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<mask> (May 15, 1829 – May 22, 1861) of Taylor County, Virginia (now West Virginia) is generally considered the first Union soldier killed by a Confederate soldier during the American Civil War. <mask>, a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Union with the grade of private, was killed by a member of a Virginia militia or volunteer company which supported the Confederacy at Fetterman, Virginia (now West Virginia) on May 22, 1861. The members of both companies were from the same general vicinity of Taylor County. Death
On May 22, 1861, two members of the Grafton Guards, Lieutenant Daniel Wilson and Private <mask> went from Grafton, Virginia to a rally in Pruntytown, Virginia to recruit men for the Union army. When they returned that evening, they encountered three members of a Virginia militia company with Confederate sympathies, George E. Glenn, Daniel W. S. Knight, and William Reese of the Letcher Guards, who were on picket duty at the Fetterman Bridge. The Letcher Guards would become a company of the Confederate 25th Virginia Infantry Regiment. The bridge was located at the crossing of the Northwestern Turnpike with the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad.The pickets ordered Wilson and <mask> to halt. <mask> responded, possibly at Wilson's order to test the Confederates, by firing his pistol. The shot injured Knight's ear. Knight, and perhaps his two companions, then fired at <mask> and killed him. According to the official and more generally accepted story, T<mask> <mask> thus became the first Union combat death of the American Civil War, or perhaps more precisely, the first Union soldier to be killed by a Confederate soldier during the Civil War. Other early deaths of Union soldiers
At the Fort Sumter surrender ceremony, on April 14, 1861, Union Private Daniel Hough was killed and Private Edward Galloway was mortally wounded when a Union cannon or shells near the cannon accidentally exploded while the Union garrison was giving a cannon fire salute to the American flag. These deaths were accidents, however, and were not due to enemy fire.The famous death of the first Union Army officer to be killed during the war, Union Colonel Elmer E. Ellsworth, who was killed at Alexandria, Virginia while taking down a secessionist flag by hotel owner James W. Jackson, who was a Confederate sympathizer, occurred two days later than the incident in which <mask> was killed, May 24, 1861. Assuming the incident at Fetterman was not a battle, the first Union soldier to be killed in battle was a Private Saintclair of the 2d U.S. Cavalry Regiment who was killed at the Battle of Fairfax Court House (June 1861) on June 1, 1861. The web site of a Civil War re-enactor group states with respect to the picket duty performed by the regiment in the early days of the war, and obviously with reference to the Battle of Arlington Mills, also on June 1, 1861: "21-year-old Henry S. Cornell of Company G, a member of Engine Co. 13, was killed and another man wounded one night on the picket line." Eighteen Union soldiers were killed at the Battle of Big Bethel on June 10, 1861. Questions about combat status
At least two accounts add an aspect to the story of <mask>'s death which has raised questions about its combat status or even whether it was war related. The first account states that at an earlier date <mask> had turned Knight over to the sheriff for stealing a cow. This may suggest a personal motive for the shooting and call into question whether Knight's killing of <mask> was in fact combat related or perhaps was instead a matter of revenge.Another account states that Knight had vowed revenge at the time of his earlier arrest and that at the confrontation on May 22, 1861 <mask> was agitated that a known trouble-maker such as Knight was blocking his path. Regardless of the technicalities of transfer of militia units to Union and Confederate forces or whether the confrontation of <mask> with Knight was a combat situation or had a personal aspect, <mask> and Knight encountered each other as soldiers, at least militia, for their respective causes and <mask> was the first Northern or Union supporting soldier to be killed by a Southern or Confederate supporting soldier in the Civil War. Aftermath and reburial
The Confederates took <mask>'s body to their camp and their commander, Colonel George A. Porterfield at first refused to return the body. When they learned of this refusal to return <mask>'s body, a group of the Union-oriented Grafton Guards militia company, under Captain George R. Latham, started for the Confederate camp in order to take the body by force if necessary when it was met by a group of Confederates who were returning the body to Grafton. Initially, <mask> was buried in a family plot. <mask>'s body was moved to the Grafton National Cemetery in Grafton, West Virginia in June, 1903. A 12-foot-high obelisk commemorating Private <mask> as the first Union combat casualty of the war was placed on his grave in the national cemetery in 1928 by the Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War and a marker also was placed near the spot where he died.Notes

References
 Hannings, Bud. Every Day of the Civil War: A Chronological Encyclopedia. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company, Inc., 2010. . Retrieved May 19, 2011. Harper's Weekly, June 1, 1861, retrieved May 10, 2011. Johnson, Clint. Touring Virginia's and West Virginia's Civil War Sites. Winston-Salem, NC: John F. Blair, 1999. . Retrieved May 11, 2011.Lang, Theodore F. Loyal West Virginia from 1861 to 1865. Baltimore: The Deutsch Publishing Company, 1895. . Retrieved May 4, 2011. Lesser, W. Hunter. Rebels At The Gate: Lee And McClellan On The Front Line Of A Nation Divided. Naperville, IL: Sourcebooks, Inc., 2004. . Retrieved May 10, 2011. Moore, ed., Frank. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events.11 volumes. Volume 1, pp. 321–322. New York: G.P. Putnam, D. Van Nostrand, 1861–1863; 1864-68. . Retrieved May 13, 2011
 Poland, Jr., Charles P. The Glories Of War: Small Battle And Early Heroes Of 1861. Bloomington, IN: AuthorHouse, 2006. . External links
 Fire Zouaves re-enactor web site

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<mask> ( – November 14, 1882) was an American outlaw cowboy, drover, miner, and gunfighter in the American Old West. He killed James Hickey in a confrontation in a saloon, but it was ruled self-defense. He was present at the beginning of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, but was unarmed and ran from the shootout. Only a year later, while drunk, he confronted gunfighter "Buckskin" Frank Leslie and was killed. Life in Texas and Arizona
As a young man, <mask> worked as a cowhand and remuda rider for John Slaughter and helped him drive cattle from Texas to the Arizona Territory in 1879. In Tombstone, he worked on the amalgamator at mines in Charleston, and as a slag cart driver at the Neptune Mining Company smelter in Hereford, Arizona.Kills James Hickey
On October 1, 1881, <mask> got into an argument with James Hickey in the Queen's Saloon in Charleston. Hickey had been drinking for three days. Harry Queen, the saloon owner and eyewitness reported on the event:

<mask> shot Hickey in the cheek below his left eye, killing him instantly. Over a month later, on November 26, the trial was convened, but only four jurors showed up. The next court day, three jurors did not show up. When all of the jurors finally showed up, they asked the judge if they could convict on second degree murder. When the judge said no, they said they could not agree on a verdict and the judge declared a mistrial.A second trial was set for May 11, 1882, but most of the defense attorneys did not appear. A new trial date was set on May 15 but not enough jurors could be found. Hickey was not well-liked and when a jury was finally convened, <mask> was found not guilty and set free. In 1881, after William "<mask> Kid" Bonney was killed, <mask> demanded that others call him "<mask> Kid". He reportedly killed one to three men who refused. <mask> was a heavy drinker and hothead. He became friends with Ike and <mask>, and with Tom and Frank McLaury.Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

