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1968_28 | In May 1848, he was a co-author of the official petition, Žiadosti slovenského národa ("Requirements of the Slovak Nation"). The Žiadosti slovenského národa were publicly declared in Liptovský Svätý Mikuláš, with Ján Francisci-Rimavský as the reader. In it, the Slovaks demanded autonomy within Hungary, proportional rep... |
1968_29 | On 19 June 1848, he went to Zagreb, Croatia, because the Slavic Congress was interrupted by fighting in Prague, and became an editor of the Croatian magazine Slavenski Jug. With financial support from some Serbs, he and J. M. Hurban started to prepare an uprising against the Hungarian government. The "Slovak Uprising" ... |
1968_30 | Štúr, Hurban, and others met in Prague on 7 October 1848 to discuss how to proceed with the uprising. Upon his return to Vienna in November, Štúr (with a group of Slovak volunteers, on one of the so-called Volunteer Campaigns) traversed northern Hungary from Čadca (Csaca), arriving in Prešov (Eperjes) in March 1849. On... |
1968_31 | Later life
The later years of Štúr's life saw him engage in further linguistic and literary work. In the autumn of 1850, he attempted but failed to receive a license to publish a Slovak national newspaper. In December of that year, he participated in a delegation to Vienna concerning Slovak schools and the Tatrín asso... |
1968_32 | In October 1851, he participated in meetings in Pressburg concerning reforms of the codified Slovak language standard. The reforms, involving mainly a transition from the phonetic spelling to an etymological one, were later introduced by M. M. Hodža and Martin Hattala in 1851–1852, but Štúr, among others, also particip... |
1968_33 | In Modra in 1852, Štúr finished his essay O národních písních a pověstech plemen slovanských ("On national songs and myths of Slavic kin"), written in Czech and published in Bohemia the next year. In addition, he wrote his important philosophical book, Das Slawenthum und die Welt der Zukunft ("Slavdom and the world of ... |
1968_34 | In 1853, his platonic female friend, Adela, died in Vienna on 18 March. He also went to Trenčín to help care for his ill mother, until she died on 28 August. The only compilation of his poetry, Spevy a piesne ("Singings and songs"), was published in Pressburg that year. On 11 May 1854, he gave a speech at the unveiling... |
1968_35 | The town of Parkan (Párkány in Hungarian) on the Hungarian border was renamed in his honour, though without the agreement of the town's residents, as Štúrovo in 1948.
The asteroid 3393 Štúr, about 9.6 km in diameter and discovered on 28 November by Milan Antal at the Hungarian observatory at Piszkéstető, is named afte... |
1968_36 | Josette A. Baer, "National Emancipation, Not the Making of Slovakia: Ludovit Stur's Conception of the Slovak Nation" (2003) In: Studies in Post-Communism Occasional Papers Series published by Center for Post-Communist Studies, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.
Website dedicated to Ľudovít Štúr (in Slovak)
Text o... |
1969_0 | The following lists events that happened during 2021 in New Zealand.
Incumbents
Regal and vice-regal
Head of State – Elizabeth II
Governor-General – Patsy Reddy until 28 September, and then Cindy Kiro from 21 October
Government
Legislature term: 53rd New Zealand Parliament
The Sixth Labour Government, elected in ... |
1969_1 | Mayor of Auckland – Phil Goff
Mayor of Tauranga – Tina Salisbury (acting), then Anne Tolley (as chair of commissioners) from 9 February
Mayor of Hamilton – Paula Southgate
Mayor of Wellington – Andy Foster
Mayor of Christchurch – Lianne Dalziel
Mayor of Dunedin – Aaron Hawkins
Events
January
29 December 2020 to 3 J... |
1969_2 | February
2 February – Lead is found in water of two Otago towns, Waikouaiti and Karitāne.
9 February – Māori Party co-leader and Member of Parliament Rawiri Waititi is not allowed to speak because he was wearing a traditional pendant rather than a tie.
15 February – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Auckland moves to Alert Le... |
1969_3 | March
5 March
A tsunami warning is issued following a 7.1M at 2.27am near East Cape and Gisborne.
A 7.4M at 6.40am hits the Kermadec Islands.
