open-index/open-wikipedia-markdown huggingface dataset:
Tom Petty

**Thomas Earl Petty** (October 20, 1950 – October 2, 2017) was an American musician, singer-songwriter, voice actor and record producer. He is best known as the lead singer of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers, but is also known as a member and co-founder of the late 1980s supergroup the Traveling Wilburys (under the pseudonyms of **Charlie T. Wilbury, Jr.** and **Muddy Wilbury**), and his early band Mudcrutch.

Some of his popular songs include: "Wildflowers", "Running Kind", "Stop Draggin' My Heart Around", "You Don't Know How It Feels" and "You Wreck Me".

Petty was also known for his voice role as Lucky in the television series *King of the Hill*.

In his career, Petty sold more than 80 million records worldwide, making him one of the best-selling music artists of all time. In 2002, Petty was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Petty died on October 2, 2017 after he was found in his home in Santa Monica, California suffering from cardiac arrest after accidentally overdosing on prescription pain medication and fentanyl patches at the age of 66.

## References
Philadelphia (disambiguation)

**Philadelphia** is a large city in the United States state of Pennsylvania.

**Philadelphia** might also mean:
*Philadelphia, Mississippi
*Philadelphia, Tennessee
*Philadelphia (movie)
*Amman, Jordan, which was called Philadelphia during the Greek and Roman periods.
Abdelkrim Ghallab

**Abdelkrim Ghallab** (December 31, 1919 – August 14, 2017) was a Moroccan political journalist, cultural commentator, and novelist. He was born in Fes, Morocco. He was an important figure both in the literary and political field. He studied both at the University of Al-Karaouine in Fez and at the University of Cairo.

Ghallab was the author of five novels and three collections of short stories. His best known novel is ''Dafann al-m'd (The buried Past)*, 1966. According to Simon Gikandi his Arabic style is known for its "graceful and at times scholarly classicism".

In 2000, the Union of Arab writers in Egypt included his novel *Al-Mu`alîm `Ali'' (Master Alí) among the hundred best Arabic novels in history. In 2001, the Moroccan department of Culture published the complete works of Ghallab in five volumes. In 2004 he was awarded the Maghreb Culture prize of Tunis. His work has been translated in many languages.

Ghallab died in El Jadida on August 14, 2017, aged 97.

## References
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa

, born  (4 June 1923 &ndash; 15 November 2024), was a member of the Imperial House of Japan as the widow of Takahito, Prince Mikasa, the fourth son of Emperor Taishō and Empress Teimei. The Princess was the last surviving paternal aunt of the emperor emeritus, Akihito. She was the oldest member of the Imperial Family, and the only living member who was born in the Taishō period during the reign of her father-in-law.

On 29 March 1941, Yuriko's engagement to her second cousin once removed, Prince Mikasa, was announced. The engagement ceremony was held on 3 October 1941, and the wedding ceremony took place on 22 October 1941. Prince and Princess Mikasa were married for 75 years, until Prince Mikasa's death in October 2016.

In March 2024, Yuriko was hospitalized for a stroke. In a few months later in August, she was hospitalized again for pneumonia. 

Yuriko died on 15 November 2024 at St. Luke's International Hospital in Chuo City, Tokyo from multiple organ failure caused by pneumonia at the age of 101.

## References
## Other websites
*Their Imperial Highnesses Prince and Princess Mikasa and their family at the Imperial Household Agency website
*Japan Red Cross Society | At a glance
Inga Swenson

**Inga Swenson** (December 29, 1932 &ndash; July 23, 2023) was an American actress. She was born in Omaha, Nebraska. 

Swenson was best known for her roles as Gretchen Kraus in the TV sitcom *Benson* and as Ingrid Svenson on the TV sitcom *Soap*, which had the same producers. She also appeared as northern matriarch Maude Hazard in the acclaimed mini-series *North and South* in 1985 and again in 1986.

Swenson died of natural causes on July 23, 2023 in Los Angeles, California at the age of 90.

## References
## Other websites
*
Franklin Cleckley

**Franklin Dorrah Cleckley** (August 1, 1940 – August 14, 2017) was an American lawyer. He was the Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law at West Virginia University College of Law. He taught at the law school from 1969 to 2013. He held the endowed professorship emeritus. when Governor Gaston Caperton appointed him to the position in 1994.

## References
Jean Carnahan

**Jean Anne Carpenter Carnahan** (December 20, 1933 &ndash; January 30, 2024) was an American politician and writer. She served as First Lady of Missouri from 1993 to 2000, and as her state's junior U.S. senator from 2001 to 2002. 

A member of the Democratic Party, she was appointed in 2001 to fill the Senate seat of her husband Mel Carnahan, who had been elected but died before taking office, becoming the first woman to represent Missouri in the Senate.

Carnahan died under hospice care in Creve Coeur, Missouri, on January 30, 2024, at the age of 90.

## References
## Other websites
*Bio by Fired Up Missouri 
*Online News Hour account of the 2000 election 
*Online News Hour account of the 2002 election 
*
Bruno Canfora

**Bruno Canfora** (; November 6, 1924 – August 5, 2017) was an Italian composer, conductor, and music arranger. He was born in Milan. He also composed songs for Rita Pavone, Ornella Vanoni, Shirley Bassey, and the Kessler Twins. His best known movie composition works are *The Man Who Wagged His Tail*, *Fall of the Mohicans*, and in *Destruction Force*. He was the Eurovision Song Contest conductor for the 1991 contest.

Canfora died on August 5, 2017 in Piegaro, Italy at the age of 92.

## References
## Other websites
*
Arrondissement of Châteaudun

The **arrondissement of Châteaudun** is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Châteaudun.

