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Adi Ganga

**Adi Ganga**, also known as **Gobindapur Creek**, **Surman’s Nullah** and **Tolly’s Nullah**, was the main tributary (branch river) of the Hooghly River from the 15th to 17th century. But at present this river had dried up.

The Adi Ganga now flows by Tollygunge and Kudghat, Alipore, Bansdroni, Naktala, Garia, Boral, Mahamayatala, Narendrapur, Rajpur, Harinavi, Kodalia, Changaripota (now Shubhashgram), then to Mahinagar and Baruipur (earlier Atisara village), and reaches Jaynagar and Majilpur. At last Adi Ganga flows into the Bay of Bengal.
Ajay River

**Ajay River** is a river which flows through the Indian states of Bihar, Jharkhand and West Bengal.Ajay River originates on a small hill about  high, southwest of Deoghar in Jharkhand. It then flows through Jharkhand and enters West Bengal at Simjuri. It enters Katwa subdivision of Bardhaman district at Nareng village.It then joins the Bhagirathi River at Katwa Town. Total length of the Ajay is , out of which  are in West Bengal. The important tributaries of the Ajay are Pathro and Jayanti in Jharkhand, and Tumuni and Kunur in Bardhaman district of West Bengal. The Ajay valley was densely forested with sal, piyasal and palas trees. But in recent times due to mining and other activities the forests were cleared. There have been at least 14 recorded floods in the 20th century caused by the Ajay river.
Burhi Gandak River

**Burhi Gandak River** is a tributary of the Ganges. The Burhi (“Old”) Gandak flows parallel to and east of the Gandak River in an old channel.

The Budhi Gandak originates (starts) from Chautarwa Chaur near Bisambharpur in the district of West Champaran in Bihar. It at first flows through the East Champaran district. After flowing for a distance of about , the river takes a south-turn where two rivers - the Dubhara and the Tour join it. The total length of the river is . The drainage area of the river is .

## Tributaries

The main tributaries of the Burhi Gandak are - Masan, Balor, Pandai, Sikta, Tilawe, Tiur, Dhanauti, Kohra, Anjankote and Danda.
Maggie De Block

**Maggie Celine Louise De Block** (born 28 April 1962) is a Belgian politician. She is a member of the Flemish liberal party Open Vld. She is the Minister of Social Affairs and Health since 2014 serving under the Charles Michel government.

Critics have said that she does not set the right example as Health Minister due to her obesity and contracting type two diabetes, and she has answered that "I know I'm not a model but you have to see what's inside, not the packaging."

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Maggie De Block
- **image**: Maggie De Block 2016.jpg
- **office**: Minister of Social Affairs and Health
- **predecessor**: Laurette Onkelinx
- **primeminister**: Charles Michel
- **office2**: Secretary of State, State Secretary of Asylum, Migration, Social Integration and Poverty Reduction
- **predecessor2**: Melchior Wathelet

- **primeminister2**: Elio Di Rupo
- **successor2**: Theo Francken
Elke Sleurs
- **party**: Open Vlaamse Liberalen en Democraten, Open Flemish Liberals and Democrats
- **office1**: Minister of Justice (Belgium), Minister of Justice
- **predecessor1**: Annemie Turtelboom
- **primeminister1**: Elio Di Rupo
- **successor1**: Koen Geens
- **birth place**: Merchtem, Belgium
- **term start**: 11 October 2014
- **term start1**: 25 July 2014
- **term end1**: 11 October 2014
- **term start2**: 6 December 2011
- **term end2**: 11 October 2014
Lisbet Palme

**Anna Lisbeth Christina Palme**, née **Beck-Friis** (14 March 1931 – 18 October 2018) was a Swedish psychologist and civil servant. She was a former chairperson of UNICEF. She studied to be a child psychologist. She is the widow of late Swedish Prime Minister Olof Palme.

She was the chairwoman of the Swedish UNICEF Committee from November 1986 until her death in 2018, in which role she has campaigned against the sexual exploitation of children and was a member of the Organisation of African Unity committee of investigation into the Rwandan genocide which reported its findings in 2000. She was worldwide chairwoman of UNICEF in 1990–91.

On 28 February 1986, her husband was murdered. She was shot but survived from the attack.

She died in Stockholm on 18 October 2018 at the age of 87.

## Infobox (politician)

- **birthname**: Anna Lisbeth Christina Beck-Friis
- **image**: Lisbet Palme 2016-3.jpg
- **office**: List of spouses of Swedish prime ministers, Spouse of the Prime Minister of Sweden
- **primeminister**: Olof Palme
- **term start**: 14 October 1969
- **term end**: 8 October 1976
- **predecessor**: Aina Erlander
- **successor**: Solveig Fälldin
- **primeminister2**: Olof Palme
- **term start2**: 8 October 1982
- **term end2**: 28 February 1986
- **predecessor2**: Solveig Fälldin
- **successor2**: Ingrid Carlsson
- **birth place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **death place**: Stockholm, Sweden
- **spouse**: Olof Palme
<small>(1956–1986; his assassination)</small>
- **party**: Swedish Social Democratic Party, Social Democrats
- **children**: Joakim Palme
Mårten Palme
Mattias Palme
Assassination of Olof Palme

On Friday, 28 February 1986, at 23:21 CET (22:21 UTC), **Olof Palme**, Prime Minister of Sweden, was shot and killed while walking home from a cinema with his wife, Lisbet on the central Stockholm street Sveavägen. Lisbet Palme was minor wounded by a second single shot. The couple did not have bodyguards at the time.

Christer Pettersson was convicted of the murder in 1988 after having been identified as the killer by Palme's wife. However, he was acquitted. Pettersson died in late-September 2004.

The case remains unsolved and has given rise to a number of conspiracy theories. On February 18 2020 the Swedish chief prosecutor in charge of the investigation, Krister Petersson, announced that a likely assassin had been identified. They will announce more information before summer 2020. He also announced that if they cannot prosecute the suspect then they will end the investigation.

