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Thomas Remengesau Sr.

**Thomas Ongelibel Remengesau** (28 November 1929 – 3 August 2019), also known **Thomas Remengesau Sr.**, was a Palau politician. He was Vice President of Palau from 1985 to 1988, and acting President of Palau twice (1985 and 1988–1989), following the violent deaths of two presidents.

After the shooting of President Lazarus Salii in August 1988, Remengesau became the President of Palau until Ngiratkel Etpison was sworn in January 1989.

## Infobox (president)

- **name**: Thomas Remengesau, Sr.
- **image**: Thomas_Ongelibel_Remengesau.jpg
- **office**: Acting President of Palau
- **term start**: 30 June 1985
- **term end**: 2 July 1985
- **predecessor**: Haruo Remeliik
- **successor**: Alfonso Oiterong
- **office1**: 2nd Vice President of Palau
- **president1**: Lazarus Salii
- **term start1**: 25 October 1985
- **term end1**: 20 August 1988
- **predecessor1**: Alfonso Oiterong
- **successor1**: Kuniwo Nakamura
- **office2**: 4th President of Palau
- **term start2**: 20 August 1988
- **term end2**: 1 January 1989
- **vicepresident2**: Vacant
- **predecessor2**: Lazarus Salii
- **successor2**: Ngiratkel Etpison
- **birth name**: Thomas Ongelibel Remengasau
- **birth place**: Koror, Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

- **death place**: Koror, Palau
- **party**: Independent politician, Independent
- **spouse**: Ferista Esang
- **children**: 8 (including Tommy Remengesau, Thomas "Tommy" Remengasau Jr.)
Alabama Vipers

The **Alabama Vipers** were an American football team in the Arena Football League that played in 2010.  The team played in the Von Braun Center in Huntsville, Alabama. The team started as to the **Tennessee Valley Vipers ** from 2000 until 2009. They then played as the Vipers. After that, in 2011, the team moved to Gwinnett County, Georgia and became the Georgia Force.
Cho Oyu

**Cho Oyu** () is the sixth tallest mountain of the world. Its height is  above sea level. It is on the border of Nepal and China. The mountain was first climbed by Herbert Tichy, Joseph Jöchler and Pasang Dawa Lama.
Manaslu

**Manaslu** (, also known as **Kutang**) is the eighth tallest mountain of the world. It is located in Gorkha of Nepal. Its height is . The name 'Manaslu' came from the Sanskrit word 'Manasa' which means 'spirit'.  Japanese expedition team including Toshio Imanishi and Gyalzen Norbu climed Manaslu for the first time in May 9th, 1956.
Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski

**Jorge Wagensberg Lubinski** (2 December 1948 – 3 March 2018), was a Spanish professor, researcher and writer. He was Professor of Theory of Irreversible Processes in the Faculty of Physics at the University of Barcelona from 1981 to 2016.

He was president of the European Collaborative for Science & Technology (ECSITE) between 1993 and 1995 and, in 2010, he was a founding member of the European Museum Academy (EMA). He collaborated regularly in the magazine Mètode and in the newspapers  _El País_ and _El Periódico_.

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Jorge Wagensberg
- **image**: Jorge Wagensberg- Diada de Sant Jordi 2014 a Barcelona (52) (cropped).JPG
- **caption**: Wagensberg in 2014
- **birth place**: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- **death place**: Barcelona, Spain
- **field**: Physics
- **work institutions**: University of Barcelona (1981-2016)
Danube University Krems
- **alma mater**: University of Barcelona
- **known for**: Writer, academic, physicist and researcher
- **prizes**: Juan Mari Arzak Award (University of Barcelona, UB, 2003)
National Prize for Scientific Thought and Culture (2005)
Creu de Sant Jordi (2007)
Doctor Honoris Causa by the University of Lleida
Michael Tree

**Michael Tree** (born **Michael Applebaum**; February 19, 1934 – March 30, 2018) was an American violist. He was born in Newark, New Jersey. He played a circa 1750 Domenicus Busan viola from Venice, Italy. Tree played on a viola made by mid 20th-century luthier Harvey Fairbanks of Binghamton, New York.

Tree appeared as violin and viola soloist with major orchestras, including the Philadelphia, Baltimore, Los Angeles, and New Jersey. He was a founding member of the Marlboro Trio and Guarneri Quartet.

Tree died in Manhattan on March 30, 2018 of Parkinson's disease at the age of 84.

## Other websites

- University of Maryland profile
Maywood, California

**Maywood** is a small city in southeast Los Angeles County, California. At , Maywood is the third-smallest incorporated city in Los Angeles County.

It is bordered by the cities of Bell on the south, Vernon on the north and west, Huntington Park on the southwest, and Commerce on the east.

It is the most densely-populated city in California, and has the highest proportion of Latinos, immigrants, and undocumented immigrants in the county.

## Other websites

- Maywood official website
Annapurna Massif

**Annapurna** (Sanskrit, Nepali:अन्नपूर्णा) is a group of mountains in Nepal. The range lies in Gandaki Province of Nepal, in the district of Myagdi and Kaski districts. It has one peak over , thirteen peaks over  and sixteen over . The name Annapurna comes from the Nepali goodness named _Annapurna_ who is regarded as the provider of _food and nourishment_ through it's everyflowing river. Annapurna I is the Highest Mountain Peak of the Annapurna Range at a height of 8,091 m, making it the 10th tallest mountain in the world. Annapurna I is located at the 26,545 ft above the sea level. Annapurna Circuit is the gateway to Tilicho Lake which is the highest lake in the world. Annapurna Mountain The whole area comes under Annapurna Conservation Area. **Annapurna I Main**, the tenth tallest mountain in the world is a mountain of this group.
Himalchuli

**Himalchuli** is a mountain in Nepal. It is a mountain in a Mountain range called Himalayas. It is 18th tallest mountain in the Earth. It's height is 7893 m.
Bardiya National Park

The **Bardiya National Park** () is a national park in Nepal. In 1988,  area was changed into this national park. Most of the part of this national park is covered by forest.

