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Jacques Parizeau was a Canadian politician and economist who served as the 26th premier of Quebec from September 26, 1994, to January 29, 1996.
Jacques Parizeau, Canadian economist and politician, 26th Premier of Quebec (born 1930)
Jean Ruth Ritchie was an American folk singer, songwriter, and Appalachian dulcimer player, called by some the "Mother of Folk". In her youth she learned hundreds of folk songs in …
Jean Ritchie, American singer-songwriter (born 1922)
Fernando de Araújo, also known as Lasama was an East Timorese activist and politician. He was a clandestine activist for the independence of East Timor, and then founded the Democr…
Fernando de Araújo, East Timorese politician, President of East Timor (born 1963)
Irwin Allan Rose was an American biologist. Along with Aaron Ciechanover and Avram Hershko, he was awarded the 2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated…
Irwin Rose, American biologist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1926)
Avi Beker was an Israeli writer, statesman, and academic. Beker served as secretary-general of the World Jewish Congress from 4 October 2001 to 14 October 2003.
Avi Beker, Israeli political scientist and academic (born 1951)
Hilda Elsie Marguerite Patten,, was a British home economist, food writer and broadcaster. She was one of the earliest celebrity chefs who became known during World War II thanks t…
Marguerite Patten, English economist and author (born 1915)
Leonid Ivanovych Plyushch was a Ukrainian mathematician and Soviet dissident.
Leonid Plyushch, Ukrainian mathematician and academic (born 1938)
Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas was an American NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series driver who competed from the mid-1960s through the late 1970s. His son Ronnie was also a NASCAR Cu…
Jabe Thomas, American race car driver (born 1930)
Dame Anne Warburton was a British diplomat who was the first female British ambassador. She served as British Ambassador to Denmark from 1976 to 1983 and British Permanent Represen…
Anne Warburton, British academic and diplomat, British Ambassador to Denmark (born 1927)
On April 12, 2015, Freddie Carlos Gray Jr., a 25-year-old African-American, was arrested by the Baltimore Police Department for possession of a knife. While in police custody, Gray…
Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old African American, died of injuries sustained while in the custody of the Baltimore Police De
The April 2015 Nepal earthquake killed 8,962 people and injured 21,952 across the countries of Nepal, India, China and Bangladesh. It occurred at 11:56 Nepal Standard Time on Satur…
Nepal was struck by a magnitude-7
The Bali Nine were a group of nine Australians convicted for attempting to smuggle 8.3 kg (18 lb) of heroin out of Indonesia in April 2005. The heroin was valued at around A$4 mill…
The ringleaders of the Bali Nine were executed in Indonesia for attempting to smuggle 8
The Parliament of Malta is the constitutional legislative body in Malta, located in Valletta. The parliament is unicameral, with a democratically elected House of Representatives a…
The Parliament of Malta moved from the Grandmaster's Palace to the purpose-built Parliament House (pictured)
A major earthquake occurred in Nepal on 12 May 2015 at 12:50 pm local time with a moment magnitude of 7.2–7.3, 18 kilometres (11 mi) southeast of Kodari. The epicenter was on the b…
An earthquake in Nepal killed 218 people and injured more than 3,500 others
Refugio State Beach is a protected state beach park in California, United States, approximately 20 miles (32 km) west of Santa Barbara. One of three state parks along the Gaviota C…
A corroded pipeline near Refugio State Beach, California, spilled 142,800 gallons (3,400 barrels) of crude oil onto the
On May 12, 2015, an Amtrak Northeast Regional train from Washington, D.C., bound for New York City derailed and wrecked on the Northeast Corridor near the Kensington neighborhood o…
A train derailment killed eight people and injured more than 200 others in Philadelphia
The Islamic State (IS), also known as the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), and by its Arabic acronym Daesh, is a transnation…
Islamic State militants entered the ancient city of Palmyra
MV Dongfang zhi Xing was a river cruise ship that operated in the Three Gorges region of inland China. On the night of 1 June 2015, the ship was traveling on the Yangtze River when…
The river cruise ship Dongfang zhi Xing capsized in the Yangtze, resulting in 442 deaths in China's worst peacetime mari
The Flint water crisis was a public health crisis from 2014 to 2025 which involved the drinking water for the city of Flint, Michigan, being contaminated with lead and possibly Leg…
The Flint water crisis begins when officials at Flint, Michigan switch the city's water supply to the Flint River, leadi
On 30 April 2014, a bomb-and-knife attack occurred in the Chinese city of Ürümqi, Xinjiang. The terrorist attack killed 3 people, and injured 79 others. The attack coincided with t…
A bomb blast in Ürümqi, China kills three people and injures 79 others
On 17 May 2014, an Antonov An-74 transport aircraft of the Lao People's Liberation Army Air Force crashed while en route to Xiangkhouang Province, northern Laos, killing all but on…
A military plane crash in northern Laos kills 17 people
Kerala Blasters Football Club, commonly referred to simply as Blasters, is an Indian professional football club based in Kochi, Kerala, that competes in the Indian Super League (IS…
The football club Kerala Blasters FC and its first supporters' group Manjappada are formed
Taavi Aulis Rytkönen was a Finnish footballer. He became the country's first professional player when he signed for France's Toulouse FC in 1952.
Aulis Rytkönen, Finnish footballer and manager (born 1929)
Ernst Florian Winter was an American historian and political scientist, the first director of the Diplomatic Academy of Vienna after World War II, and chairman of the International…
Ernst Florian Winter, Austrian-American historian and political scientist (born 1923)