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1954 Star World Championships
The 1954 Star World Championship was held in Cascais, Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic ( pt, República Portuguesa, links=yes ), is a country whose mainland is located on the Iberian Peninsula of Southwestern Europe, and whose territory also includes the Atlantic archipelagos of ... in 1954. Results References * {{StarWorlds Star World Championship 1954 in sailing Sport in Cascais Sailing competitions in Portugal 1954 in Portuguese sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cascais
Cascais () is a town and municipality in the Lisbon District of Portugal, located on the Portuguese Riviera. The municipality has a total of 214,158 inhabitants in an area of 97.40 km2. Cascais is an important tourism in Portugal, tourist destination. Its Cascais Marina, marina hosts events such as the America's Cup and the town of Estoril, part of the Cascais municipality, hosts conferences such as the Horasis Global Meeting. Cascais's history as a popular seaside resort originated in the 1870s, when King Luís I of Portugal and the House of Braganza, Portuguese royal family made the seaside town their residence every September, thus also attracting members of the Portuguese nobility, who established a summer community there. Cascais is known for the many members of royalty who have lived there, including King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom, when he was the Duke of Windsor, King Juan Carlos I of Spain, and King Umberto II of Italy. Exiled Cuban president Fulgencio Batista ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
João Miguel Tito
João is the Portuguese equivalent of the given name John. The diminutive is Joãozinho and the feminine is Joana. It is widespread in Portuguese-speaking countries. Notable people with the name are enumerated in the sections below. Kings * João I of Kongo, ruled 1470–1509 * João II of Lemba or João Manuel II of Kongo, ruled 1680–1716 * Dharmapala of Kotte, last King of the Kingdom of Kotte, reigned 1551–1597 Princes * João Manuel, Hereditary Prince of Portugal (1537–1554), son of John III * Infante João, Duke of Beja (1842–1861) Arts and literature * João Bosco, Brazilian musician * João Cabral de Melo Neto, Brazilian poet and diplomat * Joao Constancia, Filipino singer, actor and dancer * João Donato, Brazilian musician * João de Deus de Nogueira Ramos, Portuguese poet * João Gilberto, Brazilian musician * João Guimarães Rosa, Brazilian novelist, short story writer, and diplomat * João Miguel (actor), Brazilian actor * João Nogueira, Brazili ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sport In Cascais
Sport pertains to any form of Competition, competitive physical activity or game that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and Skill, skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators. Sports can, through casual or organized participation, improve participants' physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a ''match'') is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a "tie" or "draw", in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1954 In Sailing
Events January * January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany. * January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting. * January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The first public demonstration of a machine translation system is held in New York, at the head office of IBM. * January 10 – BOAC Flight 781, a de Havilland Comet jet plane, disintegrates in mid-air due to metal fatigue, and crashes in the Mediterranean near Elba; all 35 people on board are killed. * January 12 – 1954 Blons avalanches, Avalanches in Austria kill more than 200. * January 15 – Mau Mau rebellion, Mau Mau leader Waruhiu Itote is captured in Kenya. * January 17 – In Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, Yugoslavia, Milovan Đilas, one of the leading members of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, is relieved of his duties. * January 20 – The US-based National Negro Network is established, with 46 m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guy Dagonnot
Guy or GUY may refer to: Personal names * Guy (given name) * Guy (surname) * That Guy (...), the New Zealand street performer Leigh Hart Places * Guy, Alberta, a Canadian hamlet * Guy, Arkansas, US, a city * Guy, Indiana, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Kentucky, US, an unincorporated community * Guy, Texas, US, an unincorporated community * Guy Street, Montreal, Canada Art and entertainment Films * ''Guy'' (1997 film) (American, starring Vincent D'Onofrio) * ''Guy'' (2018 film) (French, starring Alex Lutz) * '' That Guy... Who Was in That Thing'' (2012), a documentary film * Free Guy (2021), an action comedy film Music * ''Guy'' (album), debut studio album of Guy (band) 1988 * Guy (band), an American R&B group * "G.U.Y.", a 2014 song by Lady Gaga from the album ''Artpop'' Transport * Guy (sailing), rope to control a spinnaker on a sailboat * Air Guyane Express, ICAO code GUY * Guy Motors, a former British bus and truck builder * ''Guy'' (ship, 193 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neri Stelle
