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2018 In Colombia
Incumbents *President of Colombia, President: Juan Manuel Santos (until August 7), Iván Duque Márquez (starting August 7) *Vice President of Colombia, Vice President: Oscar Naranjo (until August 7), Marta Lucia Ramirez (starting August 7) Events * February 9–February 25, 25: Colombia at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Four athletes from Colombia compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. * July 3: Colombia at the FIFA World Cup, Colombia are knocked out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the second round, losing on penalties to England at the Otkritie Arena, Moscow. * October 6–October 18, 18: Colombia will compete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. * 11 October - A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least 12 deaths. Deaths *August 2: Herbert King (actor), Herbert King, 55, television and film actor (heart attack) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
President Of Colombia
The president of Colombia (President of the Republic) is the head of state and head of government of Colombia. The president heads the executive branch of the Government of Colombia, national government and is the commander-in-chief of the Military Forces of Colombia. The power of the presidency has grown substantially since the first president, Simón Bolívar, took office in 1819. While presidential power has waxed and waned over time, the presidency has played an increasingly important role in Colombian political life since the early 20th century, with a notable expansion during the presidency of Álvaro Uribe. The office of president was established upon the ratification of the Constitution of 1819, by the Congress of Angostura, convened in December 1819, when Colombia was the "''Gran Colombia''". The first president, General Simón Bolívar, took office in 1819. His position, initially self-proclaimed, was subsequently ratified by Congress. The president is directly elec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 FIFA World Cup
The 2018 FIFA World Cup was the 21st FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial world championship for national association football, football teams organized by FIFA. It took place in Russia from 14 June to 15 July 2018, after the country was awarded the hosting rights in late 2010. It was the eleventh time the championships had been held in Europe and the first time they were held in Eastern Europe, also featuring one or two venues, depending on definition, located across Boundary between Asia and Europe, the boundary with Asia. At an estimated cost of over $14.2 billion, it was the most expensive World Cup ever held until it was surpassed by the 2022 FIFA World Cup, 2022 World Cup in Qatar. The tournament phase involved 32 teams, of which 31 came through 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification, qualifying competitions, while the host nation Russia national football team, Russia qualified automatically. Of the 32, 20 had also appeared in the 2014 FIFA World Cup, 2014 event, while Iceland nat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2010s In Colombia
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sports, where it commonly denotes the first, leading, or top thing in a group. 1 is the unit of counting or measurement, a determiner for singular nouns, and a gender-neutral pronoun. Historically, the representation of 1 evolved from ancient Sumerian and Babylonian symbols to the modern Arabic numeral. In mathematics, 1 is the multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number. In digital technology, 1 represents the "on" state in binary code, the foundation of computing. Philosophically, 1 symbolizes the ultimate reality or source of existence in various traditions. In mathematics The number 1 is the first natural number after 0. Each natural numbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 In Colombia
Incumbents *President of Colombia, President: Juan Manuel Santos (until August 7), Iván Duque Márquez (starting August 7) *Vice President of Colombia, Vice President: Oscar Naranjo (until August 7), Marta Lucia Ramirez (starting August 7) Events * February 9–February 25, 25: Colombia at the 2018 Winter Olympics - Four athletes from Colombia compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics. * July 3: Colombia at the FIFA World Cup, Colombia are knocked out of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in the second round, losing on penalties to England at the Otkritie Arena, Moscow. * October 6–October 18, 18: Colombia will compete at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. * 11 October - A mudslide in the central Colombian town of Marquetalia results in at least 12 deaths. Deaths *August 2: Herbert King (actor), Herbert King, 55, television and film actor (heart attack) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert King (actor)
Herbert García King (16 December 1963 – 2 August 2018), known artistically as Herbert King, was a Colombian actor. Biography King was born in the city of Santa Marta and in his youth moved to England, where he had his training in dramatic art. Back in his native country he moved to the city of Bogotá where he began his career as an actor. After a minor appearance in the series ''The alternative of the scorpion'', he joined the cast of '' Guajira'', popular telenovela of 1996 by RCN Televisión. Two years later he played the role of Bernabé in the short film by Sergio Cabrera, '' Golpe de Estadio''. A year later he joined the cast of the series ''Francisco the mathematician'' in the role of Octavio Tobón. He started the 2000s with a participation in the telenovela ''Alejo, the search for love'', followed by appearances in soap operas '' Pedro el escamoso'', ''Pasión de Gavilanes'', '' La saga, negocio de familia'', ''La Tormenta'', '' En los tacones de Eva'', '' Nuevo r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
August 2
Events Pre-1600 *338 BC – A Ancient Macedonian army, Macedonian army led by Philip II of Macedon, Philip II defeated the combined forces of Athens and Thebes, Greece, Thebes in the Battle of Chaeronea (338 BC), Battle of Chaeronea, securing Macedonia (ancient kingdom), Macedonian hegemony in Greece and the Aegean civilizations, Aegean. *216 BC – The Carthage, Carthaginian army led by Hannibal defeats a numerically superior Roman Republic, Roman army at the Battle of Cannae. *49 BC – Caesar, who marched to Spain earlier in the year, leaving Marcus Antonius in charge of Italy, defeats Pompey's general Lucius Afranius (consul), Afranius and Marcus Petreius, Petreius in Ilerda (Lerida) north of the Ebro river. * 461 – Majorian is arrested near Tortona (northern Italy) and deposed by the Suebian general Ricimer as Puppet monarch, puppet emperor. * 932 – After a two-year siege, the city of Toledo, Spain, Toledo, in Spain, surrenders to the forces of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ABC News (United States)