On the morning of October 26, Ike Clanton was carrying his rifle and revolver in violation of a city ordinance. At about 1:00 pm, Virgil and Morgan Earp surprised Ike on 4th Street and Virgil buffaloed him from behind. Disarming him, the Earps took Ike to appear before Judge Wallace. Wallace wasn't in the courthouse, and Wyatt waited with Clanton while Virgil went to find Judge Wallace. Wyatt spotted Tom McLaury outside the courthouse and thought he was armed. Wyatt confronted McLaury, demanding to know, "Are you heeled or not?", but McLaury denied it. Wyatt later testified that he saw a revolver in plain sight on the right hip of Tom's pants. As an unpaid deputy town marshal, assisting his brother and Town Marshal Virgil Earp, Wyatt habitually carried a pistol in his waistband, as was the custom of that time. Witnesses reported that Wyatt drew his revolver from his coat pocket and buffaloed Tom McLaury with it twice, leaving him prostrate and bleeding on the street. At around 1:30–2:00 pm, Ike's 19-year-old younger brother <mask> and Tom's older brother Frank McLaury arrived in town. They stopped at the saloon in the Grand Hotel on Allen Street. <mask> told them about their brothers' beatings at the hands of the Earp brothers within the previous two hours.The incidents had generated a lot of talk in town. Angrily, Frank said he would not drink, and he and <mask> left the saloon immediately to seek Tom and Ike. By law, both Frank and <mask> should have left their firearms at the Grand Hotel. Instead, they remained fully armed. Frank and <mask> found Ike and Tom. They went to Spangenberg's gun shop, where Frank and <mask> purchased ammunition. Ike wanted to buy a gun, but seeing the bandage on Ike's head, the proprietor refused.The McLaurys left to collect some money due them for cattle they had sold. <mask> and <mask> went to get Clanton's horse. They met the others a few minutes later at the O.K. Corral. Witnesses overheard them threatening the Earps. Virgil Earp was told by several citizens that the McLaurys and the Clantons had gathered on Fremont Street, were threatening the Earps, and were armed. He decided he had to act.Meanwhile, Cochise County Sheriff Johnny Behan, a friend to the Cowboys, had heard of the trouble and he immediately went looking for the Cowboys. In Hafford's Saloon, Behan found City Marshal Virgil Earp, who asked Behan to help him disarm the Cowboys. Instead, Behan offered to talk to the Clantons and McLaurys on his own to see if they would give up their arms. Behan left and Virgil waited several minutes when local furniture dealer John Fonck told Virgil that the Cowboys were on Fremont St. Virgil said he did not want to interfere if they were on their way out of town, but if they were armed while in town he would have to arrest them. Fonck responded, "Why, they're all down on Fremont Street now." At about 2:30 pm the Earps and Holliday found Frank and Tom McLaury and Ike and <mask> gathered near the front of an empty lot off Fremont street, next to C.S. Fly's Boarding House and Photography Studio.Behan said he attempted to persuade Frank McLaury to give up his weapons, but Frank insisted that he would only give up his guns after City Marshal Virgil Earp and his brothers were disarmed. The Earps and Holliday walked north on Fourth Street and then west, down the south side west of Fremont Street, looking for the Cowboys. They passed the rear entrance to the O.K. Corral and then Bauer's butcher shop. Sheriff Behan saw the Earps and Holliday approaching. He left the Cowboys and went to the lawmen, though he looked nervously backward several times. Virgil testified later that Behan told them, "For God's sake, don't go down there or they will murder you!"Wyatt said Behan told him and Morgan, "I have disarmed them." Behan testified afterward that he'd only said he'd gone down to the Cowboys "for the purpose of disarming them," not that he'd actually disarmed them. Wyatt testified afterward that he saw "Frank McLaury, Tom McLaury, and <mask> standing in a row against the east side of the building on the opposite side of the vacant space west of Fly's photograph gallery. Ike Clanton and <mask> and a man I don't know [Wes Fuller] were standing in the vacant space about halfway between the photograph gallery and the next building west." Wes Fuller was towards the back of the lot. When the shooting commenced—nobody could be certain who fired first—Ike Clanton ran towards Wyatt and pleaded that he was unarmed and did not want a fight. To this Wyatt said he responded, "Go to fighting or get away!"Clanton ran through the front door of Fly's boarding house and escaped. <mask> ran out the back of the lot. Disputed Origins
A website chronicling the life of Nashvile Franklin "Buckskin Frank" Leslie made the assertion that <mask> was William Floyd <mask>, born 21 Oct 1860 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. However, this website is now defunct and they provided no other sources for their information. Genealogists for the Claiborne-Cliburn DNA Project dispute this claim. Coroner's Report
The Cochise County, Arizona Coroners Report for <mask> is number 39 for the year 1882. The report reads:

"In the matter of the inquest held on the body of Wm <mask>, deceased.Inquest held by H. M. Mailthews, Coroner. Proceedings: Nov 14 - inquest held. Nov 20 - filed. Cause of death, "gun shot wounds""

Other than listing his name as William, which was already a logical assumption, there is no information provided that shows his full name, date of birth, or place of birth in this report. (Arizona, County Coroner and Death Records, 1881-1971)

Headstone
<mask> is buried on Boot Hill cemetery. This headstone is a simple wooden plank inscribed with the words: "Wm Claiborne. 1882.Shot by Frank Leslie". There is no evidence on his tombstone marker to provide an identity. William Floyd <mask>
William Floyd <mask> of Yazoo County can be ruled out as <mask>. William Floyd <mask> married Hattie Barnton on 27 Jan 1887 in Yazoo County, Mississippi. He later appears on the 1910 Census as a widower with his children. Since William Floyd <mask> of Yazoo County, Mississippi is still alive and still living in Yazoo 5 years after <mask> died, it is not possible for <mask> to be William Floyd. Later life

When the Rev.Endicott Peabody announced he would preach a sermon in Charleston in early February, 1882, against alcoholism, <mask> wrote warning him to stay away from the subject. Peabody replied that he would preach on any subject he chose at any time and heard no more from the bullying <mask>. After running from the O.K. Corral shoot out, <mask>'s reputation fell. He testified at the O.K. Corral Spicer hearing, and then left Tombstone for several months. He went to Globe and got a job in the mines.He told a friend that he was "working double shifts to get enough money to go to Tombstone and kill Frank Leslie." <mask> blamed Leslie for killing his friend Johnny Ringo. Bill returned to Tombstone on November 14, 1882. Killed by Buckskin Leslie

"Buckskin" Frank Leslie was tending bar at the Oriental Saloon on November 14, 1882 when <mask>, who was very drunk, began using insulting and abusive language. Leslie asked <mask> to leave, but <mask> continued his foul and abusive speech. Leslie later testified,

Within a few minutes, two men told Leslie there was a man waiting outside to shoot him. When Leslie stepped outside, he saw "a foot of rifle barrel protruding from the end of the fruit stand."He told <mask> "Don't shoot, I don't want you to kill me, nor do I want to have to shoot you." but <mask>, still drunk, raised his rifle and fired the weapon, missing Leslie. Leslie returned fire and hit <mask> in the chest. "I saw him double up and had my pistol cocked and aimed at him again ... I advanced upon him, but did not shoot, when he said, 'Don't shoot again, I am killed.' <mask> was taken to a doctor by friends, where he died six hours after being shot. His last words were reportedly, "Frank Leslie killed Johnny Ringo, I saw him do it".He was buried in Tombstone's Boothill Cemetery. Leslie was found to have acted in self-defense and was not charged. References

Further reading
 Sifakis, Carl. Encyclopedia of American Crime, New York, Facts on File Inc., 1982

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<mask> (; 31 October 1990 – 21 January 2019) was an Argentine professional footballer who played as a forward. After playing youth football in Argentina and following a short spell in Portugal's regional leagues, <mask> began his professional career in France with Bordeaux, making his professional debut in February 2012. After struggling to break into the first team, he was loaned out to Championnat National side Orléans and Ligue 2 side Niort in consecutive seasons. He enjoyed prolific spells with both clubs, scoring 39 goals between them, before returning to Bordeaux. After initially being promised an increased role after his successful loans, <mask> fell out of favour again, and instead, joined fellow Ligue 1 side Caen on loan. In 2015, he signed for Nantes on a permanent basis. With Nantes, he made more than 100 appearances in Ligue 1, and achieved a successful goalscoring record, finishing as the club's top goalscorer for three consecutive seasons.His form prompted a move to Cardiff City in January 2019, for a club record fee of £15 million (€18 million). <mask> died in a plane crash off Alderney on 21 January 2019. He was a passenger aboard a Piper Malibu light aircraft flying from Nantes to Cardiff. An initial three-day search covered  across the English Channel. Two subsequent private searches were launched, resulting in the discovery of the wreckage on 3 February; <mask>'s body was recovered four days later. Early life and personal life
<mask> was born in the town of Cululú, Santa Fe Province, Argentina, to Horacio <mask> and Mercedes Taffarel. His father worked as a truck driver; the family later moved to Progreso.He held an Italian passport. He had a brother, Dario, and a sister, Romina. He was a fan of Independiente and, while growing up, he studied footage of his favourite footballer, Gabriel Batistuta. <mask>'s father, Horacio, died of a heart attack on 26 April 2019, three months after his son's death. Professional career

Early career
<mask> began playing football for San Martín de Progreso, where he remained until he was 15 years old. He then moved to San Francisco, Córdoba to play at football school Proyecto Crecer after being spotted by a scout. The club was directly affiliated with Spanish club RCD Mallorca and French side FC Girondins de Bordeaux, scouting local players in the area.After joining the club, he moved into a boarding house with other players from the club's youth system. He played six Preferente matches for Spanish club CD Soledad B between October 2007 and February 2008. In 2009, while living in Granada, Spain, he was recommended to Portuguese District side FC Crato by a fellow Argentinian footballer who played there and joined the Portuguese team. Sala played one official match for Crato, scoring twice, but suddenly decided to leave the club and return to Argentina, saying that his girlfriend was "in trouble" in his homeland. Bordeaux
At the age of 20, during the 2010–11 season, <mask> moved to Europe to sign for Bordeaux, the French partner club from Proyecto Crecer. After arriving in France, <mask> briefly lived with the club's youth coach Marcelo Vada and his son, <mask>'s teammate, Valentín Vada, who were from the same region of Argentina. Having progressed through the club's reserve team, <mask> grew frustrated with his lack of first-team playing time, and his agent offered him to several Italian clubs, including Sorrento, but this was rejected in each case.On 8 February 2012, <mask> made his Bordeaux senior competitive debut in the 2011–12 Coupe de France round of 16 3–1 away defeat against Olympique Lyonnais, coming on as a substitute in the 105th minute for Jussiê. Unable to establish himself in the first team, Bordeaux hoped to loan <mask> out in order to gain experience and he was expected to sign for a team in Spain before his agent rejected the move, wanting <mask> to remain in France. He instead joined Championnat National side US Orléans on loan after being spotted by manager Oliver Frapolli a year previously. Frapolli described <mask> as "the best player on the team, without question", as he went on to score nineteen goals for the club in 37 appearances. He helped the club to an eighth-place finish in the Championnat National. On 2 July 2013, <mask> agreed a deal to join Ligue 2 club Chamois Niortais on loan for the entire 2013–14 season. He enjoyed a steady return through the first half of the season before finding form in March, scoring eleven goals in his final twelve appearances including scoring his first career hat-trick in a 4–2 victory over Stade Lavallois.He finished the season with 20 goals in all competitions, with his total of 18 league goals setting a new club record for goals in a single season. At the start of the 2014–15 season, <mask> was brought into the first team squad with Bordeaux by manager Willy Sagnol and was rewarded with a two-year extension to his contract. He scored his first senior goal for the club after converting a penalty during a 4–1 defeat to Monaco. However, it proved to be his only goal in eleven appearances, and he was loaned to SM Caen, another Ligue 1 club, for the second half of the 2014–15 season as a replacement for Mathieu Duhamel. Caen had previously tried to sign <mask> at the start of the season but had been rejected by Bordeaux. He made his debut for Caen on 1 February 2015 in a 1–0 victory over Saint-Étienne. He scored his first goal for the club in his third appearance, during a 2–2 draw with Paris Saint-Germain two weeks later, and scored a brace against RC Lens in his following match.He scored five goals for Caen during his loan spell before returning to Bordeaux. Nantes

