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Rayville is the parish seat of Richland Parish, Louisiana, United States. |
Iran Standard Time |
Iran Standard Time (IRST), also called Iran Time (IRT), is a time zone used in Iran. The standard time is 3.5 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (). During its daylight saving time (DST), it used Iran Daylight Time (IRDT), which was 4.5 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (), but however, from 2006 to 2007, IRDT was not used in Iran, but was re-introduced on March 21, 2008. On September 21, 2022, Iran abolished daylight saving time and now observes standard time the entire year. |
Daylight saving dates for Iran. |
Before it was ended in 2022, daylight saving time (DST) started on March 21 or 22 (Farvardin) and ended on September 21-22 (Shahrivar). |
Čelinac |
Čelinac () is a town and municipality in Central Bosnia, Republika Srpska, Bosnia and Herzegovina. The municipality lies about to the east of the regional center, city of Banja Luka. |
It is located on Vrbanja river, between municipalities of Laktaši and Prnjavor to the north, Teslić to the east, Kotor Varoš, Skender Vakuf/Kneževo to the south, and Banja Luka to the west. |
History. |
During the Bosnian War (1992–95), Bosnian Serb Police and Army, and Serb's paramilitary forces destroyed villages upstream along the Vrbanja to Kruševo Brdo, including the villages in Čelinac Municipality. |
In addition to those who have experienced this, among other things, bears witness to the indictment against Radovan Karadžić to tribunal in The Hague. At the hearing, Nikola Poplašen, 2013, one of the questions to the witness the defense, it was: |
Northwest Italy |
Northwest Italy ( or just ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region. |
Northwest Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections. |
Geography. |
Northwest Italy borders to the west with France, to the north with Switzerland and to the east with Northeast Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, Veneto and Emilia-Romagna). To the south is Toscana (Central Italy), a short distance, and the Ligurian Sea. |
The Alps are in the northern part of the region and the northern Apennines in the south. The highest point in the region and in Italy is Mont Blanc (), in the Alps (Valle d'Aosta) on the border with France; it is high. |
Northwest Italy has an important part of the valley of the Po river (). The Po is the longest river of Northeast Italy and of Italy. |
Regions. |
Central Italy encompasses four of the 20 regions of Italy, including 24 provinces and 1,789 comuniː |
The "comuni" with more than 100,000 persons living in them areː |
Kevin Geer |
Kevin Scully Geer (November 7, 1952 – January 25, 2017) was an American actor. He appeared on stage and screen. He began his career in 1975. His best known stage performances included "A Streetcar Named Desire" (1988), "The Rose Tattoo" (1995), "Flyovers", "Side Man" (both 1998) and "Twelve Angry Men" (2004). His television appearances included "Oz", "Law & Order", "", "China Beach", "M*A*S*H" and "MacGyver". He also appeared in the movies "A Force of One" (1979), "The Pelican Brief" (1993), "The Contender" (2000), "American Gangster" (2007), "Bunker Hill" (2008) and "The Men Who Stare at Goats" (2009). |
Geer was born in Reno, Nevada. He grew up in Los Angeles, California. He died from a heart attack on January 25, 2017 in Manhattan, New York. He was 64. |
Heng Freylinger |
Henri "Heng" Freylinger (23 September 1926 – 17 January 2017) was a Luxembourgian wrestler. He competed in the Greco-Roman welterweight event at the 1952 Summer Olympics. |
Bob Holiday |
Bob Holiday (November 12, 1932 – January 27, 2017) was an American actor. He was best known for playing Superman in the Broadway musical "It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman!" (1966). He had the most appearances as Superman than any other actor, making over 140 performances. He was born in Brooklyn, New York. |
Holiday died on January 27, 2017 at his home in Hawley, Pennsylvania, aged 84. |
Gisella Sofio |
Gisella Sofio (19 February 1931 – 27 January 2017) was an Italian actress. She began her career in the 1950s. She had roles in the movies "Accidents to the Taxes!!" (1951), "Rascel-Fifì" (1957), "La liceale" (1975), "The Big Heart of Girls" and "The Worst Week of My Life" (both 2011). She was born in Milan. |
Sofio died on 27 January 2017 in Rome at the age of 85. |
Bill Fischer (American football) |
William Anton "Bill" Fischer (March 10, 1927 – January 20, 2017), nicknamed "Moose", was an American football player. He played as an offensive lineman. He played in the National Football League (NFL) for the Chicago Cardinals from 1949 to 1953. He was born in Chicago, Illinois. |
Fischer died on January 20, 2017 in Cape Coral, Florida. He was 89. |
Alexander Tikhanovich |