Hours after the assassination, Deputy Prime Minister Ingvar Carlsson was sworn-in as the new Swedish Prime Minister.

## Aftermath

- The cost of the investigation stands at SEK 350 million, €38 million or US$45 million as of 25 February 2006.
- The total number of pages accumulated during the investigation is around 700,000. According to criminologist Leif G. W. Persson, the investigation is "the largest in global police history".
- The reward for solving the murder is SEK 50 million (approximately €5 million or US$7 million.)

## Other websites

- Swedish prime minister assassinated
- Experts doubt Palme case to reopen

## Infobox (civilian attack)

- **title**: Assassination of Olof Palme
- **image**: Palme Trauer 1986.jpg
- **caption**: Flowers left at the site of the assassination on the following day
- **location**: Sveavägen–Tunnelgatan, Stockholm, Sweden
- **target**: Olof Palme
- **date**: 28 February 1986
- **time**: 23.21
- **timezone**: Central European Time
- **type**: Murder by shooting, assassination
- **fatalities**: 1 (the target)
- **injuries**: 1 (Lisbet Palme)
- **perpetrators**: Unknown
- **weapons**: Probably a revolver (.357 Magnum)
Xavier Trias

**Xavier Trias i Vidal de Llobatera** () (Barcelona, 5 August 1946) is a Spanish politician. He is a member of the Catalan European Democratic Party and Mayor of Barcelona from July 2011 to June 2015. He was Minister of Health and Director of the Presidency for the Governments of Jordi Pujol.

In November 2017 an investigation conducted by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalism said he was one of the many politicians mentioned in the "Paradise Papers" allegations.

## Other websites

- Xavier Trias Website

## Infobox (politician)

- **name**: Xavier Trias
- **image**: Xavier Trias 2014 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Trias in 2014
- **order**: 118th List of Mayors of Barcelona, Mayor of Barcelona
- **term start**: 2 July 2011
- **term end**: 13 June 2015
- **predecessor**: Jordi Hereu
- **successor**: Ada Colau
- **order2**: President of the Convergence and Union parliamentary group in the Barcelona City Council
- **term start2**: 13 June 2015
- **predecessor2**: Joan Puigdollers
- **term start3**: 25 May 2003
- **term end3**: 2 July 2011
- **predecessor3**: Joan Puigdollers
- **successor3**: Joan Puigdollers
- **order4**: Spokesperson for the Catalan Group at the Spanish Congress of Deputies
- **term start4**: 12 March 2000
- **term end4**: 14 March 2004
- **predecessor4**: Josep López de Lerma
- **successor4**: Josep Antoni Durán i Lleida
- **order5**: Minister of the Presidency of the Generalitat of Catalonia
- **term start5**: 11 January 1996
- **term end5**: 3 February 2000
- **president5**: Jordi Pujol
- **predecessor5**: Joaquim Triadú
- **successor5**: Artur Mas _(in 2001)_
- **order6**: Minister of Health of the Generalitat of Catalonia
- **term start6**: 4 July 1988
- **term end6**: 11 January 1996
- **president6**: Jordi Pujol
- **predecessor6**: Josep Laporte i Salas
- **successor6**: Eduard Rius i Pey
- **birth place**: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
- **party**: Catalan European Democratic Party, PDeCAT
- **children**: 4
- **alma mater**: University of Barcelona
- **profession**: Pediatrician
Canadian Rockies

The **Canadian Rockies** () or **Canadian Rocky Mountains**, both the Alberta Rockies and the B.C. Rockies, is the Canadian part of the North American Rocky Mountains.

## Infobox (mountain)

- **name**: Canadian Rockies
- **other name**: Rocheuses canadiennes (Canadian French, French)
- **photo**: Snow Dome, Forbes, Lyells, Et al from Mt. Kitchener.jpg
- **photo caption**: Snow Dome (Canada), Snow Dome, Mount Forbes, Mt. Forbes, Mount Lyell (Canada), the Lyells, et al from Mount Kitchener, Mt. Kitchener at the edge of the Columbia Icefield
- **country**: Canada
- **subdivision2 type**: Provinces
- **parent**: Pacific Cordillera
- **highest**: Mount Robson
- **elevation m**: 3954
- **length km**: 1460
- **width km**: 180
- **area km2**: 194000
- **geology**: Sedimentary rock
- **orogeny**: Sevier orogeny
- **map image**: Canadian Rockies.png
Amaro Pargo

**Amaro Rodríguez Felipe y Tejera Machado** (3 May 1678, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife - 4 October 1747, in San Cristóbal de La Laguna, Tenerife), more popularly known as **Amaro Pargo**, was a famous Spanish corsair.

He was noted for his commercial activities and for his frequent religious donations and aid to the poor. In his role as a privateer, he dominated the route between Cadiz and the Caribbean, on several occasions attacking ships belonging to enemies of the Spanish Crown (mainly England and Holland), earning recognition in his time as a hero and coming to be regarded as "the Spanish equivalent of Francis Drake". Because of his service to the Spanish Crown and country, he was declared a Caballero hijodalgo in 1725 and obtained certification of nobility and royal arms in 1727.

He felt a considerable devotion for Sister Mary of Jesus de León y Delgado, even financing his funeral and his grave. He made several donations with the aim of improving the lives of the poorest of Tenerife, especially for the improvement of the living conditions of the inmates of the prison of San Cristóbal de La Laguna.

His figure has been wrapped in a halo of romanticism that has related to piracy, hidden treasures and illicit romances. Different authors have taken advantage of this mysticism that surrounds his figure to elaborate his novels. In addition, the video game company Ubisoft sent a study on Amaro Pargo, emphasizing its physiognomy, facing its possible appearance in the video game Assassin's Creed IV: Black Flag.
Chandra Theertham (Karaikal)

**Chandra Theertham** is the temple tank of Karaikal Ammayar Temple, Nithyakalyana Perumal Temple and the Karaikal Kailasanathar Temple. The Karaikal float festival (Theppam) is celebrated in this temple tank.