On 20 July 2015, <mask> joined Ligue 1 club Nantes on a five-year contract with Nantes paying a reported transfer fee of €1 million to Bordeaux. He made his debut for Nantes on the opening day of the 2015–16 season, during a 1–0 victory over Guingamp, and scored his first goal for the club on 5 December 2015 in a 1–1 draw with Ajaccio. In January 2016, Nantes rejected a bid of £3 million from Wolverhampton Wanderers for Sala. In his first season, despite scoring only six times, he finished the year as the club's top goalscorer. During his second season, <mask> scored twelve league goals for Nantes, the highest scoring player in a single season for the club since Olivier Monterrubio in 2000–01. He equaled his tally again in the 2017–18 season, finishing as Nantes' top scorer for the third consecutive season since his arrival at the club.At the start of the 2018–19 season, <mask> fell out of favour under new manager Miguel Cardoso who preferred Kalifa Coulibaly as the club's first choice striker. Turkish side Galatasaray made a late bid to sign <mask> on the last day of the summer transfer window but the move later collapsed. <mask> twice made goalscoring appearances as a substitute and was restored to the starting line up under Cardoso before the manager was sacked in October 2018. Vahid Halilhodžić was appointed as the club's new manager and in his first match in charge, on 20 October 2018, <mask> scored a hat-trick in a 4–0 Ligue 1 home win over Toulouse. He thus became the first FC Nantes player to score three goals in a Ligue 1 match since Mamadou Diallo did so against FC Sochaux-Montbéliard in February 2006. At the end of October, he was voted Ligue 1 Player of the Month having scored four goals in three matches during the month. <mask>'s good form saw him as the joint-highest goalscorer in Ligue 1 at the start of December, his tally of twelve goals tied with Paris Saint-Germain's Kylian Mbappé.On 5 December, <mask> scored his last goal for the club in a 3–2 Ligue 1 home victory over Olympique de Marseille. On 16 January 2019, he played his final match for the club in a 1–0 Ligue 1 away defeat against Nîmes Olympique. In 2021, it was announced that a pre-season tournament would be held in July in <mask>'s honour, with Nantes, Bordeaux, Caen and Niort invited to play by former Orléans goalkeeper and ex-teammate of Sala, Thomas Renault. Cardiff City

On 19 January 2019, <mask> joined Premier League side Cardiff City on a three and a half-year deal for a club record transfer fee, reported to be £15 million. The transfer beat the previous club record of £11 million paid for Gary Medel in 2013. As part of a sell-on clause, 50% of the transfer fee was due to his first professional club Bordeaux. <mask> rejected a late bid from a club in the Chinese Super League to join Cardiff, despite being offered a higher salary, due to his desire to play in the Premier League.Following <mask>'s death, Nantes demanded the transfer fee from Cardiff. In September 2019, FIFA ruled in Nantes' favour and ordered Cardiff to pay a first instalment of €6 million (£5.3 million), and the remainder the following January. In December 2019, Cardiff City launched an appeal against FIFA's decision to the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Disappearance and death

After completing his medical at Cardiff, <mask> returned to Nantes on Saturday 19 January, on a plane arranged by football agent Mark McKay. His intention was to return to Cardiff on Monday 21 January, in order to attend his first training session with his new club the following morning. Sala had been invited to attend Cardiff's match against Newcastle United by manager Neil Warnock, but he returned to France to say goodbye to his Nantes teammates and collect personal belongings. On 21 January, the Piper Malibu aircraft, which was flying Sala from Nantes to Cardiff, disappeared off Alderney.The same aircraft and pilot had flown Sala to Nantes two days earlier. On 23 January, Channel Islands Air Search reported that there was "no hope" of finding any survivors in the water. An audio message, allegedly sent from the plane by Sala to his friends via WhatsApp, was released by Argentine media outlet Olé. The audio message translates as follows:

Guernsey Police initially searched for three days about  across the English Channel. At 15:15 GMT on 24 January 2019, after a "very thorough and extensive search" including eighty hours of combined searching undertaken by three planes, five helicopters and two lifeboats, the police announced that they had called off the search for the aircraft or any survivors. The decision led to calls worldwide for the search to continue, including numerous other footballers, among them fellow Argentine players Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuaín, Sergio Agüero and former player Diego Maradona. The president of Argentina, Mauricio Macri, stated his intention to request the British and French governments to resume the search.An online petition also attracted over 65,000 signatures and <mask>'s family later announced their decision to fund a private search. Over £280,000 was raised for this search on GoFundMe started by Sports Cover, a sports agency that represented Sala. The funds enabled the private search to commence on 26 January, with the launch of two boats, led by marine scientist David Mearns. On 28 January, plans were announced for an underwater search to begin "within a week", dependent on weather conditions, using an unmanned remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV) to search an area of seabed north of Hurd's Deep. On 29 January, Cardiff City included <mask> on the team sheet for their game against Arsenal, with a daffodil next to his name in place of a squad number. On 30 January, the Air Accidents Investigation Branch (AAIB) reported that they had found two seat cushions washed up on a French beach, which were believed to be from the missing aircraft. On 3 February, another underwater search for the aircraft began, using the AAIB's Geo Ocean III vessel and a privately funded vessel, which were conducting sonar surveys of the seabed.The planned search, lasting three days, would cover an area of , about  north of Guernsey. At approximately 21:11 GMT, six hours after the new search began, wreckage from the aircraft was found at a depth of . On 4 February, investigators stated that there was one body visible inside the wreckage. On 7 February, the body was recovered from the wreckage and taken to the Isle of Portland to be passed to the Dorset coroner. Later that day, Dorset Police identified the body as <mask>'s by means of fingerprint evidence. Nantes subsequently retired his former number 9 jersey. On 11 February, the results of a post mortem reported that <mask> had died of "head and trunk injuries".<mask>'s body was taken back to Argentina on 15 February 2019 and his funeral was held, in his hometown of Progreso, the following day. On 25 February 2019, a Special Bulletin was issued by the AAIB, giving a radar track of final section of flight including photographs of the wreckage on the sea-bed. It examined, in some detail, the regulatory framework for the accident flight. On 28 February, ex-football agent Willie McKay, who had arranged the flight, said that Sala had been "abandoned" by Cardiff City and was left to arrange his own travel. McKay's son Mark was Nantes' acting agent in the deal for Sala. The football club said they "strongly reject" the claim they neglected to provide Sala with travel arrangements. On 29 April, two people were arrested after a photograph purporting to show the dead body of <mask> <mask> during a post-mortem was posted on Twitter.On 19 June 2019, Dorset Police announced that they had arrested a man on suspicion of manslaughter by an unlawful act in respect of the death of Sala. His identity was not made public, but several newspapers identified the man as pilot David Henderson, who arranged the flight and had originally intended to fly the plane. On 11 March 2020, it was reported that no further action would be taken against the man. However, in October 2021, Henderson was prosecuted and found guilty to arranging a flight without permission or authorisation and of endangering the safety of an aircraft. On 14 August, it was reported that toxicology tests on Sala's body showed high levels of exposure to carbon monoxide, and the AAIB considered it was likely that the pilot would also have been exposed to the gas, potentially leading to drowsiness or unconsciousness. In 2021, a competition called the Challenge Emiliano Sala was created in honour of Sala. It was contested between four of Sala's former clubs in France, with Bordeaux winning the first title.Style of play
<mask> stated that he modelled his style on his idol, former Argentine international forward Gabriel Batistuta. BBC Sport compared <mask> to Jamie Vardy, describing him as "a player who likes wide spaces and being part of a team that has a strong counter-attacking style." A large and powerful striker, he was also recognised for his ability to hold the ball up and was described as possessing "reasonable" pace; he also drew praise in the media for his work-rate, tenacity, eye for goal, and finishing ability. Career statistics

