Karin Ann-Marie Söder (30 November 1928 – 19 December 2015) was a Swedish Centre Party politician. She was a member of the Swedish cabinet between 1976-1978 and again in 1979. She was the first female leader of a major political party in Sweden. She also was of the first female foreign ministers in the world. She also worked successful for Systembolaget not being opened on Saturdays.
Roy Tarpley
Roy James Tarpley (November 28, 1964 – January 9, 2015) was an American professional basketball player. He played the power forward and center positions, earning an NBA Sixth Man of the Year Award in 1988. Tarpley became known during his career for being banned from the NBA because of his drug and alcohol abuse. He had some success playing in Europe.
Tarpley was born in New York City and died in Arlington, Texas.
Robert V. Keeley
Robert Vossler Keeley (September 4, 1929 – January 9, 2015) was an American politician. He served in Foreign Service of the United States, from 1956 to 1989. He served three times as Ambassador: to Greece (1985–89), Zimbabwe (1980–84), and Mauritius (1976–78). In 1978–80 he was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs, in charge of southern and eastern Africa.
Keeley was born in Beirut, French Lebanon to American parents. He died in Washington, D.C. from a stroke at the age of 85.
Honda Pilot
Honda Pilot is a mid-sized four-door crossover utility vehicle. It was first made in 2002 as a 2003 model. The vehicle replaced Honda's compact SUV the Passport, which was actually a re-badged Isuzu Rodeo. The Pilot is built on the Accord platform, which also underpins the Odyssey minivan and the Ridgeline pickup truck.
The vehicle was redesigned in 2009. It has three rows of seats. The vehicle has limited off-road capability but does allow wading through nineteen inches of water. The Pilot was Honda's largest crossover up until the introduction of the Crosstour, a station wagon based SUV built on the Accord platform. While it is longer than the Pilot it doesn't allow seating for 7-8 passengers.
The Pilot has been compared with other crossover cars and sport utility vehicles.
The Pilot was redesigned in 2015 for the 2016 model year. It no longer has a boxy crossover look. It now looks more like the Honda Odyssey. Its 6-cylinder engine is now more powerful and mated to 6- and 9-speed automatic transmissions.
Junior Malanda
Bernard Malanda-Adje (28 August 1994 – 10 January 2015), nicknamed Junior Malanda, was a Belgian professional footballer. He played as a defensive midfielder for VfL Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga.
He was born in Brussels, Belgium.
Malanda died in a car accident in Porta Westfalica, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany at the age of 20.
Hubert Markl
Hubert Simon Markl (17 August 1938 – 8 January 2015) was a German biologist. He also served as President of the Max Planck Society from 1996 to 2002.
Ettore Scola
Ettore Scola (10 May 1931 – 19 January 2016) was an Italian screenwriter and movie director. He was known for his movies "A Special Day" (1977), "That Night In Varennes" (1982), "What Time Is It?" (1989) and "Captain Fracassa's Journey" (1990).
Scola died at a hospital in Rome, Italy from pneumonia on 19 January 2016 at the age of 84.
Costa-Gavras
Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras - Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for movies "Missing" (1982), "Hannah K." (1983), "Betrayed" (1988), "Music Box" (1989), "Mad City" (1997) and "Amen." (2002).
Michael Cacoyannis
Michael Cacoyannis (, "Michalis Kakogiannis"; 11 June 192225 July 2011) was a Cypriot-Greek director, producer, and screenwriter. He was best known for his 1964 movie "Zorba the Greek".
The Holmes Brothers
The Holmes Brothers was a musical trio originally from Christchurch, Virginia. They perform blues, soul, gospel, country, and rhythm & blues music. Its members include Sherman Holmes, Popsy Dixon and Wendell Holmes.
They began playing in 1979. They were influenced by B.B. King. They have released twelve studio albums, with three reaching the top 5 on the Billboard Blues Albums chart. They have gained a following by playing regularly at summer folk, blues, gospel, and jazz festivals. Members are brothers Wendell and Sherman Holmes with drummer Popsy Dixon.
As of 2015, Sherman Holmes resides in Saluda, VA and is the last surviving member of the band. Popsy Dixon died of bladder cancer on January 9, 2015. A few months later, Wendell Holmes died on June 19, 2015 from a pulmonary embolism.
Spencer Gulf
The Spencer Gulf is the westernmost of two large inlets on the southern coast of Australia. It is in the state of South Australia facing the Great Australian Bight. The Gulf is 322 km (200 mi) long and 129 km (80 mi) wide at its mouth. The western shore of the Gulf is the Eyre Peninsula. The eastern side is the Yorke Peninsula which separates it from the smaller Gulf St Vincent. Its entrance was defined by Matthew Flinders as a line from Cape Catastrophe on Eyre Peninsula to Cape Spencer on Yorke Peninsula.
Peter Weller
Peter Frederick Weller, Ph.D. (born June 24, 1947) is an American movie director, actor and educator. He is known for his role as RoboCop in "RoboCop" and "RoboCop 2".
Bruce Greenwood
Bruce Stuart Greenwood (born August 12, 1956) is a Canadian actor and musician. He is known for his roles as U.S. presidents in "Thirteen Days" and "", Ben Stevenson in "Mao's Last Dancer" and for his role as Captain Christopher Pike in the 2009 "Star Trek" movie and its sequel, "Star Trek Into Darkness".
Michael Parks
Michael Parks (Harry Samuel Parks; April 4, 1938 – May 9, 2017) was an American actor and singer. He was known for his roles in "Kill Bill" and in "Django Unchained".
Parks died on May 10, 2017 in Los Angeles at the age of 77.
James Remar
William James Remar (born December 31, 1953), known professionally as James Remar, is an American actor and voice actor. He is known for his roles in "Sex and the City", "The Warriors", "48 Hrs.", "The Cotton Club", "", "Vampire Diaries", and in "Dexter".
Dennis Christopher
Dennis Christopher (born Dennis Carrelli; December 2, 1955 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) is an American movie actor. He is known for his roles in "Breaking Away", "It" and in "Fade to Black". He also appeared as Leonide Moguy in "Django Unchained".
Sophie Gengembre Anderson
Sophie Gengembre Anderson (1823 – 10 March 1903) was a French-born British artist. She created many paintings of children and women. Her work "Elaine" was the first public collection of a female artist.
Anderson also painted "No Walk Today" and many other paintings.
She was born in Paris, France. She died in Falmouth, England.
European turtle dove
The European turtle dove (also known as turtle dove) is a member of the Dove bird family. They are smaller than many other doves.
The turtle dove is native to Europe, Asia and Africa.
Turtle doves are talked about in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
There aren't as many of these birds in Europe as there used to be.
Daytona International Speedway
The Daytona International Speedway is a race track in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is where the two exhibition races, the Advance Auto Parts Clash, Can-Am Duel, and the two points-paying races, the Daytona 500 and Coke Zero Sugar 400 is held. The track is also where the Rolex 24 at Daytona is held, and also two Xfinity Series races and one Camping World Truck Series race.
Daytona speedway was built in 1959. Races had been held on the hard sandy beach since 1902. Racing on the beach ended in 1959 when Daytona International Speedway opened. Bill France, Jr. was behind the construction of the speedway. The first race was won by Lee Petty in a field of 59 cars. In 1962, the first major race on the road course was held. It was won by Grand Prix driver Dan Gurney driving a red Lotus. Near the end of the race and with a 2 minute lead, his engine failed. He coasted across the finish line to win.