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Iraqi Airways

**Iraqi Airways** is the flag carrier of the Iraq. It began in 1944. It's first flight was to Syria in January 1945. It bought its first jet aircraft in the 1960s. They allowed the airline to add flights to cities in the Middle East, Asia and Europe.

During the 1970s, it began its first flight to John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York City. In 1991, when Iraq invaded Kuwait, all of its planes were grounded by the United Nations. A few years later, they allowed the airline to operate a few domestic flights. The airline was allowed to resume international flights 12 years later on May 30, 2003, after the War in Iraq ended. In 2015, the European Union banned the airline from flying there.

## Infobox (airline)

- **airline**: Iraqi Airways
- **logo**:
- **image**:
- **caption**: Iraqi Airways Airbus A320-214 at Frankfurt Airport
- **alt**: Green bold text with the airlines name in English and Arabic.
- **iata**: IA
- **icao**: IAW
- **callsign**: IRAQI
- **aoc**: 19
- **frequent flyer**: SkyMiles
- **fleet size**: 40
- **destinations**: Iraqi Airways destinations, 50
- **parent**: Iraqi Government
- **founded**:
Baghdad, Iraq
- **key people**: Ihab Albayati
- **headquarters**: Baghdad, Iraq
ISO 3166-2:PA

**ISO 3166-2:PA** is the entry for Panama in ISO 3166-2, part of the ISO 3166 standard published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), which defines codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e.g., provinces, departments or states) of all countries that are in ISO 3166-1.

Currently for Panama, ISO 3166-2 codes are defined for 10 provinces and 3 indigenous regions.

Each code consists of two parts, separated by a hyphen. The first part is , the code of Panama. The second part is either of the following:
- one or two digits (1–10): provinces
- two letters: indigenous regions

The codes for the provinces are assigned in traditional Spanish alphabetical order.

## Current codes

Subdivision names are listed as in the ISO 3166-2 standard published by the ISO 3166 Maintenance Agency (ISO 3166/MA).

|Code|Subdivision name|Subdivision category|
| --- | --- | --- |
||Bocas del Toro|province|
||Coclé|province|
||Colón|province|
||Chiriquí|province|
||Darién|province|
||Herrera|province|
||Los Santos|province|
||Panamá|province|
||Veraguas|province|
||Panamá Oeste|province|
||Emberá|indigenous region|
||Guna Yala|indigenous region|
||Ngöbe-Buglé*|indigenous region|
(*) <small>ISO 3166-2 uses the name "Ngöbe-Buglé" even though "Ngäbe-Buglé" is the more widely used variant.</small>

## Related pages

- Provinces of Panama

## Other websites

- ISO Online Browsing Platform: PA
- Provinces of Panama, Statoids.com
Tokitenkū Yoshiaki

**Tokitenkū Yoshiaki** (born **Altangadasyn Khüchitbaatar**, ; 10 September 1979 – 31 January 2017) was a Mongolian sumo wrestler. He made his professional debut in 2002. He reached the top _makuuchi_ division just two years later. The highest rank he reached was _komusubi_. He held this three separate times, but never for more than one tournament. He earned one special prize, for Technique. He wrestled for Tokitsukaze stable. He was born in Altanbulag, Töv Province. He became a Japanese citizen in January 2014.

Yoshiaki died from lymphoma on 31 January 2017 in Tokyo. He was 37.
Leonard H. Perroots

**Leonard Harry Perroots Sr.** (April 24, 1933 – January 29, 2017) was an American Air Force general. He was the Director of the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) from October 1985 to December 1988. He retired on January 1, 1989. He was born in Morgantown, West Virginia.

Perroots died after a short illness on January 29, 2017 at the age of 83.
Deaths in February 2017

The following is a list of **notable deaths in February 2017**. For notable deaths of other months in 2017, please see "Months".

- Each listing of a death must have a source. If no reference is included, the death notice will be removed. The following are the requirements of adding a name to the list in its order: name, age, nationality, what the person is known for, cause of death (if known) and most importantly a source.
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Thomas Joseph Simpson

**Thomas Joseph Simpson** (November 6, 1921 – January 28, 2017) was a Canadian Royal Navy veteran. He was one of only 114 Canadians to receive the Distinguished Service Medal (DSM) for World War II service. He was born in Windsor, Ontario.

Simpson died on January 28, 2017 in Windsor at the age of 95.
Masaya Nakamura (Namco)

was a Japanese businessman. He was the founder of Namco. He was sometimes called the "father of Pac-Man". He was the CEO of Namco until he stepped down in 2002. He also produced movies for entertainment company Nikkatsu. He was born in Tokyo.

On 30 January 2017, it was announced that Nakamura died on 22 January at the age of 91.
Erland Kolding Nielsen

**Erland Kolding Nielsen** (13 January 1947 – 23 January 2017) was a Danish librarian and academic. He was best known as director of The Royal Library. He was also the president of the library organisation LIBER from 2003 to 2006. He was born in Frederiksberg.

Kolding Nielsen died on 23 January 2017 at the age of 70.
Sambre

The **Sambre** is a river that flows through France and Belgium. It empties into the Meuse at the city of Namur from the left side, and has a length of 193 km.

The Sambre river springs from the French commune of Fontenelle in the Hauts-de-France region at an altitude of 210 m. It continues through the Belgian provinces of Hainaut and Namur, passing the city of Charleroi.
Elizabeth Báthory

**Elizabeth Bathory** (1560–1614) was a countess who lived in Transylvania, then a part of the Kingdom of Hungary. She was from a very important family that included kings, cardinals, knights, and judges. Her family ruled Transylvania as an independent region within the Hungarian kingdom. She was well-educated, beautiful and wealthy. She was also virtually untouchable as a member of the Bathory family.

## Reputation

She may have been a vicious female serial killer. It is impossible to know what  part of her story is fact and what part is fiction. Her gruesome legend has become a part of folklore. She is the central character in a number of books, plays and movies. As the "blood countess", she has often been compared to another fictional character, Count Dracula. Some scholars now argue that Báthory was not a murderer but instead may have been the victim of a political betrayal.