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Honours
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UNFP Ligue 1 Player of the Month: February 2015, October 2018
Nantes Team of the Decade: 2010–2019

See also
List of solved missing person cases

References

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<mask>. (born April 26, 1946) is an American banker best known as the final chairman and chief executive officer of investment bank Lehman Brothers. <mask> held this position from the firm's 1994 spinoff from American Express until 2008. Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11 on September 15, 2008, and subsequently announced the sale of major operations to parties including Barclays Bank and Nomura Securities. <mask> was named in Time's "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis" list and in CNN's "Ten Most Wanted: Culprits of the Collapse". <mask> was nicknamed "the gorilla" for his intimidating presence. Early life
<mask> was born to Jewish parents, the son of <mask>. He is a second cousin of professional baseball player and executive <mask>.He attended Wilbraham & Monson Academy, where he gained his high school diploma. He received both a B.A. and B.S. in 1969 from the University of Colorado Boulder, where he participated in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps program and was president of the school's chapter of the Alpha Tau Omega fraternity. <mask> completed his M.B.A. at New York University's Stern School of Business in 1973. <mask> is a member of Kappa Beta Phi. Career
<mask>'s first career as an Air Force pilot came to an end when he got into a fistfight with a commanding officer.He said he had been defending a young cadet who was being taunted by the senior officer. <mask> then began his career with Lehman Brothers in 1969, the year the firm's senior partner Robert Lehman died. <mask> started trading commercial paper and developed a reputation as an accomplished fixed income trader. Lehman Brothers
Fuld worked for Lehman for nearly 40 years. During this time, <mask> witnessed and participated in numerous evolutions within the organization, including its merger with Kuhn, Loeb & Co, its acquisition by American Express, its merger with E.F. Hutton and its ultimate spin-off from American Express in 1994, once again as Lehman Brothers. Once public, the new company traded under the stock ticker LEH. <mask> was the longest-tenured CEO on Wall Street at the time of the financial crisis of 2007–2008.<mask> had steered Lehman through the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis, a period where the firm's share price dropped to $12 in 1998. Lehman had a yearly loss of $102 million in 1993, but after <mask> became CEO the firm had fourteen straight years of profits, including one of $4.2 billion in 2007, although in 2008 it reported a Q2 loss of $2.8 billion and filed for bankruptcy later that year. Similar to the fall of Barings Bank, this was accomplished by driving up company earnings through excessive leverage and risk. <mask> had a succession of "number twos" under him, usually titled as president and Chief Operating Officer. T. Christopher Pettit served until November 26, 1996, when he lost a power struggle with his deputies, likely brought about after Pettit had a mistress, which violated <mask>'s unwritten rules on marriage and social etiquette. This president and COO position would remain vacant until Joseph M. Gregory was appointed president and COO in 2002. Bradley Jack and Gregory were appointed co-COOs in 2002, however Jack was demoted to the Office of the chairman in May 2004 and departed in June 2005 with a severance package of $80 million, making Gregory the sole COO and President.Along with CFO Erin Callan, Gregory was demoted on June 12, 2008 and replaced by Bart McDade, who would see Lehman through bankruptcy. In 2006, Institutional Investor magazine named Fuld America's top chief executive in the private sector. That same year in December, <mask> told The Wall Street Journal, "as long as I am alive this firm will never be sold." In March 2008, <mask> appeared in Barron's list of the 30 best CEOs and was dubbed "Mr. Wall Street". Overall, <mask> received nearly half a billion dollars in total compensation from 1993 to 2007. In 2007, he was paid a total of $22,030,534, which included a base salary of $750,000, a cash bonus of $4,250,000 and stock grants of $16,877,365. According to Bloomberg Businessweek, <mask> "famously demanded loyalty of everyone around him and demonstrated his own by keeping much of his wealth tied up in the firm", even buying Lehman shares on margin, according to a friend.Lehman Brothers bankruptcy and aftermath

<mask> was initially praised for handling the initial subprime mortgage crisis well, better than any of the other bulge bracket firms, behind Goldman Sachs. <mask> was said to have underestimated the downturn in the US housing market and its effect on Lehman's mortgage bond underwriting business. <mask> was already the longest-tenured CEO on Wall Street and kept his job as the subprime mortgage crisis took hold, while CEOs of rivals like Bear Stearns, Merrill Lynch and Citigroup were forced to resign. In addition, Lehman's board of directors, which includes retired CEOs like Vodafone's Christopher Gent and IBM's John Akers were reluctant to challenge <mask> as the firm's share price spiraled lower. <mask> was criticized for not completing several proposed deals, either a capital injection or a merger, that would have saved Lehman Brothers from bankruptcy. Interested parties had included Warren Buffett and the Korea Development Bank. <mask> was said to have played a game of brinkmanship, refusing to accept offers that could have rescued the firm because they didn't reflect the value he saw in the bank.However, New York magazine had a different view on <mask>'s last three months as CEO before the firm's bankruptcy. Hugh "<mask>" McGee III, then-head of the Investment Banking Division, had earlier disagreed with COO Joseph M. Gregory's appointment of one of his subordinates, Erin Callan, as CFO. On June 11, 2008, McGee organized a meeting of the firm's senior bankers, who forced <mask> to demote Callan and Gregory. Gregory's replacement as president and COO was Bart McDade. While <mask> remained CEO in title, it has been said that a management coup had taken place and that the one person in charge then was McDade. New York magazine's account also stated that Fuld was desperately searching for a buyer during the summer and even offering to step aside as CEO to facilitate the sale of the firm, being quoted as saying "We have two priorities, that the Lehman name and brand survive and that as many employees as possible be saved and you'll notice our priority isn't price". In his 2009 book A Colossal Failure Of Common Sense, Larry McDonald—a senior Lehman Brothers trader in the years leading up to the crash—wrote that <mask>'s "smoldering envy" of Goldman Sachs and other Wall Street rivals led him to ignore warnings from Lehman executives about the impending crash and that <mask> insisted the firm's chief risk officer leave the boardroom during key discussions.In October 2008, <mask> was among twelve Lehman Brothers executives who received grand jury subpoenas in connection to three criminal investigations led by the United States Attorney's offices in the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York as well as the District of New Jersey, related to the alleged securities fraud associated with the collapse of the firm. On October 6, 2008, <mask> testified before the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform regarding the causes and effects of the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. During the testimony, <mask> was asked if he wondered why Lehman Brothers was the only firm that was allowed to fail, to which he responded: "Until the day they put me in the ground, I will wonder." The Report of Anton R. Valukas, the official court-mandated investigation into the Lehman bankruptcy, concluded that "While the business decisions that brought about the crisis were largely within the realm of acceptable business judgement, the actions to manipulate financial statements do give rise to "colorable claims", especially against the CEO and CFOs but also against the auditors. In the opinion of the Examiner, "colorable" is generally meant to mean that sufficient evidence exists to support legal action and possible recovery of losses." "Regarding liquidity, throughout 2008 Lehman made false claims of having billions of dollars in available cash to repay counterparties when in reality, significant portions of the reported amounts were in fact encumbered or otherwise unavailable for use. On September 12, 2008, two days after reporting $41 billion in liquidity, true available funds totaled only $2 billion."Lehman filed for bankruptcy on September 15. After Lehman Brothers
On November 10, 2008, <mask> transferred his Florida mansion to his wife Kathleen for $100. They had bought it four years earlier for $13.75 million. In March 2009, <mask> sent out an email stating that he had joined Matrix Advisors in New York City. In May 2010, <mask> was registered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as employed by Legend Securities, a securities brokerage and investment banking firm in New York. <mask> left the firm in early 2012. By July 2015, Matrix Advisors, led by <mask>, had grown to about two dozen employees.The firm focuses on small and medium-sized enterprises, advising clients on a range of matters, from opening product distribution channels to completing mergers and acquisitions, and sourcing private equity and venture capital funding. By 2016, Matrix Private Capital LLC had $100 million in assets under management from 18 families. By November 2017, the company had expanded by opening offices in Los Angeles and Palm Beach. Also in mid-2015, <mask> put up for auction his 71-acre estate in Sun Valley, Idaho. The property was estimated to sell for $30 to $50 million in August 2015, but sold at an auction in September for just over $20 million. As of 2018, <mask> remained critical of the government's decision not to bail out Lehman despite bailing out other financial firms in distress. <mask> reserves his most pointed criticisms for his longtime rival, Henry Paulson, who ran Goldman Sachs Group Inc. before heading the U.S. Treasury during the financial crisis of 2007–2008.By 2018, almost all claims brought against Lehman since the bankruptcy had been resolved (with $4.1 billion remaining from $1.2 trillion). In a 2018 book on the subject, The Fed and Lehman Brothers: Setting the Record Straight on a Financial Disaster, economist Laurence M. Ball argues that Lehman had ample collateral to justify a U.S. government loan that would have staved off bankruptcy, rejecting statements from former officials that such a bailout would have been illegal. The Report of Anton R. Valukas, however, established that Lehman's assets were shrouded in uncertainty around the time of the bankruptcy, due to extensive balance sheet manipulation and accounting fraud. Accolades and directorships
In 2006, <mask> was named No. 1 CEO in the Brokers & Asset Managers category, by Institutional Investor magazine. In 2007 he received a $22 million bonus. In October 2008, CNN named <mask> as one of the "Ten Most Wanted: Culprits of the Collapse" regarding the financial crisis of 2007–2008; he was placed 9th on the list.In December 2008, <mask> was given the "Lex Overpaid CEO" award of the Financial Times for having received $34 million in 2007 and $40.5 million in 2006, the last two years before his bank's failure. The total compensation he received from 2000 until the bankruptcy was $484 million

