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1550s BC

The 1550s BC was a decade lasting from January 1, 1559 BC to December 31, 1550 BC.
Events and trends
The city of Mycenae, in the northeast Peloponnesus, becomes the most powerful in Achaea. The Mycenaean civilization is named after the town.
1557 BC--Estimation: Memphis, capital of Lower Egypt becomes the largest city of the world. It takes the lead from Avaris, capital of the Hyksos in Egypt.
1556 BC--Cecrops I rebuilds Athens after the great flood of Deucalion. He becomes the first of several Kings of Athens whose life is part of Greek mythology.
c. 1552 BC--End of Second Intermediate period in Ancient Egypt. Start of New Kingdom. 18th-20th Dynasties.
1550 BC--Ahmose I becomes Pharaoh of Egypt.
1550 BC--May 14--Lunar Saros 35 begins.
c. 1550 BC-1500 BC--Dagger blades with lion hunt, from Shaft Grave IV, Grave Circle A, at Mycenae, Greece, are made. They are now at National Archaeological Museum of Athens.
c. 1550 BC Stonehenge was built.
Significant people
16th century BC
Morcote

Morcote is a municipality of the district Lugano in the Swiss canton of Ticino. It is on the shore of Lake Lugano, about from Lugano in the district of Lugano.
References
Other websites
Official Site of Morcote
Municipalities of Ticino
Cities in Switzerland
Claudio Ulpiano

Claudio Ulpiano (1932-1999) was a Brazilian philosopher and expert on the work of Gilles Deleuze. He taught at the Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro and Universidade Federal Fluminense.
Bibliography
Do saber em Platao e do sentido nos estoicos como reversao do platonismo. Dissertacao de Mestrado.
O Pensamento de Deleuze ou a Grande Aventura do Espirito . Tese de Doutorado.
Mundo Proprio - Primeiro Movimento
Other websites
www.claudioulpiano.org.br
1932 births
1999 deaths
Brazilian philosophers
Koto Okubo

Koto Okubo (December 24, 1897 - January 12, 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the time of her death, was the oldest living woman in the world, and second-oldest living person behind Jiroemon Kimura after Italian-born Americanwoman Dina Manfredini's death on December 17, 2012.
She was the oldest living Japanese woman since Chiyono Hasegawa's death on December 2, 2011.
She spent her last days in a nursing home in Kawasaki with her son's company. She died of pneumonia at 12.00pm on January 12, 2013, just 19 days after celebrating her 115th birthday, and was succeeded as the oldest living woman by Misao Okawa.
References
1897 births
2013 deaths
Deaths from pneumonia
Japanese supercentenarians
People from Kanagawa Prefecture
Walala Tjapaltjarri

Walala Tjapaltjarri (born Walala Tjapangati) is an Australian Aboriginal artist. He is one of the most well-known artists of the Western Desert style.
Early life
Walala was born in the late 1960s or early 1970s. He was born at Marua, near Lake Mackay. He grew up living a nomadic, traditional way of life in the desert. His family had never come into contact with modern, Euro-Australian society. He had never seen a white person, and his family always thought the aeroplanes they saw flying overhead were ghosts or spirits. Before Walala was born, his father Lanti had lived for a short time at the mission in Balgo. But he had run away after getting into trouble for stealing food. It was his decision to stay in the desert, and kept his family far away from the towns. Walala's mother was named Watjunka, and he was Watjunka's only child. He also had two other mothers, Papunya and Nanu, who were his father's secondary wives (and his mother's sisters). His father and Watjunka both died when he was young. The family finally came into contact with outsiders in October 1984, and were settled at Kiwirrkurra. He and his family became known as the last Aborigines living a traditional nomadic way of life in Australia.
He is now married with two children, and lives between Kiwirrkura, Alice Springs, and Yuendumu, where his wife is from. He paints at Hoppy's Camp, outside Alice Springs.
Painting
Walala began painting in December 1987, a few years after settling at Kiwirrkurra. He was introduced to painting by his cousin Warlimpirrnga. He taught Walala about using paints and canvas. Walala joined the Papunya Tula artists, and he, Thomas and Warlimpirrnga eventually gained fame internationally as the Tjapaltjarri Brothers. Although he normally paints using Tjapaltjarri as a surname, Walala's skin name is Tjapangati.
His paintings depict scenes from the Tingari cycle (sacred and secret songs about the ancestors of the Pintupi). He uses only four colours at most, sticking to earthy, ochre colours to reflect the desert landscape. The places he depicts in his paintings are part of his traditional country, including Marruwa, Mintarnpi, Wanapatangu, Mina Mina, Naami, Yarrawangu and Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay). These were places where the ancestors stopped for ceremonies when travelling across the country.
Walala uses acrylic paintings on canvas. His early work was in the flowing "dot" style of painting typical of the Papunya Tula artists. His style became different during the late 1990s, and began to paint rigid rectangles, replacing dotted lines with thick, solid lines.
His first exhibition was in 1997, for the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award in Darwin. Most of his work is shown in exhibitions alongside the works of other Aboriginal artists. He has paintings in permanent collections in Australia, Europe and the United States. Walala paints the most out of the three Tjapaltjarri brothers. When painting regularly, he earns up to AU$2000 a day. His paintings often sell for many thousands of dollars.
References
Indigenous Australian artists
Artists from Western Australia
Living people
Australian painters
1970s births
Pintupi
Perham, Maine

Perham is a town in Aroostook County, Maine, United States.
Towns in Maine
Beaver, Pennsylvania

Beaver is a borough in and the county seat of Beaver County in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of the 2010 census, the borough population was 4,531.
References
Boroughs in Pennsylvania
County seats in Pennsylvania
CLAAS Jaguar