## Legend

According to her legend, she was supposed to have tortured and killed over 650 servant girls. It also claimed she bathed in human blood. That, after hearing of all the deaths and tortures going on in her castle, the countess and her servants were put on trial. Her servants were said to have been executed. Báthory herself was walled up in a room in her own castle. There were only slits for air and food. She was found dead three and a half years later. After her death, the story of the evil countess began.

## In movie

In 2008 a movie was made about her called _Bathory_ starring Anna Friel. The movie suggested she did not spend her time bathing in blood. It was a rumor spread by those who were after her wealth.

## Other websites

- Countess Dracula - Elizabeth Bathory (part 1); YouTube
- Countess Dracula - Elizabeth Bathory (part 2); YouTube

## Infobox (serial killer)

- **name**: Elizabeth Báaahthory
- **image**: Elizabeth Bathory Portrait.jpg
- **image size**: 230px
- **caption**: Copy of the lost 1585 original portrait of Elizabeth Báthory
- **birth name**: Erzsébet Báthory
- **alias**: The Blood Countess
The Bloody Lady of Csejte
The Tigress of Csejte
- **birth place**: Nyírbátor, Kingdom of Hungary
- **death date**:
Čachtice, Csejte, Kingdom of Hungary (today Čachtice, Slovakia)
- **spouse**: Ferenc Nádasdy
- **children**: Paul
Andrew
Anna
Ursula
Catherine
- **victims**: Purported over 650
- **country**: Kingdom of Hungary
- **beginyear**: 1590
- **endyear**: 1609
- **apprehended**: 29 December 1610
- **penalty**: Confinement until death
Charles Michel

**Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel** (born December 21, 1975) is a Belgian lawyer and politician of the Mouvement réformateur. He was the President of the European Council from 2019 to 2024. From October 11, 2014 through October 27, 2019, he was the Prime Minister of Belgium.

## Career

Michel studied at the Université Libre de Bruxelles and the University of Amsterdam. He successively worked as a lawyer in Brussels. He held several political posts like government minister of Development Cooperation and an alderman and mayor of Wavre. When he became the Prime Minister of Belgium in 2014, Michel was the youngest Belgian Prime Minister in 173 years since Jean-Baptiste Nothomb in 1841, and was only the second Francophone liberal to become Prime Minister.

### Presidency of European Council

On July 2, 2019, the President of the European Council Donald Tusk announced a deal reached by EU Leaders which would make Michel his replacement and took office on December 1, 2019. In January 2024, he announced he would resign as president of the European Council to run in the 2024 election, before reversing his decision within the same month, saying he would finish his current term.

## Family

Former European Commissioner Louis Michel is his father.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Charles Michel
- **image**: Charles Michel (49467991288).jpg
- **caption**: Official portrait, 2019
- **office**: President of the European Council
- **term start**: 1 December 2019
- **term end**: 30 November 2024
- **predecessor**: Donald Tusk
- **successor**: António Costa
- **deputy2**: Jan Jambon
Kris Peeters
Koen Geens
Didier Reynders
Alexander De Croo
- **office2**: Prime Minister of Belgium
- **monarch2**: Philippe of Belgium, Philippe
- **term start2**: 11 October 2014
- **term end2**: 27 October 2019
- **predecessor2**: Elio Di Rupo
- **successor2**: Sophie Wilmès
- **office3**: President of the Mouvement Réformateur
- **term start3**: 18 February 2019
- **term end3**: 29 November 2019
- **predecessor3**: Olivier Chastel
- **successor3**: Georges-Louis Bouchez
- **term start4**: 14 February 2011
- **term end4**: 10 October 2014
- **predecessor4**: Didier Reynders
- **successor4**: Olivier Chastel
- **office5**: Minister of Development Cooperation (Belgium), Minister of Development Cooperation
- **primeminister5**: Guy Verhofstadt
Yves Leterme
Herman Van Rompuy
- **term start5**: 21 December 2007
- **term end5**: 14 February 2011
- **predecessor5**: Armand De Decker
- **successor5**: Olivier Chastel
- **birth name**: Charles Yves Jean Ghislaine Michel
- **birth place**: Namur, Belgium
- **party**: Mouvement Réformateur, Reformist Movement
- **otherparty**: ALDE Party
- **spouse**: Amélie Derbaudrenghien
- **children**: 3
- **father**: Louis Michel
- **alma mater**: Université libre de Bruxelles
University of Amsterdamˈ
Louis d'Orléans, Prince of Condé

**Prince Louis of Orléans, "Prince of Condé"** (_Louis Philippe Marie Léopold_; 1845 – 24 May 1866 was a French prince given the title of Prince of Condé at birth. He died in Australia in 1866 at age 20.

## Brief biography

He was born on 15 November, 1845 at the Château de Saint Cloud outside Paris. He was the eldest son of Henri d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale and his wife Princess Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies. Through his father Louis was he was a grandson of Louis Philippe I. As a result of this Louis was a "Prince of Orléans" at birth. He was later given the courtesy title of Prince of Condé. Following the French Revolution of 1848, he and his parents fled to England. He was educated at the "Royal High School" in Edinburgh. He was also the first member of a royal house to visit the Australian continent. This is where he died after catching a cold. He was eventually buried at the Royal Chapel of Dreux in France.

## Titles and styles

- **15 November 1845 – 24 May 1866** _His Royal Highness_ The Prince of Condé Prince of Orléans.

