The Connemara National Park is a national park in County Galway in Ireland. There is scenic countryside in the park. The size of the park is . The park is near Letterfrack in the Connemara area.
Lorenzo Semple Jr.
Lorenzo Elliott Semple III (March 27, 1923 – March 28, 2014), better known as Lorenzo Semple Jr., was an American screenwriter and playwright. He was best known for his work on the campy television series "Batman". He also wrote the movies "Papillon", "The Parallax View" (1974), "Three Days of the Condor" (1975), "Flash Gordon" (1980), and "Never Say Never Again" (1983). He was born in New Rochelle, New York.
Semple died from natural causes on March 28, 2014 at his home in Los Angeles, California. He died a day after his 91st birthday.
Wicklow Mountains National Park
The Wicklow Mountains National Park is a national park in County Wicklow in Ireland. There are mountains, native woodland and blanket bog in the park. The size of the park is .
Burren National Park
The Burren National Park is a national park in County Clare in Ireland. The main feature of the park is its exposed limestone pavement. The size of the park is .
Marc-Adélard Tremblay
Marc-Adélard Tremblay, (April 24, 1922 – March 20, 2014) was a Canadian anthropologist.
He was a Professor of Anthropology at the Université Laval and was Dean of the Graduate School from 1971 to 1979. From 1981 to 1984, he was the President of the Royal Society of Canada. He was born in Les Éboulements, Quebec. He studied at Université de Montréal, Université Laval, and Cornell University.
Tremblay died on March 20, 2014 in his hometown of Les Éboulements, Quebec. He was 91 years old.
Ballycroy National Park
The Ballycroy National Park is a national park in County Mayo in Ireland. The main feature of the park is blanket bog and mountainous wilderness. The size of the park is .
This park was opened in November 1998. It is Ireland's sixth national park.
Jeremiah Denton
Jeremiah Andrew Denton, Jr. (July 15, 1924 – March 28, 2014) was a United States aviator and Rear Admiral, and also a United States Senator. He spent almost eight years as a Prisoner of War (PoW) in North Vietnam during the Vietnam War. He later wrote a book which became a movie about those experiences. He was born in Mobile, Alabama.
Denton died from complications of a heart ailment on March 28, 2014 at a hospice in Virginia Beach, Virginia. He was 89 years old.
Paul Laxalt
Paul Dominique Laxalt (August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018) was a conservative politician from the United States. He represented Nevada in the United States Senate. Laxalt also served as Nevada's governor. He ran for President in 1988 against George H. W. Bush for the Republican Party presidential primary. However, he did not win.
Laxalt was born in Reno, Nevada. His grandson is Adam Laxalt, who is the Republican nominee for Governor of Nevada. Laxalt died on August 6, 2018, at a health care facility in McLean, Virginia from complications of a fall, aged 96.
James L. Buckley
James Lane Buckley (born March 9, 1923) is an American judge and politician. He was a judge for the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. He was nominated by Ronald Reagan. Before, Buckley served as a United States Senator from the state of New York. His brother was journalist William F. Buckley, Jr..
Buckley was born in New York City. In December 2019, he became the oldest living former U.S. Senator following the death of Jocelyn Burdick.
Robert P. Griffin
Paul Dominique Laxalt (August 2, 1923 – April 17, 2015) was a conservative politician from the United States. He represented Michigan in the United States Senate and in the House of Representatives. Griffin was a Republican.
Laxalt was born in Detroit, Michigan.
John Melcher
John Melcher (September 6, 1924 – April 12, 2018) was an American politician of the Democratic Party. He represented Montana in the United States House of Representatives, and as a United States Senator from 1977 until 1989.
Melcher was born in Sioux City, Iowa. He studied at University of Minnesota and at Iowa State University.
Melcher died on April 12, 2018 in Missoula, Montana at the age of 93.
John Philip Holland
John Philip Holland () (29 February 184012 August 1914) was an Irish-American engineer. He developed the first submarine to be formally commissioned by the U.S. Navy. He also created the first Royal Navy submarine, the "Holland 1".
He is often known as the father of the modern submarine for his designs.
Holland died on 12 August 1914 in Newark, New Jersey, aged 74.
Philip W. Anderson
Philip Warren Anderson (December 13, 1923 – March 29, 2020) was an American physicist. Anderson created and helped prove theories such as localization, antiferromagnetism, symmetry breaking, high-temperature superconductivity. He wrote many things about the emergent phenomena.
Anderson was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He was raised in Urbana, Illinois. Anderson studied at Harvard University.
Anderson was an atheist and was one of 22 Nobel Laureates who signed the Humanist Manifesto.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1977 and the National Medal of Science in 1982.
Anderson died on March 29, 2020 in Princeton, New Jersey, aged 96.
José Alencar
José Alencar Gomes da Silva (; 17 October 1931 – 29 March 2011), also known as José Alencar, the Strong, was a Brazilian businessman and politician. He served as the Vice President of Brazil from 2003 to 2010.
Alencar died from kidney, stomach, and prostate cancer in São Paulo, São Paulo, aged 79.
State funeral
A state funeral is a public funeral ceremony which is made for people who died that were very important in their country. Usually with a state funeral, there also comes a day where everyone mourns the person who died.
Often, state funerals are given to royal or political people such as Presidents, Prime Ministers, Dictators, Governors, Mayors, Senators, or Vice Presidents. Military people and people who are famous for other reasons sometimes have a state funeral.
Sunanda Pushkar
Sunanda Pushkar (née Dass; 27 June 1962 – 17 January 2014) was an Indian and Canadian business person. She was the wife of Indian minister Shashi Tharoor. She was a sales manager in the Dubai-based TECOM Investments. She was also a co-owner of the India-based Rendezvous Sports World. Her born into a Kashmiri Pandit family.
Pushkar committed suicide by overdosing on sedatives, other strong medicines and probably alcohol on 17 January 2014 at a hotel in Chanakyapuri, New Delhi. She was 51 years old. She was outlived by her husband and children.
Dallas Buyers Club
Dallas Buyers Club is a 2013 American biographical drama movie. It was produced by Robbie Brenner and Rachel Winter. The movie was directed by Jean-Marc Vallée. Dallas Buyers Club was premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2013. It was released in North America on November 1, 2013.
The movie gained positive reviews from critics and holds a 93% rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
The movie was nominated for 6 awards at the 86th Academy Awards which included Best Picture, Best Original Screenplay, Best Actor for McConaughey, Best Supporting Actor for Leto, Best Film Editing, and Best Makeup. McConaughey won the award for Best Actor and Leto won the award for Best Supporting Actor. Robin Mathews also won for the Best Makeup category even though she only had a $250 budget. McConaughey and Leto also won the Best Actor and Best Supporting Actor Screen Actors Guild Awards and the Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama and Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture at the 71st Golden Globe Awards.
Don Ward (ice hockey)
Donald Joseph "Don" Ward (October 19, 1935 – January 6, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played 34 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins in the late 1950s. He was born in Sarnia, Ontario.