About 53 mammals which includes rhinoceros, wild elephant, Bengal tiger, swamp deer, and Gangetic dolphin live in this national park. It is also home to many species of birds and reptiles.
Chitwan National Park

**Chitwan National Park** () is the first national park in Nepal. In 1973,  area was changed into this national park. It was made World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1984. The Chitwan National Park is located in four districts of   Nawalpur, Chitwan, Makwanpur and Parsa Districts in the  Sivalik Hills of Nepal, between the altitude of 100 m (330 ft) to 815 m (2,674 ft).

Many species of wild cats and other mammals like rhinoceros, wild elephant can be seen in this area. Around 68 species of mammals and 543 species of birds are found in this area. This place is a popular place for tourism and research in Nepal.
Langtang National Park

The **Langtang National Park** is a national park in Nepal. In 1976,  area was changed into this national park. It is the first Himalayan national park.

There are 14 types of vegetations in 18 types of ecosystems in this national park.
Makalu Barun National Park

The **Makalu Barun National Park** is a national park in Himalayas of Nepal. In 1992,  area was changed into this national park.

There are 315 species of butterflies, 43 species of reptile, 16 species of amphibians, 78 species of fishes, 440 species of birds, and 88 species of mammals in this national park.
Rara National Park

**Rara National Park** is the smallest national park with the area of  in Nepal. It was established in 1976. Rara Lake, one of the main lakes in Nepal is in this national park.

Around 51 species of mammals and 241 species of birds can be seen in this national park. Around 1071 species of plants can be found in this park.
Sagarmatha National Park

**Sagarmatha National Park** is a national park at the eastern part of Nepal. It is named after sagarmatha, which is another name for Mt. Everest. It covers an area of  which is mostly occupied by Mt. Everest. It was established in 1976 and was made World Heritage Site by UNESCO in 1979. In January 2002, a Buffer Zone comprising 275 km<sup>2</sup> (106 sq mi) was added to the old Sagarmatha National Park Zone.
Wat's Dyke

**Wat's Dyke** is an ancient defensive earthwork between Wales and England. The dyke is earlier than Offa's Dyke, but runs along similar lines, just inside the line of the later dyke. It now looks insignificant, but originally it was a considerable construction.

The dyke consists (or consisted) of a ditch and a bank. The ditch is on the west of the bank. This suggests it was meant to keep the Welsh tribes out of the areas to the east which were occupied mainly by Germanic tribes.

Excavations in 2006 suggested the time of building as 792852 AD. In the 820s, the Mercian king Coenwulf was fighting against a resurgent Welsh threat. That may have been the reason for the dyke. However, all previous datings suggested its being built much earlier, in the post-Roman era.

The present boundary between Wales and England runs close to the two dykes, and the area is know as the Welsh Marches.
Welsh Marches

The **Welsh Marches** is the area round the boundary between England and Wales. It is not very well defined. The border between the two countries has constantly altered, and many of the small towns have been, at various times, on one side or the other.

On the English side. the area was the Kingdom of Mercia. The fortifications known as Wat's Dyke and Offa's Dyke were built by Mercian kings. The market towns on the English side (such as Shrewsbury and Hereford) were garrisoned.

The term "March of Wales" was used in the Domesday Book of 1086. Over the next four centuries the Norman rulers established Earldoms for the "Marcher Lords", whose job it was to patrol the Marches. Dozens of small castles were built in the border area in the 12th and 13th centuries. From the castles the Norman lords could patrol and defend the area against Welsh raiders and rebels.

Under the Laws in Wales Acts 1535–1542 under Henry VIII, rule by the marcher lords was abolished in 1536. This had the effect of creating a single state and legal jurisdiction, "England and Wales". The powers of the marcher lordships were abolished, and their areas were organised into the new Welsh counties of Denbighshire, Montgomeryshire, Radnorshire, Brecknockshire, Monmouthshire, and Carmarthenshire.

In present-day Britain, the boundary between England and Wales is more or less ignored. In fact, one can cross the border without knowing it, except that painted on the roads on the Welsh side are strange words such as "Araf". Throughout Wales, all official messages are printed in both English and Welsh.
Bob Beattie

**Robert P. Beattie** (January 24, 1933 – April 1, 2018) was an American skiing coach, skiing promoter and commentator for ABC Sports and ESPN.  He was head coach of the U.S. Ski Team from 1961 to 1969. He co-founded the Alpine Skiing World Cup in 1966.  His worked as a ABC included four Winter Olympic Games, from 1976 through 1988.

Beattie died on April 1, 2018 in Fruita, Colorado from a long-illness at the age of 85.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Bob Beattie
- **birth name**: Robert P. Beattie
- **image**: Bob Beattie 1966.jpg
- **caption**: Bob Beattie in 1966
- **birth place**: Manchester, New Hampshire, U.S.
- **death place**: Fruita, Colorado, U.S.
- **occupation**: Sportscaster, skiing Coach (sport), coach
- **years active**: 1955 – 2018
- **education**: Middlebury College
- **spouse**:

Marci Beattie
Fruita, Colorado

The **City of Fruita** (pronounced /ˈfruːtə/) is a city located in western Mesa County, Colorado, United States. It is bordering Colorado River on the southern edge of town. The population was 13,395 at the 2020 census. It was incorporated in 1894.

## Other websites

- City of Fruita official website
Bell, California

**Bell** is a city in Los Angeles County, California, near the center of the former San Antonio Township (abolished after 1960). Its population was 33,559 at the 2020 census. Bell is located on the west bank of the Los Angeles River and is a suburb of the city of Los Angeles.