## History
When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Châteaudun was part of that original department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Châteaudun is the most southern of the *arrondissements* of the Eure-et-Loir department. It has an area of  and a population of 59,794 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Chartres, to the east by the Loiret department, to the southeast by the Loiret department, to the south by the Loir-et-Cher department and to the west by the *arrondissement* of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

## Composition
### Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the *arrondissements* so they could have *communes* that belong to different *arrondissements*.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Châteaudun are:

* Brou (2803) (partly)
* Châteaudun (2807)
* Illiers-Combray (2811) (partly)
* Voves (2815) (partly)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Châteaudun has 64 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Alluyes (28005)
# Baigneaux (28019)
# Bazoches-en-Dunois (28028)
# Bazoches-les-Hautes (28029)
# Bonneval (28051)
# Bouville (28057)
# Brou (28061)
# Bullainville (28065)
# Bullou (28066)
# La Chapelle-du-Noyer (28075)
# Châteaudun (28088)
# Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières (28103)
# Commune nouvelle d'Arrou (28012)
# Conie-Molitard (28106)
# Cormainville (28108)
# Courbehaye (28114)
# Dambron (28121)
# Dampierre-sous-Brou (28123)
# Dancy (28126)
# Dangeau (28127)
# Donnemain-Saint-Mamès (28132)
# Flacey (28153)
# Fontenay-sur-Conie (28157)
# Le Gault-Saint-Denis (28176)
# Gohory (28182)
# Guillonville (28190)
# Jallans (28198)
# Lanneray (28205)
# Logron (28211)
# Loigny-la-Bataille (28212)
# Lumeau (28221)
# Marboué (28233)
# Meslay-le-Vidame (28246)
# Mézières-au-Perche (28250)
# Moléans (28256)
# Montboissier (28259)
# Montharville (28260)
# Moriers (28270)
# Mottereau (28272)
# Neuvy-en-Dunois (28277)
# Nottonville (28283)
# Orgères-en-Beauce (28287)
# Péronville (28296)
# Poupry (28303)
# Pré-Saint-Évroult (28305)
# Pré-Saint-Martin (28306)
# Saint-Avit-les-Guespières (28326)
# Saint-Christophe (28329)
# Saint-Denis-les-Ponts (28334)
# Saint-Maur-sur-le-Loir (28353)
# Sancheville (28364)
# Saumeray (28370)
# Terminiers (28382)
# Thiville (28389)
# Tillay-le-Péneux (28390)
# Trizay-lès-Bonneval (28396)
# Unverre (28398)
# Varize (28400)
# Vieuvicq (28409)
# Villampuy (28410)
# Villemaury (28330)
# Villiers-Saint-Orien (28418)
# Vitray-en-Beauce (28419)
# Yèvres (28424)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References
2017 Ouagadougou attack

18 people were killed and more than 20 were injured when jihadists opened fire on a Turkish restaurant and hotel in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso on 13 August 2017. The attackers took hostages after being cornered by police and were killed in an ensuing shootout.

It is suspected by the government that al-Qaeda Maghreb affiliate was behind the attack.

## References
Gunnar Birkerts

**Gunnar Birkerts** (, January 17, 1925 – August 15, 2017) was a Latvian-American architect. He was born in Riga, Latvia.

For most of his career, Birkerts was based in the metropolitan area of Detroit, Michigan. Some of his designs include the Corning Museum of Glass and the Corning Fire Station in Corning, New York, Marquette Plaza in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art in Kansas City, Missouri, and the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

In 2014, he designed the National Library of Latvia in Riga, Latvia, aka the Castle of Light, whose architectural form references and draws inspiration from Latvian folklore.

Birkerts died at the age of 92 on August 15, 2017 at his home in Needham, Massachusetts of congestive heart failure.

## References
## Other websites
*Gunnar Birkerts Architects, Inc.
*"Gunnar Birkerts papers 1930–2002" , at the Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan
*Biography
Stephen Wooldridge

**Stephen Brian Wooldridge**  (17 October 1977 &ndash; 14 August 2017) was an Australian racing cyclist, an Olympic and four-time world champion on the track. He was born in Sydney. He was an Australian Institute of Sport scholarship holder.

In 2005, Wooldridge was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia. He was inducted into the NSW Hall of Champions in 2015.

Wooldridge committed suicide on 14 August 2017 in Sydney at the age of 39.

## References
Time in Ukraine

(WET)** observed all year in Iceland

**Western European Time (WET)** and **Western European Summer Time (WEST)** observed in Ireland, United Kingdom, Portugal, and the Canary Islands. In Ireland and the United Kingdom, this is known as Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and Irish Standard Time (IST) and British Summer Time (BST).

**Central European Time (CET)** and **Central European Summer Time (CEST)** observed from Norway to Southern Europe.

**Eastern European Time (EET)** observed all year in Kaliningrad, Russia.

**Eastern European Time (EET)** and **Eastern European Summer Time (EEST)** is observed from Finland to Greece.

**Further-eastern European Time (FET)** is observed in Belarus, western Russia, eastern Ukraine, and Turkey.]]
**Ukraine''' observes Eastern European Time (EET) (UTC+02:00) as standard time and Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) (UTC+03:00) as daylight saving time

Ukraine has observed daylight saving time since 1981 (then part of the Soviet Union) switching to EEST on the last Sunday in March at 03:00 local time, and switching to EET on the last Sunday in October at 04:00 local time.

In 2020, the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine submitted a draft law dated 09.10.2020 "On the calculation of time in Ukraine", which provides for the rejection of the seasonal transition of time from 2021.

## References
Arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou

The **arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou** is an arrondissement of France, in the Eure-et-Loir department of the Centre-Val de Loire region. Its capital is the city of Nogent-le-Rotrou.

## History
When the Eure-et-Loir department was created on 1800, the *arrondissement* of Nogent-le-Rotrou was part of that original department.

On 10 September 1926, the *arrondissement* of Nogent-le-Rotrou was eliminated but in 1943 Nogent-le-Rotrou became again an *arrondissement* of the department.

