March 13 Calendar 624 Abu Sufjan becomes Quraish chief and leader of Mecca after loss at Battle of Badr against Muslim forces 1202 Mieszko III, the Elder, grand duke of Poland (1173-77, 1200-02), dies 1271 Henry of Almain, English crusader (b. 1235) 1395 John Barbour, Scottish poet 1516 Vladislav II, King of Bohemia (1471-1516) and King of Hungary (1490-1516), dies at 60 1569 Louis, Prince of Condé (1530-69), dies in Battle of Jarnac at 39 1573 Michel de l'Hôpital, French statesman 1604 Arnaud d'Ossat, French diplomat and writer, dies at 66 1613 Giovanni Battista Caccini, Italian sculptor, dies at 56 1619 Richard Burbage, English Shakespearean actor (1st to play Richard III, Hamlet, Lear, Brutus and Othello) and painter, dies at about 52 1711 Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, French poet and critic, dies at 74 1716 Georg Gabriel Schutz, German composer, dies at 46 1756 Johann Melchior Conradi, German composer, dies at 81 1773 Philibert Commerçon, French naturalist, dies at 45 1778 Charles le Beau, French historian (b.
The campaign train of former governor of Ekiti State and a gubernatorial candidate, in the June 18 governorship election, Segun Oni came under attack on Wednesday. Police spokesman Ekiti, Sunday Abutu confirmed the incident in a statement saying that the suspected political thugs invaded the campaign ground of the Social Democratic Party (SDP) candidate and made spirited efforts to disrupt the rally in Efon Alaaye.
Abutu said: “The hoodlums came to the venue with dangerous weapons to disrupt the consultation process of the SDP candidate, Segun Oni, but our men were able to put the situation under control.
1024 Calendar Mar 15 Great Al-Andalus earthquake strikes the Umayyad Caliphate around Córdoba (modern southern Spain) Sep 8 Duke Conrad II chosen as German king and crowned at Mainz Cathedral
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Alejandra Maria Silva Garcia-Baquero (n. La Coruia; 16 February 1983) is a Spanish publicist. In 2016 she was the cover model of Hola! Fashion At the age of 4, her family moved to Madrid and Silva studied at the Saint Louis And Mater Salvatoris school.
At age 15, Silva moved to Dorset, UK, for schooling and she concluded her A levels education. Thereafter she returned to Madrid to study at the university and she graduated with a degree in advertising and marketing.
Edward Walter Furlong is an American actor and musician. A former teen idol, Furlong won Saturn and MTV Movie Awards for his breakthrough performance as John Connor in Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991).
Furlong received acclaim for his starring roles in the 1998 motion pictures Pecker co-starring Christina Ricci, and American History X, co-starring Edward Norton. Other noteworthy titles from his early career include Little Odessa (1994), Brainscan (1994), The Grass Harp (1995), and Before and After (1996), also starring Meryl Streep and Liam Neeson.