<mask> was named in Time's "25 People to Blame for the Financial Crisis" list. <mask> at one time served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, a position he ceased holding shortly before the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers. He is a member of the International Business Council of the World Economic Forum and the Business Council. He also serves on the Board of Trustees of New York-Presbyterian Hospital. He was also on the board of directors of the Robin Hood Foundation but was removed from the Board following the Lehman Brothers bankruptcy. In popular culture
<mask> was portrayed by Corey Johnson in the 2009 BBC film The Last Days of Lehman Brothers.<mask> was portrayed by James Woods in the 2011 HBO film Too Big To Fail. <mask> also appeared in the 2010 documentary Inside Job. In October 2011, a theatrical film titled Margin Call was released, depicting a bank loosely based on Lehman Brothers. Jeremy Irons portrayed "John Tuld", a character inspired, in part, by <mask>. References

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title: Eddie Rosario

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<mask>. (born September 28, 1991) is a Puerto Rican professional baseball left fielder  who is a free agent. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Minnesota Twins, Cleveland Indians and Atlanta Braves. <mask> represented Puerto Rico in the 2013 and 2017 editions of the World Baseball Classic, winning a silver medal in both. After the 2013 season, <mask> received a 50-game suspension for using a banned substance, which he served at the start of the 2014 season. He made his major league debut in 2015, hitting a home run in his first at bat, on the first pitch, off of Scott Kazmir of the Oakland Athletics. Early life
<mask> was born to parents <mask>. and Maria on September 28, 1991. He was raised in Guayama, Puerto Rico.Professional career
<mask> was scouted by Hector Otero, who worked for the Minnesota Twins at the time, as the organization's lead scout for South Florida and Puerto Rico. <mask> was subsequently selected by the Minnesota Twins in the fourth round of the 2010 MLB draft. Minnesota Twins

<mask> first played in Minor League Baseball in 2010, in the Gulf Coast League. He advanced through the farm system of the Twins, first reaching Double-A in 2013 and Triple-A in 2015. He also played several seasons in the Puerto Rican Winter League, and played in the Arizona Fall League in 2013 and 2014. <mask> made his major league debut on May 6, 2015. Leading off the bottom of the 3rd inning, <mask> swung at the first pitch he saw from Oakland Athletics starter Scott Kazmir, and hit an opposite-field home run, becoming the 115th player in major league history to hit a home run in his first at-bat.<mask> played in 122 games for the Twins, sharing outfield duties with Torii Hunter, Aaron Hicks, and fellow prospect Byron Buxton. Despite being called up a month into the season, <mask> led all of baseball in triples with 15, and was second in outfield assists with 16, just one behind Avisail García of the Chicago White Sox. <mask> finished his rookie campaign with a .267 batting average and 13 home runs. With the retirement of Torii Hunter and the Twins' trade of Aaron Hicks, <mask> entered 2016 as the Twins' projected everyday left fielder. After a slow start and the emergence of both Robbie Grossman and Max Kepler, <mask> saw his playing time dwindle ultimately leading to his demotion to Triple-A. He was brought back up towards the end of the season, and finished the year with a .269 batting average, 10 home runs, and 32 RBI in 92 games played. In 2017, <mask> Bithorn Stadium in his homeland Puerto Rico, <mask> scored the winning run in the bottom of the 16th inning, coming around on Ryan LaMarre’s single that gave Minnesota a 2-1 win over the Cleveland Indians. <mask> had a 3 home run game for the second time in his career on June 3 against the Cleveland Indians, going 3-5 driving in 4 runs while hitting the game winning walk-off home run. He finished the season with the lowest fielding percentage among major league left fielders, at .967, and batted .288 with 24 home runs, 77 RBI, and a career high 161 hits in 138 games.<mask> was considered an All-Star "snub" in 2018. In 2019 he batted .276/.300/.500. He swung at the highest percentage of all pitches of all American League batters (59.1%). In 57 games in 2020, he batted .257 with 13 home runs and led the team with 42 RBI. On December 1, 2020, <mask> was placed on outright waivers and cleared waivers the next day. On December 2, <mask> was non-tendered by the Twins. Cleveland Indians
On February 4, 2021, <mask> was signed to a one-year, $8 million contract with the Cleveland Indians.Atlanta Braves
On July 30, 2021, <mask> was traded to the Atlanta Braves along with cash considerations in exchange for Pablo Sandoval. On September 19, <mask> hit for the cycle against the San Francisco Giants. In four at-bats, <mask> saw five pitches, the fewest pitches seen in a cycle since at least the 1990 season. In 2021, between both teams he batted .259/.305/.435 with 14 home runs and 62 RBIs. On October 17, <mask> recorded four hits, including a walk-off single, in Game 2 of the National League Championship Series that gave the Braves a 5–4 win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The 2021 Braves became the fourth team in Major League Baseball history to record two walk-off wins in the first two games of a postseason series, as <mask> matched the feat of teammate Austin Riley, who hit a walk-off single in Game 1. <mask> recorded two home runs and a triple as part of a second four-hit game in Game 4 of the series, following Steve Garvey as the only players to record those base hits in the postseason.<mask> was the fifth major league player to record two four-hit games during the playoffs, and the second to have both four-hit games occur in the same series. Teammate Adam Duvall followed <mask>'s first home run of the game with a home run of his own, and they became the third pair of Braves teammates to hit consecutive home runs during a postseason game. In Game 6, <mask> had two hits, including a three-run home run as the Braves won 4–2 and clinched their first National League pennant since 1999. <mask> was awarded the NLCS MVP award for his performance in the series. International career
<mask> played for Puerto Rico in their silver medal run of the 2013 World Baseball Classic and their silver medal run of the 2017 World Baseball Classic. He played right field defensively and batted 7th in the lineup. Personal life
<mask> and his wife, Milany, have three children.They reside in Kissimmee, Florida during the offseason. See also
 List of Major League Baseball players from Puerto Rico
List of Major League Baseball players with a home run in their first major league at bat
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<mask> (born in Chicago, September 19, 1969 – October 9, 2005) was an African-American freelance journalist who chronicled his personal experience with HIV infection and AIDS. He was hailed by many as one of the nation's leading journalists reporting on AIDS in the African-American community. <mask> pursued post-secondary studies at historically-Black Barber-Scotia College (Concord, NC), Northwestern University (Evanston, IL), University of Chicago, and DePaul University (Chicago, IL). He was diagnosed with HIV during 1990 at the age of 19 and opted not to take antiretroviral medications due to their possible side effects ranging from fatigue and nausea to blurred vision. His doctors, though, advised otherwise. He had worries about clinic doctors who "just didn't get him". After a Harvard Medical School researcher - "to understand specimens like me" - studied him as a longtime survivor of HIV who had never taken AIDS medications, <mask> nicknamed  himself "Marathon Man".<mask> wrote a column "Native Tongue" published monthly in HIV Plus magazine beginning May 2004. Due to the candor with which <mask> shared his own fight against HIV in "Native Tongue", that column was one of the publication's most popular features recalled  HIV Plus-editor Michael W.E. Edwards, who described <mask> as a "consummate journalist -  thorough, detailed, unafraid, and unapologetic in his approach to the topics he wrote about." <mask> - offering very candid looks into the most intimate parts of his life - invited readers to share in and learn from his personal experiences. Commentator Keith Boykin reflected that <mask> "was unusually committed to exposing the truth about AIDS in the Black community and he was unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom". "Few people wrote as eloquently about being young, gifted and black - and same gender loving and HIV positive. LeRoy wrote with his heart and all his senses.He wasn't afraid to douse the page with his convictions or his vulnerability. ", explained Poz-Editor Angelo Ragaza. <mask> was openly bi-sexual and - as Verena Dobnik of the Associated Press wrote - he "used his personal experience - including relationships with both men and women - as a prism on the larger issues  surrounding HIV/AIDS,". He attributed the rise of HIV in the Black community to  - among other factors - public housing, poverty and violence. However, he debunked the allegation voiced in some circles that AIDS was a White conspiracy to spread the disease among Blacks. In a February 2001 New York Times interview, he said, "I don't think the larger AIDS groups give voice to the Black gay community. A lot of these men don't have a grip on what they're feeling sexually, and I don't think many of the organizations have a grasp on how to communicate with them."In the September 1997 issue of Positively Aware magazine, <mask> wrote "for African-Americans, AIDS is the atrocity du jour". <mask> also contributed to Ebony, Vibe, The Source, Chicago,  City Limits, Black Lines, Kujisource magazines; and the New York Daily News,  Chicago Defender newspapers. Vibe magazine's Angelo Ragaza (also editor of Poz magazine) gave <mask> a feature-article writing assignment which had <mask> traveling to South Dakota State Penitentiary and interviewing Nikko Briteramos - a Black, 18-year-old, Si Tanka University (Huron, SD) freshman who was the first person convicted (2002) and imprisoned under South Dakota's  HIV transmission law mandating that HIV-positive persons inform prospective sexual partners of their HIV-positive status. <mask>'s resulting Vibe (Vol. 11, No. 7) article was titled "A Dream Deferred". Vibe's Ragaza observed, "When LeRoy moved from personal essays to longer investigative pieces, I could tell it was a different kind of exercise for him.But it worked because <mask> was his subject." <mask>, too, while in Chicago was an associate editor at magazine Positively Aware, as well a community educator at AIDS-awareness-organization Positive Voice; and after moving to New York during 2000 was a columnist and senior editor at Poz - a magazine intended for people with HIV. He also was active with Los Angeles-based Black AIDS Institute and served as one of the founding members of the institute's journalism team. <mask>, - having chosen to refuse antiretroviral therapy  - struggled both physically and emotionally as his T-cell-count dropped,  his HIV viral  load climbed, and his health deteriorated. In HIV Plus August 2005, <mask> wrote:  "I keep weighing potential side effects against the ill alternative - opportunistic infections - and I just can't decide which is worse. My T-cell count has plummeted to 40 - a dangerously all-time low - and my viral load has spiked to 230,000. I've argued against taking meds for so many years that now - with my numbers stacked against me - I find it hard to stop."He could not bring himself to take antiretroviral medication. Over the years, <mask>'s decision to refuse antiretroviral therapy prompted anger in friends and other HIV-positive associates. He found himself abandoned by friends who were disgruntled and/or disgusted over his decision not to take meds. One such so-called  friend told him:  "now that you're so goddamn stubborn, I hope that something terrible happens to your health just to teach you a lesson." Responding to the criticism, <mask> wrote in what was to become his final  HIV Plus (November 2005) column - "A Prayer for the Dying" - that he had grown tired of people "telling me - but never asking - what I need. If they asked, they'd know that this is the hardest medical decision I've ever had to make. And I feel very alone and afraid of making it.If they'd ever stop to ask, they'd know." <mask> died, age 36, of "AIDS-related complications" - kidney failure and pneumonia - in New York City at North General Hospital located in Harlem. Phill Wilson - executive director of the Black AIDS Institute - wrote <mask>'s death "is yet another reminder that the AIDS epidemic is not over for Black folks in America. <mask>'s life and death with AIDS is a commentary on how complex HIV/AIDS in black face really is." October 15, nearly a week after his death, <mask> (posthumously) and his co-writer Kai Wright received a First Place "2005 Salute To Excellence Award" from the National Association of Black Journalists for their "AIDS Goes Gray" story in City Limits magazine. The family's funeral/"homegoing" service in Chicago was held October 14 at Sweet Holy Spirit Church. Burial was in Alsip, IL at Burr Oak Cemetery.On October 20, a New York City memorial service for <mask> was held at National Black Theatre in Harlem. <mask> was survived by his mother, Imogene <mask>; his brother, Crofton <mask>; and his sister, LaRonya <mask>. References