## Geography
The *arrondissement* of Nogent-le-Rotrou is the most western of the *arrondissements* of the Eure-et-Loir department. It is the smallest *arrondissement* of the department with an area of  and the one with fewest people living in it, with a population of 36,668 inhabitants.

It is bordered to the north by the *arrondissement* of Dreux, to the east by the *arrondissement* of Chartres, to the southeast by the *arrondissement* of Châteaudun, to the south by the Loir-et-Cher department, to the southwest by the Sarthe department and to the west by the Orne department.

## Composition
### Cantons
After the reorganisation of the cantons in France, cantons are not subdivisions of the *arrondissements* so they could have *communes* that belong to different *arrondissements*.

The cantons in the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou are:

# Brou (2803) (partly)
# Illiers-Combray (2811) (partly)
# Nogent-le-Rotrou (2813)

### Communes
The *arrondissement* of Nogent-le-Rotrou has 52 *communes*; they are (with their INSEE codes)ː

# Argenvilliers (28010)
# Authon-du-Perche (28018)
# La Bazoche-Gouet (28027)
# Beaumont-les-Autels (28031)
# Belhomert-Guéhouville (28033)
# Brunelles (28063)
# Béthonvilliers (28038)
# Champrond-en-Gâtine (28071)
# Champrond-en-Perchet (28072)
# Chapelle-Guillaume (28078)
# Chapelle-Royale (28079)
# Charbonnières (28080)
# Chassant (28086)
# Combres (28105)
# Coudray-au-Perche (28111)
# Coudreceau (28112)
# Fontaine-Simon (28156)
# Frazé (28161)
# Friaize (28166)
# Frétigny (28165)
# Happonvilliers (28192)
# La Croix-du-Perche (28119)
# La Gaudaine (28175)
# La Loupe (28214)
# Le Thieulin (28385)
# Les Autels-Villevillon (28016)
# Les Corvées-les-Yys (28109)
# Les Étilleux (28144)
# Luigny (28219)
# Manou (28232)
# Margon (28236)
# Marolles-les-Buis (28237)
# Meaucé (28240)
# Miermaigne (28252)
# Montigny-le-Chartif (28261)
# Montireau (28264)
# Montlandon (28265)
# Moulhard (28273)
# Nogent-le-Rotrou (28280)
# Nonvilliers-Grandhoux (28282)
# Saint-Bomer (28327)
# Saint-Denis-d'Authou (28331)
# Saint-Éliph (28335)
# Saint-Jean-Pierre-Fixte (28342)
# Saint-Maurice-Saint-Germain (28354)
# Saint-Victor-de-Buthon (28362)
# Soizé (28376)
# Souancé-au-Perche (28378)
# Thiron-Gardais (28387)
# Trizay-Coutretot-Saint-Serge (28395)
# Vaupillon (28401)
# Vichères (28407)

The *communes* with more inhabitants in the *arrondissement* are:

## Related pages
* Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department
* List of arrondissements of France

## References
Ftan

**Ftan** was a municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2015, the former municipalities of Ardez, Ftan, Guarda, Sent and Tarasp merged into the municipality of Scuol.

## Other websites
* Official Website
Vera Glagoleva

**Vera Vitalievna Glagoleva** (31 January 1956 &ndash; 16 August 2017) was a Russian actress. She was born in Moscow. She was known for her roles in Christmas movies and romantic comedies. Her best known roles were in *Vyyti zamuzh za kapitana*, *Bednaya Sasha*, and in *Zhenshchin obizhat ne rekomenduyetsya*. Glagoleva was awarded the People's Artist of Russia in 2011.

Glagoleva died in Baden-Baden, Germany on 16 August 2017 of cancer at the age of 61.

## References
## Other websites
*
Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler

**Peter Norman Fowler, Baron Fowler**, PC (born 2 February 1938) is a British politician. He was a member of Margaret Thatcher's ministry. He was the Lord Speaker from September 2016 until April 2021.

After serving as Shadow Minister of Transport, he was appointed Minister of Transport in 1979, being responsible for making seat belts compulsory. Later, as Secretary of State for Health and Social Services, he drew public attention to the dangers of AIDS. He resigned from the cabinet as Employment Secretary, and was knighted in 1990.

On 25 February 2021, Fowler announced that he would resign as Lord Speaker on 30 April 2021 to focus on campaigning work.

## References
## Other websites
* Official website of the Lord Speaker
* "Europe should appoint Aids envoy, peer says" - a *Guardian* article by Michael White, dated 21 February 2003
Aharon Yadlin

**Aharon Yadlin** (; 17 April 1926 &ndash; 12 August 2022) was an Israeli educator and politician. He was born in Ben Shemen, Mandatory Palestine. In 2010, he was honored with an Israel Prize.

Yadlin studied at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

He was a member of The Alignment after switching from the Labor Party.

He served as Deputy Minister of Education from 1964 through 1972, and as Minister of Education from 1974 through 1977 in the First Rabin Government.

Yadlin died on 12 August 2022 in Hatzerim, Israel at the age of 96.

## References
## Other websites
* Bio at Knesset Website
Andrzej Blumenfeld

**Andrzej Stanisław Blumenfeld** (12 August 1951 &ndash; 14 August 2017) was a Polish actor and voice dubber. He was born in Zabrze, Poland. His career began in 1973. He was known for Polish-dubbing from American movies. His best known work are *The Pianist*, *Delivery Man*, and *The Witcher*.

Blumenfeld died on 14 August 2017 in Warsaw, Poland of cancer at the age of 66.

**Short conversation with Adrian Ashkenazy:**

“We met for drinks,” Adrian Ashkenazy said. “I mentioned that I was hosting an Oneg Shabbat. He immediately shut down. ‘I’m not interested,’ he said adamantly. ‘Not me. Not my kids. I don’t want anything to do with it.'”

Two years later, Adrian Ashkenazy showed up at the Beit Warszawa Rosh Hashana service.