The belief of the Karaikal people is if we bath once in this temple tank, all the bone related diseases and fractures will get cured. The Chandra Theertham is cleaned for long time. The work got completed in the year 2010.
Stefano Zappalà

**Stefano Zappalà** (6 February 1941 – 15 April 2018) was an Italian politician. He was born in Aci Bonaccorsi, Italy.

He was a Member of the European Parliament for Central with the Forza Italia, part of the European People's Party and is vice-chair of the European Parliament's Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs.

He is a substitute for the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection, a member of the Delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council and a substitute for the Delegation to the EU-Kazakhstan, EU-Kyrgyzstan and EU-Uzbekistan Parliamentary Cooperation Committees, and for relations with Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Mongolia.

Zappalà died from respiratory failure in Latina, aged 77.
Methoxyflurane

**Methoxyflurane** (brand name: Penthrox) is an Australian liquid analgesic (a painkiller) which turns into a gas when it is exposed to the air.

It is breathed in through a special inhaler which is known in some places as the "Big Green Whistle".  It makes a slight whistling noise when the patient breathes through it.

The patient takes the medicine themselves in the presence of someone trained in its use. It can make them feel sick (nausea) or cause them to be sick (vomit). It also causes dizziness.
Paolo and Vittorio Taviani

**Paolo Taviani** (; November 8, 1931 – 29 February 2024) and **Vittorio Taviani** (; September 20, 1929 – April 15, 2018), both known as the **Taviani brothers**, were Italian movie directors and screenwriters. They were brothers who always worked together, each directing alternate scenes. They were born in San Miniato, Tuscany, Italy.

At the Cannes Film Festival, the Taviani brothers won the _Palme d'Or_ for _Padre padrone_ in 1977 and _Grand Prix du Jury_ for _La notte di San Lorenzo_ (_The Night of the Shooting Stars_, 1982).

In 2012 they reached again the top prize in a major festival, winning the Golden Bear at the Berlin International Film Festival with _Caesar Must Die_.

Vittorio Taviani died on April 15, 2018 in Rome of heart disease at the age of 88.

Paolo Taviani died after a short illness in Rome, on 29 February 2024, at the age of 92.
Jon Michelet

**Jon Michelet** (14 July 1944 – 14 April 2018) was a Norwegian novelist. He was born in Moss, Norway. He was well known for his action-thriller novel _Orion's Belt_ (1977). He was the editor-in-chief of the Norwegian far-left daily _Klassekampen_ from 1997 to 2002.

Michelet died of kidney cancer on 14 April 2018 in Oslo at the age of 73.
Mental capacity

- _For a general discussion of mental capacity, see Intelligence_

**Mental capacity** in law is a term used to describe a person's ability to make decisions for themselves and to understand what those decisions will mean for them.

Sometimes, people who are unwell, such as those with illnesses which affect their memory (Alzheimer's disease or Dementia), those with learning difficulties, or who have mental health problems, may find themselves in a position where their ability to make decisions for themselves is questioned.  This may be because they do not understand that what they are doing is not good for them; they do not realise that it might make them ill or get them into trouble.

People can also lack capacity if they are unable to communicate in any way; for example, if they're in a coma or if they have severe brain damage.  In this case, it may be necessary for someone else, such as an advocate or a Judge to make decisions for them by making a court order.

In some countries, like the United Kingdom, laws exist which tell those working with people whose capacity might be in doubt, what they must do and how to decide if someone is capable of making their own decisions.  In the UK, this law is called the Mental Capacity Act (2005).  It lists 5 rules which must be used as a guide; in simple terms, they are:

1. **You must presume a person has capacity, unless it can be proved otherwise.**
1. **Whenever you can, help a person to make their own decisions.**
1. **If a person makes a bad decision, that doesn't mean they can't make decisions.**
1. **If you have to make a decision for someone who doesn't have capacity, it must be what's best for them.**
1. **Any treatment or care for someone without capacity, should not take away their rights and freedom any more than it needs to.**

This law also allows people who have capacity, to pick someone else to make their decisions for them, in the case that they can't do it themselves.

Supposing a person is unable to make decisions for themselves, what happens then? In the UK (and many other countries) there is a legal framework to make sure no-one takes advantage of the said person. It often consists of a physician or psychiatrist dealing with the person in question, a solicitor representing the person, and a solicitor representing the "public interest" (the state). Meetings are held at agreed times, say once every three months. The purpose is to make sure that decisions taken are in the person's interest.
Judy Kennedy

**Judith Kennedy** (October 25, 1944 – April 15, 2018) was an American politician and businesswoman. She was a member of the Democratic Party until 2015. In 2011, Kennedy was elected Mayor of Newburgh, New York, serving in the office until her death in 2018. She was born in Salmon, Idaho. In the 1990s, she worked for Hewlett-Packard.

Kennedy died under hospice care of ovarian cancer on April 15, 2018 in Newburgh at the age of 73.
Newburgh, New York

**Newburgh**  is a city located in Orange County, New York, United States,  north of New York City, and  south of Albany, on the Hudson River. It is the location of Washington's Headquarters. Interstate 84 goes very close to the city.

There is a long history of racism in Newburgh and the Hudson Valley. During the COVID-19 pandemic, there was rioting in Newburgh because the police killed a black person.

