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Édouard-Henri Avril (21 May 1849 – 28 July 1928) was a French painter and commercial artist. Under the pseudonym Paul Avril, he was an illustrator of erotic literature. [1] Avril was a soldier before starting his career in art; he was awarded with the Legion of Honour for his actions in the Franco-Prussian War. [2]
The 1946 Aleutian Islands earthquake occurred near the Aleutian Islands, Alaska on April 1, 1946. The shock measured ( Mw) 8.6, Mt 9.3 or ( Ms) 7.4. It had a maximum Mercalli intensity of VI ( Strong ). [3] [4] It resulted in 165–173 casualties and over US $26 million in damage. The seafloor along the fault was elevated, triggering a Pacific ...
Pantograph. Braking system (s) Regenerative dynamic braking, pneumatic brake. Track gauge. Fixed gauge (1,435 mm, 1,520 mm or 1,668 mm) and variable gauge. Talgo Avril is a high-speed train that Talgo is developing. It stands for "Alta Velocidad Rueda Independiente Ligero" (roughly translated as "Light High-Speed Independent Wheel").
Personal life. Gwendolen Avril Coleridge-Taylor was born in South Norwood, London, the daughter of composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and his wife Jessie Walmisley, who had met as students at the Royal College of Music. She had an older brother, Hiawatha. [1] On 19 April 1924, Coleridge-Taylor married Harold Dashwood, in the Croydon parish church.
Ce projet fut voté par les députés le 19 avril 1946 par 309 voix contre 249, et soumis au référendum le 5 mai 1946. À cette occasion, le corps électoral le rejeta à 52,82 % des votants (10 584 359 voix contre le projet ; 9 454 034 en faveur). Conformément à la loi constitutionnelle de 1945, une nouvelle assemblée constituante fut ...
1999 – Skip Spence, Canadian-American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1946) 2001 – Robert Osterloh, American actor (b. 1918) 2001 – Michael Ritchie, American director, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1938) 2001 – Alec Stock, English footballer and manager (b. 1917) 2002 – Billy Ayre, English footballer and manager (b. 1952)
Biography. D'Avril was born in Lille, France, and died in Port Hueneme, California as Yola d'Avril Montiague. [2] During World War I, her family relocated to Paris. After her father died in 1923, she moved to Los Angeles. [3] She appeared in MGM 's adventure film, Tarzan and His Mate with Italian actor Paul Porcasi as her father, Monsieur Feronde.