The CLAAS Jaguar is a silage harvester made by CLAAS. It has a DaimlerChrysler engine.
History
The CLAAS Jaguar was first built in 1973, when the idea of silage was fairly new. Claas already made combines and balers. The first CLAAS Jaguar was a small green machine. The 10,000th Jaguar was sold in 1994, the 15,000th unveiled in 1998 and the 20,000th sold in 2004.
Success
The CLAAS Jaguar is one of the best selling silage harvesters ever made. They sell especially well in European countries. Of the forage harvesters CLAAS sold in Ireland from 2000 to 2003, 60% were Claas Jaguars.
Model Range
The model range has not changed much over the past eight years, except for 2003 and 2007. In Europe, the current models are the 830, 850, 870, 890 and the largest one: the 900. In North America, the models are 950, 960, 970 and 980.
Speedstar & Green Eye
Before 2003, most forage harvesters operated at very slow speeds. In 2003, new technology meant that a new silage harvester, with the same look as the old model, would be built. In Autumn of that year, the CLAAS Jaguar Speedstar was first sold.
The "Green Eye" is a new addition. After four years of scientific experiments, the Green Eye was made in May 2007. The 900 model now being sold in Europe is known as the CLAAS Jaguar 900 Green Eye. The Green Eye is also available in the other models as well.
Agricultural machinery
Land vehicles
Herschel Walker

Herschel Walker (born March 3, 1962) is an American retired football player, bobsledder, sprinter, and mixed martial artist. He played college football for the University of Georgia. He has been called one of the best college football players of all time. He was the Republican candidate for the United States Senate in Georgia for the 2022 election and was defeated in the runoff election by Raphael Warnock.
Personal life
Walker was born in Augusta, Georgia. He studied at University of Georgia. He was married to Cindy DeAngelis Grossman from 1983 until their divorce in 2002. They have one son, Christian.
NFL career
Walker began his professional football career with the New Jersey Generals of the United States Football League (USFL) in 1983. He later joined the Dallas Cowboys of the National Football League (NFL). In the NFL, he also played for the Minnesota Vikings, Philadelphia Eagles, and New York Giants. He retired from the NFL in 1997.
He was honored into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1999.
Political career
He was named Co-Chair of the President's Council on Sports, Fitness, and Nutrition after being appointed by President Donald Trump in 2020. He supported Trump's presidential campaigns in 2016 and 2020.
Walker ran for the Republican nomination for the United States Senate from Georgia in the 2022 election. Former President Trump supported his Senate campaign.
References
Other websites
1962 births
Living people
African-American track and field athletes
Dallas Cowboys players
Minnesota Vikings players
Philadelphia Eagles players
New York Giants players
African American players of American football
American football running backs
American bobsledders
American sprinters
Sportspeople from Georgia (U.S. state)
People from Augusta, Georgia
Politicians from Georgia (U.S. state)
Republican Party (United States) politicians
American martial artists
Kamakura shogunate

The Kamakura shogunate (Japanese: Lian Cang Mu , Kamakura bakufu) was a feudal Japanese feudal military government. The heads of government were the shoguns. The first three were members of the Minamoto clan. The next two were members of the Fujiwara clan. The last six were minor Imperial princes.
These years are known as the Kamakura period. The period takes its name from the city where the Minamoto shoguns lived.
After 1203, the Hojo clan held the office of Shikken. In effect, the shikken governed in the name of the shoguns.
History
In 1192, Minamoto no Yoritomo and the Minamoto clan established a military government in Kamakura. The shogunate functioned within the framework of the Heian system of Imperial rule.
The Mongols under Kublai Khan attempted to invade Japan. On 19 November 1274 (Bun'ei 11, 20th day of the 10th month), Kublai Khan's army landed near Fukuoka in Kyushu. The invaders retreated to Korea. This was called Bun'ei War (Bunei no eki). There was a second invasion attempt by Mongol forces in 1281 (Koan 4). This was called the Koan War (Koan no eki).
The shogunate prepared to defend against a third invasion, but it did not come. The costs of defense a weakened the shogunate.
In the in 1333 (Genko 3), forces led by Nitta Yoshisada destroyed the Kamakura shogunate
List of Kamakura shoguns
Minamoto no Yoritomo, r. 1192-1199
Minamoto no Yoriie, r. 1202-1203
Minamoto no Sanetomo, r. 1203-1219
Kujo Yoritsune, r. 1226-1244
Kujo Yoritsugu, r. 1244-1252
Prince Munetaka, r. 1252-1266
Prince Koreyasu, r. 1266-1289
Prince Hisaakira, r. 1289-1308
Prince Morikuni, r. 1308-1333
Prince Morinaga, r.1333-1334
Prince Norinaga, r. 1334-1338
List of Kamakura shikken
Hojo Tokimasa, r. 1203-1205
Hojo Yoshitoki, r. 1205-1224
Hojo Yasutoki, r. 1224-1242
Hojo Tsunetoki, r. 1242-1246
Hojo Tokiyori, r. 1246-1256
Hojo Tokimune, r. 1268-1284
Hojo Sadatoki, r. 1284-1301
Hojo Morotoki, r. 1301-1311
Hojo Takatoki, r. 1316-1326
Related pages
Mongol invasions of Japan
Ashikaga shogunate
Tokugawa shogunate
References
Other websites
Periods in Japanese history
Samurai
1192 establishments
1190s establishments in Japan
1330s disestablishments in Japan
1333 disestablishments
Parenting

Parenting is the process of helping a child develop into an adult.
When a child is an infant, parenting involves providing food, comfort and cleaning, and allowing the infant to sleep. As infants cannot talk, this requires the parents to watch the child closely and to help the child learn language.
As the infant grows, parenting involves guiding and teaching the child. Parents establish habits such as brushing teeth and teach etiquette to behave in society.
Related pages
Parent
Childhood
Zell im Fichtelgebirge