## Infobox (royalty)

- **name**: Prince Louis of Orléans
- **title**: Prince of Condé
- **image**: Louis d'Orléans, prince de Condé.png
- **caption**: HRH The Prince of Condé by Charles Jalabert.
- **house**: House of Orléans, Orléans
- **full name**: Louis Philippe Marie Léopold d’Orléans
- **father**: Henri d'Orleans, Duke of Aumale
- **mother**: Princess Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies, Carolina Augusta of the Two Sicilies
- **birth place**: Château de Saint Cloud, France
- **death place**: Sydney, Australia
- **burial place**: Chapelle royale de Dreux, Royal Chapel, Dreux, France
- **religion**: Catholic Church, Roman Catholic
- **signature**: Signature of Prince Louis of Orléans, Prince of Condé.png
Dana Air Flight 992

**Dana Air Flight 992** was a scheduled passenger flight from Abuja to Lagos, Nigeria. The aircraft was a McDonnell Douglas MD-83. On July 3, 2012, both engines stopped working. The aircraft crashed into a neighborhood in Lagos. All 153 people on board the flight died. Ten people on the ground also died.
Marta Becket

**Marta Becket** (August 9, 1924 – January 30, 2017) was an dancer, choreographer and painter. She was born in New York City. She performed for more than 40 years at her own theater, the Amargosa Opera House in Death Valley Junction, California. She retired in 2012.

The 2000 documentary movie about Becket's life, _Amargosa_ won a 2003 Emmy Award for cinematographer Curt Apduhan, in addition to the movie's numerous festival awards and nominations.

Becket died on January 30, 2017 at her home in Death Valley Junction, California from congestive heart failure, aged 92.
James S. C. Chao

**James Si-Cheng Chao** (; born December 29, 1927) is a Chinese-American businessman and philanthropist. His daughter, Elaine, previously served as the 18th United States Secretary of Transportation.

## Career

He is the founder of the **Foremost Group**, a New York-based shipping, trading, and finance enterprise. The James S.C. Chao Scholarship is named after him. Active philanthropists, Chao and his wife, Ruth Mulan Chu, established the Mulan Foundation in 1984 to provide scholarships to help students in the U.S. and China access higher education.

Chao has served for more than a decade as Chairman of both the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Association in America and the Chiao-Tung University Alumni Foundation of America from 1988 to 1999.

## Personal life

Chao married Ruth Mulan Chu in 1951. Chu died in 2007 from lymphoma. They had six children. They immigrated to the United States in 1961. He now lives in New York City.

## Other websites

- Chao Family Foundations 
- Foremost Foundation 
- Harvard Gazette 

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: James S. C. Chao
- **image**: James S.C. Chao October 2016.jpg
- **caption**: Chao in October 2016
- **birth name**: Si-Cheng Chao
- **birth place**: Jiading District, Shanghai, China
- **nationality**: Chinese-American
- **occupation**: Oceangoing Sea Captain
Business leader
Philanthropist
- **children**: Elaine Chao, Elaine, Jeanette, May, Christine, Grace, Angela
John Wetton

**John Kenneth Wetton** (12 June 1949 – 31 January 2017) was a British singer-songwriter and bass guitarist. He was born in Willington, Derbyshire. He rose to fame with bands Mogul Thrash, Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music/Bryan Ferry, Uriah Heep, and Wishbone Ash. He was known for playing the bass guitar.

Wetton died in his sleep at his home in Bournemouth, Dorset on 31 January 2017 from colon cancer. He was 67. He was survived by his wife, Lisa and son, Dylan.

## Other websites

- Official site
- Official Asia Reunion Website

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **embed**: yes
- **background**: solo_singer
- **instrument**: Vocals, bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
- **genre**: Progressive rock, hard rock, pop rock, jazz fusion
- **associated acts**: Mogul Thrash, Family (band), Family, King Crimson, Roxy Music, Uriah Heep (band), Uriah Heep, U.K. (band), U.K., Jack-Knife, Wishbone Ash, Asia (band), Asia, Phenomena (band), Phenomena, Renaissance (band), Renaissance, Qango (band), Qango, Brian Eno, Ayreon
- **label**: E.G. Records, E.G., Atlantic Records, Geffen, Universal Records, Island Records, Island, Eagle Records, Eagle, Avalon, EMI, King Records, Frontiers Records, Frontiers
- **website**: [http://www.johnwetton.co.uk/ Official website]


## Infobox (person)

- **name**: John Wetton
- **image**: John Wetton playing bass live (cropped).jpg
- **birth name**: John Kenneth Wetton
- **birth place**: Willington, Derbyshire, Willington, Derbyshire, England
- **death place**: Bournemouth, Dorset, England
- **death cause**: Colon cancer
- **occupation**: Singer-songwriter, musician, producer
- **years active**: 1965–2017
Philip M. Bilden

**Philip Michael Bilden** (born 1964) is an American business leader. He is a private equity pioneer in Asia. Bilden is also a national security and cybersecurity advocate, and philanthropist.

Bilden was nominated to serve as the 76th Secretary of the Navy by President Donald Trump on January 25, 2017. He withdrew his nomination on February 26, 2017.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Philip M. Bilden
- **image**: File:Philip M. Bilden Licensed Photo Accuritas.jpg
- **birth name**: Philip Michael Bilden
- **birth place**: United States
- **serviceyears**: 1986–1996
- **rank**:  Captain (United States), Captain
- **unit**: Defense Intelligence Agency
- **education**: Georgetown University
Harvard University
E. Ahamed

**E. Ahamed** (29 April 1938 – 1 February 2017) was an Indian politician. He served as Minister of State for External Affairs in the Manmohan Singh government from 2004 through 2014. He represented the Malappuram Lok Sabha constituency of Kerala and is the National President of the Indian Union Muslim League (IUML) from 2009 until his death in 2017. He was born in Malappuram, Kerala.

Ahamed died at the age of 78 at a hospital in Delhi, India after suffering from cardiac arrest during President Pranab Mukherjee's address to the parliament.

## Other websites

- Members of Fourteenth Lok Sabha - Parliament of India website
Filostrato (poem)

**Filostrato** is a poem by 14th-century Italian poet Giovanni Boccaccio. It tells about Troilo's love for Criseyda. The historical importance comes from two reasons. One reason is that it is one of the first long poems written in ottava rima. The second is that it was a source for Geoffrey Chaucer's _Troilus and Criseyde_. Ottava rima is a strophe built of eight lines and rhymed abababcc.