## Other websites

- City of Newburgh Website
Spencertown, New York

**Spencertown** is a hamlet in the town of Austerlitz, Columbia County, New York, United States. Its ZIP code is 12165.

## Infobox (settlement)

- **official name**: Spencertown, New York
- **settlement type**: Hamlet (New York), Hamlet
- **image skyline**: Spencertown, New York 2016 378.jpg
- **pushpin map**: New York
- **pushpin label**: Spencertown
- **subdivision type**: List of sovereign states, Country
- **subdivision name**: United States
- **subdivision type1**: U.S. state, State
- **subdivision name1**: New York (state), New York
- **subdivision type2**: List of counties in New York, County
- **subdivision name2**: Columbia County, New York, Columbia
- **subdivision type3**: Town (New York), Town
- **subdivision name3**: Austerlitz, New York, Austerlitz
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, Eastern (EST)
- **utc offset**: -5
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: -4
- **elevation ft**: 686
- **postal code type**: ZIP code
- **postal code**: 12165
- **area code**: Area code 518, 518
- **blank name**: Geographic Names Information System, GNIS feature ID
- **blank info**: 965990
Colony of Aden

The **Colony of Aden** or **Aden Colony** ( __) was a British Crown colony from 1937 to 1963. It was located in the south of contemporary Yemen. It consisted of the port of Aden and its surroundings (an area of ).

Before 1937, Aden had been governed as part of British India. Under the Government of India Act 1935 the territory was detached from British India, and was made a separate colony of the United Kingdom; this separation took effect on 1 April 1937.

On 18 January 1963, the colony was reconstituted as the State of Aden (Arabic: <big>ولاية عدن</big> _Wilāyat ʿAdan_) within the new Federation of South Arabia.  The federation in turn became the People's Republic of South Yemen on 30 November 1967, marking the end of British rule.

The hinterland of the Colony of Aden was separately governed as the Aden Protectorate.
Alfred M. Gray Jr.

**Alfred Mason Gray Jr.** (June 22, 1928 – March 20, 2024) was a United States Marine Corps general. He served as the 29th Commandant of the Marine Corps from 1987 to 1991. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps in 1991 after 41 years of service.

General Gray was promoted to general and became Commandant of the Marine Corps on July 1, 1987. His appointment as Commandant of the Marine Corps was recommended by Jim Webb, then Secretary of the Navy.

Gray died at his home in Alexandria, Virginia on March 20, 2024, at the age of 95.

## Other websites

- 2nd Marine Division Association

## Infobox (military person)

- **name**: Alfred M. Gray Jr.
- **birth name**: Alfred Mason Gray Jr.
- **death place**: Alexandria, Virginia, Alexandria, Virginia, U.S.
- **image**: Official Portrait of Retired Gen. Alfred M. Gray (3).jpg
- **serviceyears**: 1950–1991
- **rank**: General officer, General
- **commands**: Radio Battalion, 1st Radio Battalion
1st Battalion 2nd Marines
2nd Marine Regiment (United States), 2nd Marine Regiment
4th Marine Regiment (United States), 4th Marine Regiment
33d Marine Amphibious Unit
2nd Marine Division (United States), 2nd Marine Division
II Marine Expeditionary Force
Marine Forces Atlantic
Commandant of the Marine Corps
- **battles**: Korean War
Vietnam War
- **awards**: Navy Distinguished Service Medal, Distinguished Service Medal
Silver Star
Legion of Merit
Bronze Star Medal, Bronze Star
Purple Heart
Baker City, Oregon

**Baker City** is a city in and the county seat of Baker County, Oregon, United States. It was named after Edward D. Baker, the only U.S. Senator ever killed in military combat. The population was 10,099 at the 2020 census.

## Other websites

- https://sos.oregon.gov/blue-book/Pages/local/cities/a-d/baker-city.aspx in the _Oregon Blue Book_
Ivan Mauger

**Ivan Gerald Mauger** (4 October 1939 – 16 April 2018) was a New Zealand motorcycle speedway rider. He won a record six World Championships (Finals). Mauger rode for several British teams – Wimbledon Dons, Newcastle Diamonds, Belle Vue Aces, Exeter Falcons, and the Hull Vikings. He was born in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Mauger died on 16 April 2018 in Gold Coast, Australia at the age of 78.

## Other websites

- Official site
- Authorised tribute site
Big Timber, Montana

**Big Timber** is a city in, and the county seat of Sweet Grass County, Montana, United States. The population was 1,650 at the 2020 census.

It became the county seat in 1895.

The Boulder River joins the Yellowstone River at Big Timber.

## Other websites

- Big Timber/Sweet Grass County Chamber of Commerce
Bourbonnais, Illinois

**Bourbonnais, Illinois** is a village located within Kankakee County. The population was 18,164 people as of 2020. Bourbonnais has a total area of , all land.

The town expanded in the 1800s, when John Jacob Astor founded fur trade companies in Bourbonnais.

Since 2002, it has become home of the summertime training camp of the Chicago Bears.
Dana Rohrabacher

**Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher**  (born June 21, 1947) is an American politician and speechwriter. He was a member of the U.S House of Representatives representing . He is a Republican, he served as a speechwriter and Special Assistant to President Ronald Reagan from 1981 to 1988. He narrowly lost his re-election bid in 2018 to Democrat Harley Rouda.

## Other websites

- Congressman Dana Rohrabacher  official U.S. House site
- Dana Rohrabacher for Congress

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Dana Rohrabacher
- **image**: Dana Rohrabacher official photo (cropped).jpg
- **office**: Member of the
U.S. House of Representatives
from California
- **term start**: January 3, 1989
- **term end**: January 3, 2019
- **predecessor**: Dan Lungren
- **successor**: Harley Rouda
- **constituency**: California's 42nd congressional district, 42nd district
California's 45th congressional district, 45th district
California's 46th congressional district, 46th district
California's 48th congressional district, 48th district
- **birth name**: Dana Tyrone Rohrabacher
- **birth place**: Coronado, California, U.S.
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **spouse**: Rhonda Carmony
- **children**: 3
- **education**: Los Angeles Harbor College
California State University, Long Beach
University of Southern California
Randy Neugebauer

**Robert Randolph "Randy" Neugebauer** (born December 24, 1949) is an American politician. He was the U.S. Representative for , having served from 2003 to 2017.  He is a member of the Republican Party.

According to a 2011 survey by the _National Journal_, Neugebauer was "the most conservative" member of the House.

