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Eemeli (comedian)
Esko Olavi Toivonen, better known by his stage name Eemeli (28 June 1920 – 9 November 1987) was a Finnish actor, comedian and entertainer. He was dubbed "the Buster Keaton of Finland" due to his deadpan expression. Filmography * '' Suuri sävelparaati'' (1959) * '' Yks' tavallinen Virtanen'' (1959) * '' Oho, sanoi Eemeli'' (1960) * '' Kaks' tavallista Lahtista'' (1960) * '' Kankkulan kaivolla'' (1960) * '' Molskis, sanoi Eemeli, molskis!'' (1960) * ''Mullin mallin'' (1961) * '' Voi veljet, mikä päivä!'' (1961) * '' ”Ei se mitään!” sanoi Eemeli'' (1962) * '' Tup-akka-lakko'' (1980) Discography Singles * ''Oho, sanoi Eemeli / Taas Rovaniemen markkinoilla'' (Rytmi R 6386, 1959) * ''Humppafoksi / Sahara'' (Rytmi R 6418, 1960) * ''Tanssit Tippavaarassa'' (Rytmi R 6465, 1961), B-side by Jorma Lyytinen and Pärre Förars * ''Syntymäpäivät Tippavaarassa / Tippäjärven vesj'' (Rytmi R 6496, 1962) * ''Tukkijätkän twist / Susijahti'' (Rytmi R 6510, 1962) * ''Saukkose ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki
Helsinki ( or ; ; sv, Helsingfors, ) is the Capital city, capital, primate city, primate, and List of cities and towns in Finland, most populous city of Finland. Located on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, it is the seat of the region of Uusimaa in southern Finland, and has a population of . The Helsinki urban area, city's urban area has a population of , making it by far the List of urban areas in Finland by population, most populous urban area in Finland as well as the country's most important center for politics, education, finance, culture, and research; while Tampere in the Pirkanmaa region, located to the north from Helsinki, is the second largest urban area in Finland. Helsinki is located north of Tallinn, Estonia, east of Stockholm, Sweden, and west of Saint Petersburg, Russia. It has History of Helsinki, close historical ties with these three cities. Together with the cities of Espoo, Vantaa, and Kauniainen (and surrounding commuter towns, including the eastern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1987 Deaths
File:1987 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: The MS Herald of Free Enterprise capsizes after leaving the Port of Zeebrugge in Belgium, killing 193; Northwest Airlines Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Detroit Metropolitan Airport, killing everyone except a little girl; The King's Cross fire kills 31 people after a fire under an escalator flashes-over; The MV Doña Paz sinks after colliding with an oil tanker, drowning almost 4,400 passengers and crew; Typhoon Nina strikes the Philippines; LOT Polish Airlines Flight 5055 crashes outside of Warsaw, taking the lives of all aboard; The USS Stark is struck by Iraqi Exocet missiles in the Persian Gulf; U.S. President Ronald Reagan gives a famous speech, demanding that Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev tears down the Berlin Wall., 300x300px, thumb rect 0 0 200 200 Zeebrugge disaster rect 200 0 400 200 Northwest Airlines Flight 255 rect 400 0 600 200 King's Cross fire rect 0 200 300 400 Tear down this wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1920 Births
Nineteen or 19 may refer to: * 19 (number), the natural number following 18 and preceding 20 * one of the years 19 BC, AD 19, 1919, 2019 Films * ''19'' (film), a 2001 Japanese film * ''Nineteen'' (film), a 1987 science fiction film Music * 19 (band) 19 was a Japanese pop/folk duo. Its members were Kenji Okahira and Keigo Iwase The Japanese language has a system of honorific speech, referred to as , parts of speech that show respect. Their use is mandatory in many social situations. Ho ..., a Japanese pop music duo Albums * ''19'' (Adele album), 2008 * ''19'', a 2003 album by Alsou * ''19'', a 2006 album by Evan Yo * ''19'', a 2018 album by MHD * ''19'', one half of the double album '' 63/19'' by Kool A.D. * '' Number Nineteen'', a 1971 album by American jazz pianist Mal Waldron * ''XIX'' (EP), a 2019 EP by 1the9 Songs * "19" (song), a 1985 song by British musician Paul Hardcastle. * "Nineteen", a song by Bad4Good from the 1992 album ''Refugee (Bad4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Esa Pakarinen
