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Félix BenÃtez Rexach
Félix BenÃtez Rexach (March 27, 1886 – November 2, 1975) was a Puerto Rican engineer and businessman who built the Normandie Hotel, located in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Life and career Benitez Rexach was born in Vieques. In 1928, he fell in love with and married Lucienne Dhotelle, a French singer better known as La Môme Moineau (the kid sparrow). Normandie Hotel BenÃtez Rexach decided to surprise his wife with the construction of a yacht as a replica of the majestic ship. Moineau wasn't satisfied and BenÃtez Rexach decided then to construct a hotel with the form of a great transatlantic vessel. Designed by architect Raúl Reichard (1908–1996), the hotel began construction in 1938. He named the "Normandie Hotel" in honor of the French liner and presented it as a gift to his beloved wife and to the people of Puerto Rico. The hotel opened on October 10, 1942 at an estimated cost of more than US$2,000,000. Bridges Rexach designed and/or built a number of Puerto Rico's hi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vieques, Puerto Rico
Vieques (; ), officially Isla de Vieques, is an island and municipality of Puerto Rico, in the northeastern Caribbean, part of an island grouping sometimes known as the Spanish Virgin Islands. Vieques is part of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and retains strong influences from 400 years of Spanish presence in the island. Vieques lies about east of the Puerto Rican mainland, and measures about long by wide. Its most populated barrio is the town of Isabel Segunda (sometimes written "Isabel II"), the administrative center located on the northern side of the island. The population of Vieques was 8,249 at the 2020 Census. The island's name is a Spanish spelling of a TaÃno word said to mean "small island" or "small land". It also has the nickname ''Isla Nena'', usually translated as "Little Girl Island", alluding to its perception as Puerto Rico's little sister. The island was given this name by the Puerto Rican poet Luis Llorens Torres. During the British colonial period its ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Washington
George Washington (February 22, 1732, 1799) was an American military officer, statesman, and Founding Father who served as the first president of the United States from 1789 to 1797. Appointed by the Continental Congress as commander of the Continental Army, Washington led the Patriot forces to victory in the American Revolutionary War and served as the president of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, which created the Constitution of the United States and the American federal government. Washington has been called the " Father of his Country" for his manifold leadership in the formative days of the country. Washington's first public office was serving as the official surveyor of Culpeper County, Virginia, from 1749 to 1750. Subsequently, he received his first military training (as well as a command with the Virginia Regiment) during the French and Indian War. He was later elected to the Virginia House of Burgesses and was named a delegate to the Continental Congress ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
People From Vieques, Puerto Rico
A person ( : people) is a being that has certain capacities or attributes such as reason, morality, consciousness or self-consciousness, and being a part of a culturally established form of social relations such as kinship, ownership of property, or legal responsibility. The defining features of personhood and, consequently, what makes a person count as a person, differ widely among cultures and contexts. In addition to the question of personhood, of what makes a being count as a person to begin with, there are further questions about personal identity and self: both about what makes any particular person that particular person instead of another, and about what makes a person at one time the same person as they were or will be at another time despite any intervening changes. The plural form "people" is often used to refer to an entire nation or ethnic group (as in "a people"), and this was the original meaning of the word; it subsequently acquired its use as a plural form of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Burials At Santa MarÃa Magdalena De Pazzis Cemetery
Burial, also known as interment or inhumation, is a method of final disposition whereby a dead body is placed into the ground, sometimes with objects. This is usually accomplished by excavating a pit or trench, placing the deceased and objects in it, and covering it over. A funeral is a ceremony that accompanies the final disposition. Humans have been burying their dead since shortly after the origin of the species. Burial is often seen as indicating respect for the dead. It has been used to prevent the odor of decay, to give family members closure and prevent them from witnessing the decomposition of their loved ones, and in many cultures it has been seen as a necessary step for the deceased to enter the afterlife or to give back to the cycle of life. Methods of burial may be heavily ritualized and can include natural burial (sometimes called "green burial"); embalming or mummification; and the use of containers for the dead, such as shrouds, coffins, grave liners, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1975 Deaths