- Alcun di Giove sogliono il favore
- ne’ lor principii pietosi invocare,
- altri d’Apollo chiamano il valore;
- io di Parnaso le Muse pregare
- solea ne’ miei bisogni, ma Amore
- novellamente m’ha fatto mutare
- il mio costume antico e usitato,
- po’ fui di te, madonna, innamorato.

Boccaccio's poem was based on _Roman de Troie_ by Benôit de Sainte Maure, _Historia troiana_ by Guido delle Colonne, a similar story by Binduccio dello Scelto and _Historia Troiae_ by Filippo Ceppi.

## Bibliography

- Giovanni Boccaccio, Il Filostrato, Parigi 1798.

## Other websites

- Filostrato di Giovanni Boccaccio at Italian Wikisource.
Concha Ibáñez

**Concha Ibáñez Escobar**, also, **Conxa Ibáñez** (26 March 1926 – 22 December 2022) is a Catalan painter and writer. She is known as a landscape artist. She has painted scenes in Catalonia, Castile, Andalusia, the Balearic Islands, the Canary Islands, Venice, Greece, Maghreb, Cuba, New York City.

Her illustrations in oil or engraving accompanied the works of the writers Baltasar Porcel, Miquel de Palol, Marta Pessarrodona, Cesareo Rodriguez-Aguilera and Josep Maria Carandell.

Ibáñez was born in Canet de Mar, Catalonia. She died on 22 December 2022, at the age of 93.
Etel Adnan

**Etel Adnan** (24 February 1925 – 14 November 2021) was a Lebanese-American Feminist writer, poet, essayist, and visual artist.

## Honors

In 2003, Adnan was named "arguably the most celebrated and accomplished Arab American author writing today" by the academic journal _MELUS: Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States_.

## Legacy

Besides her literary works, Adnan worked on visual works in a variety of media, such as oil paintings, movies and tapestries, which have been exhibited at galleries across the world.

## Personal life

She lived in Paris and Sausalito, California. Adnan openly identifies as lesbian.

Adnan died in Paris on 14 November 2021, at the age of 96.

## Related pages

- List of poets from North America

## Other websites

- Website of Etel Adnan
- Translated excerpt from _Sitt Marie Rose_
- Culturebase  (in German)
- Anne Mullin Burnham, _Reflections in Women's Eyes_, 1994, Saudi Aramco World

## Infobox (writer)

- **name**: Etel Adnan
- **image**: Academy of science etelsimone 2008 012.jpg
- **birth name**: Ethel Adnan
- **birth place**: Beirut, Lebanon
- **death place**: Paris, France
- **nationality**: Lebanese American
- **genre**: Poetry, Essay, Visual arts
Grethe Bartram

**Maren Margrethe Thomsen**, known as **Maren Margrethe "Grethe" Bartram** and **"Thora"** (23 February 1924 – ) was a Danish war criminal.

She was known for informing on at least 53 people from the Danish resistance movement during the Second World War. It resulted in the early communist resistance groups being dismantled and many of their members being sent to concentration camps. Bartram informed on her brother, husband and close friends.

Bartram was given the death penalty after the war but was later pardoned and the sentence was changed to life in prison. In 1956 she was released and moved to Halland in Sweden where she lived under her married name.

Bartram's was announced on 31 January 2017. She had died at her home in Halland, aged 92.

## Other websites

- Grethe Bartram – biography in _Dansk Kvindebiografisk Leksikon_
- Storstikkeren – Chapter 10 in Erik Haaests book, _Udyr – eller hvad_ from 1977 in an updated e-version from 2006.
- _Myter, Mordet i Højbjerg_, Marie Lock-Hansen, Forlaget Din Bog
Frank Pellegrino (actor)

**Frank Joseph Pellegrino** (May 19, 1944 – January 31, 2017) was an American actor, restaurateur and writer. He was best known for his roles in _Goodfellas_, _Law & Order_ and _The Sopranos_. He was the co-owner of the restaurant Rao's in New York City. He also wrote cookbooks.

Pellegrino was born in the East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York. His son, Frank "Frankie" Pellegrino Jr., was also a restaurateur.

Pellegrino died from lung cancer on January 31, 2017 in Manhattan. He was 72.
Side chain

A **side chain** in organic chemistry is a chemical group. It is attached to the molecule's "main chain" or backbone. A side chain is also known as a pendant chain.

Alkyl (saturated hydrocarbon) group side chains are represented by the placeholder **R**. Other non-carbon groups can be represented by **X**, **Y**, or **Z**.
John N. Mather

**John Norman Mather** (June 9, 1942 – January 28, 2017) was an American mathematician. He was known for his work on singularity theory and Hamiltonian mechanics. He worked at Princeton University. He was born in Los Angeles, California. He studied at Princeton and Harvard University.

Mather died on January 28, 2017 in Princeton, New Jersey at the age of 74.
Bharati Mukherjee

**Bharati Mukherjee** (July 27, 1940 – January 28, 2017) was an American writer. She was a professor in the department of English at the University of California, Berkeley. She was known for her books about the experiences of being an immigrant. She was well known for her book _Jasmine_ (1989).

Mukherjee was born in Calcutta, West Bengal, India. She later studied in the U.S. and Canada. She was married to writer Clark Blaise. They had two children.

Mukherjee died from problems caused by rheumatoid arthritis and takotsubo cardiomyopathy on January 28, 2017 in Manhattan. She was 76.
Eli Zelkha

**Elias** "**Eli**" **Zelkha** (May 4, 1950 – January 8, 2017) was an Iranian-American entrepreneur, venture capitalist and professor. He was the inventor of ambient intelligence, an idea from computer science to create an environment of machines that meaningfully interact with people. He studied at Colgate University and Stanford University.

Zelkha was born in Tehran, Iran and he was of Jewish faith. He was married to Alice and had three children.