On September 17, 2015, Neugebauer announced he would not seek reelection to an eighth term in the 2016 elections.

As of April 2018, Neugebauer was the only person under consideration to head the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in Trump Administration.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Randy Neugebauer
- **image**: Randy-neugebauer.jpg
- **state**: Texas
- **term start**: June 3, 2003
- **term end**: January 3, 2017
- **predecessor**: Larry Combest
- **successor**: Jodey Arrington
- **birth name**: Robert Randolph Neugebauer
- **birth place**: St. Louis, Missouri, United States, U.S.
- **party**: Republican Party (United States), Republican
- **spouse**: Dana Collins
- **children**: 2
- **education**: Texas Tech University, Texas Tech University, Lubbock
John Oliver

**John William Oliver** (born 23 April 1977) is an English actor, comedian, political commentator, producer, television host and writer. In 2014, Oliver began hosting the HBO series _Last Week Tonight with John Oliver_.

Oliver's work in _Last Week Tonight_ has become very popular. His work has had a large impact on American culture and politics, which has been called the "John Oliver Effect".

In 2019, he was the voice of Zazu in the 2019 drama-live action remake _The Lion King_.

## Early life and education

Oliver was born on 23 April 1977 in Erdington, Birmingham, to Carole and Jim Oliver. His father was a school headmaster and social worker, and his mother was a music teacher. Both of his parents are originally from Liverpool, Merseyside. His uncle was the composer Stephen Oliver. His father's great-grandfather, William Boyd Carpenter was the Bishop of Ripon and court chaplain to Queen Victoria. Oliver learned to play the viola as a child.

Since childhood, he has been a fan of Liverpool FC, noting in interviews that "my mum's family are from Knotty Ash and my dad's family are from the Wirral, so supporting Liverpool was very much not a choice". Oliver learned in Bedford at the Mark Rutherford School.

After secondary school, he studied at Christ's College, Cambridge. While he was a student there in the mid-to-late 1990s, Oliver was a part of the Cambridge Footlights, the university's club for theatre run by students of Cambridge University. David Mitchell and Richard Ayoade were also in the club. In 1997, he became the club's vice president. In 1998, Oliver graduated from Christ's College with a degree in English.

## Other websites

- John Oliver's New York Stand-Up Show  at Comedy Central

## Infobox (comedian)

- **name**: John Oliver
- **image**: John Oliver November 2016.jpg
- **caption**: Oliver in 2016
- **birth name**: John William Oliver
- **birth place**: Erdington, Birmingham, England
- **residence**: New York City, New York (state), New York, U.S.
- **alma mater**: Christ's College, Cambridge
- **nationality**: British
- **active**: 2001–present
- **children**: 2
Chris Rea

**Christopher Anton Rea** ( ; 4 March 195122 December 2025) was a British rock and blues singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was best known in the United States for the 1978 hit song "Fool (If You Think It's Over)" that reached No. 12 on the _Billboard_ Hot 100. This success earned him a Grammy nomination as Best New Artist in 1979.

The book _Guinness Rockopedia_ described him as a "gravel-voiced guitar stalwart". The _British Hit Singles & Albums_ stated that Rea was "one of the most popular UK singer-songwriters of the late 1980s. He was already a major European star by the time he finally cracked the UK Top 10 with his 18th chart entry; "The Road to Hell (Part 2)".

In 2000, Rea was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. Since his cancer diagnosis, he underwent multiple surgeries and was diagnosed with diabetes. In 2016, he suffered a stroke, which left him slurred speech and impaired movements.

Rea died after a short illness in hospital on 22 December 2025, aged 74.

### Studio albums

- _Whatever Happened to Benny Santini?_ (Magnet, 1978)
- _Deltics_ (Magnet, 1979)
- _Tennis_ (Magnet, 1980)
- _Chris Rea_ (Magnet, 1981)
- _Water Sign_ (Magnet, 1983)
- _Wired to the Moon_ (Magnet, 1984)
- _Shamrock Diaries_ (Magnet, 1985)
- _On the Beach_ (Magnet, 1986)
- _Dancing with Strangers_ (Magnet, 1987)
- _The Road to Hell_ (WEA, 1989)
- _Auberge_ (EastWest, 1991)
- _God's Great Banana Skin_ (EastWest, 1992)
- _Espresso Logic_ (EastWest, 1993)
- _La Passione_ (soundtrack, EastWest, 1996)
- _The Blue Cafe_ (EastWest, 1998)
- _The Road to Hell: Part 2_ (EastWest, 1999)
- _King of the Beach_ (EastWest, 2000)
- _Dancing Down the Stony Road/Stony Road_ (Jazzee Blue, 2002)
- _Blue Street (Five Guitars)_ (Jazzee Blue, 2003)
- _Hofner Blue Notes_ (Jazzee Blue, 2003)
- _The Blue Jukebox_ (Jazzee Blue, 2004)
- _Blue Guitars_ (Jazzee Blue, 2005)
- _The Return of the Fabulous Hofner Bluenotes_ (Jazzee Blue, 2008)
- _Santo Spirito Blues_ (Jazzee Blue, 2011)
- _Road Songs for Lovers_ (Jazzee Blue, 2017)
- _One Fine Day_ (Rhino, limited release, 2019)

### Compilation albums

- _New Light Through Old Windows_ (1988)
- _The Best of Chris Rea_ (1994)
- _The Best of Chris Rea_ (1998)
- _The Very Best of Chris Rea_ (2001)
- _Heartbeats – Chris Rea's Greatest Hits_ (2005)
- _Chris Rea: The Ultimate Collection 1978–2000_ (2007)
- _Still So Far to Go: The Best of Chris Rea_ (2009)
- _The Journey 1978–2009_ (2011)
- _ERA 1 (As Bs & Rarities 1978–1984)_ (2020)
- _The Christmas Album_ (2025)

## Other websites

- [Chris Rea's official site]

## Infobox (musical artist)

- **name**: Chris Rea
- **image**: Chris Rea 01 AB.jpg
- **caption**: Chris Rea performing in the Congress Hall (Warsaw), Warsaw Congress Hall, February 2012
- **birth name**: Christopher Anton Rea
- **birth place**: Middlesbrough, England
- **years active**: 1973–2025
Karen Karapetyan

**Karen Vilhelmi Karapetyan** (born 14 August 1964) is an Armenian politician. He became the Prime Minister of Armenia in 2016 after the resignation of Hovik Abrahamyan.