At , Bell is the thirteenth smallest city in the United States with a population of at least 25,000.
Michael Eavis

**Michael Eavis**  CBE (born **Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis**; 17 October 1935) is an English dairy farmer. He is the founder of the Glastonbury Festival, which takes place at his farm in Pilton, Somerset.

## Other websites

- Glastonbury Festival of Contemporary Performing Arts
- Interview with Michael Eavis (July 2005)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Michael Eavis
<small>Order of the British Empire, CBE</small>
- **image**: Michael-Eavis-Glastonbury-2005-2.jpg
- **caption**: Eavis in 2005
- **birth name**: Athelstan Joseph Michael Eavis
- **birth place**: Pilton, Somerset, Pilton, Somerset, UK
- **occupation**: Farmer, businessman
- **known for**: Founding Glastonbury Festival
- **parents**: Michael and Jean Eavis
- **children**: Emily Eavis and four others
Libertyville, Illinois

**Libertyville** is a village in Lake County, Illinois, United States. It is a suburb of Chicago. It is located  west of Lake Michigan on the Des Plaines River. The 2020 census population was 20,579. It is located southwest of Waukegan and west of Lake Forest.
Linea dell'Impero

The **Linea dell'Impero**(in English: "Flight of the Empire" or simply "Empire Line") was the longest flight made by the Italian airline "Ala Littoria" (precursor of Alitalia) in the years preceding World War II and was considered the most prestigious Italian air route of the time. It connected Rome with Mogadiscio in Italian East Africa, and from 1939 the route could be travelled without a change of airplane. The route was a key political and symbolic connection between Rome, the 'capital of Italy's Empire', and Italy's colonies in Libya and East Africa.

## History

The line was opened after the Italian conquest of Ethiopia in 1936 and was followed by the first air links with the Italian colonies in Italian East Africa, which had begun in an experimental way from 1934. The route was enlarged to 6,379 km and initially joined Rome with Addis Ababa via Syracuse, Benghazi, Cairo, Wadi Halfa, Khartoum, Kassala, Asmara, Dire Dawa. There was a change of aircraft in Benghazi (or sometimes in Tripoli).

The route was carried out in three and a half days of daytime flight and the frequency was four flights per week in both directions. Later from Addis Ababa there were three flights a week that continued to Mogadishu, capital of Italian Somalia.

In 1939 the time taken to travel the route was reduced with the introduction of the new Savoia-Marchetti "Marsupiale", an aircraft that did not require change of aircraft. The flight lasted just 2 days and connected Rome to Tripoli-Cairo-Kassala-Asmara-Addis Abeba-Mogadiscio. In early 1940 it was the fastest and longest route in Africa and was the most prestigious line of Italian civil aviation.

In summer 1940, with the start of WWII the route was militarized and controlled by the "Comando Servizi Aerei Speciali". In the first months of 1941 it was definitively closed when Italy lost the Africa Orientale Italiana.

## Aircraft

The Empire Line was opened using the three-engined seaplane CANT Z.506 in the stretch Rome – Benghazi/Tripoli and the three-engined land-based Savoia-Marchetti SM-73 from Benghazi/Tripoli to Addis Abeba and Africa Orientale Italiana.

In 1938 entered service the faster Savoia-Marchetti SM-75 with greater autonomy, capable of carrying a nearly 5000 kg load of mail and up to twenty-four passengers. This aircraft was used from the beginning of 1939 and made it possible -thanks to improved flight authonomy and top speed of 370kmh- to eliminate the change of aircraft, to reduce the number of stopovers and to shorten the travel time of a full day.

## Related pages

- Alitalia
- Italian Libya

## Bibliography

- Enzo Angelucci and Paolo Matricardi. _Aerei di tutto il Mondo_. Mondadori editore. Milano, 1978
- Mannone, Guido. _Le Ali del Littorio – Piccola Storia dell'Aviazione Civile Italiana_ Grafica Bierre. Milano, 2004.
- Mondadori, A. _Guida dell'Africa Orientale_ C.T.I. Milano (ed 1938)
Dharahara

**Dharahara** (), was a nine storey  building in Nepal. It was  tall. It was at the center of Sundhara in Kathmandu. It was built by Bhimsen Thapa in 1832. The tower was destroyed by the 25 April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Narayanhity Palace

**Narayanhity Palace** is a palace in capital city of Nepal, Kathmandu. It was built by king Mahendra in 1963. The palace has now been changed into a museum.
Nazca plate

The **Nazca plate** is an oceanic tectonic plate in the eastern Pacific Ocean. It is named after the Nazca region of southern Peru.

The  region is off the west coast of South America. The ongoing subduction of the Nazca plate under the South American plate is largely responsible for the Andean orogeny.
Fruitafossor

***Fruitafossor*** was a termite-eating mammal of North America during the Upper Jurassic epoch (about 150 million years ago).

The description is based on a surprisingly complete skeleton of a chipmunk-sized animal. It was discovered in 2005, in Fruita, Colorado.

The animal looked like an armadillo (or anteater) and probably ate termites in much the same manner as these animals do today (ants had not yet evolved). Other skeletal features clearly show that _Fruitafossor_ was not related to armadillos, anteaters, or any modern group of mammal. This means that specializations associated with feeding on ants or termites have evolved many times in mammals: in _Fruitafossor_, anteaters, numbats, aardvarks, pangolins, and echidnas.
Singha Durbar

**Singha Durbar** (; translation: _Lion's Palace_) is a palace in capital city of Nepal, Kathmandu. The prime minister's office is in the palace. It was built by Chandra Shumsher in June 1908. It was highly damaged by April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
The palace was being repaired. It was again damaged when protesters set fire in 9 September 2025.
Colchis Bulls

The **Colchis Bulls** (, _Khalkotauroi_) are a pair of animals in the myth of Jason and the Golden Fleece. They were made of bronze. They could breathe fire. They were made by Hephaestus, the blacksmith of the gods. Hephaestus gave them to King Aeetes as a gift.
Boudhanath

**Boudhanath** is a stupa in Kathmandu city of Nepal. It has a large circular base which makes this stupa one of largest stupas of the world.

