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2012 In France
Events from the year 2012 in France: Incumbents * President of France, President: Nicolas Sarkozy (until 16 May), François Hollande (starting 16 May) * Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister: François Fillon (until 16 May), Jean-Marc Ayrault (starting 16 May) Events January * 11 January – French journalist Gilles Jacquier is killed in Homs, Syria after coming under fire whilst reporting the Syrian Civil War, Syrian uprising for France 2. He is the first Western casualty of the conflict. * 13 January – Standard & Poor's downgrades France's credit rating from AAA to AA+. * 23 January – The Senate (France), Senate passes a bill criminalising the denial of the Armenian genocide. February * 22 February – The term 'mademoiselle' is removed from official documents following a campaign by feminist organisations. * 28 February – The Constitutional Council of France, Constitutional Council rules that the bill criminalising denial of the Armenian genocide infringes on free ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012
File:2012 Events Collage V3.png, From left, clockwise: The passenger cruise ship Costa Concordia lies capsized after the Costa Concordia disaster; Damage to Casino Pier in Seaside Heights, New Jersey as a result of Hurricane Sandy; People gather at Tikal Temple I, a Mayan temple to commemorate the Mesoamerican Long Count calendar, end of the Mayan calendar on December 21, when it was predicted a Global catastrophic risk, doomsday event would occur; NASA's Curiosity Rover lands on the surface of Mars; The Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting caused shock and outrage across the United States and the world; K-pop artist Psy performs his hit single Gangnam Style, which became a cultural phenomenon in 2012; the elementary particle, the Higgs boson, dubbed "The God Particle", is discovered by CERN and revolutionizes quantum physics; The 2012 Summer Olympics open in London., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Costa Concordia disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Hurricane Sandy rect 400 0 600 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Standard & Poor's
S&P Global Ratings (previously Standard & Poor's and informally known as S&P) is an American credit rating agency (CRA) and a division of S&P Global that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks, bonds, and commodities. S&P is considered the largest of the Big Three credit-rating agencies, which also include Moody's Investors Service and Fitch Ratings. Its head office is located on 55 Water Street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. History The company traces its history back to 1860, with the publication by Henry Varnum Poor of ''History of Railroads and Canals in the United States''. This book compiled comprehensive information about the financial and operational state of U.S. railroad companies. In 1868, Henry Varnum Poor established H.V. and H.W. Poor Co. with his son, Henry William Poor, and published two annually updated hardback guidebooks, ''Poor's Manual of the Railroads of the United States'' and ''Poor's Directory of Railway Officials''. In 1906, Lu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1937 In Russia
The following lists events that happened during 1937 in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. Incumbents * General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union – Joseph Stalin * Chairman of the Central Executive Committee of the Congress of Soviets – Mikhail Kalinin * Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars of the Soviet Union – Vyacheslav Molotov Events * 23–30 January – Trial of the Anti-Soviet Trotskyist Center * June – Case of Trotskyist Anti-Soviet Military Organization * 18-20 June - by the crew led by Valery Chkalov * 12–14 July – A world-record non-stop , by the crew led by Mikhail Gromov, from Moscow to San Jacinto, California * 12 December – Soviet Union legislative election, 1937 Films * '' Bezhin Meadow'' – directed by Sergei Eisenstein * '' Lullaby'' – directed by Dziga Vertov * '' The Return of Maxim'' – directed by Grigori Kozintsev and Leonid Trauberg * ''Without Dowry'' – directed by Yakov Protazanov Births ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eduard Steinberg
Eduard Arkadevich Steinberg (russian: Эдуа́рд Арка́дьевич Ште́йнберг; 3 March 1937 – 28 March 2012) was a Russian painter, philosopher and activist. Personal life Steinberg was born in Moscow, the son of poet, translator and artist . He had residences in Tarusa (Kaluga region) and Paris. His wife, Galina Iosifovna Manevich, is a Russian art critic, author and essayist. Career Steinberg began his career drawing live models and landscapes and later switched to "metaphysical still lifes". In the 1960–1980s Steinberg participated in the dissident movement in the USSR, which supported freedom of expression in arts and basic human rights. Steinberg became Honorary Members of the Russian Academy of Arts. Taking from the hands of Zurab Tsereteli a medal on a red ribbon, Steinberg said: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1933 In France
This article lists notable events, births and deaths from the year 1933 in France. Major occurrences include the founding of Air France via merger, and the Lagny-Pomponne rail accident, which killed 204 people. Introduction France was insulated during the great depression due to the fact their economy was insulated with a focus on agriculture. Due to this, France's social, political, and economic year was far superior to the rest of Europe. The country celebrated the 30th anniversary of the Tour de France and mourned the loss of 200 citizens in the country's second-worst train accident, the Lagny-Pomponne Railroad Disaster. Incumbents *President: Albert Lebrun *President of the Council of Ministers: ** until 31 January: Joseph Paul-Boncour ** 31 January-26 October: Édouard Daladier ** 26 October-26 November: Albert Sarraut ** starting 26 November: Camille Chautemps Events *30 January – Édouard Daladier forms a government in France *15 July – Four-Power Pact is signed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice André
Maurice André (21 May 1933 – 25 February 2012) was a French trumpeter, active in the classical music field. He was professor of trumpet at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique in Paris where he introduced the teaching of the piccolo trumpet including the Baroque repertoire on trumpet. André has inspired many innovations on his instrument and he contributed to the popularization of the trumpet. Biography André who was born in Alès in the Cévennes, into a mining family. His father was an amateur musician; André studied trumpet with a friend of his father, who suggested that André be sent to the conservatory. In order to gain free admission to the conservatory, he joined a military band. After only six months at the conservatory, he won his first prize. At the conservatory, André's professor, Raymond Sabarich, reprimanded him for not having worked hard enough and told him to return when he could excel in his playing. A few weeks later, he returned to play ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rémi Ochlik
