The 2015 NBA Playoffs is the postseason tournament of the National Basketball Association’s 2014â15 season. The playoffs began on Saturday, April 18, with the NBA Finals starting on Thursday, June 4.
Urartian, Vannic, and (in older literature) Chaldean (Khaldian, or Haldian) are conventional names for the language spoken by the inhabitants of the ancient kingdom of Urartu that was located in the region of Lake Van, with its capital near the site of the modern town of Van, in the Armenian Highland, modern-day Eastern Anatolia region of Turkey. It was probably spoken by the majority of the population around Lake Van and in the areas along the upper Zab valley.
The 2007 Trinity vs. Millsaps football game is best known for the memorable play that occurred in the game’s last two seconds. On October 27, 2007, the NCAA Division III 19th-ranked Trinity University Tigers threw 15 lateral passes and scored a 61-yard touchdown to win a game against the 24th-ranked Millsaps College Majors as time expired in the game. Media sources called the play the “Mississippi Miracle” or “Lateralpalooza.” ESPN and other sources said the play was probably “the longest play in college football history” in terms of how much time the play took to complete (over one minute). On January 7, 2008, the final play of the game was named the Pontiac Game Changing performance of the year.
The Greek military junta of 1967â74, commonly known as the Regime of the Colonels (Greek: καθεÏÏÏÏ ÏÏν ΣÏ
νÏαγμαÏαÏÏÏν, kathestós ton Syntagmatarchón), or in Greece simply The Junta (/ËdÊÊntÉ/ or /ËhÊntÉ/; Greek: ΧοÏνÏα, [Ëxunda]), The Dictatorship (Î ÎικÏαÏοÏία, I DiktatorÃa) and The Seven Years (Î ÎÏÏαεÏία, I eptaetÃa), was a series of right-wing military juntas that ruled Greece following the 1967 Greek coup d’état led by a group of colonels on 21 April 1967. The dictatorship ended on 24 July 1974 under the pressure of the Turkish invasion of Cyprus.
David Michael Letterman (born April 12, 1947) is an American television host, comedian, writer, producer, and actor. He hosted the late night television talk show Late Show with David Letterman, broadcast on CBS. Letterman has been a fixture on late night television since the February 1, 1982, debut of Late Night with David Letterman on NBC. In 1996, David Letterman was ranked No. 45 on TV Guideââ’âs 50 Greatest TV Stars of All Time. In 2013, Letterman surpassed friend and mentor Johnny Carson as the longest-serving late night talk show host in American TV history, at 31 years. In total, Letterman has hosted 6,028 episodes of Late Night and Late Show over a period of 33 years. On April 3, 2014, Letterman announced he would retire in 2015. He hosted the Late Show for the last time on May 20, 2015. CBS announced that Stephen Colbert, comedian, writer and host of Comedy Central’s The Colbert Report since 2005, will take his place.
Emmanuel Mudiay (born March 5, 1996) is a Congolese-American professional basketball player who currently plays for Guangdong Southern Tigers of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He committed to play for the SMU Mustangs men’s basketball team on August 24, 2013 but later made the decision to forgo college and join a foreign professional team. Mudiay was rated as the second best recruit in his class by Rivals.com and award-winning sports columnist, Gary Parrish. The point guard is also listed as one of the top prospects for the 2015 NBA draft. The Congo native played high school basketball for Grace Preparatory Academy and Prime Prep Academy, where he gained much of the media’s attention.
The untitled ninth studio album by American rapper Nas was released by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records on July 15, 2008 in the United States, with earlier dates in some other countries. Its original titleâNiggerâwas changed due to controversy surrounding the racial epithet. The album is distinguished for its political content, diverse sources of production and provocative subject matter.