A tsunami threat and warning is issued for New Zealand after a 8.1M earthquake in the Kermadec Islands. The Beehive Bunker has been activated. Tsunami land threat was droppe... |
1969_4 | April
19 April – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Quarantine-free travel with Australia begins.
May
10 May – Four people are injured during a stabbing attack at a Countdown supermarket in central Dunedin
17 May – COVID-19 in New Zealand: Quarantine-free travel with the Cook Islands begins.
20 May – The 2021 Budget is de... |
1969_5 | June
7 June – The 2021 Queen's Birthday Honours are announced.
19 June – A tornado hit the southern Auckland suburb of Papatoetoe, killing one man and injuring two others.
22 June – COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand pauses the travel bubble with New South Wales as cases of COVID-19 surge in Sydney.
23 June – COVI... |
1969_6 | September
1 September - COVID-19 in New Zealand: New Zealand except for Auckland and Northland moved to Alert Level 3. 3 September – Seven people are injured during a stabbing attack at a Countdown supermarket in LynnMall, West Auckland. The attacker was shot and killed by police.
14 September – Co-leaders of the Mā... |
1969_7 | November
25 November – Judith Collins loses a confidence vote as leader of the National Party after her handling over a historic allegation regarding Simon Bridges. Shane Reti becomes interim leader.
30 November – Christopher Luxon is elected leader of the National Party.
December
2 December - COVID-19 in New Zea... |
1969_8 | 1 January – New Year's Day
2 January – Day after New Year's Day
4 January – Day after New Year's Day observed
6 February – Waitangi Day
8 February – Waitangi Day observed
2 April – Good Friday
5 April – Easter Monday
25 April – Anzac Day
26 April – Anzac Day observed
7 June – Queen's Birthday
25 October – Lab... |
1969_9 | Shooting
Ballinger Belt – Mike Collings (Te Puke)
Deaths
January
6 January – Alan Burgess, cricketer (born 1920)
8 January – Stewart McKnight, cricketer, curler (born 1935)
12 January – John Ward, cricketer (born 1937)
17 January – Tom Prebble, educationalist, university administrator (born 1945)
18 January – A... |
1969_10 | March
3 March – Jonathan Temm, lawyer (born 1962)
5 March – Francis Small, civil engineer, scouting leader (born 1946)
12 March – Avenal McKinnon, art historian, writer (born 1949)
15 March – Miriama Rauhihi Ness, Māori activist, social worker (born 1951)
18 March – David Braithwaite, politician (born 1937)
April... |
1969_11 | May
3 May – Steve McKean, basketball coach (born )
4 May – Margaret Forsyth, netball player and coach, politician (born 1961)
8 May
George Skudder, rugby union player (born 1948)
Rana Waitai, politician (born 1942)
10 May – Jenny King, librarian (born 1929)
14 May – David McPhail, comedian, actor, writer (born 1... |
1969_12 | June
1 June – Ian Shearer, politician (born 1941)
2 June – Les Rackley, boxing trainer (born 1929)
4 June – Tilly Hirst, netball player (born 1941)
7 June – Richard Nunns, traditional Māori instrumentalist (born 1945)
9 June – Steve Mrkusic, architect (born 1928)
11 June
Dame Georgina Kirby, Māori leader and wom... |
1969_13 | July
6 July – Mary Fama, applied mathematician (born 1938)
9 July
Betty Gilderdale, children's author (born 1923)
Ngaire Lane, swimmer (born 1925)
11 July – George Petersen, biochemist (born 1933)
15 July – Bruce Watt, rugby union player and coach (born 1939)
18 July – Philip Sherry, newsreader and local-body po... |
1969_14 | August
1 August – Kihi Ngatai, Ngāi Te Rangi leader, horticulturalist (born 1930)
3 August – Brian Maunsell, Olympic boxer (born 1937)
4 August – Graham McRae, motor racing driving (born 1940)
5 August
Brian Henderson, broadcaster (born 1931)
Murray Rose, politician (born 1939)
7 August – Mark Weedon, rugby unio... |
1969_15 | 18 August – Austin Mitchell, academic, broadcaster, politician, writer (born 1934)
19 August
Sir Michael Cullen, politician (born 1945)
Lyn Hartley, local-body politician (born 1941)
23 August – Gary Tricker, painter and printmaker (born 1938)
24 August
Bruce Culpan, rower (born 1930)
Harry Kent, cyclist (born 1... |
1969_16 | September
1 September
Noel Dellow, cricketer (born 1929)
Alison Gray, writer, social researcher (born 1943)
4 September
Martin Thompson, artist (born 1956)
Lydia Wevers, literary academic, editor and critic (born 1950)