Zell im Fichtelgebirge, formerly Zell (official name until July 2007) is a market town in Hof in Bavaria in Germany.
Geography
The center of the market parish is between the towns of Hof and Bayreuth, about 5 km from the B 2 federal road and about 10 km from the A 9 motorway. The River Saale rises on the Waldstein ridge in the Fichtelgebirge near Zell im Fichtelgebirge.
References
Hof (district)
The Frighteners

The Frighteners is a 1996 supernatural horror thriller movie. The main stories of this movie are exorcism and unexpected incidents during the early 1990s. Dee Wallace and Michael J. Fox are in the cast. This supernatural movie was released July 19, 1996 in the United States. The reviews were mostly positive. The movie earned back almost, but not quite, its budget.
1996 horror movies
1996 thriller movies
1996 comedy movies
New Zealand movies
American horror movies
American thriller movies
English-language movies
Movies directed by Peter Jackson
Schupfart

Schupfart is a municipality of the district of Rheinfelden in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
References
Other websites
Municipalities of Aargau
Maxis

Maxis Software is an American company that was founded as a video game developer and is now a brand name of Electronic Arts (EA). Maxis' second software title was SimCity, a city simulation and planning game. Maxis is also the creator of the best-selling computer game of all time, The Sims and its sequel The Sims 2 and a title called Spore in which you guide a creature from cell form to smart, developed creatures. These four titles and their related products are the brand's most popular and successful lines.
Most Maxis titles are simulation-based, though none are considered traditional simulations. Maxis founder Will Wright likens them as "digital dollhouses." Maxis has also released games developed by other production houses, such as A-Train and SimTower.
Acquisition by EA
Electronic Arts (EA) completed its acquisition of Maxis on July 28, 1997. EA kept some of the original staff, including Will Wright. Products were shipped under the Maxis logo for several years until 2004, when The Sims 2 had only the Electronic Arts logo on the box cover. As of October 18 2006, with the release of The Sims 2: Pets expansion pack, the Maxis title has been removed from the game's start. Also, up until The Sims 2: FreeTime, the logo of Maxis was used for a button in the Options panel of the game to display the credits. In FreeTime, the Maxis logo was replaced by a symbol of the Sims plumbob.
American video game companies
Stratis Haviaras

Stratis Haviaras (June 28, 1935 - March 4, 2020) was a Greek-American bilingual writer of literary works in English and Greek, known in the U.S. for his novels When the Tree Sings (shortlisted for the National Book Award and named an ALA Notable book), and The Heroic Age. He also founded and edited the literary journals Arion's Dolphin, Erato and Harvard Review.
References
1935 births
2020 deaths
Greek writers
American editors
Key lime pie

Key lime pie is an American dessert made of key lime juice, egg yolks, and sweetened condensed milk in a pie crust. One version uses the egg whites and has a meringue topping. The dish is named after key limes (Citrus aurantifolia 'Swingle'), but it is sometimes made with other types of lime.
The filling in key lime pie is yellow, mostly because of the egg yolks. When it is being mixed, the condensed milk and the acidic lime juice react and make the filling become thick. Many early recipes for key lime pie did not tell the cook to bake the pie because they used this reaction to make the filling thick. Today, because of food safety, the pies are often baked for a short time. The baking thickens the filling even more.
This delectable dessert derives it's decidedly delicious domicile down in the depths of Key West, Florida.
References
Desserts
Prisoners of a White God

Prisoners of a White God () is a film about the hardships of the Akha people in Laos and Thailand. It talks about how they are being treated wrong by Christian missionaries, who are not allowing them to practice their culture, using them as child labor on tea farms, and using them as sex slaves.
2008 movies
Czech movies
Zinaida Kiriyenko

Zinaida Mikhailovna Kiriyenko (; 9 July 1933 - 12 February 2022) was a Russian actress and singer. She was the Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1965) and People's Artist of the RSFSR (1977). She was known for her roles in the movies And Quiet Flows the Don, Fate of a Man, Chronicle of Flaming Years. Kiriyenko was born in Makhachkala, then-Soviet Union.
Kiriyenko died on 12 February 2022 in Moscow, Russia from a stroke caused by COVID-19 at the age of 88. She also had pancreatic cancer.
References
1933 births
2022 deaths
Deaths from stroke
Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Russia
Russian movie actors
Russian television actors
Russian stage actors
Saint-Germain, Aube

Saint-Germain is a commune of the Aube departement in the north-central part of France.
References
Communes in Aube
F.C. Sochaux-Montbéliard

F.C. Sochaux-Montbeliard is a football club which plays in France. It currently plays in Ligue 2, the second division of the French football system.
League title
Division 1 : 2
1934/35, 1937/38
Division 2 : 2
1946/47, 2000/01
League position
Former position
1920s establishments in France
1928 establishments in Europe
French football clubs
Goodhue County, Minnesota

Goodhue County is a county in the U.S. state of Minnesota. As of 2020, 47,582 people lived there. The county seat is Red Wing.
References
Minnesota counties
Emmanuel Uduaghan

Emmanuel Uduaghan (born on 22 October 1954) is a retired Nigerian politician and doctor. Popularly known as Dr. Emmanuel Ewetan Uguaghan, he was the Governor of Delta State from 2007 to 2015. Before he became Governor, he served as the Commissioner for Health, Delta State and the Secretary to the State Government.
1954 births
Nigerian politicians
Living people
People from Delta State
Nigerian physicians
Spokane, Washington