Zelkha died on January 8, 2017 in Woodside, California at the age of 66.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Eli Zelkha
- **image**: File:Zelkha Ambient Intelligence.tif
- **caption**: Zelkha at a panel discussion on Ambient Intelligence
- **birth name**: Elias Zelkha
- **birth place**: Tehran, Iran
- **death place**: Woodside, California, Woodside, California, U.S.
- **nationality**: American
- **alma mater**: Colgate University, Stanford University
- **occupation**: Entrepreneur, venture capitalist, professor
- **known for**: Ambient Intelligence
Tabor

**Tabor** or **tabret** () refers to a portable snare drum played with one hand. The word "tabor" is simply an English variant of a Latin word meaning "drum" It has been used in the military as a marching instrument. It has also been used in parades.
Queenstown, New Zealand

**Queenstown** () is a resort town in Otago in the south-west of New Zealand's South Island. It has a population of 13 200 (2015). The town is built around an inlet called Queenstown Bay on Lake Wakatipu. It has spectacular views of nearby mountains. These include The Remarkables, Cecil Peak, Walter Peak, Ben Lomond and Queenstown Hill. It was named after Queen Victoria.
Sandy Gandhi

**Sandy Gandhi** (born **Sandra Aranha**; 28 January 1958 – 1 February 2017) was an Australian comedian and columnist. She was based in Byron Bay, New South Wales. She called herself "Australia's Most Easterly Indian". She was best known for her stand-up comedy based on an Indian character she acted as. She was also an entertainment editor for _The Echo_. She appeared on _Australia's Got Talent_.

Gandhi was born in New Delhi, India. She grew up in Bangalore and Melbourne.

Gandhi died on 1 February 2017 in Byron Bay at the age of 59.
Deke Leonard

**Roger** "**Deke**" **Leonard** (18 December 1944 – 31 January 2017) was a British rock guitarist. He began his career in the 1960s. He was best known a member of the bands Man and Iceberg. He was born in Llanelli, south Wales.

Leonard died on 31 January 2017 at the age of 72.
Rhondda

**Rhondda** or **Rhondda Valley** is a former coal mining community in Wales. The area is actually two valleys: the larger Rhondda Fawr valley (mawr large) and the smaller Rhondda Fach valley (bach small). The singular term 'Rhondda Valley' and the plural 'Rhondda Valleys' are both commonly used.

## Rhondda Fawr

The larger of the two valleys, the Rhondda Fawr, extends from Porth and rises through the valley until it reaches Blaenrhondda, near Treherbert. The villages that make up the Rhondda Fawr are:

- Blaencwm a district of Treherbert.
- Blaenrhondda a district of Treherbert.
- **Cwm Clydach** a community.
- Cwmparc a district of Treorchy.
- Cymmer a district of Porth.
- Dinas Rhondda a district of Penygraig.
- Edmondstown a district of Penygraig.
- Gelli a district of Ystrad
- Glynfach a district of Cymmer
- **Llwynypia** a community.
- **Pentre** a community.
- **Penygraig** a community
- **Porth** a community that sees itself as the unofficial capital of the Rhondda, mainly due to its geographic location.
- Ton Pentre a district of Pentre.
- **Tonypandy** a community.
- **Trealaw** a community.
- Trebanog a district of Cymmer
- **Trehafod** the most southernmost and smallest of the Rhondda Valley communities.
- **Treherbert** a community.
- **Treorchy** the largest community in either of the valleys.
- Tynewydd a district of Treherbert
- Williamstown a district of Penygraig.
- Ynyswen a district of Treorchy.
- **Ystrad** a community.

## Rhondda Fach

The Rhondda Fach is the smaller of the two valleys. Villages include Wattstown, Ynyshir, Pontygwaith, Ferndale, Tylorstown and Maerdy. The settlements that make up the Rhondda Fach are as follows:

- Blaenllechau a district of Ferndale.
- **Ferndale** a community.
- **Maerdy** a community.
- Penrhys a district of Tylorstown.
- Pontygwaith a district of Tylorstown.
- **Tylorstown** a community.
- Stanleytown a district of Tylorstown.
- Wattstown a district of Ynyshir.
- **Ynyshir** a community.
Porth

**Porth** is a village in the Rhondda Valleys, Wales. Porth is at the joint of the Rhondda Fawr and Rhondda Fach, Porth sees itself as the capital of the Rhondda.

## History

On 11 April 1877 the Tynewydd Colliery was the scene of a mine disaster that led to a mine rescue operation following which four first-class and twenty-one second-class Albert Medals for Lifesaving were awarded. A build-up of water in old Cymmer Colliery resulted in flooding of the Tynewydd mine. Only fourteen of 100 miners employed at the mine were working underground at the time of the accident. Four of the trapped miners were rescued after eighteen hours.

The nearby village of Dinas was the site of the first coal mine in the Rhondda valley.

## Transport

From Porth you can travel by bus to places such as Cardiff, Treochy, Pontypridd, Porth has a train station in Hannah Street.

## Schools

There are schools in Porth. Porth Infants for 3-6 yrs old. Porth Juniors for 6-11 yrs old. Porth County Community School for 11-18 yrs old (opened in 1973).Michael Sheen (the Welsh actor) visited PCCS in May 2009.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **country**: Wales
- **constituency welsh assembly**: Rhondda (Assembly constituency), Rhondda
- **official name**: Porth
- **static image**: Park Crescent, Porth - geograph.org.uk - 414372.jpg
- **static image caption**: Houses, Porth
- **unitary wales**: Rhondda Cynon Taf
- **lieutenancy wales**: Mid Glamorgan
- **constituency westminster**: Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda
- **post town**: PORTH
- **postcode district**: CF39
- **postcode area**: CF
- **dial code**: 01443
- **os grid reference**: ST025915
- **population**: 5970
- **population ref**: (2011)
Cymmer, Rhondda Cynon Taf

**Cymmer** is a village in the Rhondda Valley Wales. Cymmer is in the lower Rhondda Valley about half way between Treorchy and Pontypridd.

## History

Cymmer, which is now seen as a part of Porth takes its name from the old Welsh word that describes a spot where two rivers of the same name join.
Before coal mining, not many people lived in Cymmer. Cymmer was one of the first villages within the Rhondda Valley. The Lewis colliery had many examples of the pithead gear in South Wales Rhondda Heritage Park now has the only pithead gear in the Rhondda.  In 1847 George Insole opened his first mine in Cymmer. In 1855 he opened a second pit in Cymmer near the old pit.