Rémi Ochlik (16 October 1983 – 22 February 2012) was a French photojournalist who was known for his photographs of war and conflict in Haiti and the Arab Spring revolutions. Ochlik died in the February 2012 bombardment of Homs during the 2011–2012 Syrian uprising along with veteran war correspondent Marie Colvin. Biography Rémi Ochlik was born in 1983 in Thionville and lived in the area around Florange, Moselle, in the Lorraine region of northeastern France. As a child he had ambitions of becoming an archaeologist, but after he was given an Olympus OM1 camera by his grandfather, Ochlik gravitated toward his interest in photography. After completing school at Marcel-Pagnol in Serémange-Erzange and private high school of Saint-Pierre Chanel in Thionville, Ochlik studied photography at the Icart Photo School in Paris. Career Rémi Ochlik began working for photography agency Wostok in September 2002 where he initially began photographing demonstrations. After leaving ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Duby
Jacques Duby (7 May 1922 – 15 February 2012) was a French stage, film and television actor. He was born in Toulouse. Jacques Duby as narrator Some of his works include '' 101 Dalmatians'' (1961), ''Pinocchio'' (1968), and ''The Jungle Book'' (1967). He also served as narrator in a French audiobook recording of ''Treasure Island'' released in 2011. Selected filmography * ''Stopover in Orly'' (1955) * ''It Happened in Aden'' (1956) * ''Meeting in Paris'' (1956) * ''Short Head ''Short Head'' (French: '' Courte tête'') is a 1956 French comedy film directed by Norbert Carbonnaux, written by Michel Audiard and starring Fernand Gravey, Micheline Dax and Jean Richard. The film is known under the alternative title ''Photo Fi ...'' (1956) * '' Women's Prison'' (1958) * '' Les Novices'' (1970) * '' Piaf'' (1974) References External links * 1922 births 2012 deaths Burials at Montmartre Cemetery French male film actors French male stage actors French male television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri-Germain Delauze
COMEX (or Compagnie Maritime d'Expertises) is a French company specializing in engineering and deep diving operations, created in November 1961 by Henri-Germain Delauze and ran by him until his death in 2012. This company is known worldwide for its technology in regard to underwater exploration at great depths. Its line of business includes: * hyperbaric testing facilities, * oceanographic research ships (Minibex and Janus), * testing pool. COMEX carried out pioneering work in very deep saturation diving. The company experimented with the use of hydrogen in the divers' breathing gas. This work with heliox (a breathing gas mixture of helium and oxygen) and hydreliox (an exotic breathing gas mixture of helium, oxygen and hydrogen gas) mixtures started with Hydra I in 1968. The saturation diving physiology studies were conducted with helium from and with hydrogen from . The diving depth record for off-shore (saturation) diving was achieved in 1988 by a team of COMEX professiona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Commission On Renewal And Ethics In Public Life (France)
The French Commission on renewal and ethics in public life (in French '' Commission sur la rénovation et la déontologie de la vie publique''), nicknamed Jospin commission, was a think tank established in 2012 by President François Hollande to provide reforms in public life.''Public life'' is translated from the French ''la vie public'' and refers to holding elected and appointed positions in national and/or local government This commission, which is responsible for considering institutional and public life, made its report in November 2012 and proposed reductions in holding multiple elected officesHolding multiple elected offices (cumul des mandats in French) is common in France. For example, Senators often also serve as the Mayor of a city or town. and in conflicts of interest; as well as the methods of election of the President of the Republic and legislators. With the exception of a few measures on declaration of conflicts of interest or the restriction of multiple directors ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2012 French Presidential Election
Presidential elections in France, Presidential elections were held in France on 22 April 2012 (or 21 April in some overseas departments and territories), with a second round Two-round system, run-off held on 6 May (or 5 May for those same territories) to elect the President of France (who is also ''ex officio'' one of the Co-Princes of Andorra, two joint heads of state of Andorra, a sovereign state). The incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy was running for a second five-year term for which he was eligible for under the Constitution of France. The first round ended with the selection of François Hollande and Nicolas Sarkozy as second round participants, as neither of them received a majority of votes cast in the first round. Hollande won the runoff with 51.64% of the vote to Sarkozy's 48.36%. The presidential elections were followed by 2012 French legislative election, legislative elections in June. Electoral system In overseas departments and territories of France located west of metropo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Incumbent
The incumbent is the current holder of an official, office or position, usually in relation to an election. In an election for president, the incumbent is the person holding or acting in the office of president before the election, whether seeking re-election or not. In some situations, there may not be an incumbent at time of an election for that office or position (ex; when a new electoral division is created), in which case the office or position is regarded as vacant or open. In the United States, an election without an incumbent is referred to as an open seat or open contest. Etymology The word "incumbent" is derived from the Latin verb ''incumbere'', literally meaning "to lean or lay upon" with the present participle stem ''incumbent-'', "leaning a variant of ''encumber,''''OED'' (1989), p. 834 while encumber is derived from the root ''cumber'', most appropriately defined: "To occupy obstructively or inconveniently; to block fill up with what hinders freedom of motion or ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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