Spokane (Pronounced: ) is a city in the U.S. state of Washington. Spokane is in the eastern half of the state, about from Idaho. Spokane is south of Canada.
Spokane is the second largest city in Washington, while Seattle is the largest. Spokane's nickname is the "Lilac City" because of how many of those flowers grow in the area.
The population of the city in 2019 was 222,081 and the population of the metro area of Spokane is 573,493.
History
Spokane was founded in 1871 when a sawmill was built on the Spokane Falls. In 1889 a fire burned down the downtown area of Spokane. In 1892 the railroad came to Spokane, and this made it easier for people to get into and out of the city.
In 1974 Spokane hosted the World's Fair. This brought a lot of people and business into Spokane.
Spokane River
The Spokane River flows through the city. In downtown Spokane, there is a large waterfall called the Spokane Falls. The first buildings in Spokane were built near the falls.
The Spokane River has many dams that make energy for the people of Spokane.
Climate
In the Summer, Spokane is hot and dry. Spokane has cold and snowy Winters. Spring and Fall are very short.
Temperatures over or less than do not usually happen in Spokane. However, the hottest temperature in Spokane was , and the coldest was .
References
County seats in Washington (state)
1871 establishments in the United States
19th-century establishments in Washington (state)
Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall

Rufus Does Judy at Carnegie Hall is a live album by Rufus Wainwright. It was released in 2007. Wainwright performs the songs that Judy Garland performed at her concert at Carnegie Hall in 1961.
Track listing
Disc 1
Overture: "The Trolley Song" / "Over the Rainbow" / "The Man That Got Away"(Ralph Blane, Hugh Martin) / (Harold Arlen, Yip Harburg) / (Arlen, Ira Gershwin) - 4:15
"When You're Smiling (The Whole World Smiles With You)" (Mark Fisher, Joe Goodwin, Larry Shay) - 3:44
Medley: "Almost Like Being in Love" / "This Can't Be Love"(Alan Jay Lerner, Frederick Loewe) / (Richard Rodgers, Lorenz Hart) - 6:10
"Do It Again" (George Gershwin, Buddy DeSylva) - 5:15
"You Go to My Head" (J. Fred Coots, Haven Gillespie) - 2:40
"Alone Together" (Howard Dietz, Arthur Schwartz) - 3:21
"Who Cares? (As Long as You Care for Me)" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 2:08
"Puttin' on the Ritz" (Irving Berlin) - 1:56
"How Long Has This Been Going On?" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 5:46
"Just You, Just Me" (Jesse Greer, Raymond Klages) - 2:03
"The Man That Got Away" (Arlen, I. Gershwin) - 4:59
"San Francisco" (Walter Jurmann, Gus Kahn, Bronislaw Kaper) - 4:53
Disc 2
"That's Entertainment!" (Dietz, Schwartz) - 2:27
"I Can't Give You Anything But Love" (Dorothy Fields, Jimmy McHugh) - 8:11
"Come Rain or Come Shine" (Arlen, Johnny Mercer) - 3:56
"You're Nearer" (Rodgers, Hart) - 1:58
"A Foggy Day" (G. Gershwin, I. Gershwin) - 2:55
"If Love Were All" (Noel Coward) - 2:33
"Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart" - (J. F. Hanely) - 3:48
"Stormy Weather" (Arlen, Ted Koehler) - 6:45 (performed by Martha Wainwright)
Medley: "You Made Me Love You" / "For Me and My Gal" / "The Trolley Song"(Joseph McCarthy, James V. Monaco, Roger Edens) / (George W. Meyer, Edgar Leslie, E. Ray Goetz) / (Blane, Martin) - 4:37
"Rock-a-Bye Your Baby with a Dixie Melody" (Sam M. Lewis, Fred Schwartz, Joe Young) - 5:45
"Over the Rainbow" (Arlen, Harburg) - 4:47 (featuring Kate McGarrigle)
"Swanee" (Irving Caesar, G. Gershwin) - 1:54
"After You've Gone" (Henry Creamer, Turner Layton) - 2:57 (featuring Lorna Luft)
"Chicago" (Fred Fisher) - 4:30
Bonus track
"Get Happy" (Arlen, Koehler) - 3:12 (offered in the UK and on the US iTunes version)
References
2007 albums
Rufus Wainwright albums
Chiang Ching-kuo

Chiang Ching-kuo (27 April 1910 - 13 January 1988) was a Taiwanese politician. He held numerous posts in the government of the Republic of China (ROC).
Chiang Ching-kuo was the son of Chiang Kai-shek. He succeeded his father to serve as Premier of the Republic of China. He was the President of the Republic of China from 1978 until his death in 1988.
References
1910 births
1988 deaths
Anti-communists
Methodists
Prime ministers
Presidents of the Republic of China
Nectophryne

Nectophryne, or African tree toads, is a genus of true toads. There are only two species. They live in western Africa - Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon, northeastern Congo, Bioko and Equatorial Guinea.
Species
Other websites
. 2007. Amphibian Species of the World: an Online Reference. Version 5.1 (10 October, 2007). Nectophryne. Electronic Database accessible at http://research.amnh.org/herpetology/amphibia/index.php. American Museum of Natural History, New York, USA. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
[web application]. 2008. Berkeley, California: Nectophryne. AmphibiaWeb, available at http://amphibiaweb.org/. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
taxon Nectophryne at http://www.eol.org.
Taxon Nectophryne at https://www.itis.gov/index.html. (Accessed: May 04, 2008).
Taxon Nectophryne at http://data.gbif.org/welcome.htm
Toads
Frogs of Africa
Khemisset

Khemisset (, ) is an Amazigh town in northern Morocco. 131,542 people lived there at the 2014 census.
References
Cities in Morocco
Walsh County, North Dakota

Walsh County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Dakota. As of the 2020 census, 10,563 people lived there. The county seat is Grafton.
References
North Dakota counties
Happy slapping