### The Cymmer Mining Explosion 1856

Tuesday 15th July 1856 at the Old Pit in Cymmer, there was an explosion which was Britain’s largest mining accident at that time. One hundred and sixty men and boys lowered down the shaft to begin their shift when the explosion took place. 114 people were killed. The explosion was caused by miners carrying open flames which lit pockets of gas.

## Important Buildings in Cymmer

Cymmer chapel The earliest independent Chapel in the Rhondda appointed its first Minister in 1752. Little is known of its earlier history although it is known to have been made in 1740.

St John Church is in a prominent position on the hillside above the earlier settlement of Cymmer centred round the Cymmer Chapel.

## Transport

Cymmer is on the A4119 road half a mile from its junction with the A4058 road.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **static image**: Cymmer.jpg
- **country**: Wales
- **constituency welsh assembly**: Rhondda (National Assembly for Wales constituency), Rhondda
- **official name**: Cymmer
- **unitary wales**: Rhondda Cynon Taf
- **lieutenancy wales**: Mid Glamorgan
- **constituency westminster**: Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda
- **post town**: PORTH
- **postcode district**: CF39
- **postcode area**: CF
- **population**: 4,807
- **population ref**: (2011)
- **dial code**: 01443
- **os grid reference**: ST0290
Ynyshir

**Ynyshir** is a village in Rhondda, Wales which neighbours Porth. Its name means "Long Meadow" or "Long Island".

## History

Before the 18th century only a few farms were found in Ynyshir. In 1845 the first deep coal mine was made in the village, it was the first coal mine to be opened in the Rhondda Fach valley. Ynyshir was part of the British coal empire.

Ynyshir village began along the west side of the Rhondda Fach river on the land owned by Ynyshir farm, later followed by the building of houses east of the river on land owned by Maendy and Penrhiw farms. By 1900 much of the village which you can see today was in place.

In 1841 the Taff Vale Railway reached the next village, Dinas and with the train this meant the owners of the coal mines could send their coal across South Wales.

## Important Buildings

Ynyshir was home to several chapels/churches, namely Ainon Chapel (Welsh Baptist), Bethany Chapel (English Baptist), Moriah Chapel (Calvinistic Methodist), St Anne's (Church in Wales), Saron Chapel (Welsh Independent), Ynyshir Welsh Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Bethel Chapel (Welsh Baptist), Penuel Chapel (English Independent), Tabernacle Chapel (Congregational Methodist) and Ynyshir English Wesleyan Methodist Chapel.

## Education

In 1882, the first boys school was made. Then, a girls and infants school was made in 1903. In 2009 the new modern £5.5 million Ynyshir Community Primary School located on Llanwonno Road was opened; this was to replace the previous Ynyshir Junior School and later in 2010 also replaced the old Ynyshir Infants School off Gynor Place. The first head teacher of the school was Miss Morgan and the present head teacher is Miss Phillips.

## Transport

Ynyshir has bus links. The nearest city is Cardiff. Ynyshir has no train stations. The closest train station is Porth. Ynyshir's main A road is the A4223 that was built in 2005.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **country**: Wales
- **welsh name**: Ynys-hir (English pronunciation 'Un-is-heer')
- **official name**: Ynyshir
- **static image**: St Anne's Church, Ynyshir - geograph.org.uk - 3584917.jpg
- **unitary wales**: Rhondda Cynon Taf
- **lieutenancy wales**: Mid Glamorgan
- **constituency westminster**: Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda
- **post town**: PORTH
- **postcode district**: CF39
- **postcode area**: CF
- **dial code**: 01443
- **os grid reference**: ST025925
- **population**: 3,320
- **population ref**: (2011)
Trealaw

**Trealaw** is a village in the Rhondda, South Wales.

## Infobox (uk place)

- **country**: Wales
- **static image**: Bus in Brithweunydd Rd, Trealaw - geograph.org.uk - 958537.jpg
- **constituency welsh assembly**: Rhondda (National Assembly for Wales constituency), Rhondda
- **official name**: Trealaw
- **population**: 4,040
- **population ref**: (2011)
- **unitary wales**: Rhondda Cynon Taf
- **lieutenancy wales**: Mid Glamorgan
- **constituency westminster**: Rhondda (UK Parliament constituency), Rhondda
- **post town**: TONYPANDY
- **postcode district**: CF40
- **postcode area**: CF
- **dial code**: 01443
- **os grid reference**: SS996926
Klootschieten

**Klootschieten** ("Ball shooting" in English) is a sport played in the Netherlands and Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany. In the game, players try to throw a ball (called a **kloot**) as far as they can. One version is played on frozen fields during the winter. A heavier ball is used when played on streets. A third version is played while standing still. The game is often played by teams of from three to five players. Two teams play at a time. Each team acts as the other's jury.

## Other websites

- Klootschieten in Ootmarsum; YouTube
German Americans

**German Americans** are an ethnic group of American citizens of German ancestry. According to the United States Census Bureau, in 2013 there were 46 million Americans who claimed some German ancestry. In parts of the Northern United States they outnumber any other ethnic groups. In Wisconsin, for example, 41% of the population is German-American. They are the largest ethnic group in the United States.
There are also Germans Americans of Danube Swabians Background
Étienne Tshisekedi

**Étienne Tshisekedi wa Mulumba** (14 December 1921 – 1 February 2017) was a Congolese politician. He was the leader of the Union for Democracy and Social Progress (UDPS). He served as the Prime Minister of Zaire three times: in 1991, 1992–1993 and 1997. He was born in Kabeya Kamwanga, Belgian Congo.

