Steven Van Zandt (' Lento; November 22, 1950), also known as Little Steven and Miami Steve"', is an American musician and actor. He is a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, in which he plays guitar and mandolin. As an actor, he is known for his roles as Silvio Dante in the HBO drama series "The Sopranos" (1999–2007) and Frank Tagliano / Giovanni "Johnny" Henriksen on the NRK1 drama "Lilyhammer" (2012–2014). He was added to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014.
Van Zandt was born in Winthrop, Massachusetts. He has Italian ancestry. He grew up in Middletown Township, New Jersey. He married Maureen Santoro in 1982.
Tram stop
A tram stop is a place where a tram stops so passengers can get on or get off. Tram stops are similar to bus stops, but because trams move on rails, they may include railway platforms. Platforms are needed if the tram system uses stepless entries for accessibility. However, trams may also stop at mid-street pavements when they run along streets.
A tram stop may also be called a tram station or streetcar stop.
Flag of the Gambia
The national flag of the Gambia has three horizontal red, blue and green stripes separated by two thinner white stripes. The flag has a width-to-length ratio of 2:3.
Sils im Domleschg
Sils im Domleschg () is a municipality of the district of Hinterrhein in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.
Freihof, Campi and Albula.
Yoshkar-Ola
Yoshkar-Ola (; ) is the capital city of the Mari El Republic, Russia. 248,782 people lived in the city in 2010.
Yoshkar-Ola is the capital of the Mari El Republic in western Russia. In the city center, the National Art Gallery hosts changing exhibits in a Renaissance-style building. The Museum of the History of Yoshkar-Ola displays military artifacts and folk art in a former merchant’s house. The green-domed Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ is nearby. The riverside Republican Puppet Theater resembles a medieval castle.
It used to be named Tsaryovokokshaysk () before 1919, as Krasnokokshaysk () between 1919 and 1927
Springdale, Ohio
Springdale is a city in Hamilton County, Ohio, United States. 11,223 people lived there in the 2010 census.
Mooslargue
Mooslargue is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department of east France.
Pia Olsen Dyhr
Pia Olsen Dyhr is a Danish politician, member of the Danish Parliament, the Folketing, and leader of the democratic socialist party SF (Socialist People's party) since 13th February, 2014. She took over as leader from Annette Vilhelmsen.
Dyhr was previously Minister for Trade and Investment (3rd October 2011 - 9th August 2013) and Minister for Transport (9th August 2013 - 3rd February 2014).
Pia Olsen Dyhr at the Danish Parliament
Starrkirch-Wil
Starrkirch-Wil is a municipality in the district Olten in the canton of Solothurn in Switzerland.
National Volleyball Association
The National Volleyball Association (NVA) is a men's professional volleyball league in America composed of 10 teams. NVA is an active member of USA Volleyball (Teamusa) which is recognized by FIVB (also known as the International Volleyball Federation) as the national governing body for volleyball in the United States.
Charles Zentai
Charles Zentai (born Károly Steiner; October 8, 1921 – December 13, 2017) was a Hungarian-born resident of Australia accused of a Holocaust-related war crime. He has lived in Perth, Australia for many years after living in the American- and French-occupied zones of post-World War II Germany. He was born in Budapest.
Zentai was on the Simon Wiesenthal Center's list of most wanted Nazi war criminals until 2013. On 8 July 2005, Zentai was arrested by the Australian Federal Police to await an extradition hearing. Zentai's family say the 86-year-old widower, who has heart disease and peripheral neuropathy, would not survive the trip to Hungary.
Zentai died in Perth on December 13, 2017 of heart disease and peripheral neuropathy at the age of 96.
Reinhart Fuchs
Reinhart Fuchs (September 28, 1934 — December 16, 2017) was a German chess player, international master (1962). In the national team of the GDR party of six Chess Olympiads (1956-1966) and IV European team championship (1970) in Kapfenberg. He was born in Berlin.
Fuchs died on December 16, 2017 in Berlin at the age of 83.
Åke Hellman
Åke Fredrik Hellman (19 July 1915 – 18 December 2017) was a Finnish still life and portrait artist and art professor. He has worked as art teacher at the University of Helsinki. In 1963, he received the order of the Lion of Finland. He was born in Helsinki.
Hellman turned 100 on 19 July 2015. He died on 18 December 2017 in Borgå, Finland, at the age of 102.
Seal (musician)
Henry Olusegun Adeola Samuel (born 19 February 1963), better known as Seal, is a British singer and songwriter. He has sold more than 20 million records worldwide. He is best known for his song "Kiss from a Rose". The worldwide hit was used for the soundtrack of the movie "Batman Forever" (1995). He has won three Brit Awards, four Grammy Awards and an MTV Video Music Award. He has also won two Ivor Novello Awards for the songs "Killer" and "Crazy". He was a coach on "The Voice" in Australia for the 2012, 2013 and 2017 seasons.
Seal was born in Paddington, London. His mother is Nigerian and his father is Brazilian. He was married to German model Heidi Klum from 2005 to 2015. They have four children.
Seal has scarring on his face caused by a type of lupus called discoid lupus erythematosus.
March Fong Eu
March Kong Fong Eu (; March 29, 1922 – December 21, 2017) was an American politician. She was a member of the California State Assembly and went on to serve as Secretary of State of California. She was born in Oakdale, California. She served under the governships on Jerry Brown, Pete Wilson and George Deukmejian. Eu was a member of the Democratic Party.
In 1987 Eu was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, running against Leo McCarthy for the right to challenge the Republican incumbent, Pete Wilson. Eu dropped out later that year.
President Bill Clinton appointed Eu as United States Ambassador to the Federated States of Micronesia in 1994. She served in that post until 1996.
Eu died on December 21, 2017 in Irvine, California following surgery after suffering a fall, at age 95.
Halvard Kausland
Halvard Magne Kausland (25 April 1945 – 21 December 2017) was a Norwegian jazz guitarist, composer and civil servant. He was born in Sund, Sotra, Norway. Kausland was also a well-known jazz guitarist, having played in the band of Ole Paus among other things. Kausland had been appointed as acting director of the Arts Council Norway from 1 November 1996 to 31 March 2000.
From 1966 to 1979 he was married to Grethe Kausland.
Kausland died of thyroid cancer in Oslo on 21 December 2017 at the age of 72.
Bruce McCandless II
Bruce McCandless II (June 8, 1937 – December 21, 2017), (Capt, USN, Ret.), was an American naval officer and aviator, electrical engineer, and NASA astronaut. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. During the first of his two Space Shuttle missions he made the first ever untethered free flight using the Manned Maneuvering Unit in 1984. This action was settled amicably on January 14, 2011.
He logged more than 5,200 hours flying time, including 5,000 hours in jet aircraft.
On December 21, 2017, McCandless died in Denver, Colorado at age 80.
Roswell Rudd
Roswell Hopkins Rudd Jr. (November 17, 1935 – December 21, 2017) was an American jazz trombonist and composer. He was born in Sharon, Connecticut. Although he worked in many genres of jazz (including Dixieland, which he performed while in college) and other genres of music, he was known primarily for his work in free and avant-garde jazz.
From 1962 until his death in 2017, Rudd had worked extensively with saxophonist Archie Shepp. He was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999.
Rudd died on December 21, 2017 of prostate cancer in Kerhonkson, New York at the age of 82.
Jason Lowndes