Massimo Tamburini (28 November 1943 – 5 April 2014) was an Italian motorcycle designer. He is best known for designing for Cagiva, Ducati, and MV Agusta. He was also one of the founders of Bimota. Some of his designs were included in the Guggenheim Museum's "The Art of the Motorcycle" exhibit of 1998 and 1999. He was born in Rimini, Province of Rimini.
Tamburini died from lung cancer on 5 April 2014 in San Marino. He was 70 years old.
Chuck Stone
Charles Sumner "Chuck" Stone, Jr. (July 21, 1924 – April 6, 2014) was an American newspaper editor, columnist, journalist, and writer. He was a Tuskegee Airman during World War II. In the 1940s, he was the first African-American undergraduate in several decades at Wesleyan University. He graduated in the class of 1948 and serving as the commencement speaker. He later received a master's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago. He was the first president of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ, 1975–77). He was born in Hartford, Connecticut.
Stone died from congestive heart failure on April 6, 2014 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. He was 89 years old.
Ásgeir Trausti
Ásgeir Trausti Einarsson is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. In 2013 he started releasing music as Ásgeir. He lives in Reykjavík, Iceland. His first album, "Dýrð í dauðaþögn", was released in 2012. An English version of the album called "In the Silence" was released in 2014.
Frans van der Lugt
Franciscus Joseph Wilhelmus "Frans" van der Lugt (10 April 1938 – 7 April 2014), also known as Peter Frans, was a Dutch psychotherapist and later Jesuit priest. He left the Netherlands for the Middle East in the 1960s where he joined the Jesuits. He studied Arabic for two years in Lebanon. In 1966, he went to Syria, where he lived for nearly fifty years. He gained international fame at the beginning of 2014 when he made a number of YouTube videos asking the international community for help for the citizens of Homs. He was born in The Hague, South Holland.
Frans van der Lugt was shot dead by extremists from Al-Nusra Front on 7 April 2014 in Homs. He was 75 years old.
Norrie May-Welby
Norrie May-Welby (born 23 May 1961) is a Scottish-Australian transsexual person. Welby was the first person to be considered 'genderless'.
May-Welby was born in Paisley, Renfrewshire. When Norrie was seven years old, the family emigrated to Western Australia. Welby has lived in Sydney since the early 1990s.
George Shuffler
George Shuffler (April 15, 1925 – April 7, 2014) was an American bluegrass guitarist. He was an early expert of the crosspicking style. He began his career in 1946. He played with The Bailey Brothers, The Stanley Brothers and Ralph Stanley's Clinch Mountain Boys. In 2007, he received the North Carolina Heritage Award. In 2011, he was elected to the International Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame. He was born in Valdese, North Carolina.
Shuffler died on April 7, 2014 in Valdese, North Carolina. He was 88 years old.
Diplodocid
Diplodocids, or members of the family Diplodocidae ("double beams"), are a group of sauropod dinosaurs. The family includes some of the longest creatures ever to walk the earth, including "Diplodocus" and "Supersaurus", which may have reached lengths of up to .
With their peg-like teeth they could strip leaves from branches, and leave the grinding to gastroliths. They bacteria in their vast stomachs would break down the cellulose in the leaves, and the product would be absorbed further on in the alimentary canal.
The diplodocids have two sub-families:
Their cousins the brachiosaurs are put into a sister family. The much later titanosaurs were the last group of sauropods on Earth.
George Dureau
George Dureau (December 28, 1930 – April 7, 2014) was an American visual artist. His career lasted forty years. He was known for charcoal sketches and black and white photography. His work was often called homoerotic. He was born in New Orleans, Louisiana.
Dureau died from Alzheimer's disease on April 7, 2014 at the Walden Healthcare Center in Kenner, Louisiana. He was 84 years old.
Roberto Mangabeira Unger
Roberto Mangabeira Unger (born March 24, 1947) is a Brazilian philosopher and politician. Unger studied law at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro.
Unger was born in Rio de Janeiro. At the time Unger's parents lived in the United States, but Unger's father had suffered a heart attack during a family visit to Brazil. This led to the family staying in Brazil for longer than planned and Unger being born there. When Unger's father recovered, Unger's family went back to New York. Unger grew up on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Ned O'Gorman
Edward Charles "Ned" O'Gorman (September 26, 1929 – March 7, 2014) was an American poet and educator. Some of his best known works are "The Harvesters' Vase" (1968), "The Flag the Hawk Flies" (1972), "The Wilderness and the Laurel Tree: A Guide for Teachers and Parents on the Observation of Children" (1972) and "Prophetic Voices: Ideas and Words on Revolution" (1969). He was born in New York City, New York and was raised in both Southport, Connecticut and Bradford, Vermont.
O'Gorman died from pancreatic cancer on March 7, 2014 at his home in Manhattan. He was 84 years old.
Faversham
Faversham is a market town in Swale, Kent, England. Nearly 20,000 people live in Faversham. Its postcode is ME13.
Faversham holds the record for the highest temperature ever recorded in the UK, 38.5 °C (101.3 °F) on 10 August 2003. On 26 July 2018, Faversham recorded its highest July temperature on record, 35.3 °C (95.5 °F). The lowest temperature ever recorded in Faversham was -17.8 °C (0.0 °F) in January 1985.
Swale
Swale is a borough in Kent, South East England. About 140,000 people live in Swale. It was created on 1 April 1974. Its headquarters are in Sittingbourne.
Sittingbourne
Sittingbourne is an industrial town in Swale, Kent, England. It is located east of Gillingham. About 62,500 people live in Sittingbourne. Its postcodes are ME9 and ME10.
Tonbridge and Malling
Tonbridge and Malling is a borough in Kent, South East England. About 125,000 people live in the borough. It was created on 1 April 1974. Its headquarters are in West Malling.
Grand Duchy of Oldenburg
The Grand Duchy of Oldenburg was a state in Europe. It was in the area that today is Germany. It was created out of the smaller "Duchy" of Oldenburg. The state was created at the Congress of Vienna in 1814 but ceased to exist after the German Revolution in 1918. The capital of the state was Oldenburg. The Grand ducal family lived at the "Schloss Oldenburg" in the capital.
Paruyr Hayrikyan
Paruyr Hayrikyan (, born July 5, 1949, Yerevan) is an Armenian political activist and a former dissident. Hayrikyan was a internationally-known political prisoner in USSR. In 1987 he founded "National Self-Identification" Union. He is known for his struggle for the independence of Armenia.
In 2013 he was shot and wounded during his bid for the presidency.
Paige (wrestler)
Saraya-Jade Bevis (born 17 August 1992) is an English professional wrestler currently she works for the WWE where she competes under the ring name Paige. She is a two-time WWE Divas Champion and one-time NXT Women's Champion. She is also known under the ring name Britani Knight, which she used while performing on the independent circuit.
On 7 April 2014 episode of "Raw", Paige made her main roster debut in the WWE. She gave her congratulations to WWE Divas Champion AJ Lee on her successful title defense at "WrestleMania XXX". Lee challenged Paige to a match and put her championship on the line. In the match, Paige was able to defeat AJ and win her first Divas Championship in WWE. When she won the championship, she became the first female wrestler to hold a developmental (NXT Women's) and primary (WWE Divas) championship at the same time and also became the youngest Divas Champion. On the 30 July 2014 episode of "Raw", AJ Lee returned to the WWE and defeated Paige for the Divas Championship.