Alexander Grigorievich Tikhanovich (; 13 July 1952 – 28 January 2017) was a Belarusian pop singer. He was best known as a member of the band Verasy. He was awarded the Meritorious Artist and People's Artist honours of Belarus. He was born in Minsk, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union. |
Tikhanovich died on 28 January 2017 in Minsk at the age of 64. |
Rettenberg |
Rettenberg is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. Rettenberg is twinned with the village La Frénaye in Northern France (close to Le Havre). Rettenberg is the southernmost village with breweries ("Engelbräu" and "Zötlerbrauerei") in Germany. |
Sonthofen |
Sonthofen is the most southerly town of Germany. It is in the Oberallgäu region of the Bavarian Alps. Oberstdorf is farther south but is not a town. In 2005, Sonthofen was awarded "Alpenstadt des Jahres" (Alpine city of the year). |
In World War II Sonthofen was bombed twice. This was because Adolf Hitler had built the "Ordensburg Sonthofen" in Sonthofen. Young boys were trained there for Nazi Party organisations. Sonthofen was given town rights on 18 August 1963. |
Lennart Nilsson |
Lennart Nilsson (24 August 1922 – 28 January 2017) was a Swedish photographer. He was known for his photographs of human embryos and other medical subjects once thought not to be photographable. He was also known for his extreme macro photography. His book, "A Child Is Born" (1965), featured many of his photographs. He was born in Strängnäs, Södermanland County. |
Nilsson died on 28 January 2017 at the age of 94. |
Sulzberg, Oberallgäu |
Sulzberg is a municipality in the district of Oberallgäu in Bavaria in Germany. Since 1990, Sulzberg has been twinned with the municipality Chailland (Mayenne) in France. |
Lauda Air Flight 004 |
Lauda Air Flight 004 was a scheduled international passenger flight from Kai Tak, Hong Kong, China to Wien-Schwechat International Airport, Vienna, Austria via Don Mueang International Airport, Bangkok, Thailand. On 26 May 1991, the Boeing 767-3Z9ER operating the flight under the callsign NG004 (LAUDA 4, LDA004) suffered an uncommanded thrust reverser deployment midair while flying over Burma-Thai border and crashed into wooded terrain about 94 nautical miles northwest of Bangkok, killing all 213 passengers and 10 crew members on board. It is the first accident and the deadliest loss involving the Boeing 767, and as of 2022, Thailand's worst aviation accident. |
The positions of the left engine thrust reverser actuators along with data from the electronic engine control (EEC) and the cockpit voice recorder (CVR) indicate that the left engine thrust reverse system deployed while the airplane was at approximately .78 Mach (478 kn, 550 mph, 885 km/h), climbing through 24,700 feet to flight level 310. The preliminary evidence suggests that the reverse event was recognized by the flight crew, but that the airplane departed controlled flight, accelerated past the maximum operating velocity, and experienced an in-flight structural breakup at a low altitude. Indications of an in-flight fire prior to the breakup have not been found. However, during the breakup, a large explosion was witnessed and burning debris fell to the ground. The explosion was most likely the ignition of discharged fuel from the aircraft's wings during the breakup. |
The true cause of the reverser deployment was never found because all of the wires and the Digital Flight Data Recorder were destroyed in the crash, but it was thought to be caused by a short circuit that opened both valves for a split second, allowing the reverser to activate. |
Accident. |
Lauda Air Flight 004 took off from Runway 21L in Don Mueang at 23:02 ICT. 5 minutes and 45 seconds into the flight, where the pilots received a "REV ISLN VAL" warning on the EICAS, to which Captain Welch replied, "that keeps coming on", indicating that the warning would come on, then extinguish. This probably made the Captain think that this warning was not true. The crew discussed the issue for approximately 5 minutes, looking through the aircraft's quick reference handbook, to which they found no action was needed, but the handbook then quoted "additional system failures may cause in-flight deployment", and to "expect normal reverser operation after landing". The captain, reassured, said that it was "just an advisory thing", and that there was "just water, or moisture in there", and moved on, the first officer shortly thereafter claiming that the captain needs "a little bit of rudder trim to the left", in response to the ailerons being slightly out of trim. |