On 23 April 2018, Karapetyan became acting Prime Minister following the resignation of Serzh Sargsyan. In May 2018, Nikol Pashinyan was elected Prime Minister.

## Education

Karapetyan earned a PhD in economics in 1989.
Charleston (dance)

The **Charleston** is a dance, which became popular in the 1920s. It is named after the city of Charleston, South Carolina. A song called The Charleston, composed in 1923 made it popular. This song was part of the Broadway musical Running Wild. In Europe, Josephine Baker made the Charleston popular, starting in 1925. Charleston is associated with Flappers who danced it in Speakeasy bars, to mock themselves about the prohibition of alcohol, which was in force in the US, in the 1920s. For this reason, dancing Charleston was seen as provocative.
Divi filius

***Divi filius*** is a Latin phrase meaning "son of a god". It was used by the Roman Emperor Augustus, the grand-nephew and adopted son of Gaius Julius Caesar.
Ankita Lokhande

**Ankita Lokhande** is an Indian television and Bollywood actress.
She made her acting debut in 2009 with Zee TV's soap opera Drama Pavitra Rishta. Her appearance in the popular show has made her one of the highest-paid actress in the world of Indian Television.
She also participated in celebrity dance reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 4) on Sony Entertainment Television (India).

## Television

- 2006-07 Idea Zee Cinestars as Participat
- 2009-14 Pavitra Rishta as Archana Manav Dheshmukh/Ankita Naren Karmarkar Zee TV
- 2011- Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa (season 4) as participat Colors TV
- 2011- Comedy Circus as participat Sony TV
- 2013- EK Thi Naayka as Pragya Life OK

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Ankita Lokhande
- **image**: Ankita Lokhande.jpg
- **nationality**: India
- **occupation**: Actress
- **years active**: present - 2006
Hal Greer

**Harold Everett Greer** (June 26, 1936 – April 14, 2018) was an American professional basketball player. He was born in Huntington, West Virginia. He played for the Syracuse Nationals / Philadelphia 76ers of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1958 through 1973.

Greer was a guard and a 10-time NBA All-Star. He was named to the All-NBA Second Team seven times. He was named to the NBA's 50th Anniversary All-Time Team and he had his uniform number retired by the 76ers.

Greer died of a short-illness in Phoenix, Arizona on April 14, 2018 at the age of 81.

## Other websites

- Basketball Hall of Fame profile
Huntington, West Virginia

**Huntington** is a city in Cabell County and Wayne County  in the U.S. state of West Virginia.  It is the county seat of Cabell County.

Huntington is the second largest city in West Virginia, with a population of 46,842 at the 2020 census. It is one of the central cities of the Huntington–Ashland metropolitan area. As of the 2020 census, this had a population of 376,155.
Gerald Nachman

**Gerald Weil Nachman** (January 13, 1938 – April 14, 2018) was an American journalist and author. He was born in Oakland, California.

Nachman was a television writer for the _San Jose Mercury News_. He was a columnist for the _New York Daily News_ and writer for the _San Francisco Chronicle_.

Nachman died April 14, 2018 in San Francisco, California of frontotemporal dementia at the age of 80.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Gerald Nachman
- **image**: San Francisco Chronicle Datebook writer Gerald Nachman in 1995. Photo by Nancy Wong.jpg
- **birth name**: Gerald Weil Nachman
- **birth place**: Oakland, California, U.S.
- **death place**: San Francisco, California, U.S.
- **alma mater**: San Jose State University
- **occupation**: Journalist, author
Michael Halliday

**Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday** (often **M.A.K. Halliday**; 13 April 1925 – 15 April 2018) was an English-born linguist. He developed the internationally influential _systemic functional linguistic_ model of language. His grammatical works go by the name of _systemic functional grammar_ (_SFG_).

Halliday described himself as a _generalist_, meaning that he has tried "to look at language from every possible vantage point", and has described his work as "wander[ing] the highways and byways of language".

He was elected a foreign member of the Academia Europaea in 1994.

Halliday died in Sydney of natural causes on 15 April 2018 at the age of 93.

## Other websites

- Systemic functional linguistics

## Infobox (scientist)

- **name**: Michael Halliday
- **image**: Michael Halliday at his 90th birthday symposium, 2015.jpg
- **caption**: Halliday at his 90th-birthday symposium, 2015
- **birth name**: Michael Alexander Kirkwood Halliday
- **birth place**: Leeds, Yorkshire, England
- **death place**: Sydney, Australia
- **nationality**: English
- **field**: Linguistics
- **known for**: Systemic functional linguistics
- **influences**: Vilém Mathesius (Prague school) Wang Li (linguist), Wang Li, John Rupert Firth, J.R. Firth, Benjamin Lee Whorf
- **influenced**: Ruqaiya Hasan, C.M.I.M. Matthiessen, J.R. Martin, Norman Fairclough
- **spouse**: Ruqaiya Hasan
Jacques Tixier

**Jacques Tixier** (1 January 1925 – 3 April 2018) was a French archaeologist and prehistorian. He was known for his work on prehistory in Qatar, Lebanon, and North Africa. He led the first French archaeological mission to Qatar in 1976. He helped discover Al Khor Island that year. He also discovered an archaeological site in Shagra.