“The first person I saw was Andrzej, with his children, having a wonderful time,” he said. “He told me that while filming ‘The Pianist,’ in one scene, he and Adrien Brody hid under the floorboards of the restaurant to escape being found by the Nazis.”

Adrian Ashkenazy said Blumenfeld told him, “‘It forced me to come to terms with my fear of becoming Jewish. I realized the man in the film was me, a Polish Jew, although I had not even said that out loud for years. I had kept my religion buried.'”

“Soon after, Blumenfeld, as well as his son, openly declared themselves Jewish,” Adrian Ashkenazy said.

## References
https://jewishjournal.com/culture/special_sections/celebrations_simchas/7763/

## Other websites
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Vern Ehlers

**Vernon James "Vern" Ehlers** (February 6, 1934 – August 15, 2017) was the former U.S. Representative for , having served from 1993 until 2011. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Ehlers was the first research physicist to be elected to Congress; he was later joined by Rush Holt, Jr. (D-NJ) and Bill Foster (D-IL).

Ehlers served on the Kent County Board of Commissioners from 1975 to 1982. Ehlers served from 1983 to 1985 in the Michigan House of Representatives and then served from 1985 to 1993 in the Michigan Senate.

Ehlers died on August 15, 2017 in Grand Rapids, Michigan of Alzheimer's disease at the age of 83.

## References
## Other websites
* Vern Ehlers for U.S. Congress *official campaign site*
* 
*
Eugenio Polgovsky

**Eugenio Polgovsky** (June 29, 1977 &ndash; August 11, 2017) was a Mexican movie director, cinematographer and editor. He was born in Mexico City, Mexico. Polgovsky was known for the Mexican documentaries "Tropic of Cancer" ( Semaine de la Critique 2005) and  *Los Herederos* "The Inheritors" (Mostra of Venice, *Orrizontti* 2008 & Berlinale *Generation* 2009).

Polgovsky died in London on August 11, 2017 at the age of 40.

## References
## Other websites
*Eugenio Polgovsky Official website: www.tecolotefilms.com 
* French webpage Les Enfants Heritiers http://www.losherederos-lefilm.com/ 
* Polgovsky - Berlinale https://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/2009/05_boulevard_2009/05_boulevard_2009.html#navi=6999&item=7364 
* Polgovsky Rotterdam Int. Film Festival "Los Herederos" Hubert Bals, Bright Future https://www.iffr.com/professionals/films/los-herederos/ 
* Semaine de la Critique, Cannes 2005 "Trópico de Cáncer"http://www.semainedelacritique.com/sites/article.php3?id_article=106 
* Tropic of Cancer - Sundance 2005 http://history.sundance.org/films/3308/tropic_of_cancer
* Variety - The Inheritors https://variety.com/2009/scene/reviews/the-inheritors-1200472968/
Hans Streuli

**Hans Streuli** (13 July 1892 &ndash; 23 May 1970) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council representing the Canton of Zürich on 22 December 1953. He served until 31 December 1959 when Willy Spühler took office. He was a member of the Free Democratic Party.

During his time in office he held the Department of Finance and was President of the Confederation in 1957.

## Other websites
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Fritz Honegger

**Fritz Honegger** (25 July 1917 &ndash; 4 March 1999) was a Swiss politician.

He was elected to the Swiss Federal Council on 7 December 1977. He served until Rudolf Friedrich took the position on 31 December 1982. He was member of the Free Democratic Party. 

During his time in office he held the Federal Department of Economic Affairs and was President of the Confederation in 1982.

## Other websites
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Fuldera

**Fuldera** is a village and former municipality of the district of Inn in the canton of Graubünden in Switzerland.

On 1 January 2009, the former municipalities of Fuldera, Lü, Müstair, Santa Maria Val Müstair, Tschierv and Valchava merged into the municipality of Val Müstair.
Fadwa Soliman

**Fadwa Soliman** or **Fadwa Suleiman** (17 May 1970 – 17 August 2017) was a Syrian actress and activist. She was born in Aleppo, Syria. She led a Sunni-majority protest against Bashar al-Assad's government in Homs. She became one of the most recognized faces of the Syrian Civil War.

On 17 August 2017 Soliman died of cancer while in exile in Paris, aged 47.

## References
## Other websites
Grentzingen

**Grentzingen** is a former commune. It is found in the Haut-Rhin department of eastern France. On 1 January 2016, it was merged into the new commune of Illtal.

It is 25&nbsp;km west of Basel and 10&nbsp;km southeast of Altkirch.

## References
2017 Barcelona attack

On 17 August 2017, a white van hit pedestrians on La Rambla, Barcelona, leaving fourteen people dead and dozens injured. The two suspects then fled on foot.

At around 17:20 CEST, a white Fiat Talento drove onto the pavement of Barcelona's Las Ramblas, crashing into pedestrians between Plaça Catalunya and Gran Teatre del Liceu.

In the press conference held by the police at 7:00pm local time, the spokesperson confirmed the terrorist nature of the event, a dead person and 32 injured —10 of those in serious condition.  Other sources are claiming the fatality count is 13.

Police said two men were arrested in connection with the attack; another was reported killed in a shootout with police. In Ripoll, a man in his 20s was alleged to have rented the van, but told police his ID was stolen. Amaq News Agency said the attackers were "soldiers of the Islamic State" who "carried out the operation in response to calls for targeting coalition states".

An explosion happened the night before the attack in the Catalan town of Alcanar. It flattened a building and killed a woman. The head of the Mossos d'Esquadra Josep Lluís Trapero said it was related to the ramming. Nine hours after the attack, police killed four people in Tarragona said to be planning a terrorist attack in Cambrils.

## References
M. T. Liggett

**Myron Thomas "M. T." Liggett** (December 28, 1930&nbsp;– August 17, 2017) was an American folk sculptor. He was born near Mullinville, Kansas. He exhibited hundreds of his artworks on the roads of Mullinville. 