Happy slapping is a trend in which innocent people are hurt, for no apparent reason. Most of the time, happy slapping is done in groups. One person in the group will hit an innocent person, while another films the onset. In English-speaking countries, the crime is usually deemed assault. In some cases, the victims are beaten to unconsciousness, or even killed. Mostly, the name is used for small acts of violence such as hitting or jumping on the victim, but the media has also used it for more serious crimes such as murder, rape, and sexual assault.
Happy slapping began in South London, particularly the London Borough of Lewisham. The first use was as Slap Happy TV, where many people would watch and judge the exploit of a happy slapper.
References
Types of crime
Violence
Craig T. Nelson

Craig Theodore Nelson (born April 4, 1944) is an American actor, who is known for his roles as Hayden Fox in Coach and as Mr. Incredible in The Incredibles. He has won an Emmy Award.
Life
Nelson was born on April 4, 1944 in Spokane, Washington. He studied at the University of Arizona and at Central Washington University. He was married to Robin Nelson until they divorced in 1978. He is now married to Doria Cook since 1987.
Filmography
Film
Television
Theatre
Video games
References
Other websites
1944 births
Living people
American movie actors
American television actors
American stage actors
American voice actors
Emmy Award winning actors
Actors from Spokane, Washington
Woodbury, Minnesota

Woodbury is a city in Washington County, Minnesota. It is part of the Minneapolis-Saint Paul metropolitan area. Woodbury is east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94. The 2019 population for Woodbury was 72,828, making it the 9th most populous city in Minnesota.
References
Cities in Minnesota
La Penne-sur-Huveaune

La Penne-sur-Huveaune is a commune of 6,150 people (2008). It is in the region Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur in the Bouches-du-Rhone department in the south of France.
Communes in Bouches-du-Rhone
Esplanade MRT station

Esplanade MRT Station (CC3) is an underground Mass Rapid Transit station on the Circle Line in Downtown Core, Singapore, at the junction of Bras Basah Road, Raffles Boulevard and Nicoll Highway. The station was opened on 17 April 2010 along with the rest of Stages 1 & 2 of the Circle Line. It is located next to the War Memorial Park, the Suntec City Mall and the Suntec Singapore International Convention and Exhibition Centre. The station also has a link to Raffles City, CityLink Mall, Suntec City Mall and Marina Square.
There is a link from Esplanade station to City Hall station via the underground shopping centre CityLink Mall or basement 2 of Raffles City shopping mall. iExperience Gallery is also located here.
Prior to the opening of the station, names like Suntec, Suntec West, War Memorial and Memorial Park were used.
References
Mass Rapid Transit (Singapore) stations
Easton McMorris

Easton Dudley Ashton St John McMorris (4 April 1935 - 1 February 2022) was a West Indian cricketer. He played in 13 Tests from 1958 to 1966. He toured England with the West Indies team in 1963 and 1966. He was a heavy scorer for Jamaica. He captained Jamaica from 1967-68 until he retired after the 1971-72 season. McMorris was born in Saint Andrew, Jamaica.
McMorris died on 1 February 2022, at the age of 86.
References
1935 births
2022 deaths
Jamaican cricketers
West Indies cricketers
Jamie Dornan

James "Jamie" Dornan (born 1 May 1982) is a Northern Irish actor, model, and musician. He played Axel von Fersen in Sofia Coppola's movie Marie Antoinette, Sheriff Graham Humbert in the ABC series Once Upon a Time and serial killer Paul Spector in the BBC Two crime drama series The Fall. He played the titular character, Christian Grey, in the movie Fifty Shades of Grey (2015).
Early life
Dornan was born in Holywood, County Down, Northern Ireland. He grew up in the suburbs of Belfast, and has two older sisters. His father, Professor Jim Dornan, is an obstetrician who had also considered becoming an actor. Jamie Dornan is a first cousin, twice removed, of actress Greer Garson. His grandparents on both sides of his family were Methodist lay preachers. Dornan was 16 when his mother, Lorna, died.
Career
He was a member of folk band called Sons of Jim, until it disbanded in 2008. His modeling career has included cover and feature shoots for publications such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Aquascutum, Hugo Boss, Armani, Dior Homme and Calvin Klein (with both Kate Moss and Eva Mendes), and he was labelled "The Golden Torso" by The New York Times.
His first acting role in a film was Count Axel Fersen in the Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette (2006). After that, he appeared films and TV series such as Beyond the Rave, Shadows in the Sun, Fifty Shades of Grey; Once Upon a Time and The Fall.
In 2014, he was ranked #3 in People Magazine's Sexiest Man Alive list.
He married English actress and singer Amelia Warner in Somerset on 27 April 2013. They have one daughter together Dulcie (b. November 2013)
Filmography
Movies
Television
Discography
Awards and nominations
References
Other website
1982 births
Living people
Actors from Northern Ireland
British models
Musicians from Northern Ireland
British movie actors
British television actors
People from County Down
Towyn

Towyn () is a seaside resort in the County Borough of Conwy, Wales.
Settlements in Wales
Electoral district of Thornlie

Thornlie is an electoral district of Western Australia. It was created in 1989, abolished in 2005 and recreated in 2017.
Thornlie is in Perth.
Election results
References
Thornlie
Headrick, Oklahoma

Headrick is a town of Oklahoma in the United States.
Towns in Oklahoma
Plattling

Plattling is a town in the district of Deggendorf, Bavaria, Germany, on the river Isar, 9 km southwest of Deggendorf, just before it enters the Danube.
Twin towns - sister cities
Plattling is twinned with:
Scharnitz, Austria
Selkirk, Scotland, United Kingdom
Notable people
Nicki (born 1966), singer
References
Deggendorf (district)
Black Notley

Black Notley is a village and civil parish in Braintree district, Essex, England. In 2001 there were 1646 people living in Black Notley.
References
Villages in Essex
Civil parishes in Essex
Haysi, Virginia

Haysi, Virginia is a town in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Towns in Virginia
Guards! Guards!