It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. Haldeman and John Ehrlichman are found guilty of the Watergate cover-up. * January 2 ** The Federal Rules of Evidence are approved by the United States Congress. ** Bangladesh revolutionary leader Siraj Sikder is killed by police while in custody. ** A bomb blast at Samastipur, Bihar, India, fatally wounds Lalit Narayan Mishra, Minister of Railways. * January 5 – Tasman Bridge disaster: The Tasman Bridge in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia, is struck by the bulk ore carrier , killing 12 people. * January 7 – OPEC agrees to raise crude oil prices by 10%. * January 10–February 9 – The flight of ''Soyuz 17'' with the crew of Georgy Grechko and Aleksei Gubarev aboard the ''Salyut 4'' space station. * January 15 – Alvor Agreement: Portuga ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1886 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – Upper Burma is formally annexed to British Burma, following its conquest in the Third Anglo-Burmese War of November 1885. * January 5– 9 – Robert Louis Stevenson's novella ''Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde'' is published in New York and London. * January 16 – A resolution is passed in the German Parliament to condemn the Prussian deportations, the politically motivated mass expulsion of ethnic Poles and Jews from Prussia, initiated by Otto von Bismarck. * January 18 – Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. * January 29 – Karl Benz patents the first successful gasoline-driven automobile, the Benz Patent-Motorwagen (built in 1885). * February 6– 9 – Seattle riot of 1886: Anti-Chinese sentiments result in riots in Seattle, Washington. * February 8 – The West End Riots following a popular meeting in Trafalgar Square, London. * F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michel Ferracci-Porri
Michel Ferracci-Porri (born 24 September 1949) is a French writer. Bibliography *''La Môme Moineau'' (Normant Ed. France 2006) () *''Beaux Ténèbres, la pulsion du mal d'Eugène Weidman'' (Normant Ed. France 2008) () *''The Affair of the Phantom of Heilbronn/ L'Affaire du Fantôme de Heilbronn'' Ed. Normant. France 2009) () *''Joyeuse Encyclopédie Anecdotique de la Gastronomie'' with Maryline Paoli. Preface by Christian Millau (Normant Ed. France 2012) () *''L'Affaire Brian Blackwell ou La Rage de Narcisse''/The Brian Blackwell Case or The Rage of Narcissus.(Normant Ed. France, April 2015) () References External links La Môme Moineau sur voila.frEditions Normant {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferracci-Porri, Michel 1949 births Living people Writers from Ajaccio French male non-fiction writers 21st-century French male writers 21st-century French non-fiction writers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Natchez (PF-2)
USS ''Natchez'' (PG-102/PF-2) was a (known as an ''Asheville''-class patrol frigate in U.S. service) acquired by the U.S. Navy during World War II. She was originally ordered and laid down as HMS ''Annan'' for the Royal Navy, and renamed as HMCS ''Annan'' for the Royal Canadian Navy before transfer to the U.S. Navy before launch. She was used for anti-submarine patrol work during the war. Post-war, she was decommissioned and ended up in the hands of the Dominican Navy as ''Juan Pablo Duarte'' in 1947, but ran aground and taken out of service in 1949. In 1950 she was sold to Puerto Rican engineer Félix BenÃtez as a private yacht. The ship was broken up in 1959. Career ''Natchez'' was laid down on 16 March 1942 by Canadian Vickers Ltd., Montreal, Quebec, Canada as HMS ''Annan'', later designated as HMCS ''Annan''. Due to a lack of American patrol vessels she was transferred to the U.S. Navy on 20 July 1942. Launched on 12 September 1942, she was named USS ''Natchez'' (PG-1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Puerto Rican Architects
This is a list of Puerto Rican architects. This list includes people, both Puerto Rican and foreign, whose work has made a significant contribution to Puerto Rican architecture. List of Puerto Rican architects Amaral, Jesús Eduardo, FAIA (1927, Humacao, PR) ''Founder and first Director (1966–69) of the School of Architecture-University of Puerto Rico.'' ''Fellow of the American Institute of Architects, Recipient of the Henry Klumb Award 1985.'' ''Important works include Hotel Delicias, San Juan, PR (1960), Condominio Universitario, Condominio Costa Azul, Colegio Regional de Humacao.'' BenÃtez Rexach, Félix ''Important works include the Normandie Hotel'' Bertoli Calderoni, Juan (1820-1885, Ponce, PR) ''Important works include Teatro La Perla, Ponce, PR (1864), Casa Serrallés, Ponce, PR, Museo de la Música Puertorriqueña, Ponce, PR.'' Cardona, Segundo, FAIA (1950-, San Juan, PR) ''Important works include Coliseo de Puerto Rico in 2004.'' Carmoega, Rafael (1894†... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Governor Of Puerto Rico
The governor of Puerto Rico ( es, gobernador de Puerto Rico) is the head of government of the Commonwealth (U.S. insular area), Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and commander-in-chief of the Puerto Rico National Guard. The governor has a duty to enforce Law of Puerto Rico, local laws, to convention (meeting), convene the Legislative Assembly of Puerto Rico, Legislative Assembly, the power to either sign into law, approve or veto bill (proposed law), bills passed by the Legislative Assembly, to appoint government officers, to appoint List of Justices of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico by court, justices, and to grant pardons. Since 1948, the governor has been elected by Puerto Rican people, the people of Puerto Rico. Prior to that, the governor was appointed either by the king of Spain (1510–1898) or the president of the United States (1898–1948). Article Four of the Constitution of Puerto Rico, Article IV of the Constitution of Puerto Rico vests the executive power on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis A
Luis is a given name. It is the Spanish form of the originally Germanic name or . Other Iberian Romance languages have comparable forms: (with an accent mark on the i) in Portuguese and Galician, in Aragonese and Catalan, while is archaic in Portugal, but common in Brazil. Origins The Germanic name (and its variants) is usually said to be composed of the words for "fame" () and "warrior" () and hence may be translated to ''famous warrior'' or "famous in battle". According to Dutch onomatologists however, it is more likely that the first stem was , meaning fame, which would give the meaning 'warrior for the gods' (or: 'warrior who captured stability') for the full name.J. van der Schaar, ''Woordenboek van voornamen'' (Prisma Voornamenboek), 4e druk 1990; see also thLodewijs in the Dutch given names database Modern forms of the name are the German name Ludwig and the Dutch form Lodewijk. and the other Iberian forms more closely resemble the French name Louis, a derivat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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