Armed Forces Day (formerly Veterans’ Day) in the United Kingdom is an annual event celebrated in late June to commemorate the service of men and women in the British Armed Forces. Veterans’ Day was first observed in 2006. Although an official event, it is not a public holiday in the UK. The name was changed to Armed Forces Day in 2009. The five Armed Forces Days so far have been held on the last Saturday of June.
Shakuntala Devi (November 4, 1929 â April 21, 2013), popularly known as the “Human Computer”, was a child prodigy and mental calculator. Her talents earned her a place in the 1982 edition of The Guinness Book of World Records. Devi wrote a number of books, including novels and non-fiction texts about mathematics and homosexuality.
The YouTube Awards are awards given out as formalized recognition of the best YouTube videos of the preceding year, such as favorite music or comedy genres, as voted by the YouTube community. The awards were organized in 2007 to “call out some of the most popular videos and let the users choose which ones deserve some additional recognition”. The awards are the first time that videos would receive any formal recognition; previously, high-ranking videos were only recognized by dynamic lists of most-viewed videos. The winners received a trophy, which was a stand with a large glass “play” button. In addition, they received an invitation to an event to occur “later this year”.
Gary Wayne Kubiak (born August 15, 1961) is the head coach for the Houston Texans of the National Football League. Kubiak has participated in six Super Bowls, losing three as a player with the Denver Broncos and winning three as an assistant coach with Denver and the San Francisco 49ers.
Richard Dominick Incognito, Jr. (born July 5, 1983) is an American football guard for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football for the University of Nebraska. He was drafted by the St. Louis Rams in the third round of the 2005 NFL Draft. Incognito has also played for the Buffalo Bills.
The 1984 Seattle Seahawks season was the team’s ninth season with the National Football League. The season opener was moved from Sunday to Monday afternoon on Labor Day to avoid a conflict with the Seattle Marniers baseball game.
Bradley David “Brad” Ausmus (/ËÉËsmÉs/; born April 14, 1969) is a former All Star catcher in Major League Baseball, is the manager of the Israel national baseball team and, as of November 2, 2013, was reportedly hired as the manager of the Detroit Tigers.
Ryan Hall (born October 14, 1982 in Kirkland, Washington) is an American long distance runner. He won the marathon at the 2008 United States Olympic Trials and placed tenth in the Olympic marathon in Beijing. He holds the U.S. record in the half marathon (59:43). With his half marathon record time, he became the first U.S. runner to break the one hour barrier in the event.
The 2013 Breeders’ Cup World Championships is the 30th edition of the thoroughbred horse racing season ending premier event, taking place November 1 and 2 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, California.
Movember (a portmanteau word from moustache and “November”) is an annual, month-long event involving the growing of moustaches during the month of November to raise awareness of prostate cancer and other male cancer and associated charities. The November Foundation runs the Movember charity event, housed at Movember.com. The goal of Movember is to “change the face of men’s health.”