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title: Juliette Hampton Morgan

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<mask> (February 21, 1914 – July 16, 1957) was a librarian and civil rights activist in Montgomery, Alabama. The only daughter from a well-to-do white family, <mask> was an early member of the community that pushed for integration. As a librarian she often spoke out against the acts of injustice she witnessed against African-Americans by writing letters to the Montgomery Advertiser, the local newspaper. She was castigated by the community for her racial views and was targeted by segregationists who broke her windows and burned a cross in her front yard. Unable to bear the strain caused by the unrelenting retaliation caused by her views, she took her own life. Early life and education
<mask> was an only child, born to Frank P. and <mask> of Montgomery, Alabama. Her family was very prominent in the community and were seventh-generation Southerners.Among the friends of the <mask>s were Zelda and F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Tallulah Bankhead. <mask> attended Sidney Lanier High School in Montgomery. In 1934 <mask> graduated Phi Beta Kappa from the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa with a degree in both English literature and political science. She went on to get her master's degree in English the next year. After graduation, <mask> returned to Montgomery to become a public school teacher at her former high school. In 1942 she became a reference librarian in Montgomery's Carnegie Library where she was eventually promoted to the director of research at the Montgomery Public Library. Activism for civil rights & social justice

<mask> was active in many associations after she graduated from college.She joined Franklin Roosevelt’s New Deal Club, the Southern Conference Educational Fund, and the Alabama Council on Human Relations (of which she was one of the few white members ). She often wrote in to the local newspaper, the Montgomery Advertiser, in support of federal anti-lynching laws and to abolish the poll tax. <mask>'s first public statements regarding social justice issues came in 1932 when she spoke out in defense of motherhood and special training for women such as home economics classes, and extended her support for creating a federal department of child welfare. In 1938, she wrote letters in defense of "the Southern Woman", challenging the preconceived notions of the era. <mask> also became involved in an interracial women’s prayer group, the Fellowship of the Concerned. Meetings for the group had to be held in African-American churches; white churches refused to allow the group to use their facilities because integrated meetings violated the city’s municipal code. It was during this time that <mask> became more active in civil rights.Though <mask> could afford a car, she suffered from severe anxiety which prohibited her from driving. Due to this, <mask> took the city buses from her home, where she lived with her mother, to her position with the Montgomery Public Library. She would frequently witness the unjust treatment of the African-American riders by the white bus drivers. One incident in particular made <mask> angry. <mask> witnessed an African-American woman proceeding with the custom of the time: she paid her fare in the front of the bus, exited the bus, and proceeded to the rear door to get on the back of the bus. On this occasion, however, the bus driver sped away as the woman tried to re-enter. Fed up, <mask> jumped to her feet and pulled the emergency cord, stopping the bus.She yelled at the bus driver and demanded that he let the woman back in the bus. <mask> would continue to repeat this action when necessary for several years. <mask>’s letter writing did come at a price as many members of the white community began to shun her publicly. She was even fired from a bookstore job she had after she had just graduated from college because of a letter she had published in the newspaper. Montgomery bus boycott

On December 1, 1955, Rosa Parks was arrested after refusing to give up her seat and move to the back of a Montgomery city bus. Eleven days later, on December 12, 1955, <mask> wrote another letter to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser in support of Ms. Parks and the boycott that followed.She stated in her letter:
The Negroes of Montgomery seem to have taken a lesson from Gandhi... Their own task is greater than Gandhi's however, for they have greater prejudice to overcome. One feels that history is being made in Montgomery these days... It is hard to imagine a soul so dead, a heart so hard, a vision so blinded and provincial as not to be moved with admiration at the quiet dignity, discipline and dedication with which the Negroes have conducted their boycott. Continued civil rights advocacy
<mask> began to receive hate mail and threatening phone calls in retaliation for expressing her racial views. W.A. Gayle, the Mayor of Montgomery and a member of the segregationist White Citizens' Council, threatened the library council and demanded that they fire <mask>. The library council refused, stating that such a decision would violate her First Amendment rights.Privately, however, library officials asked that <mask> not write any more letters. Many white patrons had destroyed their library cards and boycotted the institution in protest of <mask>'s views. <mask> agreed to discontinue her letter writing for the sake of the library, and halted her letters for nearly a year. Eventually, <mask> could no longer remain silent and resumed her letter writing. In 1956, <mask> wrote to newspapers strongly disapproving of the expulsion of University of Alabama student Autherine Lucy, the first black student to attend the university. In January, 1957, Buford Boone, editor of the Tuscaloosa News, came to Montgomery. There he spoke out against racial injustice and publicly blamed the White Citizens' Council for the increase in violence seen in the community over the past year.<mask> later wrote a letter of private praise directly to Boone where she stated:

There are so many Southerners from various walks of life that know you are right. [...] They know what they call 'our Southern way of life' must inevitably change. Many of them even are eager for change, but are afraid to express themselves – so afraid to stand alone, to walk out naked as it were. Everyone who speaks as you do, who has the faith to do what he believes right in scorn of the consequences, does great good in preparing the way for a happier and more equitable future for all Americans. You help redeem Alabama's very bad behavior in the eyes of the nation and the world. I had begun to wonder if there were any men in the state – any white men – with any sane evaluation of our situation here in the middle of the Twentieth Century, with any good will, and most especially with any moral courage to express it. Boone wanted to publish <mask>’s letter in the newspaper but she refused, citing her agreement with the library to not publish any more letters.Boone insisted, telling her that publicly stating her views would inspire others. <mask> relented and on January 14, 1957 the Tuscaloosa News printed her letter. Retribution and death
Soon after the letter was published, <mask> began to receive more hate mail and obscene phone calls. Many of her friends abandoned her and even her own mother lamented at the damage she was supposedly doing to the family name. The public abuse went on for months. During one night in April, a cross was burned in her front yard. Once again, the mayor demanded that the library fire <mask>, but the superintendent and library board remained staunch in their support of <mask>’s right to Freedom of Speech.When funding for the city library was reduced in the amount of <mask>'s salary, it became clear that the end of her position was near. Meanwhile, her severe anxiety increased and her health deteriorated significantly. On July 15, her mother called the library to say that <mask> could no longer work and had decided to resign. On the morning of July 17, 1957, <mask>’s mother found her daughter dead; next to her lay an empty bottle of sleeping pills. She had written a suicide letter that said "I am not going to cause any more trouble to anybody." The Montgomery Advertiser reported that she had "died...at her home", without mentioning the suicide; the other local paper, the Alabama Journal, noted she had died "after a short illness". Recognition