Tixier died in Paris on 3 April 2018 at the age of 93.
Waqar Ahmad Shah

**Waqar Ahmad Shah** (6 July 1943 – 15 April 2018) was an Indian politician. He was born in Qazipura North Bahraich, India. He served in the Legislative Assembly of India for multiple districts from 1993 to 2017. He served as a cabinet minister under the administrations of Presidents A. P. J. Abdul Kalam and Pranab Mukherjee.

Shah died of bladder cancer on 15 April 2018 at a hospital in Lucknow, India at the age of 74.
Harry Anderson

**Harry Laverne Anderson** (October 14, 1952 – April 16, 2018) was an American actor, comedian and magician. He is best known for the role of Judge Harry Stone on the 1984–92 television series _Night Court_. He was also known for his role as Richie Tozier in the 1990 Stephen King miniseries _It_. Anderson also starred as Harry 'The Hat' Gittes in _Cheers_ and played the title character in _Dave's World_. He was born in Newport, Rhode Island.

In late January 2018, Anderson suffered several strokes which declined his health and later suffered from influenza. On April 16, 2018, Anderson died in his sleep of a stroke caused by influenza at his home in Asheville at the age of 65. He was 65 years old.

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Harry Anderson
- **image**: Harry Anderson.jpg
- **caption**: Anderson in 1988
- **birthname**: Harry Laverne Anderson
- **birth place**: Newport, Rhode Island, U.S.
- **death place**: Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
- **death cause**: Stroke, Cardioembolic cerebrovascular accident complicated by influenza
- **occupation**: Actor, comedian, magician
- **yearsactive**: 1978–2014
- **children**: 2
Jaime Thorne León

**Jaime Fernando Nicolás Thorne León** (11 September 1943 – 5 April 2018) was a Peruvian politician. He served as the Minister of Defense under the administration of President Alan García Pérez, from September 2010 to July 2011.

Thorne León died in Lima, Peru of brain cancer on 5 April 2018 at the age of 74.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **name**: Jaime Thorne Leon
- **office**: Ministry of Defense (Peru), Minister of Defense
- **president**: Alan García
- **term start**: 15 September 2010
- **term end**: 28 July 2011
- **predecessor**: Rafael Rey
- **successor**: Daniel Mora
- **birth place**: Lima, Peru
- **death place**: Lima, Peru
- **party**: Independent (politician), Independent
- **profession**: Lawyer
Nyack, New York

**Nyack**  is a village located primarily in the town of Orangetown in Rockland County, New York, United States. Nyack had a population of 7,265 as of the 2020 census.

## Other websites

- Village of Nyack official website
Zee TV

**Zee TV** is an Indian cable and satellite television channel. It is owned and operated by Zee Entertainment Enterprises. The media entertainment company is based in Mumbai, Maharashtra. It broadcasts programming in Hindi.

The channel is also available in various nations of Southeast Asia, Europe, and North Asia. A part of the Essel Group, it started to broadcast on 2 October 1992. It is the first Hindi Language cable television service in India.

Zee TV HD was launched on 15 August 2011 along with Zee Cinema HD, Zee Studio HD. It changed its logo on 15 October 2017, along with all the other channels owned by its parent company.

## Other websites

- Official Website
- Zee TV on YouTube

## Infobox (television channel)

- **name**: ZEE TV
- **logo**: Zee TV 2025.svg
- **picture format**: 1080i HDTV
(downscaled to letterboxed 576i for the SDTV feed)
- **owner**: Zee Entertainment Enterprises

- **headquarters**: Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
- **country**: India
- **area**: Worldwide
- **language**: Hindi
- **sister channels**: _See Zee Entertainment Enterprises#Operated channels, list of channels owned by ZEEL_
- **sat serv 1**: Airtel digital TV
- **sat chan 1**: Channel 108(SD)
 Channel 109 (HD)
- **sat serv 2**: Zuku TV (Kenya)
- **sat chan 2**: Channel 933
- **sat serv 3**: DStv (Sub-Saharan Africa)
- **sat chan 3**: Channel 452
- **sat serv 5**: Tata Sky
- **sat chan 5**: Channel 143 (SD)
 Channel 141 (HD)
 Channel 142 (HD+)
- **sat serv 6**: Dish TV
- **sat chan 6**: Channel 118 (SD)
Channel 110 (HD)
- **sat serv 7**: d2h
- **sat chan 7**: Channel 103 (SD)
Channel 102 (HD)
- **sat serv 8**: Sun Direct
- **sat chan 8**: Channel 308 (SD)
Channel 876 (HD)
- **cable serv 1**: Asianet Digital
- **cable chan 1**: Channel 514 (SD)
 Channel 854 (HD)
- **cable serv 2**: Kerala Vision Digital TV
- **cable chan 2**: Channel 204 (SD)
 Channel 828 (HD)
- **cable serv 3**: AT&T U-verse
- **cable chan 3**: Channel 3702
- **cable serv 4**: Bhoomika
- **cable chan 4**: Channel 203 (SD)
Channel 517 (HD
John Wick: Chapter 2

***John Wick: Chapter 2*** is a 2017 American action thriller movie. Chad Stahelski directed the movie. Derek Kolstad wrote the screenplay. This is the second movie in the _John Wick_ movie series. John Wick is an assassin who is trying to escape while people try to kill him.  It is a sequel to John Wick.

The movie was filmed in New York City. The movie premiered in Los Angeles on January 30, 2017, and was released in the United States on February 10, 2017. It earned $171.5 million, over four times its $40 million budget. A third movie, titled _John Wick: Chapter 3_, was released on May 17, 2019.

## Sypnopsis

Retired super-assassin John Wick's plans to resume a quiet civilian life are cut short when Italian gangster Santino D'Antonio shows up on his doorstep with a gold marker, compelling him to repay past favours. Ordered by Winston, the kingpin of secret assassin society The Continental, to respect the organisation's ancient code, Wick reluctantly accepts the assignment to travel to Rome to take out D'Antonio's sister, the ruthless capo atop the Italian Camorra crime syndicate.