It is a famous religious place for Buddhists all over the world. It is also a popular tourism site in Nepal. It was badly damaged in April 2015 Nepal earthquake.
Rivella

**Rivella** is a soft drink from Switzerland, created by Robert Barth in 1952, which is produced from milk whey, and therefore includes ingredients such as lactose, lactic acid and minerals. It comes in seven varieties.

## Varieties

- Rivella Red
- Rivella Blue (Rivella Light)
- Rivella Green (with green tea extract)
- Rivella Rhubarb (in 2014–2016 _Rivella CLIQ Rhubarb_)
- Rivella Tropical Mango
- Rivella Yellow (plant-derived Rivella) (2008–2011)
- Rivella CLIQ Peach (2014–2016)

Dutch Rivella:
- Rivella Original
- Rivella Green Tea
- Rivella Cranberry

## Other websites

- Rivella Official website
Saint-Amarin

**Saint-Amarin** is a commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France.
Dīs Pater

**Dīs Pater** (Latin: “Father of riches”) was a god of the underworld in Roman mythology. Originally a chthonic deity associated with riches and fertility, he became commonly equated with the Greek god Hades alongside the Roman deity Orcus, and so came to be associated with the dark and dismal realm of the dead. The god's name, _Dīs Pater_, was often shortened to simply ***Dīs***, which came to be used as an alternative name for the underworld, as is the case in Dante's _The Divine Comedy_, in which the City of Dis comprises Lower Hell.
Polybutadiene

**Polybutadiene** is a polymer, that is mainly used as synthetic rubber: It is made from the monomer 1,3-Butadiene. Polybutadiene has a high resistance to wear. About 70% of the production is used for tires. About 25% is used as an additive to improve the toughness (impact resistance)  of plastics such as polystyrene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS). Polybutadiene rubber accounted for about a quarter of total global consumption of synthetic rubbers in 2012. It is also used to manufacture golf balls, various elastic objects and to coat or encapsulate electronic assemblies, offering high electrical resistivity.
Morris Halle

**Morris Halle** (; July 23, 1923 – April 2, 2018) was a Latvian-American linguist. She was a Institute Professor. He later became professor emeritus, of linguistics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He was best known for his pioneering work with Noam Chomsky and Fred Lukoff and for his _The Sound Pattern of English_ (1968) work with Chomsky.

Halle died in Cambridge, Massachusetts on April 2, 2018 at the age of 94.

## Other websites

- Halle page at MIT
- MIT News Office article about Halle
- Conversation with John A. Goldsmith and Haj Ross

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Morris Halle
- **image**: Morris Halle.jpg
- **birth place**: Liepāja, Latvia
- **death place**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **fields**: Phonology, morphology (linguistics), morphology, generative grammar
- **workplaces**: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT
- **alma mater**: Harvard University, Harvard, Columbia University, University of Chicago, City College of New York
- **doctoral advisor**: Roman Jakobson
Lill-Babs

**Barbro Margareta Svensson**, known as **Lill-Babs** (9 March 1938 – 3 April 2018), was a Swedish singer, actress and television presenter. She represented Sweden in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1961 in Cannes with the song "April, april". She was also well-known for the song "Är du kär i mej ännu Klas-Göran?".

Lill-Babs died of heart failure complicated by cancer in Stockholm on 3 April 2018 at the age of 80.

## Other websites

- Official website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Lill-Babs
- **image**: Lill-Babs 2013 (cropped 2).jpg
- **caption**: Lill-Babs in 2013
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Barbro Margareta Svensson
- **alias**: Lill-Babs
- **origin**: Järvsö, Sweden
- **death place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **occupation**: Singing, Singer
- **years active**: 1954–2018
Arrigo Petacco

**Arrigo Petacco** (7 August 1929 – 3 April 2018) was an Italian writer, historian and journalist. He was born in Castelnuovo Magra, Italy. He was special envoy, editor-in-chief and executive director of _La Nazione_ and _La Storia Illustrata_, and author of the homonymous monthly television program on the RAI.

In 1983, he won the Saint Vincent award for journalism and in 2006, received the Capo d'Orlando prize even for journalism.

Petacco died in Porto Venere, Italy on 3 April 2018 of liver cancer at the age of 88.
Consummation of marriage

The first time married people have sexual intercourse with each other, after their marriage is called **consummation**. One of the reasons why people get married is to have children.  Many countries (and jurisdictions) have laws so that people who do not have sex with each other can have their marriage annulled (undone).
Tessa Thompson

**Tessa Lynne Thompson** (born October 3, 1983) is an American actress. She is of Afro-Panamanian, English, German, Irish, Mexican and Scottish descent. She was known for her role in the 2009 indie movie _Mississippi Damned_. In movie, she starred as Nyla Adrose in the drama _For Colored Girls_ (2010), civil rights activist Diane Nash in the historical drama _Selma_ (2014), Bianca in the sports drama _Creed_ (2015), and as Valkyrie in the superhero movie _Thor: Ragnarok_ (2017) and in _Avengers: Infinity War_ (2018).

On television, Thompson starred as Jackie Cook in the mystery drama _Veronica Mars_ (2005–2006), Sara Freeman in the period crime drama _Copper_ (2012–2013), and Charlotte Hale in the HBO science-fiction thriller series _Westworld_ (2016–present).