At 23:17 PM ICT (local time, 4:17Z PM), nine minutes after the first warning, while climbing past 24,500 feet, the left engine thrust reverser activated, the reverser plume causing asymmetrical lift that took away 25 percent of the original lift away from the left wing. Almost immediately, the aircraft assumed a hard left yaw, bank, and descent, with a value that peaked at -28 degrees per second. Immediately after reverser activation, the first officer noticed the discrepancy, shouting, "Shit, reverser deployed". The Captain disconnected the autopilot and inputted maximum right rudder and aileron, soon after shutting down the left engine. The airplane experienced massive negative G-forces during the descent. Contrary to existing procedures, the flight crew proceeded to pull back on their flight controls before regaining a wings level attitude. This put massive stress on the airframe as it accelerated past its maximum operating speed (Vmo), to which parts of the tail began to disintegrate. Parts of the rudder and massive areas of the right elevator began to disintegrate from the aircraft, followed by the complete separation of the right tailplane, and the breaking of the aircraft's skin. |
The aircraft's tail section broke completely free of the main assembly, causing the rest of the aircraft to assume a near vertical nose down position, as the aircraft exceeded 660 knots (Mach 1). The wings then broke free of the aircraft, and the remaining fuel inside the fuel tanks ignited into a massive fireball, and the aircraft crashed into wooded terrain in the Dan Chang District of Thailand. All 223 passengers and crew died. Shortly after the accident, local villagers began to loot the crash site, uncontrolled by the local police. |
Passengers and crew. |
Josef Thurner, the copilot, once flew as a co-pilot with Niki Lauda on a Lauda Boeing 767 service to Bangkok, a flight that was the subject of a "Reader's Digest" article in January 1990 that depicted the airline positively. Macarthur Job stated that Thurner was the better known of the crew members. Thomas J. Welch, the captain, lived in Vienna, but originated from Seattle, Washington. |
Geoff Nicholls |
Geoffrey James "Geoff" Nicholls (28 February 1948 – 28 January 2017) was a British musician and keyboardist. He was best known as a member of the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. He did not perform with the band after 2004. He was born in Birmingham. |
Nicholls died from lung cancer on 28 January 2017 at the age of 68. |
Insular Italy |
Insular Italy ( or just ) is one of the five official statistical regions of Italy used by the National Institute of Statistics (ISTAT), a NUTS1 level region. |
Insular Italy is defined only for statistical and for some elections and includes the two main Italian islands: Sicily and Sardinia, together with other small islands and archipelagos next to them. |
Geography. |
Sicily is the largest Mediterranean island with an area of . To the east, it is separated from the Italian mainland by the Strait of Messina, about wide in the north, and about wide in the southern part. Its highest point is Mount Etna (), the largest active volcano in Europe with an altitude of . The longest river of the island is the Salso river, long. |
Sardinia is the second largest Mediterranean island with an area of . To the east is the Tyrrhenian Sea that separates the island from mainland Italy, and to the north is the Strait of Bonifacio that separates Sardinia from the French island of Corsica. Its highest point is Punta La Marmora () with an altitude of . The longest river of the island is the Tirso river, long. |
Regions. |
Insular Italy has 2 of the 20 regions of Italy, including 24 provinces and 1,789 comuniː |
The "comuni" with more than 100,000 persons living in them areː |
Lucia Bosè |
Lucia Bosè (' Borloni"'; 28 January 1931 – 23 March 2020) was an Italian actress. She reached peak fame during the time of Italian neorealism in the 1940s and 1950s. She appeared in the movies "Under the Olive Tree", "Story of a Love Affair" (both 1950), "The Lady Without Camelias" (1953), "Death of a Cyclist" (1955) and "Harem Suare" (1999). In 1947, she was Miss Italia. |
Bosè was born in Milan. She was married to Spanish bullfighter Luis Dominguín from 1955 to 1967. The couple had three children, including Miguel (b. 1956, Panama City). She was the grandmother of Bimba Bosé (1975–2017). |
On 23 March 2020, during the COVID-19 pandemic in Spain, Bosè died of pneumonia caused by COVID-19 in Segovia. She was 89. |
Many Clouds |
Many Clouds (21 April 2007 – 28 January 2017) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. He was best known for winning the Hennessy Gold Cup (2014), the Grand National (2015) and the Cotswold Chase (2015, 2017). |
Many Clouds was bred in Ireland but was trained in United Kingdom. |
Many Clouds died on 28 January 2017 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. He collapsed after winning his second Cotswold Chase and died from a pulmonary haemorrhage. He was nine. |
Wim Anderiesen Jr. |