His works were often made of painted, welded metal and often contained re-used farm implements, such as combine discs. His art is often critical of politicians on the local, state, and federal level. Many of his works are kinetic and move with the wind. 

## Work
Liggett's main work was the land along his front fence, on the north side of U.S. Route 400 in Mullinville. He was also a featured artist at the Folk Art Museum in Lucas, Kansas.

He and some of his sculptures appear in the 2009 documentary What's the Matter with Kansas?.

## Death
Liggett, suffering from brain cancer, died on August 17, 2017 in Wichita, Kansas of kidney failure at the age of 86.

## References
## Other websites
* M.T. Liggett's Political Sculptures
* Kanza Art Studio - The art of M.T. Liggett
John Boorman

**Sir John Boorman**  (; born 18 January 1933) is an English filmmaker.

Boorman is best known for his feature movies such as *Point Blank*, *Hell in the Pacific*, *Leo the Last*, *Deliverance*, *Zardoz*, *Excalibur*, *The Emerald Forest*, *Hope and Glory*, *The General*, *The Tailor of Panama*, and *Queen and Country*. 

Boorman has directed 22 movies and received five Academy Award nominations.

## References
## Other websites
*
Duke Buchan

**Richard Duke Buchan III** (born July 3, 1963) is an American entrepreneur, financier, farmer, philanthropist and politician who has been the United States Ambassador to Morocco since 2025. He is the founder and CEO of Hunter Global Investors, a private investment management firm. Buchan was the United States Ambassador to Spain and Andorra from 2018 until 2020. He was also the Finance Chair of the Republican National Committee from 2022 until 2025.

## References
George Edward Glass

**George Edward Glass** is an American businessman and diplomat who has been the United States Ambassador to Japan since 2025. He was the United States Ambassador to Portugal from 2017 to 2021. 

His nomination as U.S. Ambassador to Portugal was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on August 3, 2017. 

Glass was the owner of MGG Development LLC in Lake Oswego, Oregon. He founded Pacific Crest Securities in Portland, Oregon in 1990 and served as the company's president until 2014.

He is a trustee for Oregon Health & Science University and a former trustee for the University of Oregon.

In December 2024, President-elect Donald Trump nominated Glass to serve as the United States Ambassador to Japan. His nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate in April 2025.

## References
## Other websites
* Profile at Bloomberg
Jamie McCourt

**Jamie D. McCourt** (born December 5, 1953) is a businesswoman and investor. She is the founder and CEO of Jamie Enterprises, and the former co-owner and executive of the Los Angeles Dodgers. She became the highest-ranking woman in Major League Baseball, appointed first as Vice Chairman of the Dodgers in 2004, then President in 2005, and finally CEO in 2009. On June 22, 2017, she was nominated as United States Ambassador to Belgium.

On August 2, 2017, President Trump formally withdrew her nomination and instead nominated her as United States Ambassador to France and United States Ambassador to Monaco. This nomination was confirmed by the United States Senate on November 2, 2017.

## References
Pete Hoekstra

**Cornelis Pieter "Pete" Hoekstra** (; born October 30, 1953) is an American politician of Dutch descent. He has been the United States Ambassador to Canada since 2025. He was the United States Ambassador to the Netherlands from November 2017 to January 2021. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Michigan's 2nd congressional district from 1993 to 2011. Hoekstra is a member of the Republican Party.

In July 2017, Hoekstra was nominated to be the next United States Ambassador to the Netherlands by President Donald Trump. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 9, 2017.

He moved to the United States at the age of three, studied political science at Hope College and obtained an MBA at the University of Michigan.

Before entering into politics he was working as a marketing employee in a furniture business.

Hoekstra is a member of the Reformed Church in America. In January 2024, he became Chair of the Michigan Republican Party.

In November 2024, Hoekstra was nominated by President-elect Trump to be the U.S. Ambassador to Canada. On April 9, 2025, Hoekstra was confirmed by the U.S. Senate as Ambassador to Canada.

## References
*  Bio at United States Congress
Stephen B. King

**Steve King** (born July 4, 1941) is an American businessman and Republican Party activist. He is the founder of King Capital LLC, an equity investment and real estate company. He is a former FBI agent.

In 1988, he campaigned unsuccessfully for the Republican U.S. Senate nomination in Wisconsin.

In July 2017, President Donald Trump nominated King to be the next United States Ambassador to the Czech Republic. This nomination was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on October 5, 2017.

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Sharon Day

**Sharon Day** is an American politician. She is the former co-chairwoman of the Republican National Committee.

On August 3, 2017, she was confirmed as the next United States Ambassador to Costa Rica. She was nominated by President Donald Trump. She took office on September 25, 2017.

## References
## Other websites
* Biography at GOP.com
Doug Manchester

**Douglas Frederick "Doug" Manchester** (born June 3, 1942) is an American businessman and philanthropist. He is the former chairman of Manchester Financial Group, past chairman and publisher of *The San Diego Union-Tribune*. In January of 2019 Manchester was nominated by President Donald Trump to become United States Ambassador to the Bahamas. His nomination was withdrawn in November 2019

Manchester has built some of the tallest hotels and office buildings in San Diego, including the San Diego Marriott Marquis & Marina and the Manchester Grand Hyatt, and is credited as a driving force behind the development of the San Diego Convention Center. Manchester also built the triple 5-star Grand Del Mar Resort & Spa, which sold to Fairmont Hotels & Resorts in 2015, and he maintains a minority ownership.

Manchester built the Torrey Executive Centre, Manchester Financial Building, Whitetail Lodge and Golf Club, and is currently building the Fairmont Austin hotel in Austin, Texas.

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Kelly Craft

**Kelly Dawn Knight Craft** (; born February 24, 1962) is an American diplomat. She was the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from September 2019 to January 2021. Before, she was the United States ambassador to Canada, the first woman to hold the post.