5 September – Viv Stephens, cricket player and administrator (born 1953)
6 September
Billy A... |
1969_17 | October
1 October – Earle Wells, sailor, rower (born 1933)
4 October
Laurie Davidson, yacht designer (born 1926)
John Hastie, sport shooter and gunsmith (born 1938)
Joy Watson, children's author (born 1938)
5 October – Pam Williams, businesswoman, philanthropist (born 1933)
6 October – Sir Noel Anderson, jurist ... |
1969_18 | November
13 November
Michael Corballis, pyschologist, author (born 1936)
Jack Kiddey, cricketer (born 1929)
Keith Mann, fencer, sports administrator (born 1932)
15 November – Sir Rod Weir, businessman (born 1927)
16 November – John Luxton, politician (born 1946)
23 November – Robert Ellis, artist (born 1929)
27... |
1969_19 | New Zealand
History of New Zealand
History of modern New Zealand
Outline of New Zealand
Government of New Zealand
Politics of New Zealand
Timeline of New Zealand history
Years in New Zealand
Notes
References
Years in New Zealand
Years of the 21st century in New Zealand
2020s in New Zealand |
1970_0 | Don is a 1978 Indian Hindi-language action thriller film directed by Chandra Barot and produced by Nariman Irani. The film stars Amitabh Bachchan, Zeenat Aman, and Pran. Bachchan plays the titular dual role, as Bombay underworld criminal Don and his lookalike Vijay. Written by Salim–Javed, the plot revolves around Vija... |
1970_1 | It was the third highest-grossing Indian film of 1978, and was classified a golden jubilee by Box Office India. The film spawned the Don franchise; Javed Akhtar's son Farhan Akhtar created a remake Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) and its sequel Don 2 (2011), both starring Shah Rukh Khan. It also inspired several Sou... |
1970_2 | Plot
The film begins with Don as one of the most successful criminals in Bombay who always eludes the authorities, marking himself on Interpol's "Most Wanted" list. To that end, the police, led by Deputy Superitendent of Police D'Silva and Inspector Verma, is working with Interpol operative R.K. Malik in their attem... |
1970_3 | After years of unsuccessful attempts, the police finally succeed in nabbing Don, and D'Silva plans to take him into custody alive in order to reveal the source of crime that Don relies on. Unfortunately, Don dies succumbing to his wounds inflicted by the police during the chase, botching D'Silva's plan. Still wanting a... |
1970_4 | As a startup, D'Silva and Vijay staged an 'accident' that lands Vijay in the hospital under police custody, prompting Roma and Don's gang, currently led by Don's right-hand man Narang, to free Vijay, allowing him to infiltrate the gang under the guise of having amnesia. Around the same time, a man named Jasjit "JJ" Ahu... |
1970_5 | him to give him the real diary. As Vijay heads off, Roma tries to attack him in an attempt to avenge both Ramesh and Kamini's deaths. However, D'Silva intervenes and confesses about Don's death and the situation to Roma, who apologizes to Vijay and agrees to help him out in taking down the gang members. Using the diary... |
1970_6 | After Vijay feigns a moment of regaining his memories to the gang members, this prompts them to announce a celebration on Don's return. However, things take a drastic turn when Malik and the police (acting upon Vijay's information) raided the celebration, and D'Silva is killed in the crossfire, leaving Vijay, Narang an... |
1970_7 | about the events, prompting him to ally with Vijay and Roma. However, the trio are horrified to learn that Malik himself is actually Vardhan, as he captured the real R.K. Malik and posed as the latter to cover his identity. They are even more horrified to learn that Vardhan was the one who murdered D'Silva during the ... |
1970_8 | Meeting up in the same graveyard where Don was buried, Vijay, Roma and JJ meet up with Vardhan and his gang members, who are holding Deepu and Muni hostage. During a long standoff between the trio and the gang members, Vardhan snatches the diary and burns it before calling in Inspector Verma and the police to the scene... |
1970_9 | down Vardhan and his gang members for good. |
1970_10 | Cast and crew |
1970_11 | Cast
Amitabh Bachchan as
Mark Donald a.k.a "Don": One of the most wanted criminals and a middleman working for Vardhaan. The police are always unsuccessful at nabbing him until his death.
