Martin Alphonsos Burke (January 28, 1905 – March 7, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Burke played 504 games in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Black Hawks, Pittsburgh Pirates, and Ottawa Senators. Burke was able to win the Stanley Cup twice with the Montreal Canadiens in 1930 and in 1931.
Burke retired from playing professional ice hockey in 1938. After he retired, Burke became the coach of the Calgary Stampeders of the ASHL/ABCSL/WCSHL. He was the head coach for 4 seasons and the associate coach for 1 season. Burke died on March 7, 1968.
Barack Obama Presidential Center
The Barack Obama Presidential Library and Museum is a planned presidential library for Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States. The foundation is officially founded in January 2014. On April 30, 2015, it was confirmed that the Obama Presidential Library will be located in Jackson Park in Woodlawn, Chicago, Illinois.
Farley Mowat
Farley McGill Mowat (May 12, 1921 – May 6, 2014) was a Canadian author and environmentalist. He wrote many famous Canadian novels such as "People of the Deer" (1952) and "Never Cry Wolf" (1963).
Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario. He studied at the University of Toronto. Farley Mowat died on May 6, 2014 in Port Hope, Ontario, less than one week before his 93rd birthday.
Shea Weber
Shea Michael Weber (born August 14, 1985) is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. He currently plays for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Hockey League (NHL). He serves as their captain.
Before playing in the NHL, Weber played 3 seasons with the Kelowna Rockets of the Western Hockey League (WHL). During his time there, he was able to win the Memorial Cup with the Rockets and won the WHL airBC Trophy as the Most Valuable Player in the Playoffs.
He was drafted with the 49th overall pick by the Nashville Predators in the 2003 NHL Entry Draft. On July 8, 2010, he was named the fifth captain in Nashville Predators history, replacing Jason Arnott, who was traded to the New Jersey Devils. He became the youngest captain in Predators history and was the only captain of the Predators to have been drafted by the team.
During the 2012 offseason, the Predators were unable to take Weber to arbitration again (a player can only be subjected to team-elected arbitration once in his career). Weber signed a front-loaded $110 million, 14-year offer sheet, $68 million of it as a signing bonus, with the Philadelphia Flyers on July 19. It was the richest contract in NHL history in terms of total money, money per season, and length, which surpassed the previous offer sheet record set by Thomas Vanek. The Predators, who had already lost Weber's defensive partner Ryan Suter to unrestricted free agency, were able to match the offer sheet five days later.
On June 29th 2016, Shea Weber was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for P.K. Subban.
Daniel Díaz Torres
Daniel Díaz Torres (31 December 1948 – 16 September 2013) was a Cuban movie director and screenwriter. He directed sixteen movies between 1975 and 2013. His best known movie was "Alice in Wondertown" (1991), which gained him international notability.
Díaz Torres died after a long illness on 16 September 2013 in his hometown of Havana. He was 65 years old.
Raphaël Varane
Raphaël Varane (born 25 April 1993) is a French football player. He plays for Real Madrid and the France national football team as a centre back.
Niğde
Niğde is a city in southern Turkey. The city is in the Central Anatolia Region. In 2013, 201,597 people lived there.
Rize
Rize is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Karadeniz Region. In 2013, 139,150 people lived there.
Osmaniye
Osmaniye is a city in southern Turkey. The city is in the Mediterranean Region. In 2013, 244,195 people lived there.
Bernie McGann
Bernard Francis "Bernie" McGann (22 June 1937 – 17 September 2013) was an Australian jazz alto saxophone player. He began his career in the late 1950s. He stayed active as a performer, composer and recording artist until his death. He was born in Granville, New South Wales.
McGann died from complications following heart surgery on the night of 17 September 2014 in Sydney. He was 76 years old.
Kåre Valebrokk
Kåre Valebrokk (17 December 1940 – 9 February 2013) was a Norwegian journalist, editor and television executive. He was editor-in-chief and administrative director of TV 2 from October 1999 until June 2007, when he retired. He was the father of economist and editor Per Valebrokk (born 1972). He was born in Kristiansand, Vest-Agder.
Valebrokk died from in his sleep from natural causes on 9 February 2013 in Oslo. He was 72 years old.
Adıyaman
Adıyaman is a city in southern Turkey. The city is in the Southeastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 279,037 people lived there.
Afyonkarahisar
Afyonkarahisar is a city in western Turkey. The city is in the Central Anatolia Region. In 2013, 268,461 people lived there.
Ağrı
Ağrı is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Eastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 145,357 people lived there.
Aksaray
Aksaray is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Central Anatolia Region. In 2013, 273,999 people lived there.
Amasya
Amasya is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Amasya Province and is in the mountains near the Black Sea coast. In 2013, 134,434 people lived there.
Ardahan
Ardahan is a city in northeastern Turkey. The city is in the Eastern Anatolia Region. In 2013, 40,874 people lived there.
Artvin
Artvin is a city in northeastern Turkey. The city is in the Karadeniz Region. In 2013, 33,415 people lived there.
Çankırı
Çankırı is a city in northern Turkey. The city is in the Central Anatolia. In 2010, 85,073 people lived there.
Bingöl
Bingöl is a city in eastern Turkey. The city is in the Eastern Anatolia Region. In 2007, 86,511 people lived there.
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal
Yashwant Vithoba Chittal (3 August 1928 – 23 March 2014) was a leading Indian fiction writer. His work was mostly in Kannada language. He won four Sahitya Akademi Awards, one Dr. Masti Award, and one Adikavi Pampa Award. He was born in Bankikodla-Hanehalli, Uttara Kannada.
Chittal died after a brief illness on 23 March 2014 at a private hospital in Mumbai. He was 85 years old. He was outlived by his wife and two sons.
Patrice Wymore
Patrice "Pat" Wymore (December 17, 1926 – March 22, 2014) was an American actress and singer. She was best known as a movie, television, and stage actress during the 1950s and 1960s. She was born in Miltonvale, Kansas. She was married to Australian actor, Errol Flynn, from 1950 until his death in 1959.
Wymore died after a long illness on March 22, 2014 in Portland, Jamaica. She was 87 years old.
People's Palace
The People's Palace is a large building in Bucharest, Romania. It was built by the then-dictator Nicolae Ceauşescu in the 1980s. Today the Romanian Parliament meets in the building. Many Parliament members have offices inside. The building faces an avenue built to look like the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Mark Kozelek
Mark Kozelek (born January 24, 1967) is an American singer.
In 1989 he started the rock band Red House Painters. In 1992 the band were signed to 4AD. In 2000 Kozelek released his first solo EP "Rock 'n' Roll Singer". "Pitchfork" gave it a score of 6.1 out of 10. In 2001 Red House Painters broke up. In 2002 Kozelek started Sun Kil Moon.
Pay driver
A pay driver is a professional race car driver who is hired because of the driver's wealth rather than his or her talent. Pay drivers are often the heirs to large corporations and buy their way onto top teams. Hiro Matushita, the son of the founder of the Panasonic Corporation, was a famous example of this in the 1990s. Today, Paul Menard is a pay driver in NASCAR.
Eleftherios Venizelos