Guards!Guards! is a fantasy novel by Terry Pratchett and is the first Discworld book to have the Ankh-Morpork city police as the main characters.
Fantasy books
1989 books
English-language novels
Seconal

Secobarbital sodium (sold as Seconal) is a drug which is used to treat epilepsy and insomnia. Trade names include Seconal and reds. It was first synthesised in 1928. Like other barbiturates, it is fairly addictive. In many countries, using this drug is illegal, outside the medical context. Today, this drug is only used rarely; Barbiturates have been replaced by Benzodiazepine for many applications.
Drugs used in psychiatry
Organonitrogen compounds
Sodium compounds
Ellie Leach

Ellie Louise Leach (born 15 March 2001) is an English actress, who has played Faye Windass on the ITV soap opera Coronation Street from 2011 onwards.
Early and personal life
Leach was born in Bury, Greater Manchester and she has a younger sister called Daisy. Leach went to Fairfield High School for Girls and currently studies performing arts at a further education college. Leach is the cousin of Brooke Vincent, who played Sophie Webster in Coronation Street.
Awards and nominations
References
Other websites
2001 births
Living people
English child actors
English television actors
Actors from Greater Manchester
Dylan Thomas

Dylan Marlais Thomas (27 October 1914 - 9 November 1953) was a Welsh poet. He was born in the town of Swansea. He published his first book of poetry in 1932. In addition to writing poetry, he was an excellent speaker. He toured the United Kingdom and the United States reciting his poems. He wrote works for radio including "A Child's Christmas in Wales" and "Under Milk Wood"
Thomas is one of the famous people who appears on the cover of The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band album.
References
1914 births
1953 deaths
Welsh poets
People from Swansea
Memè Perlini

Amelio "Meme" Perlini (8 December 1947 - 5 April 2017) was an Italian actor and movie director. His debut movie as a director, Italian Postcards, was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1987 Cannes Film Festival.
Perlini died in Rome on 5 April 2017, aged 69. He committed suicide, by jumping from the fifth floor of his house.
References
Other websites
1947 births
2017 deaths
Suicides by jumping
Italian movie actors
Italian movie directors
Prince of Wales Island (Nunavut)

Prince of Wales Island one of the bigger members of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. It is an Arctic island in Nunavut, Canada, between Victoria Island and Somerset Island and south of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
It is a low tundra-covered island with an irregular coastline deeply indented by Ommanney Bay in the west and Browne Bay in the east. Its area has been thought to be around 33 339 km2. Prince of Wales Island is the world's 40th biggest island and the 10th biggest in Canada. Its highest known point, found at 73deg49'N; 97deg50'W - and 320 m high - is an unnamed spot in the island's far northeastern end overlooking the Baring Channel, which separates the island from nearby Russell Island.
Islands of Canada
Arctic islands
Roy Bailey (folk singer)

Roy Bailey, (20 October 1935 - 20 November 2018) was an English socialist folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He was known for his songs "Songs of Life from a Dying British Empire" and "Gentle Men". He worked with Robb Johnson. Bailey was born in London.
Bailey died on 20 November 2018 in Sheffield, England from heart failure at the age of 83.
References
Other websites
1935 births
2018 deaths
Deaths from heart failure
English guitarists
Musicians from London
Singer-songwriters from London
Syros

Syros is a Greek island. It is in the Aegean Sea. Sometimes the name of the island is spelled Siros or Syra.
Syros is located south-east of Athens. Ermoupoli is the capital of the island.
Islands of Greece
West Berlin discotheque bombing

On 5 April 1986 three people were killed and around 230 injured when La Belle discotheque was bombed in West Berlin, West Germany. The entertainment venue was commonly used by United States soldiers, and two of the dead and 79 of the injured were American servicemen.
A bomb placed under a table near the disk jockey's booth exploded at 1:45 am CET instantly killing a Turkish woman, and a United States Army sergeant. A second US Army sergeant died from his injuries two months later. Some of the victims were left permanently disabled due to the injuries.
Libya was accused by the US government of sponsoring the bombing, and US President Ronald Reagan ordered strikes on Tripoli and Benghazi in Libya ten days later. The strikes reportedly killed 15-30 people, including Colonel Gaddafi's adopted daughter. Reagan's actions were condemned by the United Nations General Assembly.
A 2001 trial in the US found that the bombing had been "planned by the Libyan secret service and the Libyan Embassy."
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1986 in Europe
1980s building bombings
1980s explosions in Europe
1980s in Germany
1980s murders in Europe
20th century in Berlin
20th century in Libya
April 1986 events
Attacks on buildings and structures in Germany
Attacks on nightclubs
Cold War
Explosions in 1986
Murder in Germany
Presidency of Ronald Reagan
Terrorist incidents in Europe in the 1980s
Terrorist incidents in Germany
Lazare Ponticelli