Neri or Néri may refer to: Places *Neri, Iran, a village in West Azerbaijan Province * Neri, India, a village in the north Indian state Himachal * Neri River, a river in Ethiopia People and fictional characters *Neri (surname) Neri is a common surname from Italy. It also can be found in Latin America and the U.S.A, particularly among those of Italian descent. Etymology and history Derived from the Italian word — ''nero'' (black), to describe a dark-complexioned or bl ... * Neri (given name) * Francisco Valmerino Neri (born 1976), Brazilian footballer known as "Neri" *Neri, a main character in the series '' Ocean Girl'' * Al Neri, a fictional character from ''The Godfather'' Other uses * National Environmental Research Institute of Denmark * Neri (grape), another name for the French wine grape Grolleau * ''Neri'', a starchy substance used in the manufacture of Japanese ''washi'' paper, derived from the root of the plant '' Abelmoschus manihot'' (''tororo aoi'') *''Néri'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olle Carlsson
Olov (or Olof) is a Swedish form of Olav/Olaf, meaning "ancestor's descendant". A common short form of the name is ''Olle''. The name may refer to: *Per-Olov Ahrén (1926–2004), Swedish clergyman, bishop of Lund from 1980 to 1992 *Per-Olov Brasar (born 1950), retired professional ice hockey forward *Olov Englund (born 1983), Swedish bandy player * Per Olov Enquist (1934–2020), one of Sweden's internationally best known authors *Olle Hagnell (1924–2011), Swedish psychiatrist *Karl Olov Hedberg (1923–2007), botanist, taxonomist, author, professor at Uppsala University * Olle Hellbom (1925–1982), Swedish film director *Per Olov Jansson (1920–2019), Finnish photographer * Olof Johansson (born 1937), Swedish politician *Per-Olov Kindgren (born 1956), Swedish musician, composer, guitarist and music teacher *Olov Lambatunga, Archbishop of Uppsala, Sweden, 1198–1206 *Sven-Olov Lawesson (1926–1988), Swedish chemist known for his popularization of Lawesson's reagent within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean L
Jean may refer to: People * Jean (female given name) * Jean (male given name) * Jean (surname) Fictional characters * Jean Grey, a Marvel Comics character * Jean Valjean, fictional character in novel ''Les Misérables'' and its adaptations * Jean Pierre Polnareff, a fictional character from ''JoJo's Bizarre Adventure'' Places * Jean, Nevada, USA; a town * Jean, Oregon, USA Entertainment * Jean (dog), a female collie in silent films * "Jean" (song) (1969), by Rod McKuen, also recorded by Oliver * ''Jean Seberg'' (musical), a 1983 musical by Marvin Hamlisch Other uses * JEAN (programming language) * USS ''Jean'' (ID-1308), American cargo ship c. 1918 * Sternwheeler Jean, a 1938 paddleboat of the Willamette River See also *Jehan * * Gene (other) * Jeanne (other) * Jehanne (other) * Jeans (other) * John (other) John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Test ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Parent
Michel Parent (19 June 1924 – 30 September 2003) was a French sailor who competed in the 1956 Summer Olympics. Michel Georges Parent was born on 19 June 1924 in Sedan. He died on 30 September 2003 in Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of .... References External links * 1924 births 2003 deaths French male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for France Sailors at the 1956 Summer Olympics – Star {{France-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Júlio Gourinho
Júlio Gourinho (born 29 April 1923, died before 2008) was a Portuguese sailor. He competed at the 1948 Summer Olympics, the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad ( it, Giochi della XVII Olimpiade) and commonly known as Rome 1960 ( it, Roma 1960), were an international multi-sport event held .... References External links * 1923 births Year of death missing Portuguese male sailors (sport) Olympic sailors for Portugal Sailors at the 1948 Summer Olympics – Star Sailors at the 1952 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Sailors at the 1960 Summer Olympics – 5.5 Metre Sportspeople from Lisbon {{Portugal-yachtracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Livio Sangulin
Livio is both a masculine Italian given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include: Given name: * Livio Abramo (1903–1993), Brazilian artist *Livio Agresti (1508–1580), Italian painter *Livio Bendaña Espinoza (born 1935), Nicaraguan footballer and manager * Livio Berruti (born 1939), Italian sprinter *Livio Fongaro (1931–2007), Italian footballer and manager *Livio Francecchini (1902–?), Italian boxer *Livio Franceschini (1913–?), Italian basketball player *Livio Isotti (1927–1999), Italian cyclist *Livio Jean-Charles (born 1993), French basketball player * Livio Maitan (1923–2004), Italian Trotskyist *Livio Mehus Lieven Mehus or Livio Mehus (1630, in Oudenaarde – 7 August 1691, in Florence) was a Flemish painter, draughtsman and engraver of the Baroque period, who trained and worked in Italy. He was mainly active in Florence where he was court paint ... (1630–1691), Flemish painter and engraver * Livio Melina (born 1952), Italian Roman Catholi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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