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Hace 1 día · Cynthia Lennon (1939–2015), former wife of John Lennon, lived and died in Mallorca. Jorge Lorenzo professional motorcycle road racer, won the world 250cc Grand Prix motorcycle title in 2006 and 2007, and the 2010, 2012 & 2015 MotoGP World Championships. Colm Meaney, Irish actor, resides in the town of Sóller.
Hace 4 horas · Finland: $63,355 (£49,800) debt per working-age person. At 74.9%, Finland's household debt-to-GDP ratio is high. The country's central bank has been voicing concerns about growing household debt ...
Hace 1 día · 1894 in music, 1894 in Norwegian music – Cello Concerto and Humoresques by Antonín Dvořák. 1893 in music, 1893 in Norwegian music – Symphony No. 9 and String Quartet No. 12 by Antonín Dvořák; Symphony No. 3 by Gustav Mahler; Karelia Suite by Jean Sibelius; Death of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Russian composer.
Hace 1 día · Andrew Rosenthal (born 1956), editorial page editor of The New York Times and son of the paper's former executive editor A.M. Rosenthal [58] Roger Sedarat, poet, scholar and literary translator [59] Florence Guy Woolston Seabury (1881–1951), feminist essayist [60] Lee Siegel (born 1957), writer and cultural critic [61]
Hace 1 día · Emma Abbott (1850–91), opera soprano. Born and raised in Illinois until age 16; funeral held in Illinois, but interred in Massachusetts. David Abidor (born 1992), soccer player; Margaret Abbott (1878–1955), first modern-era Olympic United States female champion. Lived during her teens and learned her Olympic sport of golf in Illinois.
Hace 1 día · Lady Cynthia Fitzmelton is described in the original radio script as "a sort of Margaret Thatcher, Penelope Keith character." She is responsible for christening the "very splendid and worthwhile yellow bulldozer" which knocks down Arthur Dent's house in "cruddy Cottington", and it gives her "great pleasure" to make a "very splendid and worthwhile" speech beforehand.