Tshisekedi died from a pulmonary embolism on 1 February 2017 in Brussels, Belgium at the age of 95.
Paul-Eerik Rummo

**Paul-Eerik Rummo** (born 1942) is an Estonian politician and poet. He was born in Tallinn. His father, Paul-Eerik Rummo, was a writer. He studied philology at Tallin University. He worked as literary critic for some theatres. He was a secretary of Estonian Writers Society from 1987 to 1989. In 1994 he joined Estonian Reform Party. He became a member of parliament. The he was a minister of culture in cabinet of Mart Laar. He published many books of poetry, for example _Ankruhiivaja_ (_Anchor Heaver_, 1962).

## Other websites

- Paul-Eerik Rummo reading poetry.
- Paul-Eerik Rummo's poems.
Dan Spiegle

**Dan Spiegle** (December 12, 1920  – January 28, 2017) was an American comic book and cartoon artist. He was born in Cosmopolis, Washington. He was best known for comics based on movie and television characters from a group of companies including Dell Comics, DC Comics and Marvel Comics. He was known for illustrating the Jonah Hex and Scooby-Doo comic books.

Spiegle died on January 28, 2017 at the age of 96.
Guitar Gable

**Gabriel Perrodin** (August 17, 1937 – January 28, 2017), known as **Guitar Gable**, was an American Louisiana blues, swamp blues and swamp pop singer-songwriter and musician. He was best known for recording the original version of "This Should Go On Forever", and his part in the vibrant swamp blues and pop scene in Louisiana in the 1950s and early 1960s.

Gable died in hospital at Opelousas, Louisiana, on January 28, 2017, aged 79.

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Guitar Gable
- **background**: solo_singer
- **birth name**: Gabriel Perrodin
- **birth place**: Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, Bellevue, Bossier Parish, Louisiana, United States
- **death place**: Opelousas, Louisiana, U.S.
- **instrument**: Human voice, Vocals, guitar
- **genre**: Swamp blues
Louisiana blues
Swamp pop
- **occupation**: Singing, Singer, guitarist, songwriter
- **label**: Excello Records, Excello, various
Aleksander Jackowski

**Aleksander Jackowski** (19 January 1920 – 1 January 2017) was a Polish cultural anthropologist, ethnographer, and art critic. He worked at the University of Warsaw until his death in 2017.

## Early life

Jackowski was born in Warsaw, Poland. During World War II, Jackowski was sent by the Soviet government to serve with the General Berling Army in Serbia. He returned to Warsaw in 1945 after the war ended. He graduated from a university in Warsaw.

## Career

Until 1948, he worked in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as the director of the Minister’s Cabinet managing the Press and Information Department. In 1948, he became the deputy editor in chief of the weekly “Odrodzenie” (Renascence). From the end of 1949, he was the Deputy Director and Head of the Department of Folk and Naïve Art at the Art Institute in the Polish Academy of Sciences.

In his later years, he worked as a professor and anthropology expert at the University of Warsaw until his death.

## Death

Jackowski died in Warsaw on 1 January 2017, aged 96.
Air France Flight 358

On August 2, 2005, **Air France Flight 358** was an Airbus A340 that overran the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport, due to the pilots deploying the thrust reversers too slowly. Despite 12 people sustaining injuries, all 309 people on board the plane survived.

## Passengers

|scope="col"|Nationality|scope="col"|Passengers|scope="col"|Crew|scope="col"|Total|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
||101|11|113|||||
||104|0|104|||||
||8|0|8|||||
||19|0|19|||||
||7|0|7|||||
||14|0|14|||||
||25|0|25|||||
||2|0|2|||||
||3|0|3|||||
||2|0|2|||||
||4|0|4|||||
||1|0|1|||||
||1|0|1|||||
||6|0|6|||||
|**Total**|**297**|**12**|**309**|||||

## Aftermath

Following the accident many flights departing from and arriving at Pearson were cancelled, and many other flights to Toronto Pearson were diverted to other Canadian airports such as Ottawa, London, Hamilton and Winnipeg. Many of the large aircraft were diverted to Montreal, as well as Syracuse, New York, and Buffalo, New York.  Flights from Vancouver had to turn around. Around 540 flights were cancelled.

## Infobox (aircraft occurrence)

- **occurrence type**: Accident
- **name**: Air France Flight 358
- **image**: 316co_-_Air_France_Airbus_A340,_F-GLZQ@CDG,06.09.2004_-_Flickr_-_Aero_Icarus.jpg
- **image upright**: 1.2
- **caption**: The aircraft involved seen in September 2004.
- **type**: Pilot error, weather-induced runway excursion, runway overrun
- **site**: Etobicoke Creek near Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada
- **occupants**: 309
- **passengers**: 297
- **crew**: 12
- **injuries**: 43 (31 minor, 12 serious)
- **survivors**: 309
- **fatalities**: 0
- **aircraft type**: Airbus A340#A340-300, Airbus A340-313E
- **tail number**: [http://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20050802-0 F-GLZQ]
- **operator**: Air France
- **iata**: AF358
- **icao**: AFR358
- **callsign**: AIRFRANS 358
- **origin**: Charles de Gaulle Airport
Paris, France
- **destination**: Toronto Pearson International Airport, Mississauga,
Ontario, Canada
Bobby Freeman

**Robert Thomas "Bobby" Freeman** (June 13, 1940 – January 23, 2017) was an African-American soul and R&B singer-songwriter and record producer. He was best known for his two Top Ten hits, the first in 1958 on Josie Records called "Do You Want to Dance" and the second in 1964 for Autumn Records, "C'mon and Swim".

Freeman was born in Alameda County, California. He was raised in San Francisco, California. He studied at Mission High School. He began his career in 1956 when he was 16 years old. Bobby was well known and liked as a local figure in Richmond California in the early 60's. Freeman died in San Francisco, California on January 28, 2017, aged 76.
Marcel Prud'homme

**Marcel Prud'homme** (November 30, 1934 – January 25, 2017) was a Canadian politician. He was a member of the Senate of Canada for La Salle, Quebec from 1993 until his resignation in 2009. Before, he was a Member of Parliament (MP) in the House of Commons of Canada from 1963 through 1993 for Saint-Denis. He was born in Montreal, Quebec. He served as a Liberal in the MP from 1963 through 1993 and as an Independent from 1993 until his death in 2017.