Feeliks Esaias "Esa" Pakarinen (9 February 1911 – 28 April 1989) was a Finnish actor, singer, accordionist and comedian, best known for the role of Pekka Puupää in the '' Pekka and Pätkä'' films from 1953–1960. He was also a skilled, self-taught accordion player. His son, Esa Pakarinen Jr. (born 1947), is also an actor. Biography Early life Esa, officially Feeliks Esaias Pakarinen, was born on 9 February 1911 into the family of six children of the traveling village shoemaker Paavo Pakarinen (1882–1953) and Angeliina Hirvonen (1882–1965) in Rääkkylä, North Karelia. His father was a self-taught accordionist. At the beginning of the 1930s, in Joensuu, Esa acquired a five-line accordion from a rectified spirits trading bootlegger and then joined an amateur band called ''Keskiyö'' ("Midnight"). This was the beginning of a long career in music. After his release from military service, he studied sheet music and began taking piano lessons. To make a living, he di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tapio Rautavaara
Kaj Tapio Rautavaara (8 March 1915 – 25 September 1979) was a Finnish singer (bass-baritone), athlete and film actor. Life Early years Tapio Rautavaara was born in the municipality of Pirkkala (now Nokia), a suburb of the industrial city of Tampere, as the son of Henrik Kerttula and Hilda Rautavaara. Just three weeks later, his mother moved to the Helsinki suburb of Oulunkylä, where she had lived before. Rautavaara's father was rarely at home, and soon left the family permanently. In 1921, Tapio and his mother moved to Tampere. Rautavaara used to have conflicts with his conservative teachers due to his working-class background. Tapio earned pocket money by selling socialist papers for local workers of the Finlayson textile factory. Four years later, the family returned Oulunkylä, where Rautavaara lived the rest of his life. In the late 1920s, Rautavaara joined the local working-class sports club Oulunkylän Tähti (″Oulunkylä Star″) for practicing athletics. Rau ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Reino Helismaa
Reino Vihtori "Repe" Helismaa (12 July 1913, Helsinki – 21 January 1965) was a Finnish singer-songwriter, musician and scriptwriter, mainly known for his humorous, yet homely songs. One of his best-known interpreters was Tapio Rautavaara. He also scripted the comic strip ''Maan mies Marsissa'', drawn by Ami Hauhio. Works Song lyrics: Helismaa wrote over five thousand song lyrics. Some of the most famous include: * ''Balladi Villistä Lännestä'' (A ballad of the Wild West) * ''Daiga-daiga-duu'' (Diga-diga-doo) * ''Hiljainen kylätie'' (A quiet village street) * ''Kaksi vanhaa tukkijätkää'' (Two old lumberjacks) * ''Kulkuri ja joutsen'' (The tramp and the swan; translation of originally Swedish song ''Vagabonden och svanen'' by Lasse Dahlquist) * ''Kulkurin iltatähti'' (The tramp's evening star) * ''Lentävä kalakukko'' (The flying kalakukko) * ''Meksikon pikajuna'' (The Mexico Express, original: Orient Express) * ''Päivänsäde ja menninkäinen'' (The sunbeam and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ragni Malmsten
Ragni is an Italian surname that translates to "spiders" in English. Notable people with the name include: * Elio Ragni (1910–1998), Italian athlete * Gerome Ragni (1935–1991), American actor, singer and songwriter * Ottavio Ragni (1852–1919), Italian general * Riccardo Ragni (born 1991), Italian football goalkeeper * Ragni Piene Ragni Piene (born 18 January 1947, Oslo) is a Norwegian mathematician, specializing in algebraic geometry, with particular interest in enumerative results and intersection theory. Education and career After a bachelor's degree from the Univers ... (born 1947), Norwegian mathematician {{given name, type=both Italian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorma Lyytinen (similar to ''dick'' in colloquial English).
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Jorma can refer to: *Jorma (name), Finnish given name *Jorma (album), released by Kaukonen in 1979 *Jorma (wine), a Finnish wine *nowadays in Finnish language ''jorma'' is a very well-known slang word that means penis A penis (plural ''penises'' or ''penes'' () is the primary sexual organ that male animals use to inseminate females (or hermaphrodites) during copulation. Such organs occur in many animals, both vertebrate and invertebrate, but males d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