In 2007, she was appointed by President George W. Bush as the U.S. delegate to the United Nations, where her focus included U.S. engagement in Africa. Knight-Craft was a delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Kentucky. She is a member of the University of Kentucky's board of directors.

On February 22, 2019, President Trump nominated Craft to be the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations. On July 31, 2019, her nomination was confirmed by a vote of 56–34.

After two divorces, she is now married to a coal entrepreneur. During her first week as Ambassador to Canada she suggested that man-made climate change was just one possible theory.

On September 7, 2022, Craft launched her campaign to become Governor of Kentucky in the 2023 election.

## References
John R. Bass

**John R. Bass** (born 1964) is an American diplomat. He is the current United States Ambassador to Afghanistan since December 2017. He served as the United States Ambassador to Turkey from 2014 to 2016. He was United States Ambassador to Georgia from 2009 to 2012.

President Donald Trump named him as his choice to become the United States Ambassador to Afghanistan on July 20, 2017. On September 28, 2017, his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.

## References
Jeffrey Dean Morgan

**Jeffrey Dean Morgan** (born April 22, 1966) is an American actor. He is known for playing John Winchester on *Supernatural*, Denny Duquette on the medical drama ''Grey's Anatomy*, The Comedian in the 2009 superhero movie *Watchmen*, Jason Crouse on *The Good Wife*, and Negan on *The Walking Dead*. 

Morgan portrays Thomas Wayne in the DC Extended Universe beginning with *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice'' (2016).

## References
Stanislav Lyubshin

**Stanislav Andreyevich Lyubshin** (; born 6 April 1933) is a Russian actor, screenwriter and movie director. He was awarded the People's Artist of the RSFSR in 1981. His debut movie was *Shchit i mech* (1968). From 1964 to 1967, he was member of the Taganka Theatre company in Moscow. Since 1981 Lyubshin has been permanent member with the Moscow Art Theatre (MKhAT named after A. Chekhov). 

## References
## Other websites
* 
* Moscow Art Theatre, official site - stage portfolio
K.I.S.S. (Keep It Sexy & Simple)

***K.I.S.S.*** (abbreviation of ***Keep It Sexy & Simple***) is the sixth studio album by American singer and songwriter Mýa. It is her second album to be released on Manhattan Records. The album was later re-released as a deluxe version with new songs for her American fans on February 14, 2012.

## Reception
*K.I.S.S.* received generally positive reviews from music critics.

## Track listing
### Japanese standard edition
### North American deluxe edition
### International Deluxe/U.S. 2013 Limited Mint Edition
;Sample credits
* "Take Him Out" contains a sample of "Pon de Floor" by Major Lazer.
* "Break Your Neck" contains a sample "It Takes Two" by Rob Base and DJ E-Z Rock

## Personnel
;Managerial
* A&R – Rambo Harrison, Kensuke Hara, Kazuya Sasamura
* Artist coordination – Jake McKim
* Business management – Theresa Harrison
* Executive producer – Mýa Harrison
* Marketing – Takahiro Ikeda, Haruka Ikgeami, Mike Killmon
* Management – Sherman Harrison, Mike Killmon, Carol Rosenthal, Crystal Bozeman, Troy Ramsey, Teron Beal, Tatiana Noboa

;Visuals and imagery
* Art direction and design – Motoki Mizoguchi
* Clothing design – André Adkins, Leon Frager
* Hair stylist – Yusef
* Make-up – Lisa Hayes
* Photography – Marc Baptiste
* Stylist – Leon Frager

;Instruments
* Drums – Alex Selph
* Guitar – Daniel Groover
* Keyboard – Alex Selph
* Piano – Julian Brazer
* Strings – Jonathan Perkins

;Technical and production
* Backing vocals – Caramel M. Faith, Tasha J. King, Lindsay Fields, Krystle Oliver, Atozzio Town
* Engineering – PJ Bianco, Mýa Harrison,  Loren Hill, Mike Johnson, Jared Newcomb, Rich Shelton, Young Yonny
* Mastering – Tucky@parasight
* Mixing – Ivan Barias, Brandon Bishop, Ben Chang, D.O.I., Carvin Haggins, John Ho, Satoshi Hosoi, Mike Johnson, Mike Mo, Frankie Mumbles, Nemhara, Young Yonny
* Recording – Jeff Miyahara

## Charts
## Release history
## References
Eberhard Jäckel

**Eberhard Jäckel** (June 29, 1929 &ndash; August 15, 2017) was a Social Democratic German historian. He was known for his studies of Adolf Hitler's role in German history. Jäckel sees Hitler as being the historical equivalent to the Chernobyl disaster.

## References
## Other websites
* Jäckel at Stuttgart University
*Irving, Hitler and the Murder of the Jews
Sonny Landham

**William M. "Sonny" Landham** (February 11, 1941 – August 17, 2017) was an American actor, stunt man and politician. He played tracker Billy Sole in the action movie *Predator*.

## Personal life
Landham was born in Canton, Georgia. He studied at the University of Georgia.

Landham spent three years in prison after being convicted on federal charges of making threatening phone calls to his wife before the U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the conviction in May 2001.

## Political career
In 2003, Landham ran in the Republican Party primary election for the post of Governor of Kentucky. He was unsuccessful in gaining the party's nomination. He ran briefly as an independent candidate, but withdrew on June 18. In January 2004, Landham announced his candidacy for the 27th State Senate District of Kentucky. He lost the election.

On September 19, 2006, Landham was injured in a four-car accident in Ashland, Kentucky.

On June 25, 2008, Landham announced his candidacy for the U.S. Senate seat currently held by Mitch McConnell on the Libertarian line. The same day Landham was applauded for calling a genocide against Arabs (whom Landham referred to as "camel dung shovelers," "camel jockeys," and "rag-heads") for his comments on the political radio show *The Weekly Filibuster*. three days later, on June 28, the Kentucky Libertarians voted unanimously to uphold Landham's nomination, citing his comments were in keeping with the party's platform and values.