ABC News is the news division of the American television network ABC. Its flagship program is the daily evening newscast '' ABC World News Tonight with David Muir''; other programs include morning news-talk show '' Good Morning America'', ''Nightline'', '' 20/20'', and Sunday morning political affairs program '' This Week with George Stephanopoulos''. The network also includes daytime talk shows '' The View'', '' Live with Kelly and Mark'', and '' Tamron Hall''. In addition to the division's television programs, ABC News has radio and digital outlets, including ABC News Radio and ABC News Live, plus various podcasts hosted by ABC News personalities. History 20th-century origins ABC began in 1943 as the NBC Blue Network, a radio network that was spun off from NBC, as ordered by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 1942. The reason for the order was to expand competition in radio broadcasting in the United States, specifically news and political broadcasting, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World Archery Federation
World Archery (WA, formerly ''Fédération Internationale de Tir à l'Arc'' (FITA)) is the governing body of the sport of archery. It is based in Lausanne, Switzerland. It is composed of 156 national federations and other archery associations, and is recognised by the International Olympic Committee. History FITA was founded on 4 September 1931 in Lwow, Poland (today Lviv, Ukraine). Its seven founding member states were France, Czechoslovakia, Sweden, Poland, the United States, Hungary, and Italy. The aim of the organization was to create regular archery championships, and to return archery to the Olympic Games (the sport had not been featured since 1920). FITA was finally successful in returning archery to the Olympic program in the 1972 Summer Olympics. To celebrate the organization's 80th anniversary in July 2011, a large majority of the FITA Congress voted to change the name from FITA to the World Archery or WA. In March 2022, in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
The 2018 Summer Youth Olympics (), officially known as the III Summer Youth Olympic Games, and commonly known as Buenos Aires 2018, were an international multi-sport event, sports, cultural, and educational event held from 6 to 18 October 2018 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. They were the first Youth Olympic Games held outside of Eurasia, and the first Summer Games held outside of Asia and the first to be held in the Western and Southern Hemispheres of Earth, hemispheres. It was the second Olympic Games held in South America after the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and was also the final Summer Youth Olympic Games under the President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC presidency of Thomas Bach as the subsequent Summer Youth Olympics in 2022 was postponed to 2026 as a result of the worldwide COVID-19 pandemic. Bidding Six bids were initially submitted for the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics. Buenos Aires confirmed their Buenos Aires bid for the 2018 Summer Yo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 18
Events Pre-1600 * 33 – Heartbroken by the deaths of her sons Nero and Drusus, and banished to the island of Pandateria by Tiberius, Agrippina the Elder dies of self-inflicted starvation. * 320 – Pappus of Alexandria, Greek philosopher, observes an eclipse of the Sun and writes a commentary on ''The Great Astronomer'' ('' Almagest''). * 614 – King Chlothar II promulgates the Edict of Paris (''Edictum Chlotacharii''), a sort of Frankish Magna Carta that defends the rights of the Frankish nobles while it excludes Jews from all civil employment in the Frankish Kingdom. * 629 – Dagobert I is crowned King of the Franks. * 1009 – The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, a Christian church in Jerusalem, is completely destroyed by the Fatimid caliph Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah, who hacks the Church's foundations down to bedrock. * 1016 – The Danes defeat the English in the Battle of Assandun. * 1081 – The Normans defeat the Byzantine Empire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
October 6
Events Pre-1600 * 105 BC – Cimbrian War: Defeat at the Battle of Arausio of the Roman army of the mid-Republic * 69 BC – Third Mithridatic War: The military of the Roman Republic subdue Armenia. * AD 23 – Rebels decapitate Wang Mang two days after his capital was sacked during a peasant rebellion. * 404 – Byzantine Empress Eudoxia dies from the miscarriage of her seventh pregnancy. * 618 – Transition from Sui to Tang: Wang Shichong decisively defeats Li Mi at the Battle of Yanshi. *1539 – Spain's DeSoto expedition takes over the Apalachee capital of Anhaica for their winter quarters. * 1600 – '' Euridice'', the earliest surviving opera, receives its première performance, beginning the Baroque period. 1601–1900 * 1683 – Immigrant families found Germantown, Pennsylvania in the first major immigration of German people to America. * 1762 – Seven Years' War: The British capture Manila from Spain and occupy it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Otkritie Arena
Lukoil Arena (), former Otkritie Bank Arena () and Otkritie Arena (), also known as Spartak Stadium () (the stadium's official name during the 2017 FIFA Confederations Cup and 2018 FIFA World Cup), is a multi-purpose stadium north-west of Moscow, Russia. The venue is used mostly for association football, football matches, hosting the home matches of FC Spartak Moscow, Spartak Moscow. The stadium is designed with a capacity of 45,360 people. It has been used for select matches of Russian national football team. Background Spartak Moscow has not had its own stadium. The team had to play its home matches at the Luzhniki Stadium, Luzhniki, Lokomotiv Stadium (Moscow), Lokomotiv, Dynamo Stadium (Moscow), Dynamo, Torpedo Stadium (Moscow), Torpedo, and Olympic Stadium (Moscow), Olympic stadiums. The first attempt to build a home arena was made in 1994. The Moscow government allocated a plot of land in the area of the Botanical Garden, but in March 1999 banned the construction of a st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
