The Colbys was an American primetime soap opera. It was a spin-off of "Dynasty". It aired on ABC from November 1985 to March 1987. The stars of the series included Charlton Heston, John James, Emma Samms, Maxwell Caulfield, and Stephanie Beacham. This show was focused on the fictional rich Colby family from Los Angeles, California.
Paul Revere (musician)
Paul Revere Dick (January 7, 1938 - October 4, 2014) was an American musician and organ player. In 1958, he and other musicians founded the group "Paul Revere & the Raiders". They recorded many hits. He worked with the group until his death in 2014. Revere was born in Harvard, Nebraska.
Revere died from cancer in Garden Valley, Idaho, aged 76.
Alan Henning
Alan Henning (15 August 1967 – c. 3 October 2014) was a British taxicab driver-turned-humanitarian aid worker. He was the fourth Western hostage killed by Islamic State (IS). Henning was captured during IS's occupation of the Syrian city of Al-Dana in December 2013, where he was helping with humanitarian relief.
The British Foreign Office withheld news of Henning's capture while they attempted to negotiate his release. Henning was shown at the end of David Cawthorne Haines's execution video, released on 13 September 2014, and referred to by "Jihadi John" as the next victim. A video of Henning's beheading was released by IS on 3 October 2014.
Coleby Lombardo
Coleby Jason Lombardo (born September 7, 1978), is an American former child actor. He appeared in many movies and television series. The most popular of them was "The Colbys". In that series, he played young Scott Cassidy. He was nominated for a Young Artist Award for that role.
David Cawthorne Haines
David Cawthorne Haines (9 May 1970 – 13 September 2014) was a British aid worker. He was captured by the Islamic State in early 2013. He was later executed by beheading in early September 2014.
John J. Lloyd
John J. Lloyd (1922 – October 4, 2014) was an American art director and production designer. He was known for his work on such movies as "National Lampoon's Animal House", "The Blues Brothers", "The Thing", "Big Trouble in Little China", and "". He was born in Detroit, Michigan.
Lloyd died in Santa Monica, California, aged 92.
Vaughn O. Lang
Vaughn Olin Lang (November 10, 1927 – October 2, 2014) was an American lieutenant general in the United States Army. Lang began his service as 2LT at the Officers’ Basic Course at Ft. Monmouth, New Jersey in 1952. He served in the Radio-Radar Procurement Branch and in the European Trans-Atlantic Project. Lang was a general during the Vietnam War. Lang was born in Williamsburg, Pennsylvania.
Lang died on October 2, 2014, at his home in Vienna, Virginia, aged 86.
Fyodor Cherenkov
Fyodor Fyodorovich Cherenkov () (25 July 1959 — 4 October 2014) was a Soviet and Russian football midfielder. He played for Spartak Moscow (1977–90 and 1991–94) and Red Star Football Club (1990–91). Cherenkov made 34 appearances for USSR national football team, scoring 12 goals. He was born in Moscow, Russia.
Cherenkov died in Moscow, Russia, aged 55.
Anna Przybylska
Anna Przybylska (26 December 1978 – 5 October 2014) was a Polish actress and model. She was born in Gdynia, Poland. She was ranked high amongst the most beautiful Polish actresses. In 2004, she was chosen to be the Polish ambassador for the ASTOR cometics brand. Two years later, she became the European ambassador for ASTOR. She was known for her role as Jadzia in "Kariera Nikosia Dyzmy" (2002).
Przybylska died on 5 October 2014 from pancreatic cancer in Gdynia, Poland, aged 35.
Jules Bianchi
Jules Bianchi (3 August 1989 – 17 July 2015) was a French racing driver. He drove for the Marussia F1 team. He made his Formula One debut in 2013, driving for Marussia alongside Max Chilton. He previously raced in Formula Renault 3.5, the GP2 Series and Formula Three.
During the Japanese Grand Prix on 5 October, Bianchi's car crashed with a recovery vehicle which was helping to the car of Adrian Sutil, who had crashed the lap before. The race was cancelled after the crash. The FIA released a statement that CT scans have shown Bianchi suffered a "severe head injury" in the crash, and he will be transferred to intensive care following surgery. Bianchi died in Nice, France on 17 July 2015 from complications of his injuries at the age of 25.
Elya Baskin
Ilya (Elya) Zalmanovich Baskin (; ; born 11 August 1950) is a Soviet-American actor of Jewish descent. He is known for his roles in "Moscow on Hudson", "Air Force One", "The Name of the Rose", "2010", "October Sky", "Spider-Man 2", and in "".
Niagara Movement
The Niagara Movement, was a civil rights group of African-American activists who wanted equal rights for blacks. It was led by W. E. B. Du Bois. The movement opposed the Atlanta Compromise by Booker T. Washington.
Harvard, Nebraska
Harvard is a city in Clay County, Nebraska, in the United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 1,013.
Division of Moncrieff
The Division of Moncrieff is an Australian Electoral Division in Queensland. The division was created in 1984 and is named after Gladys Moncrieff (1892-1976), an Australian singer who lived in the area.
Moncrieff is located in south east Queensland, and includes the central area of the Gold Coast, including Surfers Paradise.
Liverpool 8
Liverpool 8 is the fourteenth studio album by Ringo Starr. The album was released on January 15, 2008. It was his first and only studio album on the Capitol Records label.
"Liverpool 8" is the postal district of the Toxteth area of Liverpool where Starr was born.
Elissa's Quest
Elissa's Quest is a children's fantasy novel written by Erica Verillo. The book was first published on June 26, 2007 and has been printed again twice since then on June 24, 2008 and March 12, 2009.
The novel is the first in Verillo's "The Phoenix Rising" trilogy, and is followed by "Elissa's Odyssey" and "World's End". The trilogy follows 13 year old Elissa in a fantasy world where she must team up with several other gifted youngsters and grant the phoenix another regeneration- but even she does not know this. Fate must show her.
The book also has cover art by Omar Rayyan and is aimed for children ages 9 to 12.
Almansa
Almansa is a Spanish town and municipality in the province of Albacete. The municipality borders with Alicante, Valencia and Murcia. Almansa is famous for its "Moros y Cristianos" festival celebrated from the 1st to the 6th of May.
Almansa is built at the foot of a white limestone cliff. It has a Moorish castle at the top. It is in the middle of a fertile and irrigated plain. About south of the town centre there is an obelisk to remind people of the Battle of Almansa. The battle was fought there on the 25 April 1707 during the War of Spanish Succession. The Duke of Berwick who the son of James II defeated the allied British, Portuguese and Spanish troops.
The Sierra del Mugrón is located in the Almansa city limits.
The main sightseeing attraction is the 14th-century Castle of Almansa.
There are other important monuments, such as:
8 km from the city is the reservoir of Almansa, built in 1584. This reservoir is the oldest one in Europe. 12 km from the city is the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Belen (17th century).
Hoot (novel)
Hoot is a young adult novel written by Carl Hiaasen. It was originally published in 2002. "Hoot" won the Newbery Medal in 2003.
The novel is about a boy named Roy Eberhardt and his friends, Beatrice Leep and Mullet Fingers. They work to save a nest of burrowing owls at a construction site.
The book was turned into a movie in 2006. The movie starred Logan Lerman as Roy, Brie Larson as Beatrice, Cody Linley as Mullet Fingers, Luke Wilson as David Delinko, Tim Blake Nelson as Curly Brannit, and Clark Gregg as Chuck Muckle.
Dolphin Song