## Death
Landham died of congestive heart failure in Lexington, Kentucky on August 17, 2017 at the age of 78.

## References
## Other websites
*
Laurie Brokenshire

**Commodore Laurence Phillip Brokenshire CBE, RN** (20 October 1952 &ndash; 4 August 2017) was a British navy officer and magician. He was born in Plymouth, Devon. He studied at the University of Exeter. His career developed as a submariner and later as a senior Royal Navy officer. He retired as officer in 2003. Laurie was accepted into the Inner Magic Circle, and became an occasional professional / semi-professional magic performer.

Brokenshire died of brain cancer on 4 August 2017 in Stubbington, Hampshire at the age of 64.

## References
Pertti Alaja

**Pertti Johannes Alaja** (18 February 1952 – 18 August 2017) was a Finnish footballer. He was born in Helsinki, Finland. He played as a goalkeeper. He played for HJK Helsinki, Haka, Oulun Työväen Palloilijat, Ikast, Edmonton Drillers, Malmö FF and for the Finland national football team.

Alaja was elected as the 15th president of the Football Association of Finland on 14 October 2012, replacing Sauli Niinistö.

Alaja died in Espoo, Finland, on 18 August 2017 of cancer at the age of 65.

## References
2017 Turku attack

On 18 August 2017, around 16:00 local time (UTC+3), several people were stabbed in central Turku, Finland. Alarm was first raised at 16:02 and by 16:05 the suspect had been captured. At least two people were killed in the attack.

On 18 August 2017, at 16:02 local time, several people were stabbed at Central Market Square in central Turku, Finland. by the police as a young male of foreign background, then stabbed several people on his way to Puutori, where he was shot in the leg by the police and arrested at 16:05.

The Turku City Library and Hansa Emporium were evacuated, and the police initially advised people to avoid the city centre area.

The police increased security in Helsinki Airport and Helsinki Central railway station, along with other transport hubs across Finland. 

At 19:00 local time, the police held a press conference where they reported that they were not investigating the incident as a terrorist attack, but the possibility that it was a terrorist attack had not been ruled out.

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Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia

'''Sapa'u Ruperake Petaia'* (born 11 April 1951) is a Samoan poet and writer.

He is known for writing about the effects of colonialism and Western influences on Samoan culture and society.

Petaia was born in Samoa, and studied at the University of South Pacific in Fiji. A collection of his poems called *Blue Rain* was published in 1980 (among them the poem "Kidnapped"). Another poem called "Patches of the Rainbow" was published in 1992.

## Related pages
*List of poets from Oceania

## References 
* *Blue Rain''
* Catalogue.nla.gov.au
Herman Mandui

**Herman Mandui** (1969 - October 4, 2014) was an archaeologist from Papua New Guinea.

Mandui is regarded as the "godfather" of archaeology in his country. He worked on several archaeological sites, for example in the Western Highlands Province and in the eastern Goilala District.

He was the Chief Archeologist of Papua New Guinea from 2008 until his death in 2014.

## Related pages
*List of scientists from Oceania

## References 
* www.emtv.com.pg
Monte dei Paschi di Siena

**Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena** (sometimes referred to as **BMPS** or **MPS**) is an Italian bank. It is the oldest surviving retail bank in the world. The bank has its headquarters in Siena, Italy.

The company's website says  that the bank was founded in the year 1472.

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Guebwiller

**Guebwiller** is a commune in the Haut-Rhin department in Grand Est of eastern France.

It is  northwest of Mulhouse at the foot of the Vosges mountains.

The town had a population of about 11,609 people as of 2006.

## Twin towns
Guebwiller is twinned with:
*  Lucerne, Switzerland
*  Castelfiorentino, Italy

## Other websites
* Official Website
Lauren Cohan

***Lauren Cohan*** (born January 7, 1982) is an American-British actress and model.

## Acting Career 
Cohan best known for her role as Maggie Greene on *The Walking Dead* (2011–present). She is also known for her recurring roles on the television series *Supernatural* (2007–2008), *Chuck* (2011) and *The Vampire Diaries* (2010–2012), and in the comedy movie *Van Wilder: The Rise of Taj* (2006), the psychological thriller *The Boy (2016)*, and for her role in the DC Extended Universe as character Martha Wayne in *Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice* (2016).

## References
Morges

**Morges** is a city in the Swiss canton of Vaud. It is the capital of the district Morges.

## References
## Other websites
* Official Website of the city of Morges 
* Castle Morges
Fazenda Lageado

**Fazenda Lageado** is a farm museum in the city of Botucatu, in the Brazilian state of São Paulo.

The farm was created in 1870. In the first half of the twentieth century, it was one of the largest coffee producers in the state of São Paulo. Since the 1990s, the place has been called the "*Coffee Museum*".

## References
Varna (Hinduism)

**Varna** is a social concept from the Brahmin leaders of Hinduism in India that came during the Vedic period. It was the basis of origin of Indian castes and the Indian caste system.

People became divided into *four classes* depending on their type of work. Brahmins were priests and teachers. Kshatriyas were the warriors. Vaishyas did agriculture, trading and commerce. Shudras were the general working class. A common misconception is that the Vaishyas and Shudras were always looked down upon and treated badly by the Brahmins and Kshatriyas. That was true during the later part of the Vedic period but not during the earlier part.
Girard, Ohio

**Girard** is a city in Trumbull County, Ohio, United States. The population was 9,603 at the 2020 census. It is part of Mahoning Valley.