Vijay Pal: A slum-dwelling yet a kind-hearted man who is the spitting image of Don before posing as the latter in order to help t... |
1970_12 | Iftekhar as DCP Rajpal D'Silva: He was the one who assigned Vijay to pose as Don following the latter's death in hopes of taking down the gang members. He eventually ends up being killed by Vardhaan.
Om Shivpuri as R. K. Malik (fake) / Vardhaan Makhija: the manipulative and notorious crimelord that all criminals (incl... |
1970_13 | Kamal Kapoor as Narang Singh: Don's right-hand man. It is later revealed that just like Don himself, Narang is a middleman working for Vardhaan the entire time. He is the secondary antagonist of the film.
Arpana Choudhary as Anita Rajan: Don's sole henchwoman working for Vardhaan
Helen as Kamini Arora: Ramesh's finan... |
1970_14 | Yusuf Khan as Vikram: One of Don's goons working for Vardhaan
Manik Irani as a Goon |
1970_15 | Crew
Director: Chandra Barot
Writer: Salim–Javed (Salim Khan, Javed Akhtar)
Producer: Nariman A. Irani
Production Company: Nariman Films
Cinematographer: Nariman A. Irani
Editor: Wamanrao
Art Director: Sudhendu Roy
Costume Designer: Ramola Bachchan, V. Scharwachter
Wardrobe: S. Irani, Manikrao Jagtap, Mani J. ... |
1970_16 | Production |
1970_17 | Producer and cinematographer Nariman Irani was in a financial mess when his film Zindagi Zindagi (1972), starring Sunil Dutt flopped. He was in debt for Rs 1.2 million and couldn't pay the money off on a cinematographer's salary. When he was doing the cinematography for Manoj Kumar's major hit Roti Kapada Aur Makaan (1... |
1970_18 | play Don, and Barot would direct the film. Aman and Pran would play key roles in the film. |
1970_19 | The film took three-and-a-half years to complete. Before filming was completed, producer Irani died from an accident on the set of another film he was working on. Barot faced budget restraints but received aid. Barot showed the film to his mentor Manoj Kumar, who felt that the film was too tight and needed a song in th... |
1970_20 | Don was produced on a budget of 70lakh ($860,000). Adjusted for inflation, its budget is equivalent to $ million (22crore) in 2016.
Soundtrack
The soundtrack of the film has been composed by the duo Kalyanji Anandji, while the lyrics were written by Anjaan and Indeevar.
According to film music expert Rajesh Subraman... |
1970_21 | The film was remade in 2006 as Don starring Shah Rukh Khan in the lead role of Don, Priyanka Chopra as Roma, Arjun Rampal as Jasjit, Boman Irani as D'Silva, and Om Puri as Malik. It was directed by Farhan Akhtar. With some changes in the script, the film proved to be one of the highest-grossing films of the year. A seq... |
1970_22 | Tamil
It was also remade in 1980 in Tamil as Billa, starring Rajinikanth. Helen, who played Kamini in the original Hindi film Don (1978), repeated her role in this remake. Billa was a breakthrough film for Rajinikanth, establishing him as the top star of South Indian cinema.
The 2006 Hindi remake starring Shah Rukh... |
1970_23 | Music
A sample from the song "Yeh Mera Dil" was used by The Black Eyed Peas for their hit song "Don't Phunk with My Heart" in 2005. The song won the Black Eyed Peas their first Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group, while the composers for "Yeh Mera Dil", Kalyanji Anandji, were awarded the BMI Award f... |
1970_24 | 1978 films
Indian films
1970s Hindi-language films
Films set in Mumbai
Films about organised crime in India
1970s crime action films
1970s action thriller films
1970s crime thriller films
Films scored by Kalyanji Anandji
Hindi films remade in other languages
Indian action thriller films
Indian crime action films
Indian... |
1971_0 | Buster Welch (May 23, 1928), born near Sterling City, Texas, is a cutting horse trainer and inductee into the NCHA Members Hall of Fame, American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame, National Cutting Horse Association Riders Hall of Fame and Texas Cowboy Hall of Fame. Buster was chosen as the recipient of the 2012 National Gold... |
1971_1 | Early life
Buster Welch was born on May 23, 1928, near Sterling City Texas. Buster's ancestral heritage dates back to Tennessean roots and family settlements in Texas before the Civil War. He was born and raised to early childhood near the divide of the Colorado and Concho Rivers, north of Sterling City, Texas. His mot... |
1971_2 | After leaving Proctor's, Buster worked for many prominent ranches such as the 6666 Ranch, Pitchfork Ranch, King Ranch, Long X, and a few other ranches where he developed his skills working with rough stock and cattle. His goal was to one day have a ranch of his own.
