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Rimkus
Rimkus is a Lithuanian surname, being the diminutive of the given name Rimkantas.American surnames, by Elsdon Coles Smith, 1986, p. 83/ref> Notable people with the surname include: * Andreas Rimkus (born 1962), German politician *Ed Rimkus (1913–1999), American bobsledder * Gunter Rimkus (1928 - 2015), German dramaturge * Joseph E. Rimkus (1974 - 1996) United States Air Force Airman killed in Khobar Towers Bombing * Kęstutis Rimkus (born 1953), Lithuanian politician * Lorenzo Rimkus (born 1984), Dutch footballer *Vīts Rimkus Vīts Rimkus (born 21 June 1973) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent. Club career Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice i ... (born 1973), Latvian footballer * Vytenis Rimkus (born 1930), Lithuanian painter and encyclopedist References {{surname Lithuanian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vīts Rimkus
Vīts Rimkus (born 21 June 1973) is a Latvian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Rimkus is of Lithuanian descent. Club career Born in Riga, Vīts Rimkus started his career in 1993 with Pārdaugava Rīga, scoring twice in 14 league appearances. After a promising start youngster was transferred to DAG Rīga in 1994. He played 15 league games for the team and scored three goals that season. He kept changing clubs and the next season was spent with another club from Riga, Amstrig Rīga. The 1995 season turned out to be a loud start of his career as he managed to net eight times in 26 matches. Several offers to go abroad appeared and the player chose to move to Switzerland, signing a contract with FC Winterthur. Scoring eight goals in ten matches that season, he moved to Germany in 1996, signing for 1. FC Nürnberg. Despite the loud boom in Switzerland, Rimkus couldn't prove himself in Nürnberg, so he was given away to another German club, FC Erzgebirge A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andreas Rimkus
Andreas Rimkus (born 24 December 1962) is a German electrician and politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) who has been serving as a member of the Bundestag from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia since 2013. Political career Rimkus became a member of the Bundestag in the 2013 German federal election Federal elections were held on 22 September to elect the members of the 18th Bundestag of Germany. At stake were all 598 seats to the Bundestag, plus 33 overhang seats determined thereafter. The Christian Democratic Union of Germany/ Christian .... In parliament, he was a member of the Committee on Transport and Digital Infrastructure from 2013 until 2017 before moving to the Committee on Economic Affairs and Energy in 2018. In this capacity, he serves as his parliamentary group's rapporteur on Germany's National Hydrogen Strategy. In addition to his committee assignments, Rimkus is part of the German-Japanese Parliamentary Friendship Group and the German Parliam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Günter Rimkus
Günter Rimkus (22 December 1928 – 29 September 2015) was a German dramaturge and, from 1984 to 1991, manager of the Staatsoper Unter den Linden. Life Born in Stallupönen, East Prussia, Rimkus studied vocal music at the Hochschule für Musik Franz Liszt, Weimar from 1947 to 1953. After graduating, he obtained the position of dramaturge at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin. In 1970, he was appointed deputy artistic director there and succeeded Hans Pischner as director of the house from 1984 to 1991. Throughout his tenure at both the Admiralspalast and Unter den Linden, he had a significant influence on its high artistic reputation. For example, he was instrumental in organising the restructuring of the opera and ballet ensembles, as well as the chorus and the Staatskapelle, after the building of the Berlin Wall in 1961, thus ensuring the theatre's ability to perform. The Berlin Hochschule für Musik "Hanns Eisler" appointed him professor of opera dramaturgy. During his tenure, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenzo Rimkus
Lorenzo Rimkus (born 22 September 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Career Rimkus made his debut in professional football on 5 April 2002 for Sparta Rotterdam in a game against FC Twente replacing Dave van der Meer in the 69th minute. He formerly played for SV ARC. Personal life Rimkus is of Suriname Suriname (; srn, Sranankondre or ), officially the Republic of Suriname ( nl, Republiek Suriname , srn, Ripolik fu Sranan), is a country on the northeastern Atlantic coast of South America. It is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the north ...se descent, from his mother side. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vytenis Rimkus
Vytenis Rimkus (17 January 1930 – 12 November 2020) was a Lithuanian painter and encyclopedist An encyclopedia (American English) or encyclopædia (British English) is a reference work or compendium providing summaries of knowledge either general or special to a particular field or discipline. Encyclopedias are divided into article ( ... from the Siauliai district municipality. He was sent to the gulag for anti-Soviet activity. After his release he attended and graduated from an art school in Leningrad. References Lithuanian painters Lithuanian encyclopedists 1930 births 2020 deaths {{Lithuania-painter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ed Rimkus
Edward William Rimkus (August 10, 1913 in Schenectady, New York – May 17, 1999 in Long Beach, California) was an American of Lithuanian descent bobsledder who competed in the late 1940s and early 1950s. He won a gold medal in the four-men event at the 1948 Winter Olympics The 1948 Winter Olympics, officially known as the V Olympic Winter Games (german: V. Olympische Winterspiele; french: Ves Jeux olympiques d'hiver; it, V Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, V Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. Moritz ... in St. Moritz. He died in Long Beach, California. ReferencesPride of Schenectady: Rimkus made his mark on world stage * 1913 births 1999 deaths [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kęstutis Rimkus
Kęstutis Rimkus (born 12 April 1953) is a Lithuanian politician. In 1990 he was among those who signed the Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania The Act of the Re-Establishment of the State of Lithuania or Act of March 11 ( lt, Aktas dėl Lietuvos nepriklausomos valstybės atstatymo) was an independence declaration by Lithuania adopted on March 11, 1990, signed by all members of the S .... References 1953 births Living people 20th-century Lithuanian politicians Place of birth missing (living people) {{Lithuania-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khobar Towers Bombing
The Khobar Towers bombing was a terrorist attack on part of a housing complex in the city of Khobar, Saudi Arabia, near the national oil company ( Saudi Aramco) headquarters of Dhahran and nearby King Abdulaziz Air Base on 25 June 1996. At that time, Khobar Towers was being used as living quarters for coalition forces who were assigned to Operation Southern Watch, a no-fly zone operation in southern Iraq, as part of the Iraqi no-fly zones. A truck bomb was detonated adjacent to Building #131, an eight-story structure housing members of the United States Air Force's 4404th Wing (Provisional), primarily from a deployed rescue squadron and deployed fighter squadron. In all, 19 U.S. Air Force personnel were killed and 498 of many nationalities were wounded.''Ukaz'' Newspaper (Arabic), 10 July 1996, p.1, col. 4. Then-Saudi Minister of Health, Dr. Osama Abdul Majeed Shobokshi, was quoted as putting the number of casualties at 498 and the number of deaths, all American, at 19. The report ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