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Tessa Thompson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
- **caption**: Thompson in July 2017
- **birth name**: Tessa Lynn Thompson
- **birth place**: Los Angeles, California, U.S.
- **occupation**: Actress
- **height**: 162 cm
- **yearsactive**: 2002–present
Sara Gjoni

**Sara Gjoni** (born in Tirana) a is model and beauty pageant contestant. She won the title of Miss Albania in 2011 and represented Albania at Miss Model of the World in 2011. She won the title Miss Bikini in 2011. She also won title miss model of the best talent in dance.

## Other websites

- Kruja pret Miss Shqipërinë, Sara Gjoni shpallet “Miss Bikini 2011?
Eugenio Beltrami

**Eugenio Beltrami** (16 November 1835  18 February 1900) was an Italian mathematician notable for his work on non-Euclidean geometry, electricity, and magnetism.

He was born in Cremona in Lombardy, then a part of the Austrian Empire, and now part of Italy.  Beltrami first began studying mathematics at the University of Pavia in 1853, but was forced to discontinue his studies in 1856 because of financial hardship.  He was appointed to the University of Bologna as a professor in 1862, the year he published his first paper.  Beltrami later taught at universities in Pisa, Rome and Pavia.  He died in Rome in 1900.

In 1868, (in _Essay on an interpretation of non-Euclidean geometry_) Beltrami gave the first model of hyperbolic geometry.  In Beltrami's model, lines of hyperbolic geometry are represented by geodesics on the pseudosphere.  Beltrami provided the first proof that Euclid's parallel postulate could not be derived from the other axioms of Euclidean geometry.

## Other websites

- http://www-gap.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Mathematicians/Beltrami.html
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## Events

- First Council of Nicaea held in Nicaea in Bithynia

## Deaths

- Licinius - Roman emperor
Evert Kroon

**Evert Gerrit Kroon** (September 9, 1946 – April 2, 2018) was a Dutch water polo goalkeeper. He participated in three Summer Olympics, starting in 1968. After two seventh-place finishes Kroon won the bronze medal at the 1976 Summer Olympics. He was born in Hilversum, North Holland.

Kroon died on April 2, 2018 in Amsterdam at the age of 71.
Carlos Alvarado Quesada

**Carlos Andrés Alvarado Quesada** (San José, January 14, 1980) is a Costa Rican writer, journalist, political scientist and politician. He was the President of Costa Rica from 2018 to 2022. He served as Minister of Labor and Social Security.

On April 1, 2018 Alvarado won the presidential election by 61% after promising to support gay marriage.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **image**: Carlos_Alvarado_Quesada_(cropped_2).jpg
- **birth place**: San José, Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica
- **office**: List of Presidents of Costa Rica, 48th List of Presidents of Costa Rica, President of Costa Rica
- **vicepresident**: Epsy Campbell Barr
Marvin Rodríguez Cordero
- **term start**: May 8, 2018
- **term end**: May 8, 2022
- **predecessor**: Luis Guillermo Solís
- **successor**: Rodrigo Chaves Robles
- **office1**: Minister of Labor and Social Security
- **president1**: Luis Guillermo Solís
- **term start1**: March 29, 2016
- **term end1**: January 19, 2017
- **predecessor1**: Víctor Morales Mora
- **successor1**: Alfredo Hasbum Camacho
- **party**: Citizens' Action Party (Costa Rica), Citizens' Action Party
- **alma mater**: University of Costa Rica
University of Sussex
Abel Pacheco

**Abel Pacheco de la Espriella** ( ; born 22 December 1933) is a Costa Rican politician and psychiatrist. He was President of Costa Rica between 2002 and 2006. He was a member of the Social Christian Unity Party _(Partido Unidad Social Cristiana_ – PUSC).

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Abel Pacheco de La Espriella
- **smallimage**: Defense.gov News Photo 050511-D-9880W-053 Abel Pacheco cropped.jpg
- **order**: 44th President of Costa Rica
- **term start**: May 8, 2002
- **term end**: May 8, 2006
- **vicepresident**: Lineth Saborío Chaverri
Luis Fishman Zonzinski
- **predecessor**: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
- **successor**: Óscar Arias
- **birth place**: San José, Costa Rica, San José
- **party**: Social Christian Unity Party, PUSC
- **spouse**: Elsa María Muñoz Batha (?–?)
Leila Rodríguez Stahl (m. 1975–Present)
- **profession**: Psychiatry, Psychiatrist
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez

**Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Echeverría** (born 9 January 1940) is a Costa Rican economist, lawyer, businessman and politician. He served as President of Costa Rica from 1998 to 2002 and was briefly Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) in 2004.

He stepped down and returned to his country to face allegations of financial wrongdoing during his presidential tenure in Costa Rica. On 27 April 2011 he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for corruption.

In December 2012, he was exonerated by an appeals court.

## Related pages

- List of scientists from North America

## Infobox (president)

- **name**: Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
- **image**: MiguelAngelRodriguezEcheverria.jpg
- **order**: 8th
- **office**: Secretary General of the Organization of American States
- **term start**: 15 September 2004
- **term end**: 15 October 2004
- **predecessor**: César Gaviria
- **successor**: Luigi R. Einaudi
<small>acting</small>
- **order2**: List of Presidents of Costa Rica, 43rd President of Costa Rica
- **term start2**: 8 May 1998
- **term end2**: 8 May 2002
- **vicepresident2**: Astrid Fischel Volio
Elizabeth Odio Benito
- **predecessor2**: José María Figueres
- **successor2**: Abel Pacheco
- **birth place**: San José, Costa Rica
- **party**: Social Christian Unity Party, PUSC
- **spouse**: Lorena Clare Facio
- **signature**: Firma Miguel Angel Rodriguez.jpg
Anna Chennault

**Anna Chennault**, born **Chen Xiangmei** (June 23, 1925 – March 30, 2018), also known as **Anna Chan Chennault** or **Anna Chen Chennault**, was an American war correspondent and known Republican member of the China Lobby. She was married to the World War II aviator Claire Lee Chennault. She was born in Peking (now Beijing), China.

