Pablo Martin Sarmiento better known as Babalu was a Filipino comedian and actor. His screen name was a reference to his long chin. Babalu was born on June 29, 1942, in Sampaloc, Manila, Commonwealth of the Philippines. Babalu grew up in Sampaloc, Manila in his grandmother’s home with his mother, one sister and three brothers….
Rodolfo Vera Quizon Sr. OGH (July 25, 1928 – July 10, 2012) was a Filipino comedian and actor who went by the screen names Dolphy, Pidol, and Golay (1944). For his comedic talent, exemplified by his long list of works on stage, radio, television, and film, he is widely regarded as the country’s King of…
William Laurence Bingham was the father of Billy Bingham. On August 5, 1931, he was born. For many years, he was a Northern Ireland international footballer and manager. Between 1948 and 1950, Billy Bingham was a member of Glentoran, his first professional club. After moving to England, he spent eight years with Sunderland, appearing in…
Syed Pervez Musharraf is a Pakistani-born military officer. He was born on 11 August 1943 in Delhi, India to Syed Musharrafuddin and Begum Musharraf. He was a politician and a retired four-star general. Musharraf had two other siblings called Javed Musharraf and Naved Musharraf. He took over the presidency of Pakistan through a coup d’etat…
“He is not on the ventilator. Has been hospitalized for the last 3 weeks due to a complication of his ailment (Amyloidosis). Going through a difficult stage where recovery is not possible and organs are malfunctioning. Pray for ease in his daily living,” the family of Pervez Musharraf declared in a tweeted statement. Pervez…
Julee Cruise was born on December 1, 1956, in Creston, Iowa, United States. Her father was the dentist in the town. She was a singer, songwriter, musician and actress. She played the dream-pop genre of music with four albums to her credit. Julee Cruise performed with the famed Children’s Theatre Company as a singer and…
Rockne Crowningburg Freitas, who is popularly known as Rocky Freitas, was born in Kailua, Honolulu County, Hawaii on 7 September 1945. He was an American football player who played offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions and the Tampa Bay Buccaneer in the National Football League (NFL). His career lasted for ten years beginning in 1968…
Warren Jeffs is the leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ, a polygamous denomination. His real name is Warren Steed Jeffs. Warren Jeff, who was born on December 3, 1995, was found guilty of felony sexual assault and sentenced to life in prison. Netflix recently released a documentary series with the title, “Keep Sweet:…
Oscar Schindler was an industrialist and a Nazist from Germany. Schindler was the one who saved the lives of 1,200 Jews by employing them in his enamelware and ammunition factories when Adolf Hitler’s Nazi Germany and its collaborators killed about six million Jews. From some survivors of the holocaust, even though his initial interest was…
Dame Maria Paula Figueiroa Rego, simply known in the limelight as Paula Rego, was a Portuguese artist born on January 26, 1935, in Lisbon, Portugal. Rego started painting at the age of four years. Her mother was also an artist. Her works have helped change the world. According to sources, her works reflect her concerns…
The Beatles were a Liverpool based English rock ‘n’ roll band who had a huge influence. They are the most critically acclaimed and financial successful pop music group ever. John Lennon 1940-1980, Paul McCartney 1942, Ringo Starr 1940 and George Harrison 1943-2001 helped define the 1960s with their innovative music and style and they are…
Donna was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and has lived in California for over 18 years. She worked for CAISO as an Electrical Engineer in Utility Management. Her colleagues and friends at CAISO will miss her terribly. Donna had an adventurous spirit and enjoyed traveling; she was devoted to her cat, Harlow. Her interests included…
Prayar Gopalakrishnan was elected to United Legislative Assembly from the Chadayamangalam constituency in 2001. Prayar served as former president of the Travancore Devaswom Board and longtime chairman of Kerala Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (Milma). He was a loyalist of A. K. Antony. His tenure as TDB president had ended when then CPI(M) led the LDF…
Boris Pahor was born in Trieste on August 26, 1913. He was a Slovene novelist living in Italy, who wrote about the sociopolitical, inter-Nationals wars, communism and others. His works existed in the pre Second World War years. Pahor was a student at the University of Padua where he studied theology but then he abandoned…
Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin (born October 7, 1952) is a famous Russian politician and former intelligence officer who is the President of Russia, a position he has held since 2012, and previously from 1999 to 2008. He was also Prime Minister from 1999 to 2000, and again from 2008 to 2012. Putin is the second-longest-serving European…