On the afternoon of July 17, the sanctuary of St. John's Episcopal Church was filled almost to capacity for <mask>'s funeral.Because the church was segregated, however, black friends were turned away by the vestryman. The Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. later wrote about <mask>’s heroic struggle and the price she paid in his book, Stride Toward Freedom: The Montgomery Story. King wrote:
About a week after the protest started, a white woman who understood and sympathized with the Negroes' efforts wrote a letter to the editor of the Montgomery Advertiser comparing the bus protest with the Gandhian movement in India. Miss <mask>, sensitive and frail, did not long survive the rejection and condemnation of the white community, but long before she died in the summer of 1957, the name of Mahatma Gandhi was well known in Montgomery. On March 3, 2005, <mask> <mask> was inducted into the Alabama Women's Hall of Fame. Later that year, the Montgomery City Council voted to rename the main public library The Juliette Hampton <mask> Memorial Library.References

Further reading
 Branch, T. (1989). Parting the waters : America in the King years, 1954-63. New York : Simon and Schuster, 1989. Graham, P. (2001). Public librarians and the Civil Rights Movement: Alabama, 1955-1965. Library Quarterly, 71(1), 1. Graham, P. (2002).A right to read : segregation and civil rights in Alabama's public libraries, 1900-1965. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 2002. Selby, M. (2012). Librarians as leaders. Feliciter, 58(5), 37. Stanton, M. (2006). Journey toward justice : <mask> <mask> and the Montgomery bus boycott.Athens : University of Georgia Press, 2006. Thomas, M. (1995). Stepping out of the shadows : Alabama women, 1819-1990. Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, 1994. American librarians
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<mask> (; born January 24, 1941) is the Philip Tobias Professor of Materials Science at the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, an Associate of the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory, and Professor of Materials Science at Iowa State University. On April 8, 1982, while on sabbatical at the U.S. National Bureau of Standards in Washington, D.C., Shechtman discovered the icosahedral phase, which opened the new field of quasiperiodic crystals. He was awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals, making him one of six Israelis who have won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Biography
<mask> was born in 1941 in Tel Aviv, in what was then Mandatory Palestine; the city became part of the new state of Israel in 1948. He grew up in Petah Tikva and Ramat Gan. His grandparents had immigrated to Palestine during the  Second Aliyah (1904–1914) and founded a printing house. As a child Shechtman was fascinated by Jules Verne's The Mysterious Island (1874), which he read many times.His childhood dream was to become an engineer like the main protagonist, Cyrus Smith. I thought that was the best thing a person could do. The engineer in the book knows mechanics and physics, and he creates a whole way of life on the island out of nothing. I wanted to be like that. <mask> is married to Prof. Tzipora <mask>, Head of the Department of Counseling and Human Development at Haifa University, and author of two books on psychotherapy. They have a son Yoav <mask> (a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of W. E. Moerner) and three daughters: Tamar Finkelstein (an organizational psychologist at the Israeli police leadership center), <mask>-Cory (a PhD in clinical psychology), and Ruth Dougoud-Nevo (also a PhD in clinical psychology). He is an atheist.Academic career

After receiving his Ph.D. in Materials Engineering from the Technion in 1972, where he also obtained his B.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering in 1966 and M.Sc. in Materials Engineering in 1968, Prof. Shechtman was an NRC fellow at the Aerospace Research Laboratories at Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, where he studied for three years the microstructure and physical metallurgy of titanium aluminides. In 1975, he joined the department of materials engineering at Technion. In 1981–1983 he was on sabbatical at Johns Hopkins University, where he studied rapidly solidified aluminum transition metal alloys, in a joint program with NBS. During this study he discovered the icosahedral phase which opened the new field of quasiperiodic crystals. In 1992–1994 he was on sabbatical at National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), where he studied the effect of the defect structure of CVD diamond on its growth and properties.Shechtman's Technion research is conducted in the Louis Edelstein Center, and in the Wolfson Centre which is headed by him. He served on several Technion Senate Committees and headed one of them. Shechtman joined the Iowa State faculty in 2004. He currently spends about five months a year in Ames on a part-time appointment. Since 2014 he has been the head of the International Scientific Council of Tomsk Polytechnic University. Work on quasicrystals

From the day Shechtman published his findings on quasicrystals in 1984 to the day Linus Pauling died (1994), Shechtman experienced hostility from him toward the non-periodic interpretation. "For a long time it was me against the world," he said."I was a subject of ridicule and lectures about the basics of crystallography. The leader of the opposition to my findings was the two-time Nobel Laureate Linus Pauling, the idol of the American Chemical Society and one of the most famous scientists in the world. For years, 'til his last day, he fought against quasi-periodicity in crystals. He was wrong, and after a while, I enjoyed every moment of this scientific battle, knowing that he was wrong." Linus Pauling is noted saying "There is no such thing as quasicrystals, only quasi-scientists." Pauling was apparently unaware of a paper in 1981 by H. Kleinert and K. Maki which had pointed out the possibility of a non-periodic Icosahedral Phase in quasicrystals (see the
historical notes). The head of Shechtman's research group told him to "go back and read the textbook" and a couple of days later "asked him to leave for 'bringing disgrace' on the team."Shechtman felt dejected. On publication of his paper, other scientists began to confirm and accept empirical findings of the existence of quasicrystals. The Nobel Committee at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said that "his discovery was extremely controversial," but that his work "eventually forced scientists to reconsider their conception of the very nature of matter." Through <mask>'s discovery, several other groups were able to form similar quasicrystals by 1987, finding these materials to have low thermal and electrical conductivity, while possessing high structural stability. Quasicrystals have also been found naturally. A quasiperiodic crystal, or, in short, quasicrystal, is a structure that is ordered but not periodic. A quasicrystalline pattern can continuously fill all available space, but it lacks translational symmetry."Aperiodic mosaics, such as those found in the medieval Islamic mosaics of the Alhambra palace in Spain and the Darb-i Imam shrine in Iran, have helped scientists understand what quasicrystals look like at the atomic level. In those mosaics, as in quasicrystals, the patterns are regular – they follow mathematical rules – but they never repeat themselves. ""An intriguing feature of such patterns, [which are] also found in Arab mosaics, is that the mathematical constant known as the Greek letter , or the "golden ratio", occurs over and over again. Underlying it is a sequence worked out by Fibonacci in the 13th century, where each number is the sum of the preceding two." Quasicrystalline materials could be used in a large number of applications, including the formation of durable steel used for fine instrumentation, and non-stick insulation for electrical wires and cooking equipment., but presently have no technological applications. The Nobel prize was 10 million Swedish krona (approximately ). Presidential bid
On January 17, 2014, in an interview with Israel's Channel One, Shechtman announced his candidacy for President of Israel.Shechtman received the endorsement of the ten Members of Knesset required to run. In the elections, held on June 10, 2014, he was awarded only one vote. This led Israeli press and Israeli humorists to qualify Shechtman as "quasi-president" in reference to the "quasi-scientist" quote. Awards

 2014 Fray International Sustainability Award, SIPS 2014
 2013 Honorary doctorate from Bar-Ilan University
 2011 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for the discovery of quasicrystals
 2008 European Materials Research Society (E-MRS) 25th Anniversary Award
 2002 EMET Prize in Chemistry
 2000 Muriel & David Jacknow Technion Award for Excellence in Teaching
 2000 Gregori Aminoff Prize of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
 1999 Wolf Prize in Physics. 1998 Israel Prize, for Physics. 1993 Weizmann Science Award
 1990 Rothschild Prize in Engineering
 1988 New England Academic Award of the Technion
 1988 International Award for New Materials of the American Physical Society
 1986 Physics Award of the Friedenberg Fund for the Advancement of Science and Education

Published works

See also

 List of Israel Prize recipients
 List of Israeli Nobel laureates
 List of Jewish Nobel laureates
 Science and technology in Israel

References

Further reading
D. P. DiVincenzo and P. J. Steinhardt, eds. 1991.Quasicrystals: The State of the Art. Directions in Condensed Matter Physics, Vol 11. .
T. Janssen. 2007. Quasicrystals: Comparative dynamics. Nature Materials, Vol 6., 925–926. External links

Nobel Laureates from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. Story of quasicrystals as told by Shechtman to APS News in 2002.Biography/CV Page – Technion
TechnionLIVE e-newsletter
<mask> (Iowa State faculty page)
2012 interview with The Times of Israel