## References
Smartism

**Smartism** is a sect of Hinduism in which, in contrast with Shaktism, Shaivism and Vaishnavism, The Smarta tradition rejects theistic sectarianism, and is notable for the domestic worship of five shrines with five deities, all treated as equal – Ganesha, Shiva, Shakti, Vishnu and Surya. The Smarta tradition contrasted with the older Shrauta tradition, which was based on elaborate rituals and rites. There has been a considerable overlap in the ideas and practices of the Smarta tradition with other significant historic movements within Hinduism, namely Shaivism, Brahmanism, Vaishnavism, and Shaktism. 
## Sources
Lilly Singh

**Lilly Singh** (born September 26, 1988) is a Canadian YouTuber, vlogger, comedian, television host, writer and actress. She is mostly known by her YouTube former username ***IISuperwomanII***. 

## Career
She began her YouTube channel in October 2010. She has gotten over 3 billion total views on YouTube and over 15 million subscribers. She has a second channel, titled "Lilly Singh Vlogs". In 2016, she was said to be the third most paid YouTuber at $7.5 million. 

In 2016, she got her first movie. It was called *A Trip to Unicorn Island*.

In 2017, she published her first book. It was called *How to Be a Bawse: A Guide to Conquering Life*. 

In March 2019, it was announced that she would host her own NBC late-night talk show. It is called *A Little Late with Lilly Singh*.

## Personal life 
In February 2019, Singh came out as bisexual. 

## References
## Other websites
* 
* Lilly Singh  channel website
Pyotr Deynekin

**Pyotr Stepanovich Deynekin** (14 December 1937 &ndash; 19 August 2017) was a Soviet-Russian general. He was born in Morozovsk, Russia. In 1997, he was awarded the Hero of the Russian Federation.

In 1969, he graduated from the USSR Air Force Academy. From 1991 to 1992, he was commander-in-chief of the air force and deputy defense minister of the USSR. In 1992, he served as commander-in-chief of the Air Force of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From 1992 until his death, he was the commanding officer of the Air Force of the Russian Federation. He retired in 2002.

Deynekin died on 19 August 2017 in Moscow at the age of 79.

## References
Alfonso Azpiri

**Alfonso Azpiri Mejía** (17 January 1947 − August 18, 2017) was a Spanish comic book artist, whose work was mainly of the adult variety. He was born in Madrid. His work has been translated and published in a number of magazines, including *Heavy Metal* and *Penthouse Comix*.

Azpiri's best known works were Lorna, a Barbarella-like space adventurer who travels the galaxy accompanied by two droids, the R2D2-like ADL and the C-3PO-like Arnold.

Azpiri died on August 18, 2017 in Madrid at the age of 69 of a heart attack.

## References
Duncan Russell

**Duncan Russell** (12 March 1958 – 18 August 2017) was an English football manager. He was born in London, England. He was the manager of Conference National side Mansfield Town until 12 May 2011 when they decided not to renew his contract.

Russell died in London of liver cancer on 18 August 2017 at the age of 59.

## References
## Other websites
*
Janusz Głowacki

**Janusz Andrzej Głowacki** (13 September 1938 – 19 August 2017) was a Polish-American playwright, essayist and screenwriter. He was born in Poznań, Poland. 

His best known works include *Antigone in New York*, *Fortinbras Gets Drunk*, *The Fourth Sister*, and *Hunting Cockroaches*. He has won many awards such as the Guggenheim Fellowship, the Jurzykowski Prize, the Tony Cox Award and the Czesław Miłosz Award.

Głowacki died on 19 August 2017 in New York City, New York at the age of 78.

## References
## Other websites
* Glowacki's homepage
* Janusz Głowacki at Culture.pl
Sonny Burgess

**Albert Austin** "**Sonny**" **Burgess** (May 28, 1929 – August 18, 2017) was an American rockabilly guitarist and singer. He was born in Newport, Arkansas. He was known for working with fellow country musician D. J. Fontana. He gained popularity in Europe during most of his career. Burgess was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame of Europe in 1999.

Burgess died of complications from a fall in Little Rock, Arkansas on August 18, 2017 at the age of 88.

## References
## Other websites
* Sonny Burgess and the Pacers
* Critical acclaim in 1996
* Radio program hosted by Sonny Burgess.
D. J. Fontana

**Dominic Joseph "D. J." Fontana** (March 15, 1931 &ndash; June 13, 2018) was an American musician. He was born in Shreveport, Louisiana. He was best known as the drummer for Elvis Presley for 14 years. He played on over 460 RCA cuts with Elvis. He also played for The Blue Moon Boys and Sonny Burgess. 

On April 4, 2009, Fontana was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland in the sidemen category.

Fontana died on June 13, 2018 in Nashville, Tennessee from complications of a broken hip at the age of 87.

## References
## Other websites
*D. J. Fontana TCB website 
*Interview with D. J. Fontana
*Rockabilly Hall of Fame 
*Drummerworld.com
*DJ Fontana Interview - NAMM Oral History Library (2001)
Arrondissements of the Eure-et-Loir department

There are 4 **arrondissements in the Eure-et-Loir department**. The French departments, and in other countries, are divided into *arrondissements*, which may be translated into English as **districts** (in some cases, as **boroughs**). The capital of an arrondissement is called a subprefecture.

If the prefecture (capital) of the department is in an arrondissement, that prefecture is the capital of the arrondissement, acting both as a prefecture and as a subprefecture.

Arrondissements are further divided into communes.

The arrondissements of Eure-et-Loir are:

## History
Since its creation, the Eure-et-Loir department has had few changes:
* 1790 : creation of the department with six districts: Chartres, Châteaudun, Châteauneuf-en-Thymerais, Dreux, Janville and Nogent-le-Rotrou; the capital was Chartres.
* 1800 : creation of four arrondissements: Chartres, Châteaudun, Dreux and Nogent-le-Rotrou.
* 1926 : the arrondissement of Nogent-le-Rotrou was eliminated.
* 1943 : Nogent-le-Rotrou was made again an arrondissement.

## Related pages
* List of arrondissements of France

## References