## Infobox (movie)

- **name**: John Wick: Chapter 2
- **caption**: Theatrical release poster
- **director**: Chad Stahelski
- **writer**: Derek Kolstad
- **cinematography**: Dan Laustsen
- **editing**: Evan Schiff
- **distributor**: Lionsgate
- **runtime**: 122 minutes
Antonio Bernocchi

**Antonio Bernocchi** was an Italian industrialist, who built up a successful textile factory at Legnano, a city in the Lombardy region of northern Italy.

Bernocchi will rebuild the Milano Scala twice: first after the First World War and then after the Second World War, as it was destroyed due to bombings. Bernocchi, an art lover, will also be involved in the reconstruction of the Academy and the Pinacoteca di Brera, which were also damaged during the bombings of the Second World War. For this task, he will entrust the responsibility to Piero Portaluppi and Gualtiero Galmanini.

## Life

Bernocchi was born on 17 January 1859 at Castellanza in the province of Varese, in Lombardy in northern Italy. He was one of three sons of Rodolfo Bernocchi and Angela Colombo.

Bernocchi attended the Scuola Tecnica of Busto Arsizio, but did not complete his education. By the age of fifteen he was working for his father in a small workshop for bleaching textiles at Legnano. In 1898 the family started a textile factory at Legnano. The business became very successful, which was successful and grew substantially. Factories were opened at Nerviano, Cerro Maggiore and Angera. Bernocchi became mayor of Legnano and a member of the Italian Senate.

Bernocchi made several charitable donations. After the Italian defeat at Caporetto in World War I, he donated to a new charity for war veterans, La Patria Riconoscente. The charity was later called the Opera Nazionale Combattenti. He gave funds for the establishment or expansion of schools and hospitals in Legnano, where two schools are named after him. He was a benefactor of La Scala in Milan. His biggest donation was five million lire to the city of Milan for the construction of the Palazzo dell'Arte, home of the Triennale exhibition, in the Parco Sempione. The pavilion, also known as Palazzo Bernocchi, was designed by Giovanni Muzio and built between 1931 and 1933. Bernocchi's brothers, Andrea and Michele, also contributed to the construction of the pavillion.

The Coppa Bernocchi, a bicycle race held at Legnano since 1919, is dedicated to Bernocchi.

## Infobox (person)

- **image**: Antonio Bernocchi.JPG
- **caption**: Antonio Bernocchi in 1885
- **birth place**: Castellanza, (Varese), Italy
- **death place**: Milan, Italy
- **occupation**: Textile industrialist
Karl-Heinz von Hassel

**Karl-Heinz von Hassel** (8 February 1939 – 19 April 2016) was a German actor. He acted in more than 100 movies and television shows between 1960 and 2012. He was born in Hamburg, Germany.

He trained for a business career and also took acting lessons. From 1960 he acted in plays in several theaters. From 1966 he appeared regularly on television. He later had important roles in movies directed by Rainer Werner Fassbinder. Hassel was a tall man who often acted as a police officer.

Hassel died after a short illness on 19 April 2016 in Hamburg, Germany. He was 77 years old.

## Other websites

- Karl-Heinz von Hassel obituary
Balod district

**Balod district** is a district of Chhattisgarh, India. The district headquarters is Balod.
Nayatol

**Nayatol** is a large village in the Begusarai district in the state of Bihar, India
Deborah Coleman

**Deborah Coleman** (October 3, 1956 – April 12, 2018) was an American blues musician and singer-songwriter. Coleman won the Orville Gibson Award for "Best Blues Guitarist, Female" in 2001, and was nominated for a W.C. Handy Blues Music Award nine times. She was born in Portsmouth, Virginia. She was known for her songs such as "Takin' a Stand", "Soft Place to Fall", and "Soul Be It".

Coleman died of complications from bronchopneumonia on April 12, 2018 at the age of 61.
Dona Ivone Lara

**Yvonne Lara da Costa** (April 13, 1921 – April 16, 2018), better known as **Dona Ivone Lara**, was a Brazilian singer and composer. She was born in Rio de Janeiro. Before her music career began, she was a nurse. Her career as a composer came in 1965, with _Os cinco bailes da história do Rio_ (The Five Balls of the History of Rio) when she became the first woman to become part of the ala de compositores (Wing of the Composers) of a samba school.

Among the interpreters of her songs are such singers and artists as Clara Nunes, Roberto Ribeiro, Maria Bethânia, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, Paula Toller, Paulinho da Viola, Beth Carvalho, Mariene de Castro e Roberta Sá.

Lara died in Rio de Janeiro on April 16, 2018 of cardiac arrest at the age of 97.

## Other websites

- Official Website
- Official web site of the Império Serrano samba school
- _Veja_ Magazine- _A nação das cantoras_ (in Portuguese)
Big Tom

**Tom McBride** (18 September 1936 – 17 April 2018), known as **Big Tom**, was an Irish country, traditional, easy listening singer, guitarist, and saxophone player. He was born in Castleblayney, Monaghan, Ireland.

With a career spanning over five decades, he started his career in 1966 as the frontman of the Irish showband Big Tom and The Mainliners.

McBride died on 17 April 2018 at the age of 81.

## Other websites

- Big Tom's record company
Carl Kasell

**Carl Kasell** (; April 2, 1934 – April 17, 2018) was an American radio personality. He was born in Goldsboro, North Carolina. He was best known as a newscaster for National Public Radio and later as the official judge and scorekeeper of the weekly news quiz show _Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!_ until his retirement in 2014.

Kasell died on April 17, 2018 from complications of Alzheimer's disease in Potomac, Maryland at the age of 84.

## Other websites

- NPR biography
Katmai National Park

**Katmai National Park** was started in 1918 in southern Alaska, United States. It protects the region surrounding Mount Katmai and the Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes, which is an area of lava flows and ash created by a huge volcano eruption. The volcano is still active today. The park has salmon and thousands of brown bears. The Katmai National Park includes a tundra, forests, lakes and mountains.