In January 1981, Chennault visited Beijing to meet the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping as a private citizen, but she in fact was an unofficial diplomat representing the incoming Republican President Ronald Reagan, who was due to be sworn in as president on January 20, 1981.

Chennault died in Washington, DC on March 30, 2018 of complications from a stroke at the age of 94.

## Other websites

- Anna Chennault interviewed by the American Veterans Center, published March 2017. (44 minutes)
- Papers, 1939–2004 (inclusive), 1955–1989 (bulk). Schlesinger Library, Radcliffe Institute, Harvard University.
Claire Lee Chennault

**Claire Lee Chennault** (September 6, 1893 – July 27, 1958) was an American military aviator. He was best known for his leadership of the "Flying Tigers" and the Republic of China Air Force during World War II.

Chennault was twice married and had a total of ten children. From 1947 to his death in 1958, he was married to the Chinese reporter Anna Chennault.

Chennault was promoted to lieutenant general in the United States Air Force on July 18, 1958. He died of lung cancer in New Orleans, Louisiana on July 27 at the Ochsner Foundation Hospital, in New Orleans, at the age of 64.

## Other websites

- Flying Tigers Memorial in China (in Chinese)
- Short biography of Chennault
- Chennault at Arlington Cemetery
- _Time_ magazine , 1942 article on Chennault
- Claire Lee Chennault papers at the Hoover Institution Archives

## Infobox (military person)

- **name**: Claire Lee Chennault
- **nickname**: "Old Leatherface"
- **placeofburial**: Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington County, Virginia, Arlington County, Virginia, U.S.
- **image**: Claire L. Chennault.jpg
- **birth place**: Commerce, Texas, Commerce, Texas, U.S.
- **death place**: New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
- **branch**:  United States Army Air Service (1918-1926)
 United States Army Air Corps (1926–1937)
 Republic of China Air Force (1937–1942)
 United States Army Air Forces (1942–1945)
- **serviceyears**: 1917–1945
- **rank**:  Lieutenant general (United States), Lieutenant general
- **battles**: *Burma Campaign
*China Burma India Theater of World War II, China-Burma-India Theater
Commerce, Texas

**Commerce** is a city in Hunt County, Texas, United States. It is on the eastern edge of North Texas and the northeastern part of the Dallas/Fort Worth area. The town is  northeast of Dallas and  south of the Texas/Oklahoma border.

Commerce is the second largest city in Hunt County, with a population of 9,090 at the 2020 census.

The city is home to Texas A&M University–Commerce, a four-year university of over 12,000 students that has been in the town since 1894. Commerce is one of the smallest college towns in Texas.

## Other websites

- City of Commerce official website
Narrabeen Man

**Narrabeen Man** is the name given to a 4,000-year-old skeleton of a tall Australian Aboriginal man found during road works in Narrabeen, a coastal suburb North of Sydney, in January 2005.
Phoksundo Lake

**Phoksundo Lake** is a fresh water lake in Nepal. It is located in Shey Phoksundo National Park of Nepal. It is at the height of  above sea level. The size of this lake is  and it holds  water.
Blue Nile

The **Blue Nile** is one of the main tributaries of the River Nile. Both the Blue Nile and the White Nile form what is known as Nile near Khartoum. The Blue Nile starts at Lake Tana in Ethiopia and flows through Ethiopia and Sudan. It supplies about 60 percent of the water of the Nile. Even though it has more water than the White Nile, it is seen as the biggest tributary of the Nile.
Shey Phoksundo National Park

**Shey Phoksundo National Park** is the largest national park in Nepal. It was established in 1984 and it covers an area of . Phoksundo Lake located in this park is the main feature of the park.
Russia Today

**Russia Today** also known as **RT** is an English-language channel in Moscow, Russia. It is on all the time and broadcasts from its offices in Moscow. It is used to tell people about urgent news and information. Many people say that the news at RT are not true quite often. About 700 million people watch the channel all over the world.

## Infobox (television channel)

- **name**: RT
- **logo**: Russia-today-logo.svg
- **logo size**: 200px
- **type**: State media,
news channel,
propaganda
- **launch date**: (registered on 6 April 2005)
- **owner**: ANO "TV-Novosti"
- **picture format**: 1080i (High-definition television, HDTV)
(downscaled to 16:9 480i/576i for the SDTV feed)
- **country**: Russia
- **language**: News channel:
 English, French, Arabic & Spanish

Documentary Television channel, channel:
English, French, Russian
Online platforms:
German
- **area**: Worldwide
- **headquarters**: Moscow
- **former names**: Russia Today (2005–2009)
Boshruyeh

**Boshruyeh** is a city in western South Khorasan Province, Iran. It is the capital of Boshruyeh County.
Limos (mythology)

**Limos** (; Roman: _Fames_) was the goddess of starvation in ancient Greek religion. She was opposed by Demeter, goddess of grain and the harvest with whom Ovid wrote Limos could never meet, and Plutus, the god of wealth and the bounty of rich harvests.
A. Philip Randolph

**A. Philip Randolph**  (April 15, 1889 – May 16, 1979) was a social activist who fought for labor rights for African-American communities during the 20th century. During World War I, he attempted to unionize African-American shipyard workers and elevator operators and co-launched a magazine designed to encourage demand for higher wages. He later importantly founded the Brotherhood of Sleeping Car Porters, which by 1937 would become the first official African-American labor union.

In 1942, he received the Spingarn Medal from the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. On September 14, 1964, he was awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom by the President Lyndon B. Johnson.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: A. Philip Randolph 1963 NYWTS.jpg
- **caption**: Randolph in 1963
- **birth name**: Asa Philip Randolph
- **birth place**: Crescent City, Florida, Crescent City, Florida, U.S.
- **death place**: New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
La Llorona (song)

"**La Llorona**"  (lit. "The weeping woman") is a Mexican folk song. The song began in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. Its origins are unknown, but composer Andres Henestrosa in about 1940 popularized the song and may have added to the existing verses.