Lazare Ponticelli (7 December 1897 - 12 March 2008) was a French World War I veteran.
World War I
In August 1914, after the start of World War I, Ponticelli joined the 1st Regiment de Marche of the French Foreign Legion at 16 years old. He had to lie about his age as he was still to young to join the army. His older brother, Celeste Ponticelli, had also joined the regiment.Ponticelli said that France had done much for him, and being in the army was his way of showing his thanks. He fought at Soissons in Picardy, northeast France and at Douaumont, near Verdun. Ponticelli worked digging burial pits and trenches.
Ponticelli was not a French citizen and in May 1915, when Italy entered the war, he was forced into the Italian Army by conscription. Even though he tried to stay with his French regiment, he had to become part of the 3rd Alpini Regiment. Ponticelli fought against the Austro-Hungarian Army at Mount Piccolo on the Austria-Italy border. At his new job as a machine gunner, Ponticelli was wounded by a shell during an assault on an Austrian mountain. He was sent back to his job after rest in Naples.
Once, his regiment stopped fighting the Austrians for three weeks. The armies, who mostly spoke the same language, traded loaves of bread for tobacco and took pictures of each other. His commanders found out about this, and moved the regiment to another area.
1897 births
2008 deaths
French military personnel of World War I
Italian military people
Legion of Honour
Military personnel of World War I
Supercentenarians
P. J. Patterson

Percival Noel James Patterson, ON, PC, QC (born 10 April 1935), is a Jamaican politician. He served as the sixth Prime Minister of Jamaica from 1992 to 2006. He was the leader of the People's National Party from 1992 to 2006 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1980 when he lost to the Jamaica Labour Party Euphemia Williams, and again from 1989 to 1993. He served as the MP for Westmoreland Eastern from 1993 to 2006. He retired in March 2006.
References
1935 births
Living people
Prime Ministers of Jamaica
Layla Moran

Layla Michelle Moran (born 12 September 1982) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. She has been the Member of Parliament for Oxford West and Abingdon since 2017.
She has been the Liberal Democrat spokesperson for education since 2017, and was spokesperson for digital, culture, media and sport from 2019 to 2020. She is Britain's first openly pansexual Member of Parliament.
In March 2020, she announced her candidacy for the leadership post for the Liberal Democrats. She ran against Ed Davey. She lost the leadership election, coming second place.
References
1982 births
Living people
British LGBT people
LGBT politicians
Liberal Democrats (UK) MPs
Members of the British House of Commons for English constituencies
Pansexual people
Politicians from London
UK MPs 2017-2019
UK MPs 2019-present
Alexey Ekimyan

Alexey Ekimyan (, (April 10, 1927, Baku - April 24, 1982, Moscow) was a famous Armenian-Russian composer, and author of popular songs. Ekimyan was also a General of Soviet militsia (police) and was the head of Criminal Investigation Department of Moscow region. He was considered the only popular composer in the world who ruled a law-enforcement department at the same time. Ekimyan awarded by the "Renowned Master of the Arts" Armenian SSR official title.
Ekimyan's first song for the Moscow International Festival (1957) was approved by Vano Muradeli ("I don't know if you would become a general, but you would become a composer!"). His songs were performed and recorded by prominent Soviet singers that include Lyudmila Zykina, Iosif Kobzon, Lusine Zakaryan. Some hits by Ekimyan were chosen for the "Song of the Year" all-Soviet festivals during the 1970s-'80s.
The documentary film-concert "Paths of My Memory" (1979, 27 min.) by Yerevan Studio is dedicated to the Alexey Ekimyan.
Ekimyan died on April 24, 1982. He is buried in Yerevan, Armenia.
Discography
Artashes Avetyan sings: songs by Alexey Ekimyan, U.S.S.R.: Melodiya, 1978 (LP). C60-10619-20
Alexey Ekimyan. Beregite druzey..., Russia: Melodia, 2006 (CD)
Alexey Ekimyan. Vot i vstretilis, Russia: Melodia, 2007 (CD)
Other websites
Alexey Ekimyan's biography (in Russian)
References
1927 births
1982 deaths
Armenian composers
Soviet musicians
Musicians from Baku
Piet van der Veer

Piet van der Veer (20 October 1896 -- 3 December 1948) was a Dutch boxer from Rotterdam. He competed in the heavyweight category. He competed at international competitions and fought between 1918 and 1930. In 1962 he was described as the best Dutch heavyweight boxer ever. It has been stated that Van der Veer had feelings of inferiority and that was he was mentally unable during matches to get everything out of himself.
Career
Van der Veer made his debut on 23 November 1918 in Rotterdam against A. Lamberts and won (KO). During his career he had 55 fights, winning 34 of them (12 losses, 7 draws). Van der Veer was a strong person, and was strong enough to lift a horse and turn the horse around. Van der Veer became for the first time national champion in 1920 and became many times champion until 1926. He had good fights in international matches and got a lot of attention. Van der Veer was even invited to come to the United States, but didn't go. Van der Veer had learned a lot of boxer Battling Siki during his stay in the Netherlands. Van der Veen fought twice against European Champion Erminio Spalla but lost both times on points after 20 rounds of 3 minutes. The defeat had a negative impact on his career. He started training less and his fears increased. During a fight in 1926 against Riccardo Bertazzolo, his heart started to hurt and was stopped by the doctor from fighting. After the fight against Belgian Pierre Charles in July 1930 he deciced to retire from boxing.
Personal life
Van der Veen worked as a blacksmith at a brewery in Rotterdam. In his last years he struggled with health problems. He died on 3 December 1948 in Rotterdam at the age of 52.
References
Other websites
Dutch newspaper articles -- via Delpher
Dutch boxers
Sportspeople from Rotterdam
1896 births
1948 deaths
Erode district

