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Marion Welter
Marion Welter (born 1965) is a Luxembourgish singer. When she was 15 years old, she became part of the band Quo vadis. She studied music in a music academy and has worked in several styles of music, such as classical music, pop and jazz. She represented Luxembourg with the band Kontinent in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 in Malmö, performing the Luxembourgish Luxembourgish ( ; also ''Luxemburgish'', ''Luxembourgian'', ''Letzebu(e)rgesch''; Luxembourgish: ) is a West Germanic language that is spoken mainly in Luxembourg. About 400,000 people speak Luxembourgish worldwide. As a standard form of th ... song " Sou fräi" (''So free''). The song ended the contest in 21st place (out of 23 contestants) with 10 points. Before and during her performance, she had an acute attack of malaria that seemed like a severe migraine. She became infected with malaria during a vacation in Kenya in 1990. References External links * Marion Welter's web site 1965 births Living p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small landlocked country in Western Europe. It borders Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France to the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union (together with Brussels, Frankfurt, and Strasbourg) and the seat of several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are highly intertwined with its French culture, French and German culture, German neighbors; while Luxembourgish is legally the only national language of the Luxembourgers, Luxembourgish people, French language, French and German language, German are also used in administrative and judicial ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Un Baiser Volé
The United Nations (UN) is an intergovernmental organization whose stated purposes are to maintain international peace and security, develop friendly relations among nations, achieve international cooperation, and be a centre for harmonizing the actions of nations. It is the world's largest and most familiar international organization. The UN is headquartered on international territory in New York City, and has other main offices in Geneva, Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague (home to the International Court of Justice). The UN was established after World War II with the aim of preventing future world wars, succeeding the League of Nations, which was characterized as ineffective. On 25 April 1945, 50 governments met in San Francisco for a conference and started drafting the UN Charter, which was adopted on 25 June 1945 and took effect on 24 October 1945, when the UN began operations. Pursuant to the Charter, the organization's objectives include maintaining international peace ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1965 Births
Events January–February * January 14 – The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lyndon B. Johnson, sworn in for a full term as President of the United States. ** Indonesian President Sukarno announces the withdrawal of the Indonesian government from the United Nations. * January 30 – The Death and state funeral of Winston Churchill, state funeral of Sir Winston Churchill takes place in London with the largest assembly of dignitaries in the world until the 2005 funeral of Pope John Paul II. * February 4 – Trofim Lysenko is removed from his post as director of the Institute of Genetics at the Russian Academy of Sciences, Academy of Sciences in the Soviet Union. Lysenkoism, Lysenkoist theories are now treated as pseudoscience. * February 12 ** The African and Malagasy Republic, Malagasy Common Organization ('; OCA ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Modern Times (band)
The band Modern Times, consisting of Simone Weis and Jimmy Martin, was the last (until ) participants for Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest and performed the song " Donne-moi une chance" in the 1993 contest . The song finished in 20th place with 11 points. This was to be the last entry for the Grand Duchy until 2024. The band were Luxembourg nationals and were the last of 9 acts to have sung for their country in 37 attempts. They were backed on stage by Patrick Alessi who had provided backing vocals previously at the 1983 Eurovision Song Contest for Luxembourg Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small land ... and was also in the 1996 Belgian national final Eurovision Song Contest entrants for Luxembourg Eurovision Song Contest entrants of 1993 {{authority ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg In The Eurovision Song Contest 1992
Luxembourg participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "" (; ) written by Jang Linster and Ab van Goor. The song was performed by Marion Welter and the band Kontinent, which was internally selected by the Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL Hei Elei (RTL) in March 1992 to represent Luxembourg in Malmö, Sweden. RTL organised a national final in order to select Marion Welter and Kontinent's song and "" emerged as the winning song on 22 March 1992 following a public postcard vote. Luxembourg competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1992. Performing during the show in position 14, Luxembourg placed twenty-first out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 10 points. Background Prior to the 1992 contest, Luxembourg had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-six times since debuting in its first edition of . The country had won the contest on five occasions: in with "" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in with "" performed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg In The Eurovision Song Contest
Luxembourg has participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 37 times since making its debut at the first contest in . Between 1956 and , Luxembourg missed only the contest. Luxembourg has not participated in the contest since its last participation in 1993. Luxembourg has won the contest five times. Only (seven) and (six) have more wins. Luxembourg's first victory was in , when Jean-Claude Pascal won with " Nous les amoureux". France Gall then won in with "Poupée de cire, poupée de son". Luxembourg achieved back-to-back victories in the early 1970s, with Vicky Leandros winning with " Après toi" in and Anne-Marie David with "Tu te reconnaîtras" in . Luxembourg's fifth victory was in , when Corinne Hermes won with " Si la vie est cadeau". After hosting the contest, Luxembourg struggled to make an impact, only reaching the top ten twice, with Sherisse Laurence third () and Lara Fabian fourth (). Since being relegated from taking part in , the country withdrew from the co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Bray
Sarah (born Sarai) is a biblical matriarch and prophetess, a major figure in Abrahamic religions. While different Abrahamic faiths portray her differently, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam all depict her character similarly, as that of a pious woman, renowned for her hospitality and beauty, the wife and half-sister of Abraham, and the mother of Isaac. Sarah has her feast day on 1 September in the Catholic Church, 19 August in the Coptic Orthodox Church, 20 January in the LCMS, and 12 and 20 December in the Eastern Orthodox Church. In the Hebrew Bible Family According to Book of Genesis 20:12, in conversation with the Philistine king Abimelech of Gerar, Abraham reveals Sarah to be both his wife and his half-sister, stating that the two share a father but not a mother. Such unions were later explicitly banned in the Book of Leviticus (). This would make Sarah the daughter of Terah and the half-sister of not only Abraham but Haran and Nahor. She would also have been the au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quo Vadis
''Quō vādis?'' (, ) is a Latin phrase meaning "Where are you marching?". It is also commonly translated as "Where are you going?" or, poetically, "Whither goest thou?" The phrase originates from the Christian tradition regarding Saint Peter's first words to the risen Christ during their encounter along the Appian Way. According to the apocryphal Acts of Peter ( Vercelli Acts XXXV; late 2nd century AD), as Peter flees from crucifixion in Rome at the hands of the government, and along the road outside the city, he meets the risen Jesus. In the Latin translation, Peter asks Jesus, "''Quō vādis?''" He replies, "''Rōmam eō iterum crucifīgī''" ("I am going to Rome to be crucified again"). Peter then gains the courage to continue his ministry and returns to the city, where he is martyred by being crucified upside-down. The Church of Domine Quo Vadis in Rome is built where the meeting between Peter and Jesus allegedly took place. The words "quo vadis" as a question al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sou Fräi
Luxembourg participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 1992 with the song "" (; ) written by Jang Linster and Ab van Goor. The song was performed by Marion Welter and the band Kontinent, which was internally selected by the Luxembourgish broadcaster RTL Hei Elei (RTL) in March 1992 to represent Luxembourg in Malmö, Sweden. RTL organised a national final in order to select Marion Welter and Kontinent's song and "" emerged as the winning song on 22 March 1992 following a public postcard vote. Luxembourg competed in the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 9 May 1992. Performing during the show in position 14, Luxembourg placed twenty-first out of the 23 participating countries, scoring 10 points. Background Prior to the 1992 contest, Luxembourg had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest thirty-six times since debuting in its first edition of . The country had won the contest on five occasions: in with "" performed by Jean-Claude Pascal, in with "" performed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