One popular interpretation of the song is of the singer feeling trapped by this woman (La Llorona) who has fell in love with him. If he even thinks about leaving her, she weeps. He tries everything in his power to leave her, but he is trapped by pity for the woman.

Another interpretation is that someone who was so in love with Llorona climed the highest pine tree to see her, but because the pine tree was young and not solid enough, fell and lost their life. Thus proving that even in death, the admirer still loves La Llorona. "Y aunque la vida me cueste, Llorona no dejaré de quererte."

The song “La Llorona” is featured in the 2017 Disney-Pixar movie _Coco_; it is performed by Alanna Ubach (in the English version) and Angélica Vale (in the Spanish version) as Imelda Rivera.
Johnny Valiant

**John L. Sullivan** (born **Thomas Sullivan**; November 25, 1946 – April 4, 2018) was an American professional wrestler and manager. He was best known by his ring name, **Johnny Valiant**.

Valiant competed in the World Wide Wrestling Federation (WWWF), which became the World Wrestling Federation during his time with the promotion. He won the World Tag Team Championship two times.

Valiant was struck by a pickup truck and killed in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 4, 2018 at the age of 71.

## In wrestling

- **Wrestlers managed**
    - Brutus Beefcake
    - Hulk Hogan
    - The Spoiler
    - Greg Valentine
    - Dino Bravo
    - Demolition
    - The Destruction Crew

## Infobox (professional wrestler)

- **name**: Johnny Valiant
- **names**: Johnny Valiant
 Luscious Johnny V
 John L. Sullivan
- **birth name**: Thomas Sullivan
- **birth place**: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- **death place**: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- **billed**: New York City, New York, New York
- **trainer**: Al Costello
- **debut**: 1967
Jeff Perry

**Jeffrey Perry** (born August 16, 1955) is an American Drama Desk Award-winning actor. He stars in the ABC political drama _Scandal_ as Cyrus Beene. He was born in Highland Park, Illinois and studied at Illinois State University. He began his career in Chicago. He was a tough superior to Kevin Bacon's detective in the thriller _Wild Things_ (1998).

His daughter is Zoe Perry. From 1983 to 1992, he was married to Laurie Metcalf.

Perry is known for his roles in _The Human Stain_ (2003), _Hard Promises_ (1991) and _The Grifters_ (1990) as well as appearances on _My So-Called Life_ (1994), _The West Wing_ (2003), _The Practice_ (2003), _Lost_ (2005), _Cold Case_ (2006), _Raines_ (2007), and several episodes of _Grey's Anatomy_ (2005).
National University of Chilecito

**The National University of Chilecito** (, UNDEC) is an Argentine national university in the city of Chilecito, La Rioja. It was started on December 16, 2002, on the Chilecito campus of the National University of La Rioja. It maintains schools of law, engineering, licentiate, technology, and education.

## Other websites

- Science and Education in Argentina
- Argentine Higher Education Official Site

## Infobox (_university)

- **name**: National University of Chilecito
- **native name**: Universidad Nacional de Chilecito
- **established**: 2002
- **type**: Public university, Public
- **city**: Chilecito
- **state**: La Rioja Province (Argentina), La Rioja
- **country**: Argentina
- **rector**: Norberto Caminoa
- **faculty**: 215
- **students**: 1,157
- **website**: [http://www.undec.edu.ar/ www.undec.edu.ar]
Joan Allen

**Joan Allen** (born August 20, 1956) is an American actress. She was born in Rochelle, Illinois. She won the 1988 Tony Award for her Broadway debut in _Burn This_.

Allen is also a three-time Academy Award nominee; receiving Best Supporting Actress nominations for _Nixon_ (1995) and _The Crucible_ (1996), and a Best Actress nomination for _The Contender_ (2000). She also starred as Grandma in the 2015 movie _Room_.

From 1990 until 2002, she was married to actor Peter Friedman.

## Other websites

- Joan Allen at Emmys.com
- Joan Allen  at Steppenwolf Theatre Company

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: JoanAllen2000TIFF.jpg
- **name**: Joan Allen
- **caption**: Allen in 2000
- **birth place**: Rochelle, Illinois, U.S.
- **years active**: 1977–present
- **occupation**: Actress
- **children**: 1
- **education**: Eastern Illinois University
Powell County, Montana

**Powell County** is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,946.  Its county seat is Deer Lodge.

## Other websites

- Grant-Kohrs Ranch National Historic Site
- Montana State Prison
- Clark Fork Watershed Education Program
- Old Montana Prison Museums
- Powell County Chamber of Commerce
- Powell County Website

## Infobox (u.s. county)

- **county**: Powell County
- **state**: Montana
- **named for**: Mount Powell, which was named in turn for John Wesley Powell
- **founded date**: February 2
- **founded year**: 1901
- **seat wl**: Deer Lodge
- **largest city wl**: Deer Lodge
- **area total sq mi**: 2333
- **area land sq mi**: 2326
- **area water sq mi**: 6.3
- **area percentage**: 0.3
- **population as of**: 2020
- **population total**: 6946
- **population density sq mi**: auto
- **web**: http://www.powellcountymt.gov/ez/index.php
- **district**: 1st
- **time zone**: Mountain
- **ex image**: Powell County Courthouse 05.jpg
- **ex image cap**: Powell County Courthouse, Deer Lodge
- **footnotes**: * Montana county number 28
Richland County, Ohio

**Richland County** is a county in the U.S. state of Ohio. In 2020, 124,936 people lived there. The county seat is Mansfield.
Pepper Pike, Ohio

**Pepper Pike** is a city in Ohio in the United States.
Blank cheque

A **blank cheque** is a cheque where a person has filled all the details, including his signature, but has not written the amount that is to be cashed by the other person.