Erode district(formerly Periyar district) is a district in the Kongu Nadu region (western part) of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. It was the largest district by area in the state before the formation of Tiruppur district and the headquarters of the district is Erode. Periyar district was a part of Coimbatore District before its division into two on September 17, 1979 and was renamed as Erode District in 1996. As of 2011, the district had a population of 2,251,744 with a sex-ratio of 993 females for every 1,000 males, much above the national average of 929.
Bhavani River
Bhavani River rises in the Western Ghats of [Silent Valley National Park in Palakkad district of Kerala. It receives the Siruvani River which has the second tastiest water in the world, a perennial stream of Coimbatore District, and gets reinforced by the Kundah river before entering Erode District in Sathyamangalam.
Economy
Agriculture is the most important income source of the district. Paddy, plantain, silk, cotton, turmeric, coconut and sugarcane are some of the major products from agriculture and allied industries. With 43% share, the district is the top turmeric producer in Tamil Nadu. Erode is also known as Turmeric city as it is an important market center for turmeric. Erode district is also the leading producer of plantain, coconuts and white silk in Tamil Nadu.
The country's first automated silk reeling unit is located near Gobichettipalayam.In 2005, Bhavani Jamakkalam (Bhavani Bedsheets) was registered as a Geographical Indication by the Government of India.
Reference
Pit Corder

Pit Corder (6 October 1918 - 27 January 1990) was a professor of linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. His important work was studying errors that language learners make. This is called error analysis. He was the first chairman of the British Association for Applied Linguistics, 1967-70.
Early life
Pit Corder was born at 4 Bootham Terrace, York, into a Quaker family. His full name was Stephen Pit Corder. His father, Philip Corder (b. 1885), was a schoolteacher from an English family, and his mother, Johanna Adriana van der Mersch (b. 1887), was Dutch. Pit studied at Bootham School, a Quaker boarding school near York. His father was a master at the school. Corder studied modern languages at Merton College, Oxford University, from 1936 to 1939.
After Oxford, Corder began teaching at Great Ayton Friends' School. Then, during World War II, he was in the Friends' Ambulance Unit in Finland and Egypt. He did not have to be a soldier because he was a conscientious objector. In 1946 Corder married Nancy Proctor (b. 1916), his second cousin. They had two sons and a daughter.
Academic career
After the war, Corder worked for the British Council in Austria, Turkey, Jamaica and Colombia. During this time he taught classes, worked on syllabus design, and prepared new language-teaching materials. In 1957 Corder joined the school of applied linguistics at the University of Edinburgh. However, he still worked for the British Council at the same time. The British Council needed specialists in applied linguistics because it was expanding language teaching programs around the world. Corder studied for the diploma in applied linguistics to help the Council. He taught at Edinburgh University for over twenty years until he retired in 1983.
References
1918 births
1990 deaths
Bilingualism and second language acquisition researchers
British linguists
Academics of the University of Edinburgh
Ma Long

Ma Long (simplified Chinese:Ma Long ; traditional Chinese: Ma Long ; pinyin: Ma Long; born 20 October 1988 in Anshan) is a Chinese table tennis player. In 2015 and 2017 he became World Champion in Singles, and in 2016 and 2020 he became Olympic champion.
Career
Ma first appeared internationally in 2006, where he won gold with the team at the World Table Tennis Championships. In 2007 he apperead more internationally in appearance, which he rose in the world rankings. After good performences in the year, Ma won the Kuwait and Qatar Open as well as the World Tour Grand Finals. Nevertheless, he wasn't nominated for the 2008 Olympic Games. In 2009 he took part in World Championships for the first time, where he lost in the semifinal and bronze won. In 2010 Ma Long with the Chinese Team won gold at the World Championship. In the final they beat Germany 3:1. In 2011 took part in World Championships again, where he lost to Wang Hao in the semifinal again. So he won bronze again.
In 2012 he wasn't nominated for the Olympic Games, but Ma Long won gold at the World Championships with the Team again. He also participated in the same year for the first time at the World Cup, where he won gold after a final victory over Timo Boll. 2013 Ma lost the third time against Wang Hao in the semifinals at the World Championships. In the same year he won the World Tour Grand Finals and the German and Qatar Open. 2014 he won with team the goldmedal at the WTTC and Ma took part in the World Cup event, where he lost to Zhang Jike in the final. 2015 was his best year: Ma won the Qatar Open and won silver at the Kuwait Open. At the World Championships he won the first time gold in the singles event and was since this event Nr.1 in the world ranking. He also won the World Cup and the World Tour Grand Finals.
In 2016 Ma won for the seven time the WTTC with the team. In this year he won the Kuwait, China and Qatar Open too. 2017 won Ma for second time the WTTC in the singles categorie. In the final he beat Fan Zhendong. In June 2017, when he played the China Open he boycotted this event and must pay a fine from $20,000 dollars. After that, Ma Long played for a long time no events. In 2018 he won the German Open and is now the number 7 in the world ranking. At the WTTC the Chinese team won gold, he could win the China Open, but lost at the Japan Open to Tomokazu Harimoto.
Results from the ITTF-database
Successes
World Championships
2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016 Winner with the Team
2009, 2011, 2013 Singles Bronze
2015, 2017 Winner in the Singles
Olympic Games
2012, 2016 Olympic champion with the team
2016, 2020 Olympic champion in the singles
World Cup
2012, 2015 Winner in the Singles
2014 Silver in the Singles
2017 Bronze in the Singles
2015, 2018 Winner with the Team
References
1988 births
Living people
Chinese table tennis players
Halifax, North Carolina

Halifax is a town in Halifax County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 234 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Halifax County.
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Towns in North Carolina
County seats in North Carolina
Lezgi language

Letzgi (also called Lezgian language), (Lezgian: lezgi iaz"yik, lezgi iazyk) is a Caucasian language. It is spoken in Dagestan and Azerbaijan. There are about 600,000 speakers. In the Russian part of the territory, Lezgian has the status of an official language, that can be studied at universities. There are also radio programmes using the language. In Azerbaijan, the language has no official status. From 1939 to 1991, it was forbidden to use the language in schools in Azerbaijan. Originally, the language used the Arabic script, but in 1929, this was changed to Cyrillic, like the rest of the Soviet Union.
Caucasian languages
Languages of Azerbaijan
Languages of Russia