Personal life
In the early 1980s, Buster and his wi... |
1971_3 | Career
When he was 18 years old, Welch took advantage of the new National Cutting Horse Association, and by the early 1950s had begun to establish himself as a horseman able to train a horse to "some degree of finish". Also, cutting horses had begun to really make their mark as contest livestock. Welch had always plan... |
1971_4 | One of the locations where Welch worked for a ranch was for Homer Ingham in Las Vegas, New Mexico. Welch claims that Ingham, "gave me my first real opportunity in training horses". Welch broke and trained horses for him and also for Warren Shoemaker, his neighbor. On Shoemaker's urging, Welch decided to purchase a six-... |
1971_5 | Welch's first competition on a cutting horse was on Chickaska Mike. By showing Chickasha Mike as a cutting horse, Welch established the horse, an American Quarter Horse, as a notable sire of cutting horse champions. Due to Welch's training, Chickasha Mike became the 1956 NCHA Reserve World Champion. Proctor owned the h... |
1971_6 | An oilman named Marion Flynt of Midland, Texas, saw Welch's first competition on Chickasha Mike. Flynt was impressed enough to send Welch his best mare, Marion's Girl, by Silver Wimpy and out of Scharbauer mare, to train. The mare was foaled in 1948. Flynt had purchased the mare from her breeder, prominent rancher Clar... |
1971_7 | In 1960, Welch trained a horse named Jessie Jack owned by C.E. Boyd, Jr. of Houston, Texas; he rode the horse to win the NCHA World Champion Stallion title.
In 1962, Welch and other competitors started the NCHA Futurity. The NCHA Futurity is an event for 3-year-old horses who have not been shown before. In 1962, the N... |
1971_8 | In 1963, Welch marked 218 on Chickasha Glo in the NCHA Futurity for a second straight win. They won $4,277, which was a new record for a cutting horse. Chickasha Glo was also sired by King Glo, and Boyd earned a second consecutive $1,000 Breeders Award. In 1964, he placed fifth riding Glo Doc. |
1971_9 | By November 1965, Money Glo had a new owner, Repps Guitar. Repps Guitar had Welch take Money Glo to the NCHA Finals in Las Vegas, Nevada. There were at least 77 horses competing for the championship. Welch won the first round, tied for third place in the second round, and tied for fourth place in the average. Welch ret... |
1971_10 | In 1966, Welch marked 218 points on Rey Jay's Pete in the fifth NCHA Futurity in his third win of the event. The event now showcased 336 horses compared to the 47 that had been nominated in the inaugural event. The purse was now nearly four times its original amount. The horse, Rey Jay's Pete was sired by Rey Jay. He w... |
1971_11 | In 1974, Welch rode the American Quarter Horse Hall of Fame horse cutting horse Mr San Peppy for the King Ranch to an NCHA World Championship. In 1976 Welch again rode him to another NCHA World Championship. In 1976, Welch rode Mr San Peppy in senior cutting to win an AQHA World Championship.
In 1977, Welch rode Peppy... |
1971_12 | Dry Doc, Little Peppy, Peppy San Badger, and Mr San Peppy were all King Ranch horses that Welch trained and showed. Little Peppy and Mr San Peppy were bred on the King Ranch. In 1983, the King Ranch purchased Dry Doc. Welch had won the Futurity on Dry Doc and had also beat his son, Greg, who was riding Mr San Peppy.
I... |
1971_13 | Career summary
Buster Welch has earned four NCHA World Championship titles (1954, 1956, 1974, 1976), and holds the record for the most NCHA World Championship Futurity titles with five wins (1962, 1963, 1966, 1971, 1977). He received a National Spur Award on September 7, 2012 in Lubbock, TX for his contributions to r... |
1971_14 | External links
National Horse Cutting Association
American Quarter Horse Association
Videos:
Buster Welch - 2012 Golden Spur Award Winner
Buster Welch Interview with Mark Gardiner of Gardiner Angus Ranch
Buster Welch Interview Clip from National Ranching Heritage Center
Then And Now Promo from NHCA Cutting
Amer... |
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