The term is a metaphor meaning "there's no limit". It may used to describe giving someone unrestricted funds for a project, for example; "The city council gave the contractors a blank cheque to build the new library".
Isao Takahata

was a Japanese movie director, animator, screenwriter and producer.

Takahata was the co-founder of Studio Ghibli along with long-time collaborative partner Hayao Miyazaki. He has directed movies such as _Grave of the Fireflies_, _Only Yesterday_, _Pom Poko_, and the comedy _My Neighbors the Yamadas_. Takahata's most recent movie is _The Tale of the Princess Kaguya_.

On April 5, 2018, Takahata died at a hospital in Tokyo of lung cancer at the age of 82.

## Other websites

- Isao Takahata anime at Media Arts Database

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Isao Takahata
- **image**: Isao Takahata.jpg
- **caption**: Takahata at the 2014 Annecy International Animated Film Festival
- **birth place**: Ise, Mie, Ujiyamada, Mie Prefecture, Empire of Japan, Japan
- **death place**: Tokyo, Japan
- **alma mater**: University of Tokyo
- **occupation**: Film director, screenwriter, producer
- **years active**: 1961–2018
Eric Bristow

**Eric John Bristow** MBE (_"The Crafty Cockney"_) (25 April 1957 – 5 April 2018) was a professional English darts player.

He was ranked number one by the World Darts Federation a record six times, in 1980 and 81, 1983 to 1985, and in 1990. He was a five-time World Champion, a five-time World Masters Champion and a four-time World Cup singles champion.

Bristow died on 5 April 2018 after a heart attack in Liverpool at the age of 60.

## Other websites

- Eric Bristow's profile and stats on Darts Database
- Arrows - A John Samson documentary about Eric Bristow (1979)
- Eric Bristow at the British Film Institute

## Infobox (sportsperson)

- **name**: Eric Bristow
MBE
- **image**: Eric Bristow 1985 01.jpg
- **caption**: Bristow in 1985
- **fullname**: Eric John Bristow
- **nickname**: The Crafty Cockney
- **birth place**: London Borough of Hackney, Hackney, London, England
- **death place**: Liverpool, England
- **hometown**: Leek, Staffordshire
- **homecountry**: England
- **since**: 1968
- **darts**: 22g Harrows Eric Bristow
- **laterality**: Right-handed
- **music**: Rabbit (song), Rabbit by Chas and Dave
- **bdo**: 1976-1993
- **pdc**: 1993-2007 (Founding Member)
- **bdo world**: **Winner (5)**: 1980, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1986
- **world masters**: **Winner (5)**: 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984
- British Matchplay **Winner (3)** 1982, 1983, 1986
- Butlins Grand Masters **Winner (4)** 1981, 1982, 1983, 1985
- British Professional **Winner (2)** 1982, 1985
- **news of the world tournament**: **Winner (2)** 1983, 1984
- **mfi world matchplay**: **Winner (2)** 1985, 1988
- **pdc world**: Semi Final: 1997
- **matchplay**: Last 32: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999
- **achievement**: 1989 Appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire MBE
- **updated**: 19 November 2006
Yuriy Abramochkin

**Yuriy Vasilyevich Abramochkin** (_Юрий Васильевич Абрамочкин_; normally rendered in English as Yuriy or Yuri Abramochkin, 11 December 1936 – 5 April 2018) was a Soviet and Russian photographer and photojournalist.

Abramochkin worked with Soviet and world leaders, politicians and celebrities, making among others the photos of Nikita Khrushchev, Leonid Brezhnev, Mikhail Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin, Charles de Gaulle, Willy Brandt, Francois Mitterrand, Richard Nixon, Urho Kekkonen, Jacques Chirac, Bill Clinton, Yuri Gagarin, Ronald Reagan, Valentina Tereshkova and Elizabeth II.

## Other websites

- Yuriy Abramochkin, as retrieved by the Wayback Machine on 2 May 2014
- Interview with Yuriy Abramochkin in Sakharov Center

## Infobox (artist)

- **name**: Yuriy Abramochkin
- **image**: Yury Abramochkin M2017-05.jpg
- **birth place**: Moscow, USSR
- **death place**: Moscow, Russia
- **nationality**: USSR, Russia
- **field**: Photography
- **movement**: Soviet art, photojournalism
Jeremy Piven

**Jeremy Samuel Piven** (born July 26, 1965) is an American actor and producer. He is known for his roles as Ari Gold in the comedy series _Entourage_, for which he won a Golden Globe Award and three consecutive Emmy Awards, and as Spence Kovak on Ellen DeGeneres's sitcom _Ellen_.

Piven also starred in the British period drama _Mr Selfridge_.

Jeremy Piven and Sister Shira Piven created The Performance which makes it's U.S. premiere January 7th at the Palms Springs International Film Festival.

In October 2017, Piven was accused of harassment and assault by three women. In January 2018, three more women accused Piven of assault.

## Other websites

- Interview on WHO.com with Jeremy Piven and Doug Ellin

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Jeremy Piven
- **image**: JeremyPivenFeb09.jpg
- **caption**: Piven in February 2009
- **birth name**: Jeremy Samuel Piven
- **birth place**: Manhattan, New York, U.S
- **alma mater**: Drake University (attended but did not graduate)
- **occupation**: Actor, producer
- **years active**: 1986–present
- **nationality**: Americans, American
- **family**: Shira Piven (sister)
Adam McKay (brother-in-law)
- **parents**: Byrne Piven
Joyce Hiller Piven
Colorado Crush

The **Colorado Crush** were an American football team in the Arena Football League.  The team began in 2003 and played in Denver, Colorado until 2008. They won the Arena Bowl in 2005.