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Cassandra McIntosh (born 10 November 1992) is an Australian professional wrestler currently signed to Impact Wrestling where she performs under the ring name Cassie Lee, and is one-half of the current Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Champion with Jessie McKay in their first reign. She is best known for her time in WWE, where she performed under the ring name <mask>. In WWE, she was one-half of the tag team The IIconics alongside Billie Kay, and they are former WWE Women’s Tag Team Champions. In February 2009, McIntosh made her professional wrestling debut at Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance (PWWA) as KC Cassidy, and competed on the independent circuit with multiple promotions for several years, becoming a one-time PWA Women's Champion, and winning the Vera and Jenny Memorial Cup in support of breast cancer. McIntosh signed a contract with WWE in 2015, and was assigned to WWE's developmental brand NXT in Orlando, Florida. Early life
McIntosh was born in Sydney, New South Wales and later moved to Melbourne, Victoria and then Calgary, Alberta, Canada to train with Lance Storm. Prior to her training, she excelled in dance.She attended the same high school, Westfields Sports, as fellow wrestler and future tag team partner Jessie McKay. McIntosh began watching wrestling at the age of 9, and cites Eddie Guerrero as her inspiration to become a professional wrestler. Professional wrestling career

Independent circuit (2009–2015)
On 28 February 2009, McIntosh made her professional wrestling debut in Pro Wrestling Women's Alliance as KC Cassidy, teaming with Robbie Eagles in a mixed tag team match, defeating Madison Eagles and Mike Valuable. For the next year in the promotion, she traded victories with Jessie McKay in singles matches, including a loss in a PWWA championship match. On 7 January 2011, she unsuccessfully challenged Madison Eagles for the championship. On 20 June 2011, KC Cassidy and Tenille Tayla defeated Eliza Sway and Shazza McKenzie. Cassidy made two appearances for the American all-female promotion Shimmer Women Athletes as Bambi Hall's tag team partner.She was originally the scheduled opponent for Su Yung at a Shine Wrestling event in Ybor City, Florida, but instead became the replacement opponent for Rhia O'Reilly. She also appeared for promotions Pro Wrestling Alliance Australia, New Horizons Pro Wrestling, Melbourne City Wrestling and Riot City Wrestling. WWE (2015–2021)

Early years in NXT (2015–2016)
McIntosh received a tryout with WWE during their tour of Australia in August 2014 and became an NXT trainee on 13 April 2015. She made her televised in-ring debut on the 15 May episode of NXT, using the KC Cassidy name in a loss to NXT Women's Champion Sasha Banks. On the 22 July episode of NXT, McIntosh (as Cassie) lost to Eva Marie. On 7 August, she was given the new ring name <mask>. After being a face throughout her NXT run, <mask> began wrestling as a heel in a non-title loss to NXT Women's Champion Bayley on the 9 December episode of NXT.On the 13 January 2016 episode of NXT, <mask> competed in a number one contender's battle royal for Bayley's NXT Women's Championship, which was won by Carmella. The IIconics (2016–2021)

In October, <mask> formed an alliance with Billie Kay, later dubbed The Iconic Duo. The duo subsequently entered a feud with Liv Morgan, which culminated in a six-woman tag team match on the 23 November episode of NXT, in which Morgan, Aliyah, and Ember Moon defeated <mask>, Kay, and Daria Berenato. In the end of December, Kay and <mask> were placed in a brief feud with the NXT Women's Champion Asuka after the latter stated there is no competition for her. On 28 January 2017 at TakeOver: San Antonio, <mask> competed in a fatal four-way match against Kay, Nikki Cross, and Asuka, in which <mask> failed to capture the NXT Women's Championship. Shortly after that, in the end of February, <mask> defeated Ember Moon and Liv Morgan in a triple–threat to earn another opportunity at Asuka's NXT Women's Championship, which she once again failed to win. Throughout the year, <mask> continued to rack up victories over competitors like Aliyah, Sarah Logan, and Ruby Riott.After defeating Liv Morgan and Nikki Cross in a triple-threat match, at TakeOver: WarGames, <mask> competed in a fatal four-way match for the vacant NXT Women's Championship, which was ultimately won by Ember Moon. In December, <mask> lost to Moon in a non-title match, which was her final match for NXT. <mask> made her first main roster appearance on 8 April 2018 at WrestleMania 34, competing along with several other NXT superstars in the first WrestleMania Women's Battle Royal at WrestleMania 34 where she was eliminated by Sarah Logan. <mask> and Kay, now dubbed The IIconics, made their main roster debut on the 10 April 2018 episode of SmackDown Live attacking SmackDown Women's Champion Charlotte Flair, while she was cutting a promo about her match at WrestleMania 34. Two weeks later, The IIconics racked up their first victory, as part of the main roster, over Asuka and Becky Lynch. Throughout the next few months, <mask> competed in various singles and tag team matches but ended up on the losing end on them all. In August, The IIconics started their first feud on the main roster, with Naomi, and the two were able to defeat her in singles matches.Eventually, Naomi teamed up with Asuka but lost to The IIconics at the Super Show-Down on 6 October, held in the latter's homeland of Australia. Three weeks later, both <mask> and Kay took part in WWE's first all-women's pay-per-view, Evolution; they were the first two eliminated from a battle royal for a future women's championship match. On 27 January 2019, both Kay and <mask> entered their first Royal Rumble match at number 7 and number 9, respectively, and they managed to eliminate Nikki Cross, before they both were eliminated by Lacey Evans. On 17 February, at the Elimination Chamber event, The IIconics competed in a tag team Elimination Chamber match for the inaugural WWE Women's Tag Team Championship, which was won by The Boss 'n' Hug Connection (Bayley and Sasha Banks). In March, The IIconics started a feud with Banks and Bayley, whom they defeated in a non-title match. Because of their win, they (and two other teams) challenged Banks and Bayley for the championship at WrestleMania 35 in a fatal four-way match. At the event, which took place on 7 April, The IIconics won the match after Kay pinned Bayley to win the Women's Tag Team Championship for the first time.On the 5 August episode of Raw, The IIconics lost the titles to Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross in a fatal four-way match. On 16 October 2019, it was announced that The IIconics had been drafted to Raw as supplemental picks of the 2019 WWE Draft. After a brief hiatus, <mask> and Kay made their return on the 11 May 2020 episode of Raw, interrupting WWE Women's Tag Team Champions Alexa Bliss and Nikki Cross. They later defeated the champions in a non-title match. They would unsuccessfully challenge for the WWE Women's Tag Team Championships multiple times throughout the summer. They would begin a feud with Ruby Riott mocking her backstage for not having any friends. They would go on to trade victories as Kay and <mask> defeated Riott while Riott defeated Kay.At Payback, The IIconics were defeated by Riott and her newly reunited tag partner Liv Morgan. The following night on Raw, The IIconics were forced to disband after losing to The Riott Squad per stipulation. On 12 October 2020 during the 2020 WWE Draft, <mask> remained on Raw, while her former tag team partner Billie moved to SmackDown. She would begin to team with Lacey Evans until Evans announced her pregnancy. On the 22 March 2021 episode of Raw, <mask> faced Raw Women's Champion Asuka in a losing effort. This would in turn be her final match in WWE, as on 15 April 2021, <mask> was released from her WWE contract along with other WWE talent including her former partner Billie Kay. Impact Wrestling (2021–present)
At Knockouts Knockdown on 9 October 2021, it was announced that The IIconics, now known as The IInspiration, would be making their debut for Impact Wrestling at Bound for Glory.At Bound for Glory, they defeated Decay (Havok and Rosemary) to win the Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship. On 20 November, at Turning Point, The IInspiration had their first successful title defense, when they defeated Decay once again. Other media
Lee as <mask> made her WWE video game debut as a playable character in WWE 2K18 and has since appeared in WWE 2K19, WWE 2K20, and WWE 2K Battlegrounds. On 16 May 2021, Lee alongside Jessica McKay launched a comedy and variety podcast titled Off Her Chops. Personal life
She married fellow wrestler Shawn Spears in August 2019. Championships and accomplishments

Impact Wrestling
Impact Knockouts World Tag Team Championship (1 time, current) – with Jessie McKay
 Melbourne City Wrestling
 Vera and Jenny Memorial Cup (2014)
 Prairie Wrestling Alliance
 PWA Women's Championship (1 time)
 Pro Wrestling Illustrated
 Ranked 43 of the top 50 female wrestlers in the PWI Female 50 in 2017
 Ranked No. 50 of the top 50 tag teams in the PWI Tag Team 50 in 2020 – with Billie Kay
 Ranked No.51 of the top 150 female wrestlers in the PWI Women's 150 in 2021
 Sports Illustrated
 Ranked No. 24 in the top 30 female wrestlers in 2018
 WWE
 WWE Women's Tag Team Championship (1 time) – with Billie Kay
 NXT Year-End Award (1 time)
 Breakout of the Year (2016) – with Billie Kay

References

External links
 The IInspiration's Impact Wrestling profile

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