In 2007, he was awarded the Order of Friendship of Russia.

Prud'homme died in Ottawa, Ontario on January 25, 2017 from a heart attack, aged 82.

## Other websites

- Official Senate biography
Desmond Carrington

**Desmond Herbert Carrington** (23 May 1926 – 1 February 2017) was a British actor and broadcaster. He was best known for his weekly evening show, _The Music Goes Round_, on BBC Radio 2. His show went out on Sundays for 23 years from 1981 to 2004, when it moved to Tuesdays – then to Fridays. He retired in his final broadcast on 28 October 2016. He was known for playing Dr. Chris Anderson in the British soap opera _Emergency – Ward 10_. He was born in Bromley, Kent.

Carrington died at his home in Perthshire, Scotland on 1 February 2017 from complications of Alzheimer's disease, aged 90.
Ken Morrison

**Sir Kenneth Duncan "Ken" Morrison** CBE (20 October 1931 – 1 February 2017) was an English businessman. He was the Life President and former chairman of Morrisons (Wm Morrison Supermarkets PLC), the fourth largest supermarket group in the United Kingdom since 1956.

Morrison died on 1 February 2017 from a short-illness at his home in Myton-on-Swale, North Yorkshire, aged 85.

## Other websites

- Morrisons
- Leeds University

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Sir Ken Morrison
<small>Order of the British Empire, CBE</small>
- **birth name**: Kenneth Duncan Morrison
- **birth place**: Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England
- **occupation**: Businessperson, Businessman
- **nationality**: British nationality law, British
- **years active**: 1952–2017
- **title**: President of  Morrisons, Wm Morrison Supermarkets (until 2017)
- **parents**: William Morrison (businessman), William and Hilda Morrison
- **relatives**: Chris Blundell <small>(nephew)</small>
- **spouse**: Unknown (divorced)
Edna Morrison )
Lynne, Lady Morrison
- **children**: 5
- **website**: [http://www.morrisons.co.uk/ Morrisons Official Website]
Abdulkadir Kure

**Abdulkadir Kure** (26 February 1956 – 8 January 2017) was a Nigerian politician. He was a member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP). He served as Governor of Niger State from 29 May 1999 to 29 May 2007.

Kure was born in Lapai, Niger State. He was married to Zainab Abdulkadir Kure. They had two daughters and four sons.

Kure died on 8 January 2017 in Germany at the age of 60.

## Infobox (governor)

- **name**: Abdulkadir Kure
- **office**: Governor of Niger State
- **term start**: 29 May 1999
- **term end**: 29 May 2007
- **predecessor**: Habibu Idris Shuaibu
- **successor**: Mu'azu Babangida Aliyu
- **birth place**: Lapai, Niger State, Nigeria
- **death place**: Germany
- **party**: People's Democratic Party (Nigeria), PDP
José Antonio Alonso

**José Antonio Alonso Suárez** (28 March 1960 – 2 February 2017) was a Spanish politician and judge. He was a member of the Socialist Workers' Party (PSOE). He was the Minister of the Interior from 2004 to 2006 and the Minister of Defence from 2006 to 2008. He was born in León, León.

Alonso died from lung cancer on 2 February 2017 in Madrid. He was 56.
Albano Bortoletto Cavallin

**Albano Bortoletto Cavallin** (25 April 1930 – 1 February 2017) was a Brazilian Roman Catholic bishop. He was born in Lapa, Paraná.

Bortoletto Cavallin became a priest in 1953. He served as the Bishop of Guarapuava from 1986 to 1992. He later served as the Archbishop of Londrina from 1992 until his retirement in 2006.

He died from surgical problems on 1 February 2017 in Londrina, Paraná. He was 86.
Stig Grybe

**Stig Rudolf Grybe** (18 July 1928 – 1 February 2017) was a Swedish actor and comedian. He was born in Stockholm. He was best known for his voice work and dubbing. He also appeared in original Swedish productions. He began his career in the 1940s. He appeared in 22 Swedish movies between 1947 and 2011.

Grybe died after a short illness on 1 February 2017 at the age of 88.

### Dubbing

- _One Hundred and One Dalmatians_ (1961)
- _The Jungle Book_ (1967)
- _Pete's Dragon_ (1977)
- _The Smurfs_ (1981)
- _Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs_ (1982)
- _DuckTales_ (1987)
- _Homeward Bound: The Incredible Journey_ (1993)
- _A Goofy Movie_ (1995)
- _Homeward Bound II: Lost in San Francisco_ (1996)
- _A Bug's Life_ (1998)

### Swedish movies

- _Kalle Stropp, Grodan Boll och deras vänner_ (1956)
- _Dunderklumpen!_ (1974)
- _Maria_ (1975)
- _Charlie Strapp and Froggy Ball Flying High_ (1991)
- _The Dog Hotel_ (2000)

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Stig Grybe
- **image**: Stig Grybe in 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Grybe in June 2015
- **birth name**: Stig Rudolf Grybe
- **birth place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **occupation**: Actor, comedian
- **yearsactive**: 1947–2011
Ramón Martínez Pérez

**Ramón Martínez Pérez** (6 February 1929 – 6 January 2017), also known as **Romaní**, was a Spanish footballer. He played as a midfielder for Sevilla and Granada of La Liga. He also played for CD Málaga and made two appearances for the national team in 1952.

Martínez Pérez died on 6 January 2017 at the age of 87.

## Other websites

- Ramón Martínez Pérez at Footballdatabase

## Infobox (football biography)

- **name**: Ramón Martínez Pérez
- **birth place**: Melilla, Spain
- **position**: Midfielder (association football), Midfielder
- **years1**: 1949–1958
- **years2**: 1958–1960
- **years3**: 1960–1962
- **clubs1**: Sevilla FC, Sevilla
- **clubs2**: Granada CF, Granada
- **clubs3**: CD Málaga
- **nationalyears1**: 1952
- **nationalteam1**: Spain national football team, Spain
- **nationalcaps1**: 2
- **nationalgoals1**: 0