, Shaquille O'Neil, Big Show, Viktor, Diamond Dallas Page, Konnor, Tatanka, Jack Swagger, R-Truth, Goldust, Curtis Axel, Adam Rose, Heath Slater, Tyler Breeze, Mark Henry, Bo Dallas and Darren Young were also in the Andre the Giant memorial battle royal and they were eliminated in that order.
Blood, Sweat &amp; Tears
Blood, Sweat & Tears is an American jazz fusion band. It formed in 1967.
Michel Rocard
Michel Rocard (; 23 August 1930 – 2 July 2016) was a French politician. He was a member of the Socialist Party (PS). He served as Prime Minister under François Mitterrand from 1988 to 1991.
Édouard Balladur
Édouard Balladur (; born 2 May 1929) is a French politician. He served as Prime Minister of France from 29 March 1993 to 10 May 1995.
Sergio Mattarella
Sergio Mattarella (; born 23 July 1941) is a Italian politician. He became the 12th President of Italy on 3 February 2015. He was a member of Parliament from 1983 to 2008, serving as Minister of Education from 1989 to 1990. He served as Minister of Defence from 1999 to 2001. Later, in 2011, he became a judge on the Constitutional Court.
Hugo Banzer
Hugo Banzer Suárez (May 10, 1926 – May 5, 2002) was a Bolivian politician, military general, and dictator. He was the President of Bolivia. He held the Bolivian presidency twice: from 1971 to 1978, as a dictator; and then again from 1997 to his resignation in 2001.
Banzer was born in Concepción, Santa Cruz. He studied at the School of the Americas. Banzer died on May 5, 2002 in Santa Cruz, Bolivia from lung cancer, aged 75.
Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah
Sabah IV Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah GCB (Hon) (; 16 June 1929 – 29 September 2020) was the 5th Emir of Kuwait and the Commander of the Military of Kuwait. He was sworn in on 29 January 2006 after confirmation by the National Assembly of Kuwait.
In July 2020, Al-Sabah was hospitalized at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota and had surgery. He died on 29 September 2020, aged 91.
Saud of Saudi Arabia
Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud (; ; 15 January 1902 – 23 February 1969) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964.
Faisal of Saudi Arabia
Faisal bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ""; April 1906 – 25 March 1975) was King of Saudi Arabia from 1964 to 1975.
On 25 March 1975, King Faisal was shot point-blank and killed by his half-brother's son, Faisal bin Musaid. Faisal was 68 years old.
Khalid of Saudi Arabia
Khalid bin Abdulaziz Al Saud ( ""; 13 February 1913 – 13 June 1982) was the King of Saudi Arabia from 1975 to 1982. He was the fourth ruler of the country.
Khalid died of a heart attack in Ta'if, Saudi Arabia, aged 69.
Go Set a Watchman
Go Set a Watchman is a book by Harper Lee. It was published on July 14, 2015 by HarperCollins in the United States and by Heinemann in the United Kingdom. It is a sequel to Lee's classic book "To Kill a Mockingbird". It was written before her published novel, "To Kill a Mockingbird".
Peter Cosgrove
General Sir Peter John Cosgrove, (born 28 July 1947) is a retired senior Australian Army officer. He was the 26th Governor-General of Australia from 2014 to 2019.
Frances Oldham Kelsey
Frances Kathleen Oldham Kelsey PhD MD (24 July 1914 – 7 August 2015) was an Canadian-American pharmacologist. She was a reviewer for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). She refused to authorize thalidomide for market because she had concerns about the drug's safety.
Her concerns proved to be justified when it was proven that thalidomide caused serious birth defects. As a result of her blocking American approval of thalidomide, Kelsey was awarded the President's Award for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service by President John F. Kennedy, Kelsey retired from the FDA in 2005, at age 90, after 45 years of service.
Kelsey died at her daughter's home in London, Ontario at the age of 101.
Gardnar Mulloy
Gardnar Putnam "Gar" Mulloy (November 22, 1913 – November 14, 2016) was a former U.S. No. 1 tennis player primarily. He was known for playing in doubles matches with partner Billy Talbert. He was born in Washington, D.C.. Mulloy turned 100 in November 2013.
Mulloy died in Miami, Florida on November 14, 2016 from complications of a stroke, aged 102.
Richard L. Bare
Richard Leland Bare (born August 12, 1913) is an American director, producer, and screenwriter of television shows. He is known for directing some of the "Twilight Zone" and "Green Acres" episodes.
Simon Ramo
Simon "Si" Ramo (May 7, 1913 – June 27, 2016) was an American physicist, engineer, business leader and author. He led development of microwave and missile technology and was sometimes known as the father of the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). He also developed General Electric's electron microscope. He was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Ramo died on June 27, 2016 in Santa Monica, California at the age of 103.
Bobbi Kristina Brown
Bobbi Kristina Brown (March 4, 1993 – July 26, 2015) was an American television personality, heiress and singer. She was the daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown. Brown was born in Livingston, New Jersey.
On February 11, 2012, Brown's mother, Whitney Houston, accidentally drowned in a hotel bathtub.
Brown was found face down in her bath on 31 January 2015 having taken a mixture of drugs including marijuana, alcohol, benzoylecgonine (made from cocaine), benzodiazepine (a sedative) and morphine. She was placed into an induced coma, but did not recover. She died on 26 July 2015 of pneumonia caused by the overdose.
Joe Medicine Crow