Sandra Raluca Izbaşa () (born June 18, 1990) is a Romanian gymnast. She has won two Olympic gold medals, at the floor event at the 2008 Olympics and at the vault event at the 2012 Olympics.
Tatiana Volosozhar
Tatiana Andreyеvna Volosozhar (, ; born 22 May 1986) is a Russian figure skater.
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco
Honoré III, Prince of Monaco (Honoré Camille Léonor; 10 November 1720 – 21 March 1795) was a reigning prince of the small state of Monaco. He succeeded his mother Louise Hippolyte and is to this day still one of the longest reigning European rulers.
The eldest surviving son of Princess Louise Hippolyte of Monaco and her husband Prince Jacques
In May 1732 he moved to Paris to be with his father till he was officially proclaimed the prince of Monaco. Antoine Grimaldi, the "Chevalier de Grimaldi", acted as regent for the prince between 1732 and 1784, when Honoré chose to live in Paris. This situation remained the same for half a century until Antoine's death in 1784,
On 5 June 1757 he married Maria Caterina Brignole a member of one of the most powerful and wealthy familys in the Republic of Genoa. The had two sons before divorcing in 1770.
Misako Uno
, known as Akane (茜) (born July 16, 1986) is a Japanese actress, product designer and talent agent. She is also a singer and dancer in the band "". She was born in Endokawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan. Uno grew up in there. Her father is a copywriter. She has been active since the 1994.
In 2006 Uno appeared in her first movie, Hollywood's "The Grudge 2" as a japanese student.
In 2008 she played Keiko Endo (遠藤 恵子) in "Hitomi" (瞳) of the NHK television fiction show.
In 2010 Uno appeared in her second film "Rendez-vous (ランデブー！)" as the leading character.
In 2011 her early life was into the english textbooks of japan's Ministry of science.
In 2012 she played Akane Yabuki (矢吹 茜) in "Ume-chan Sensei" (梅ちゃん先生) of the NHK television fiction show.
In 2013 she played Hoshino Tsukiyama (月山 星乃) in "Tokyo toy box (東京トイボックス)" of the TV Tokyo. Tsukiyama is the heroine.
Jean de La Fontaine
Jean de La Fontaine (; 8 July 1621 – 13 April 1695) was the first of the French fabulist. He was one of the most widely read French poets of the 17th century. He is known for his fables. These provided a model for later fabulists across Europe. They were also an example for numerous alternative versions in France and in French regional languages.
According to Flaubert, he was the only French poet to understand and master the subtleties of the French language before Victor Hugo. A set of postage stamps La Fontaine and the "Fables" was issued by France in 1995.
Dordogne (river)
The Dordogne () is a river in south-central and southwest France. The Dordogne river and its drainage basin was named as a Biosphere Reserve by the UNESCO on 11 July 2012.
The Dordogne has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 274 cubic metres per second at Bergerac.
Average monthly discharge (m/s) at Bergerac (1958-2011)
The Dordogne starts on the sides of the Puy de Sancy, Massif Central, in the "commune" of Mont-Dore, Puy-de-Dôme department, at an elevation of about .
It flows generally west through the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region and the Dordogne department before flowing into the Gironde where it joins, in the north of the city of Bordeaux, the Garonne river to form the Gironde estuary, at about of altitude.
The Dordogne flows through 4 regions, 6 departments and 173 "communes". The main "communes" are:
The main tributaries (more than 50 km long) of the Dordogne river are:
Left tributaries:
Right tributaries:
Isle (river)
The Isle () is a river of south-western France that flows through the Haute-Vienne, Dordogne and Gironde departments, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It is a right tributary of the Dordogne river.
The Isle has a length of , and a drainage basin with an area of approximately .
Its average yearly discharge (volume of water which passes through a section of the river per unit of time) is 61.7 cubic metres per second at Coutras.
The Isle starts on the "Monts du Limousin", part of the Massif Central, in the "commune" of Janailhac, Haute-Vienne department, at an elevation of about .
It flows generally southwest through the Haute-Vienne, Dordogne and Gironde departments before flowing into the Dordogne river in Libourne at about of altitude.
The Isle flows through 2 regions, 3 departments and 66 "communes". The main "communes" are:
The main tributaries (more than 50 km long) of the Isle river are:
National Museum of History of Azerbaijan
National Museum of History of Azerbaijan () is the national museum of history of Azerbaijan. It is the largest museum of Azerbaijan. It is in Baku, in the former mansion of Azerbaijani oil magnate and philanthropist Haji Zeynalabdin Taghiyev. It was founded in 1920.
Rose Greenhow
Rose O'Neal Greenhow (1813/1814– October 1, 1864) was a famous Confederate spy during the American Civil War. She was a socialite in Washington, D.C. before the war. Greenhow was friends with presidents, generals, senators, and high-ranking military officers. She used these friendships to pass along key military information to the Confederacy at the start of the war. In early 1861 she was put in control of a group of Confederate spies in Washington, DC. This was by Thomas Jordan, then a captain in the Confederate Army. Jefferson Davis, the Confederate president, gave her credit for helping the South's victory at the First Battle of Bull Run in late July 1861.
Greenhow was captured in August. She was placed under house arrest. But she continued her spying activities. In 1862 after an espionage hearing, she was imprisoned for nearly five months in Washington, DC. Then she was deported to the Confederate States. Greenhow traveled to Richmond, Virginia and continued to work for the confederacy. She sailed to Europe to represent the Confederacy in a diplomatic mission to France and England. She also wrote and published her memoir in London. The book was popular in England. She wanted to return to America. She took with her $2,000 in Gold. On her voyage back, her ship ran aground off Wilmington, North Carolina. A Union gunboat had chased them up the Cape Fear River. Greenhow and one other passenger tried to escape in a rowboat. Weighed down with gold she drowned when her rowboat overturned. She was honored with a Confederate military funeral.
In 1993 the women's auxiliary of the Sons of Confederate Veterans changed its name to the Order of the Confederate Rose. This followed a television movie the previous year. A new biography of her was published in 2005.
Dick Balharry
Richard "Dick" Balharry (24 May 1937 – 22 April 2015) was a Scottish conservationist, writer, and wildlife photographer. He was known for improving and protecting Scotland's natural landscapes. Just days before his death, he was given an award by the Royal Scottish Geographical Society (RSGS).
Balharry was born near Dundee. He died from cancer on 22 April 2015, aged 77.
Roy Mason
Roy Mason, Baron Mason of Barnsley, PC (18 April 1924 – 20 April 2015), was a British Labour politician and former Cabinet minister. He was Secretary of State for Defence and Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in the late 1970s.
Jeremiah J. Rodell
Jeremiah J. Rodell (September 28, 1921 – April 17, 2015) was a brigadier general in the United States Air Force that served as Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force from 1978 to 1980.
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov
Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov () (May 29, 1965 – April 21, 2015) was a Russian movie director, producer and screenwriter. He was known for his comedy movie "Luna Papa" (1999). He won a Silver Lion at the Venice Film Festival for his movie "Kosh ba kosh" (1993).
Khudojnazarov died from a short illness in Berlin, Germany, aged 49.
Samuel Wilson