Gerardus Willem "Wim" Anderiesen Jr. (2 September 1931 – 27 January 2017) was a Dutch footballer. He played as a defender at club level from the early-1950s to the mid-1960s. He played for Ajax from 1951 to 1961. He later played for Holland Sport. |
Anderiesen was born in Amsterdam, North Holland. He was the son of and named after Wim Anderiesen (1903–1944). He died on 27 January 2017 in Heerhugowaard at the age of 85. |
Smith & Wesson |
Smith & Wesson (S&W) is an American firearms manufacturing company. Their headquarters are in Springfield, Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1852. Smith & Wesson's pistols and revolvers have become standard issue to police and military forces. Smith & Wesson firearms are very popular among sport shooters. |
Smith & Wesson is also known for the many types of ammunition it has introduced over the years. Many cartridge calibers bear the S&W name. For example, the .500 S&W Magnum. |
History. |
Early history. |
Horace Smith and Daniel B. Wesson founded the Smith & Wesson Company in 1852. The purpose was to develop a lever action pistol. But by 1854 the company was failing. They sold the company to a shirt manufacturer named Oliver Winchester. In 1866, Winchester renamed the company Winchester Repeating Arms Company. That same year Smith and Wesson formed the second company called Smith & Wesson. Their timing was right. Not long after they built their new factory in Springfield, the American Civil War started. |
The Civil War. |
One of the most popular pistols during the war was the Smith & Wesson Model 2. Many Civil War soldiers purchased the No 2 revolver privately. Between 1861 and 1874, over 77,000 were produced. Smith & Wesson became so profitable that the two partners were the wealthiest men in Springfield by 1865. |
Late 1800s. |
One of the most popular calibers during the Civil War was the .44 caliber. The partners realized they needed to produce a pistol in this caliber. By 1870 S&W introduced the .44 metallic cartridge which was a major improvement over the .44 percussion cap models used in the war. To use this new cartridge, the company introduced a larger pistol known as the Smith & Wesson Model 3. It featured rapid loading and reloading. The gun was a personal favorite of Wyatt Earp. In 1875, at age 65, Smith sold his share of the company to Wesson. He still advised his former partner in business matters. |
In 1880 S&W introduced the first double-action revolver. It was designed to use the .32 S&W caliber cartridge. By this time Wesson's three sons, Walter H., Frank L., and Joseph H., were active in the company. In 1887, Frank L. Wesson died but his brothers continued as partners in the company. |
In 1887 a new concealed hammer design for police was made. Variations of this design are still being made. In 1899, S&W brought out its most famous design, the Military & Police pistol. It was a double-action which set a standard for modern revolvers. It also introduced what has become a very popular caliber, the .38 S&W Special. It is still one of the most popular revolver cartridges ever produced. Large numbers of S&W .38 special handguns were sold to police and military worldwide. They were used in both World War I and World War II. They remained popular until they were finally replaced by many police and military organizations by Semi-automatic pistols. |
Early 20th century. |
In 1904, Daniel B. Wesson died. But without his guidance the two sons could not agree on the future direction of the company. This period of weak leadership continued for some time. In 1908 the company introduced a new line of .44 caliber pistols called the .44 New Century, but was soon renamed the Smith & Wesson Triple Lock. It used a new cartridge developed by S&W, the .44 Special. |
World wars. |
Smith & Wesson received large government contracts for military revolvers from the American government. The company expanded to produce the firearms. But management problems, labor disputes and a new workforce all caused problems for production. As a result, the US government stepped in to manage S&W until the end of the war. |
After the war a surplus of military arms and imports of low cost guns caused sales to drop. Under Harold Wesson, the company manufactured other items to try to keep up profits. They made sewing machines, handcuffs, washing machines and toilet parts. But none of these items made the company profitable. |
About this time, bullet-proof vests came into use. Gangsters quickly adopted them so that bullets traveling at under 1,000 fps would not penetrate them. S&W immediately began experimenting with improved bullets. They also used the famous firearms expert Bill Jordan as a consultant to help develop a new much more powerful handgun. What resulted was the first magnum cartridge, the S&W .357 Magnum. In 1935 they released the Smith & Wesson Model 19. Using a 125 grain bullet traveling at 1600 fps, it could easily defeat the body armor of the time. |
World War II and after. |